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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.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday August 11 2015, @12:47AM
It's not stupid
Banning something entirely simply because it could be abused or mistaken for something else for reasons of physical safety is pure cowardice. Not that I expect anything else from you.
They shot him because he had what appeared to be a gun and he was moving it in the direction of aiming at them.
Nice job ignoring most of my comment. Specifically, the entire last paragraph (out of a very short post) where I explained that the whole situation could have been avoided if they hadn't been completely incompetent. You believe someone has a gun? Pull up right next to them with your car, surprise them, and then act completely baffled when the situation turns bad due to your own actions. Do you honestly believe that was the correct course of action?