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Cop Suspended For Posting ‘Ferguson Protesters Should Be Killed Like Rabid Dogs’ on Facebook
A police officer in a St. Louis suburb has been suspended over a series of Facebook posts, insulting Ferguson protesters, who have been rallying in condemnation of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. Crowdfunding campaign for officer who shot unarmed teenager spurs controversy The police department in Glendale, Missouri, …
Ammunition Manufacturers Cashing In On Unrest
So-called less-than-lethal munitions used on protesters in Ferguson have become not only a symbol of a militarized mindset among law enforcement in the US, but have galvanized bonds between struggles against state aggression, from Missouri to Palestine. Protests over the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on August 9 by a police officer continued into …
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown: MSM called out for portrayal of Mike Brown
If you were killed, what photo would the media use in their stories? That’s the question that the #iftheygunnedmedown hashtag asks on social media as minorities point out media bias in the deaths of African-Americans. FBI to investigate after second night of Ferguson riots (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) The question comes after the shooting death of Mike Brown in …