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UCLA alumna Gina Prince-Bythewood and her husband Reggie Rock Bythewood co-created, co-directed, co-wrote and co-executive produced &quot;Shots Fired,&quot; a television series about police brutality. (Courtesy of Frank Micelotta/FOX)

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Q&amp;A: Alumna explores police brutality, race relations in TV show &#039;Shots Fired&#039; - Daily Bruin

Q&#038;A: Alumna explores police brutality, race relations in TV show &#8216;Shots Fired&#8217;

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After the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Fox approached Gina Prince-Bythewood to create a fictional television series about police brutality. Prince-Bythewood felt a responsibility to address the sensitive topic after the black teenager’s death at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

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Q&A: Alumna explores police brutality, race relations in TV show ‘Shots Fired’

By Shayda Dehnow

March 19, 2017 9:40 p.m.