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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/29/michael-brown-death-anniversary/30839421/
On August 9, 2014 Ferguson cop Darren Wilson shot and killed Mike Brown, an unarmed teen. Soon after, the small Missouri town was overcome by protests, violence and international attention. Now, the city is preparing for the one-year anniversary. KSDK-TV, St. Louis
FERGUSON, Mo. — Several new city leaders will be on the front lines in 10 days when the #BlackLivesMatter spotlight returns here Aug. 9, the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
Interim Police Chief Andre Anderson started work July 22, taking a six-month leave of absence from his job at the Glendale, Ariz., Police Department in suburban Phoenix. Interim City Manager Ed Beasley was hired June 9 after working in Glendale from 2002 to 2012.
Both are black, better reflecting the population of this St. Louis suburb of 21,000 residents, which is more than two-thirds African American. Two black City Council members were elected in April, joining one previously serving on the six-member council.
The Missouri Supreme Court also assigned Judge Roy Richter to Ferguson Municipal Court on March 9 after the U.S. Justice Department released a report describing a profit-driven municipal court system, expected to generate a quarter of the city budget through fines and fees, that heightened tensions between the city's primarily white police department and its mostly black residents.
And all of the city officials know that any missteps as protesters mark the anniversary of Brown's death will receive national attention.
"I've asked the police department to adopt four things as we start: We want to embrace professionalism, we want to embrace respect, we want to embrace community engagement and we want to make the community safer," Anderson said.
Just since the start of this year, at least 664 people have died at the hands of police, including at least 174 blacks, according to a Guardian database. The British newspaper has been gathering data through news reports to count deaths caused by law-enforcement officers across the USA.
Protesters say they plan to commemorate Brown's death all weekend.
"The racial disparities in police shootings have caused our community to take a stand for black lives," Kayla Reed of Organization for Black Struggle said in a statement. "One year later we continue to grow and organize to transform a system that has for too long oppressed people of color."
On Aug. 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, saw saw two black men — Brown, 18, and his friend Dorian Johnson, 22 at the time — walking in the middle of a Ferguson street after hearing dispatchers describe suspects who stole packages of cigarillos from a convenience store several blocks away. Wilson and Brown, who was unarmed, got into an altercation a little after noon that day, and the officer fired 12 shots at Brown, fatally injuring him.
Next month, a silent march will start at 11 a.m. Aug. 9 from the site of the shooting to Greater St. Mark Family Church, about a mile away, according to the Ferguson Action Council, which is organizing a Ferguson Uprising Commemoration Weekend. The group also plans an art event, rap and rock concerts.
City officials say they're planning a jobs fair and other events that weekend and are happy that a St. Louis radio talk-show host enlisted more than 250 volunteers for a cleanup effort this past Monday.
Asked what Ferguson residents can expect Aug. 9, Beasley was optimistic.
"Were hoping for, obviously, (is) a little bit of a different situation" from the protests that turned violent following Brown's death, Beasley said. "They can expect we're going to be very encouraging, supportive, but also make sure the laws are upheld, but making sure people have the right to exercise their civil rights the proper way."
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http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_28574618/ferguson-one-year-later-look-at-state-actionsFerguson one year later: A look at state actions
Legislators in nearly every state this year proposed measures stemming from the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old who had scuffled with a white Ferguson officer. Brown's death triggered large protests and repeated clashes between heavily armored police and protesters.
An Associated Press analysis identified at least 40 measures passed by 24 states that addressed issues highlighted by the events in Ferguson. Here's an overview of some of those measures:
BODY CAMERAS
Sixteen states passed measures this year addressing officer-worn cameras that can record interactions with the public. Those measures varied greatly. Some states, such as Arizona and Louisiana, merely created committees to recommend policies on how the cameras should be used. Other states, such as Illinois and Oregon, passed laws setting statewide standards for when police must turn on the cameras and how long the videos must be kept. States such as Colorado, Connecticut, South Carolina and Texas approved grant programs to help local agencies purchase the cameras. Florida, North Dakota and Oklahoma were among the states limiting public access to some body-camera videos.
