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KamaAina

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Wed Aug 20, 2014, 01:27 PM Aug 2014

19 Infuriating Facts Everyone Needs To Know About The Ferguson Protests

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1. Ferguson's Mayor James Knowles will not acknowledge the racial tension between those in charge and the town's primarily black residents....

4. They shoot tear gas early and without warning. They'll shoot if you're in a wheelchair....

10. They've shown little to no interest in establishing positive relationships with locals, or public figures attempting to keep peace....

14. They will racially profile black journalists.


As to No. 4, a friend of mine who uses a wheelchair was teargassed by the Oakland PD during Occupy.

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