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posted by CoolHand on Monday August 10 2015, @04:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-funny-about-it dept.

From Yahoo News:

A man was gravely wounded in a gun battle with police in Ferguson, Missouri on Sunday night after a day of peaceful rallies to mark the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer one year ago. Several volleys of gunshots rang out as police in riot gear tried to disperse demonstrators blocking traffic and smashing storefront windows along a street that was a flashpoint of last year's unrest in the St. Louis suburb after Michael Brown, 18, was slain. Police later said the gunfire began with two groups of agitators apparently shooting at each other.

http://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-protests-mostly-peaceful-anniversary-brown-shooting-015555407.html

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Anniversary commemorations had begun hours earlier with a peaceful march through the St. Louis suburb. The scene changed dramatically after dark. Dozens of protesters converged on West Florissant Avenue, which bore the brunt of last summer's rioting, and chanted: "Shut it down" in the midst of a severe thunderstorm.


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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @06:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @06:44PM (#220810)

    So you say one set of protesters tried to do harm, and the other set of protesters did good. Good to know. But then you conclude that "the protesters were protecting the local businesses". Are you not doing the same one-sided oversimplifications that you are accusing the media of doing?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Tork on Monday August 10 2015, @07:28PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 10 2015, @07:28PM (#220842)

    But then you conclude that "the protesters were protecting the local businesses". Are you not doing the same one-sided oversimplifications that you are accusing the media of doing?

    I think you read what you wanted to read in my comment. I'll give you a hint: The scope of my remark was confined to the footage I saw from the perspective of two of the protesters.

    I'm not really sure I understand what's so offensive about what I said. The press were kept out, the local police there told them "stay behind us". You didn't get to see an important side of the story because of that. Not sure why my pointing that out to you has you scratching around to label me a hypocrite.

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