CITIZEN CAMERAS
Several states, including California and Oregon, affirmed the right of citizens to take videos of law enforcement officers performing their jobs. Measures passed in Colorado and Connecticut could hold police agencies civilly liable for interfering with citizens taking videos.
DEADLY FORCE
A bill passed in Illinois bars police from using chokeholds unless deadly force is justified -- a reaction to the July 2014 death of Eric Garner after being placed in a chokehold by a New York City police officer. But few states attempted to make changes to policies on when deadly force by police is justified. Missouri's deadly force statute doesn't appear to comply with the terms of 1985 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, yet legislation to change that law died on the final day of the session.
INVESTIGATIONS
About a half dozen states passed measures dealing with investigations of cases in which police ? , injure or use force against civilians. Bills passed in Connecticut, Illinois and Utah require outside investigations, and a Colorado bill mandates a multi-agency investigation. New York's governor directed the attorney general to appoint special prosecutors when police ? unarmed civilians. A California bill bars grand juries from handling cases involving police use of force, meaning prosecutors would have to present evidence in preliminary court hearings that are open to the public.
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
Several states passed measures reining in the ability of local police to acquire former military equipment. A Montana bill, for example, bars the acquisition of armored military vehicles and requires public notice before buying other military equipment. A New Jersey bill requires approval from a local governing body before police can acquire Defense Department equipment, but Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a separate bill that also would have required the state attorney general to approve such purchases.
RACIAL BIAS
More than a half dozen states passed bills addressing racial biases or profiling by police. Colorado, Connecticut and Illinois all approved measures requiring training on bias-free policing. Bills in Oregon and Tennessee require local policies against racial profiling, and Maryland and Rhode Island approved bills requiring racial demographic data on subjects to be collected and reported. -
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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/at-downtown-shelter-michael-brown-s-father-helps-feed-the/article_953cbfad-a9b9-5687-9082-056a80a01977.htmlAt downtown shelter, Michael Brown's father helps feed the homeless
Inside the stuffy lobby of a downtown homeless shelter, Michael Brown's father put on a pair of clear plastic gloves and stuck his hands into a large container of chicken salad, making sure the mayonnaise was evenly mixed.
Michael Brown Sr. was at the New Life Evangelistic Center at 14th and Locust streets on Friday to help feed more than 100 homeless people.
"We just want to give back, show our love," Brown said.
Sunday marks one year since Brown's 18-year-old son was killed by a police officer in Ferguson. The lunch on Friday was the beginning of a series of events this weekend the Brown family's nonprofit is sponsoring to commemorate the fatal shooting that became an international story. Other events include a parade at 9 a.m. Saturday, from the Canfield Green Apartments, where Brown was shot by a white police officer, to Normandy High School, where Brown graduated a few months before his death.
"All are positive, peaceful family events," said Jana Gamble, a spokesman for the Chosen For Change organization.
Gamble said "serving the most vulnerable" was an appropriate way to honor Brown, and is in line with the nonprofit's focus on giving back to the region.
Inside the shelter, operated by the Rev. Larry Rice, men, women and children formed long lines as Brown joined activists and volunteers to serve plates of food. In the warm building, he took off his long-sleeved "I Am Mike Brown" shirt and spooned up large scoops of chicken salad wearing a white tank and a St. Louis Cardinals cap similar to the one his son was wearing the day he was shot.
Before the lunch, Rice called for a moment of silence "for the injustice that has taken place."
Gamble stressed that all the events her organization has planned for the weekend are designed to be peaceful.
"Heal our city is the theme of the weekend." she said. On Sunday, at 11 a.m., Chosen For Change will hold a program at the Brown memorial site at Canfield Green followed by a walk down West Florissant Avenue to the Greater St. Mark Family Church. A full list of events can be found at www.mb2mw.org. -
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There's gonna b many more mike browns. Too many blks r still asleep.
