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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: 1) by khallow on Tuesday August 11 2015, @08:09PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 11 2015, @08:09PM (#221423) Journal

    human lives vs human lives is a totally different equation.

    Human lives are what a shop is. Those things don't just magically grow like mushrooms. People devoted their lives to making and running them.

    Unless you actually like the old barbaric ways.....

    Destroying someone's livelihood is the old barbaric ways. Stop being a tool.

  • (Score: 2) by pe1rxq on Wednesday August 12 2015, @10:21PM

    by pe1rxq (844) on Wednesday August 12 2015, @10:21PM (#221960) Homepage

    You are seriously overvalueing the shop.
    It is just a thing. If it is gone the owner might feel bad for a while and suffer from the consequences, but that is in no way comparable to killing.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday August 12 2015, @10:36PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 12 2015, @10:36PM (#221967) Journal

      If it is gone the owner might feel bad for a while and suffer from the consequences, but that is in no way comparable to killing.

      You just stated a way it is comparable. And let us note here we're not speaking of the abstract act of just killing someone, but the very specific act of killing someone who is causing a tremendous amount of suffering.