MPR’s Matt Septic reports on a public discussion at Penumbra Theatre about the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson.
It's been more than a month since the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. While the incident of shooting may be starting to fade from the headlines, last night it drew a full house to the Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul. Hundreds of people turned out for a discussion at the theater about the shooting, the long-standing racial tensions surrounding it, and the role the arts can play in explaining and easing those tensions.