In the last 2 weeks of july , 7 ppl died in police custody. 5 african american women, 2 native Americans. -
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/michael-brown-sr-leads-march-from-canfield-to-normandy-high/article_1c005f04-3f8b-5642-9b28-ee4bc76aaa9d.htmlNormandy students march for former classmate Michael Brown
Updated at 3:15 p.m.
FERGUSON • Ask a neighbor, a marcher or the ice cream man watching in a parking lot on West Florissant Avenue.
They’ll tell you Saturday looked a lot different than a year ago.
Police officers handed out popsicles. Protesters took rides in Missouri State Highway Patrol ATVs. Children played in the street and sprayed each other with water bottles.
About 100 people walked about five miles from Canfield Green Apartments to Normandy High School on a sultry Saturday morning. Michael Brown Sr. led the planned march, accompanied by a police ? . Despite temperatures in the low 90s, there were no injuries or health-related incidents reported.
“? is good,” said Jana Gamble, a spokeswoman for the Brown family's Chosen for Change nonprofit organization. “It all came together like it was supposed to.”
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary since Brown’s son, Michael Brown Jr., was fatally shot by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson. The death occurred just weeks after the 18-year-old graduated from Normandy High School.
Saturday’s march was part of a series of events that the Brown family is organizing through their nonprofit group. On Friday, Brown Sr. fed the homeless downtown. On Sunday, a “silent walk” is planned to start around noon and lead to the Greater St. Mark Family Church from the Michael Brown Memorial Site on Canfield Drive.
Honking and chanting drew neighbors out along the marcher’s route Saturday. On Lucas and Hunt Road, no one could remember the last march that passed their neighborhood. Onlookers grabbed phones and took photos.
A police officer in a patrol car and a driver in a Metro Call-a-Ride vehicle gave celebratory horn blasts to the marchers. Stalled motorists were generally respectful and some danced in their cars to marcher’s music while their streets were temporarily blocked off.
Debra Ford and her family stood near St. Andrews Place and Lucas and Hunt Road. She took photos and waved to marchers.
“We’re just standing here for support,” Ford said.
Participants waited for about an hour until the march started. Layla Foroughi, a junior at Washington University, and Lydia Harris, a senior at New York University, were among those waiting at the march’s staging area on Canfield Drive near the Michael Brown's memorial.
Foroughi came once last year. Harris had never been, but had seen news photos and video. She said the experience actually being on Canfield Drive was different.
“It’s poignant,” Harris said.
The morning started quietly. Brown Sr. and a number of others prayed around the memorial site. They spoke somberly about the events a year before.
Then, a drumline’s rhythmic thumping broke out and excited the marchers. Da Warehouse Warriors Youth Marching Machine was made up of about 40 kids aged 6 to 16 and were bussed down to participate in the march.
Drum instructor James Dickens helped start the group last fall. He said almost all the kids who joined had never played a drum before. The group is located in the fifth ward off Broadway.
Sabrina Person — a parent whose 12-year-old twins, Lamont and Lamarr, played cymbals — said the drumline was proud to play Saturday.
“It means a lot,” Person said. “This is a teaching moment to the kids to always stand up for something.”
Most people who lined up on Canfield Drive marched the entire 5 miles. The youth drumline joined them for about the first and last half mile.
When they met up for the march's last leg, the drumline pounded loudly and led the participants into Normandy High School’s football field. A sports car in the parade pulled over and performed a burnout. Police continued to hand more popsicles to the celebratory marchers who passed the nearby St. Peter’s Cemetery, where Michael Brown Jr. is buried.
A woman smiled and watched as the marchers processed into the high school. She then noticed a “funeral” tag hanging on her rearview mirror from a recent procession she participated in.
