10 things you need to know today: August 10, 2015

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Protesters mark the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
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1. Shooting follows peaceful protests on Michael Brown anniversary

A day of peaceful protests on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death ended in a burst of gunfire late Sunday, when police shot and critically injured a young man they said had opened fire on them. The man was in surgery early Monday. Friends identified the injured man as Tyrone Harris, 18. Harris' father said he was "real close" with Brown, an unarmed black teen who was killed by a white cop in Ferguson, Missouri, last year. Four plainclothes officers involved in the Sunday incident were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.