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Peaceful Rallies in Ferguson Give Way to Violence, Gunfire

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

"exec" writes:

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: 2) by digitalaudiorock on Monday August 10 2015, @08:37PM

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Monday August 10 2015, @08:37PM (#220886) Journal

    If you figure up every black male shot by police in the last 3 years they still number less than blacks murdered by blacks in the last 30 DAYS.

    ...which proves what exactly? I mean it's not like police should be held to a higher standard than gang bangers right? I find this sort of spin more disturbing that I can possibly describe.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @10:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @10:00PM (#220932)

    The point there is that we do have a problem with the police, but the community itself would be better served to police their own as that's a much larger problem that the cops can't solve. Things are changing in police departments with the dashboard cams and now body cams, but black on black violence is a much larger problem and one that is even less likely to be solved any time soon.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @11:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @11:58PM (#220987)

      The point there is that we do have a problem with the police, but the community itself would be better served to police their own as that's a much larger problem that the cops can't solve.

      Those are not mutually exclusive options.
      Framing them as if they were is mendacious.