Not wanting to bring the mood down, she removed the tag and crumpled it up. -
I can't personally cosign the Mike Brown thing. To me its different than Trayvon. Trayvon was a real travesty. Its important that we support real injustice's so as not to taint the cause. This kid may have been part of Mentally Ill Lives matter. If you reach into a cop car and grab his gun sure the police are not justified in shooting you in the back after you run away. Its kind of disgraceful to Trayvon Martin to lump the two. Trayvon was a kid being stalked by a non police officer not identifying himself. Who after Trayvon ran away was chased down by a non police officer who didn't identify himself. You can say whatever you want about who initiated contact it doesn't matter when you are being stalked. This this is a totally different thing man. Even if you believe the police shot the boy in the back it still doesn't justify dudes behavior up to that point. That's a mockery to people who really died doing nothing but minding their own business. Here's the thing. Nobody has got a law changed in either state Fl. or Missouri that would prevent this from happening again. Yet we've all be in the streets protesting. Time for some real black leadership. I'm sorry Mike Brown shot in the back was wrong but dude put himself in the hands of the system. Once you are in the hands of the system injustice is going to happen.
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rodneyskinner wrote: »I can't personally cosign the Mike Brown thing. To me its different than Trayvon. Trayvon was a real travesty. Its important that we support real injustice's so as not to taint the cause. This kid may have been part of Mentally Ill Lives matter. If you reach into a cop car and grab his gun sure the police are not justified in shooting you in the back after you run away. Its kind of disgraceful to Trayvon Martin to lump the two. Trayvon was a kid being stalked by a non police officer not identifying himself. Who after Trayvon ran away was chased down by a non police officer who didn't identify himself. You can say whatever you want about who initiated contact it doesn't matter when you are being stalked. This this is a totally different thing man. Even if you believe the police shot the boy in the back it still doesn't justify dudes behavior up to that point. That's a mockery to people who really died doing nothing but minding their own business. Here's the thing. Nobody has got a law changed in either state Fl. or Missouri that would prevent this from happening again. Yet we've all be in the streets protesting. Time for some real black leadership. I'm sorry Mike Brown shot in the back was wrong but dude put himself in the hands of the system. Once you are in the hands of the system injustice is going to happen.
I agree Mike Brown ? up in some ways (taking the cigars, etc) but at the end of the day, he was still unarmed and still about 15 feet away when he was shot at 7 times. Someone unarmed and so many feet away shouldn't be shot and killed without ANY charges being filed, Darren Wilson at the least should have gotten manslaughter or negligent homicide charges. I would have even been a little happy with reckless use of a weapon, I mean for the love of ? , most of the witnesses said Mike Brown was not a threat. -
http://www.timesunion.com/news/us/article/Ferguson-protesters-write-officer-s-name-on-pig-s-6433497.phpPig's head used in Ferguson anniversary protest
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson protesters are using a roasted pig's head during a demonstration marking the eve of the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's shooting death.
After a peaceful march during the day, hundreds of protesters converged outside the police department after 10 p.m. They carved and ate from the pig's head, which was placed on a concrete barrier near the building. Earlier in the day, someone had scrawled the name "Darren Wilson" on the side of the animal.
Wilson wasn't charged in the Aug. 9, 2014, shooting of the black 18-year-old, whose death galvanized the "Black Lives Matter" movement and months of protests in the St. Louis suburb and beyond.
About a dozen officers stood watch outside while many others were stationed inside police department. -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/08/08/black-and-unarmed/A year after Michael Brown’s fatal shooting, unarmed black men are seven times more likely than whites to die by police gunfire
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/08/08/doj-and-ferguson-remain--talks--year-after-michael-browns-death/31087923/DOJ, Ferguson remain in talks a year after teen's death
FERGUSON, Mo. — Federal authorities and local officials remained locked in negotiations about how to resolve Justice Department allegations that the city's police department engaged in a broad pattern of racially biased enforcement, city leaders said.
The Justice Department's scathing 102-page report, made public in March, seven months after the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer, details how racial biases permeated the city's police and justice system. The revelations prompted the resignations of the city's police chief and a local judge.
The Justice Department has demanded far-reaching reforms, which could prove costly for the city. The city hired a former federal prosecutor to negotiate a plan with the Justice Department.
