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'This is the Story of Power in this Country': Ferguson, Institutionalized Racism and the Militarization of Police | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

22.8.14

'This is the Story of Power in this Country': Ferguson, Institutionalized Racism and the Militarization of Police | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community: Harrowing images and videos from Ferguson’s ongoing protests showed tense days turning into chaotic nights as police forces descended on the demonstrations, dressed in army camouflage and black helmets, wielding attack dogs and assault rifles, straddling armored tanks. They arrested reporters, refused to answer questions, and confiscated and dismantled news cameras. They fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at groups of protesters, eerily backlit by sporadic street-lamps and tank headlights. The smoke grenades sent heavy, billowing clouds through crowds of people who recoiled from the gas and held their empty arms in the air with the simple, pleading message, "Don’t shoot."


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