Last weekend, the annual Pumpkin Festival in Keene, New Hampshire, turned into a riot — as drunken New Hampshireans threw glass bottles at each other, set bonfires, and overturned at least one car. In response, police tear-gassed and pepper sprayed rioters to get them to disperse. The incident got national attention because it crystallizes some uncomfortable truths about race and policing in America, a topic that's been in the national conversation since the killing of Michael Brown and subsequent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, this August. For one thing, the Keene pumpkin festival — and the subsequent media coverage —...
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