"We are out there working to try to find the best solution for the residents and for the city and then obviously something that is amenable to the DOJ," James Knowles III, Ferguson's mayor, told USA TODAY. "It's like any legal issue. It's going to be dealt with a lot by the lawyers, and then it's going to be dealt with obviously by the council. And then, the city residents will be brought into it."
Justice Department officials had no comment when asked about the status of the negotiations and how to move forward.
Brian Fletcher, a Ferguson city council member and former mayor, said he is most concerned about whether an agreement can be reached that ensures the city and its police department can survive economically.
"We have to be conscious as a council that we don't come to an agreement that would not allow us to function anymore as a productive city," Fletcher said.
As local and federal officials continue talks, Waylon McDonald, 23, an organizer with the Organization for Black Struggle, a St. Louis-based group, said residents should have more input in the negotiations.
"The community of Ferguson has an opportunity to really reshape and re-envision how police interact with them," McDonald said. "They actually have a way to get involved in the process. However, what's been happening is that they haven't had that access yet."
Knowles said it isn't practical to take into account each resident's opinion. "The problem is you can't take 22,000 people to a negotiating table," he said. "But, we do engage the residents and work to find out what it is that the residents are concerned about and what it is that's important to them."
Yet, some remain skeptical that any agreement reached by the Justice Department and Ferguson will lead to badly needed the systemic changes.
Federal authorities focused on Ferguson after then-Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, 18, on Aug. 9, 2014. Brown's death prompted waves of protest across the country and a re-examination of law enforcement's relationships with communities of color.
Johnetta Elzie, 26, who began protesting in Ferguson after Brown's death, said the federal findings confirm what blacks across the country have known for generations – that police officers generally don't treat blacks fairly.
"I don't believe the DOJ will bring justice for anybody, because the system works for them too," she said. "Their jobs depend on the system being as corrupted and messed up as possible."
Elzie said she's also wonders whether the city's hiring of a black interim police chief and a black interim city manager will lead to more than cosmetic changes.
"Just because you make changes and put black faces on things, that doesn't change the structure of what's going on here," she said. "They could be here trying to make a change for the better or they could here because it's a job and they can pay their bills and they don't care what happens to the people. You never know."
The Justice Department's examination documented many instances of racial bias. Black residents, who account for 67% of the population, bore the brunt in 88% of cases in which Ferguson police documented the use of force, the report found. In all 14 canine bite incidents in which the suspect's race is known, the person bitten was black. In addition, blacks were more than twice as likely than white drivers to be searched during vehicle stops, but 26% less likely to have contraband, the review found.
While blacks account for 67% of the 21,000 residents of Ferguson, they accounted for 85% of the traffic stops, 90% of tickets issued and 93% of the arrests, a three-year examination of suspect stops found. When those cases reached the municipal court, authorities collected more fines for suspects' failure to appear than any other charge, mostly from the city's poorest and most vulnerable residents, the report found.
The Ferguson Police Department also often charged its black residents with petty crimes. Blacks accounted for 95% of the people charged with walking in the street and 92% of people charged with disturbing the peace. Investigators also recovered racially charged e-mails sent among employees of the police department and the Ferguson Municipal Court, which authorities said contributed to the alleged bias. -
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/national/insightfaces-of-ferguson_87849865Faces of Ferguson: Locals' stories reflect hopes and tension
With a scuffle and the crackle of gunfire, this once-anonymous suburb was permanently scarred a year ago.
Last August, the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, sparked sometimes violent clashes between protesters and police, unfolding before the nation on live television. Difficult questions raised here about law enforcement attitudes toward minorities and the militarization of police now reverberate across the country.
For the people who’ve lived through the turmoil, now is a time to reflect back and look ahead. Here are a few of their stories:
THE POLICE OFFICER
It’s the ugly images — protesters throwing rocks and police lobbing tear gas — that many Americans think of when they hear the word Ferguson.
