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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 Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday August 10 2015, @09:21PM

    by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Monday August 10 2015, @09:21PM (#220914) Journal

    http://rollingout.com/2015/04/30/activist-deray-mckesson-slams-wolf-blitzer/ [rollingout.com]

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by kurenai.tsubasa on Monday August 10 2015, @11:52PM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Monday August 10 2015, @11:52PM (#220986) Journal

    An interesting interview. I think this bears repeating for those of us who may not click a video link.

    Around 1:30, Blitzer plays the MLK card, to which McKesson responds (my own transcription):

    There should be peaceful protests, and I don't have to condone it to understand it… but the pain that people feel is real, and you are making a comparison. You are suggesting this idea that broken windows are worse than broken spines…, and what we know to be true is that the police are killing people everywhere…. And we're looking for justice there, and that's real…. The violence that the police have been inflicting on communities of color has been sustained and deep.