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bigtree

(85,996 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2014, 09:03 PM Aug 2014

University walkouts and moments of silence in St Louis and elsewhere today

Brown's Death Marked By Rallies At Washington U., SLU

As Brown’s funeral was being held at Friendly Temple Baptist Church, dozens of Washington U. students marched around the campus and held a moment of silence for him. About 30 students gathered at SLU for a similar event near the campus clock tower, offering brief reflections and observing a period of silence.




Pablo M. Zavala @PabloMZavala
#HandsUpWalkOut at Washington University in St. Louis. Cops handing out water #JusticeForMikeBrown #Ferguson




OBS-STL @OBS_StL
WashU students stand in support of #JusticeForMikeBrown #HandsUpWalkOut #HandsUpDontShoot




Washington U. students in front of Brookings Hall.
James Byard/WUSTL Photos




and elsewhere across the country . . .


Jade Burks @jadeoliviaxo · 50m
Candle light vigil in honor of #MikeBrown at WVU




kenz @kenzimb · 38m
"Don't shoot, my hands are up" the #MikeBrown candle vigil at WVU.


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University walkouts and moments of silence in St Louis and elsewhere today (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2014 OP
Nice. Now get out of the ivory towers and vote. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Aug 2014 #2
Was it the ivory towers reference? Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #5
it'll be a good start, Fred bigtree Aug 2014 #6
Thanks, I never understood the importance of tone until I had some experience on comment threads. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #7
Cops handing out water at protest - Ya - Rich White Kids have that effect on cops FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #3
well, that's helpful bigtree Aug 2014 #4

Response to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
6. it'll be a good start, Fred
Mon Aug 25, 2014, 09:46 PM
Aug 2014

. . . they have to start somewhere. Voting will be one of the challenges, yes, but it's not just the 'ivory towers' which need emptying on election day. We need to mobilize and register ALL of our citizens, especially those folks in the communities which are the most affected and impacted by the worst that their state and others are experiencing.

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