But for police Sgt. Dominica Fuller, something positive also emerged from the chaos: a new unity forged among the officers who faced name-calling, taunts and threats.
“I’m not going to lie to you ... it was tough, it was rough for all of us,” she says. “You went through the pain of seeing the hatred that people had, not for you as an individual, but for the badge, for the uniform you wear. It was hard. I mean, we have feelings. We’re officers but, yet, we’re still human beings. ... It did hurt me.”
Fuller, 44, rejects what she calls a media perception that the Ferguson police are “racist, that we’re mean, that we targeted black people. Well, I’m black, so you mean to tell me because we have a disagreement I’m a racist? That’s not true.” She’s one of five black members on the 50-person force.
In March, the Justice Department released a blistering report that found the city’s police had engaged in sweeping patterns of bias against black residents in recent years. It concluded that blacks — about two-thirds of Ferguson’s population — accounted for the overwhelming number of arrests, tickets and cases of excessive use of police force.
Fuller, who was promoted in May, won’t discuss the findings, but says officers were affected by what they saw and heard on the streets.
“It made us take a look at ourselves,” says Fuller, a 17-year veteran. “It made us want to become more active (in the community). You’ve got to remember these people were yelling stuff. ... It allowed us to finally open up our ears to listen to some of them ... the ones that really had a purpose to being out there.”
One difference: When police pull over motorists now, she says, they’re “not so quick to write a ticket” and have learned to listen and show “a little bit more compassion.”
The department is making “positive changes,” Fuller adds, but “nothing happens overnight. It’s going to take some time. ... This is our opportunity to show another state, another department that’s having the same problem (they) can learn from us.” -
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/09/us-ferguson-anniversary-idUSKCN0QE0HI20150809Hundreds march, pray in Ferguson on anniversary of police shooting
Hundreds of people marched, prayed and held moments of silence in Ferguson, Missouri on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer a year ago.
The largely peaceful events on the anniversary weekend were marred when shots rang out while about 1,000 people approached a church, but it was not known if the incident was related to the rally. Police said one person was wounded when several shots were fired, possibly from a moving car, near the route.
White, black, old and young people, some pushing children in strollers, turned out for a day of events in this mostly black St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown, 18, was fatally shot on Aug. 9, 2014.
After 4-1/2 minutes of silence to represent the roughly 4-1/2 hours that Brown's body lay in the middle of the street after he was shot, two white doves were released. The crowd then started a silent march to honor Brown and others who have died at the hands of police.
Brown's shooting sparked months of protests, including incidents of rioting and arson. But it also gave life to a new movement under the "Black Lives Matter" banner that has pushed for better treatment of minorities by police.
Organizers of Sunday's events say their aim is to keep alive a national movement fueled by the police killing of Brown and other unarmed black men in U.S. cities including New York, Cincinnati, Baltimore and North Charleston, South Carolina.
Another name was added to that list on Friday when unarmed 19-year-old Christian Taylor, a black college student, was shot dead by a white police officer in Arlington, Texas.
Arlington police said Taylor was shot as police investigated a burglary at a car dealership in the Dallas-area city.
In New York, about 100 protesters in the borough of Brooklyn lay on the ground on Sunday for 4-1/2 minutes to mark Brown's death. A second rally was expected later in central Manhattan.
CANDLES AND TEDDY BEARS
In Ferguson, a makeshift memorial of teddy bears, candles and flowers was rebuilt on the quiet residential road where Brown died. A plaque featuring a metallic dove was installed on the sidewalk a few feet from the spot where Brown died, and the street where Brown's blood pooled has been repaved.
Hazel Bland, 51, who lives in the Canfield Green apartment complex where Brown was killed, said she thinks about the shooting every day.
"It is really sad. You never think this would happen, all these police officers killing all these people. I really hate that it happened," Bland said on Sunday.
At the memorial, Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr., wore a T-shirt bearing his son's image and the slogan "Chosen for Change." Others held "Black Lives Matter" banners and signs calling for justice for those killed by police.
