“An unnamed young woman describes a troubling incident with an officer she says she’ll never forget”
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Abuse of Power
Lessons From Ferguson, Missouri: The People Deserve an Army
The little town just 20 miles north of St. Louis made national headlines a few days ago when protests turned to riots over the death of unarmed 18 year-old Black resident Michael Brown. Riots since then have only intensified and clashes with the police becoming more common. A no-fly zone has been established and something of a ‘media blackout’ has occurred as two reporters have been arrested and pictures show police firing tear gas at what seems to be other journalists trying to report on the situation.
Ferguson, Missouri is effectively under Martial Law. Images of heavily armed men aiming upon angry crowds light up social media as politicians (now including President Obama) craft their state-sponsored “opinions”.
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Source: anti-imperialism.com
In Ferguson, AMAZING photos by Al Jazeera America before being bullied out by police
Following a fourth night of racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, during which police fired tear gas and smoke bombs to disperse crowds of protesters, President Obama urged Americans to unite under the United States’ common values.
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Source: america.aljazeera.com
Gun control and Ferguson
Hear police tapes from Ferguson shooting – CNN Video
CNN obtains the first police dispatch recordings from the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.
Source: www.cnn.com
Two women witnesses to Michael Brown’s shooting detail his last minutes [VIDEO]
Two women who say they saw a police officer shoot teen Michael Brown dead told their stories to the public.
Source: www.cnn.com
It seems like the cops think they can test their weapons and military equipment on African American civilians – and we are just going to stand by and take it.
Ferguson Is 60 Percent Black. Virtually All Its Cops Are White
Sixty percent of Ferguson’s residents are black, but 95 percent of its cops are white.
Source: www.motherjones.com
Witness To Michael Brown’s Shooting Opens Up: He Was ‘Shot Like An Animal’ [VIDEO]
Just days before he was supposed to head to college, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in his hometown of Ferguson, Missouri.
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Ex-Officer Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Wins Lawsuit
A San Francisco civil jury today ruled in favor of a white, former transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed, black man in an infamous killing captured on cellphone cameras.
The federal jury awarded no damages to the father of Oscar Grant III, killed by a single shot to the back from BART Officer Johannes Mehserle early on Jan. 1, 2009 in Oakland.
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Strange how Oscar Grant’s father didn’t win a settlement but Grant’s mother and daughter and Grant’s friends did win a settlement.
Police Fatally Shoot Man in South L.A.; Family Members Say He Was Lying Down When Shot
“My heart is so heavy,” Tritobia Ford said in an interview Tuesday evening. “My son was a good kid. He didn’t deserve to die the way he did.”
Her son was lying on the ground and complying with the officers’ commands when he was shot three times, Tritobia Ford said.
In the aftermath of the shooting, she said, police refused to inform her of where Ezell Ford was hospitalized.”
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Source: ktla.com