"I hurt every day. But I'm trying to make it uncomfortable to people that think this is OK to do this stuff," Brown explained to reporters on Saturday.
A federal review found that the officer, Darren Wilson, broke no laws when he shot Brown. But it also determined that the Ferguson police department for years had violated the rights of the city's black population.
On Saturday night, more than 200 protesters carrying bullhorns, drums and signs demonstrated against police in Ferguson, with some placing the roasted head of a pig on a barricade in front of officers.
But the weekend protests were largely peaceful with police staying behind barricades and allowing demonstrators to vent their feelings. -
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/08/09/timeline-dozens-unarmed-african-americans-killed-since-ferguson/31375795/Timeline: Dozens of unarmed African Americans killed since Ferguson
Nearly 30 unarmed black men were killed in police shootings in the year since Michael Brown’s death on Aug. 9, 2014. Here's a list, compiled from news reports:
Aug. 11, 2014: Ezell Ford, 25, Los Angeles
Nov. 20: Akai Gurley, 28, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Nov. 22; Tamir Rice, 12, Cleveland
Dec. 2: Rumain Brisbon, 34, Phoenix
Dec. 30: Jerame Reid, 36, Bridgeton, N.J.
Jan. 8, 2015: Artago Damon Howard, 36, Union County, Ark.
Feb. 4: Jeremy Lett, 28, Tallahassee
Feb. 15: Lavall Hall, 25, Miami Gardens, Fla.
Feb. 28: Thomas Allen, 34, Wellston, Mo.
March 1: Charly Leundeu Keunang, 43, Los Angeles
March 6: Naeschylus Vinzant, 37, Aurora, Colo.
March 6: Tony Robinson, 19, Madison, Wis.
March 9: Anthony Hill, 27, DeKalb County, Ga.
March 12: Bobby Gross, 35, Washington, D.C.
March 19: Brandon Jones, 18, Cleveland
April 2: Eric Harris, 44, Tulsa
April 4: Walter Scott, 50, North Charleston, S.C.
April 15: Frank Shephard, 41, Houston
April 22: William Chapman, 18, Portsmouth, Va.
April 25: David Felix, 24, New York
May 5: Brendon Glenn, 29, Venice, Calif.
June 15: Kris Jackson, 22, South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
June 25: Spencer McCain, 41, Owings Mills, Md.
July 2: Victor Emanuel Larosa, 23, Jacksonville
July 12: Salvado Ellswood, 36, Plantation, Fla.
July 17: Albert Joseph Davis, 23, Orlando
July 17: Darrius Stewart, 19, Memphis
July 19: Samuel DuBose, 43, Cincinnati
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rodneyskinner wrote: »I can't personally cosign the Mike Brown thing. To me its different than Trayvon. Trayvon was a real travesty. Its important that we support real injustice's so as not to taint the cause. This kid may have been part of Mentally Ill Lives matter. If you reach into a cop car and grab his gun sure the police are not justified in shooting you in the back after you run away. Its kind of disgraceful to Trayvon Martin to lump the two. Trayvon was a kid being stalked by a non police officer not identifying himself. Who after Trayvon ran away was chased down by a non police officer who didn't identify himself. You can say whatever you want about who initiated contact it doesn't matter when you are being stalked. This this is a totally different thing man. Even if you believe the police shot the boy in the back it still doesn't justify dudes behavior up to that point. That's a mockery to people who really died doing nothing but minding their own business. Here's the thing. Nobody has got a law changed in either state Fl. or Missouri that would prevent this from happening again. Yet we've all be in the streets protesting. Time for some real black leadership. I'm sorry Mike Brown shot in the back was wrong but dude put himself in the hands of the system. Once you are in the hands of the system injustice is going to happen.
This gon hurt a lot of feelings, but it's the truth. Mike Brown robbed a damn store minutes b4 he was killed. Trayvon's situation was different. -
? _i_look_like wrote: »rodneyskinner wrote: »I can't personally cosign the Mike Brown thing. To me its different than Trayvon. Trayvon was a real travesty. Its important that we support real injustice's so as not to taint the cause. This kid may have been part of Mentally Ill Lives matter. If you reach into a cop car and grab his gun sure the police are not justified in shooting you in the back after you run away. Its kind of disgraceful to Trayvon Martin to lump the two. Trayvon was a kid being stalked by a non police officer not identifying himself. Who after Trayvon ran away was chased down by a non police officer who didn't identify himself. You can say whatever you want about who initiated contact it doesn't matter when you are being stalked. This this is a totally different thing man. Even if you believe the police shot the boy in the back it still doesn't justify dudes behavior up to that point. That's a mockery to people who really died doing nothing but minding their own business. Here's the thing. Nobody has got a law changed in either state Fl. or Missouri that would prevent this from happening again. Yet we've all be in the streets protesting. Time for some real black leadership. I'm sorry Mike Brown shot in the back was wrong but dude put himself in the hands of the system. Once you are in the hands of the system injustice is going to happen.
This gon hurt a lot of feelings, but it's the truth. Mike Brown robbed a damn store minutes b4 he was killed. Trayvon's situation was different.
You're agreeing with a white troll unless you're white too. Ain't no ? way Mike brown reach for that cop gun.
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En-Fuego22 wrote: »? _i_look_like wrote: »rodneyskinner wrote: »I can't personally cosign the Mike Brown thing. To me its different than Trayvon. Trayvon was a real travesty. Its important that we support real injustice's so as not to taint the cause. This kid may have been part of Mentally Ill Lives matter. If you reach into a cop car and grab his gun sure the police are not justified in shooting you in the back after you run away. Its kind of disgraceful to Trayvon Martin to lump the two. Trayvon was a kid being stalked by a non police officer not identifying himself. Who after Trayvon ran away was chased down by a non police officer who didn't identify himself. You can say whatever you want about who initiated contact it doesn't matter when you are being stalked. This this is a totally different thing man. Even if you believe the police shot the boy in the back it still doesn't justify dudes behavior up to that point. That's a mockery to people who really died doing nothing but minding their own business. Here's the thing. Nobody has got a law changed in either state Fl. or Missouri that would prevent this from happening again. Yet we've all be in the streets protesting. Time for some real black leadership. I'm sorry Mike Brown shot in the back was wrong but dude put himself in the hands of the system. Once you are in the hands of the system injustice is going to happen.
This gon hurt a lot of feelings, but it's the truth. Mike Brown robbed a damn store minutes b4 he was killed. Trayvon's situation was different.
You're agreeing with a white troll unless you're white too. Ain't no ? way Mike brown reach for that cop gun.
Im not White and i never said Mike Brown reached for a gun. Still dont change the fact dude robbed a store b4 he got murked. My point was that Trayvons situation is different than Mike Brown's -
rodneyskinner wrote: »I can't personally cosign the Mike Brown thing. To me its different than Trayvon. Trayvon was a real travesty. Its important that we support real injustice's so as not to taint the cause. This kid may have been part of Mentally Ill Lives matter. If you reach into a cop car and grab his gun sure the police are not justified in shooting you in the back after you run away. Its kind of disgraceful to Trayvon Martin to lump the two. Trayvon was a kid being stalked by a non police officer not identifying himself. Who after Trayvon ran away was chased down by a non police officer who didn't identify himself. You can say whatever you want about who initiated contact it doesn't matter when you are being stalked. This this is a totally different thing man. Even if you believe the police shot the boy in the back it still doesn't justify dudes behavior up to that point. That's a mockery to people who really died doing nothing but minding their own business. Here's the thing. Nobody has got a law changed in either state Fl. or Missouri that would prevent this from happening again. Yet we've all be in the streets protesting. Time for some real black leadership. I'm sorry Mike Brown shot in the back was wrong but dude put himself in the hands of the system. Once you are in the hands of the system injustice is going to happen.
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