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bigtree

(85,975 posts)
Thu Aug 21, 2014, 09:49 PM Aug 2014

Ferguson: "We are the future. We are the lost youth."

Last edited Fri Aug 22, 2014, 01:59 AM - Edit history (2)

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Rachel Lippmann @rlippmann
"We are the future. We are the lost youth." Spotted in #Ferguson



Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche
Messages for #MichaelBrown have been strung on a bush nearby where he was shot. #Ferguson




Lynden Steele @manofsteele
Sleepy in #Ferguson "The youth shall protest for as long as it takes," -Dontey Carter, right. Pic by @cfletesboutte




Charlie Riedel/Associated Press
Children watched from their home as people marched to the police station in Ferguson.




stlpublicradio @stlpublicradio
Symposium ponders lessons to be learned from #Ferguson : bit.ly/1mobczj




Mark Kauzlarich Reuters
Tyrell Mosley and his daughter, McKayla, 9, and son Demarre, 6, clean up debris along West Florissant Ave. in Ferguson, Mo.




justified agitator @Awkward_Duck · 10h
Wow “@FergusonUnity: Line outside Ferguson library waiting for free tutoring to start this morning. Via @KMOV pic.twitter.com/9dKc8i0GPN”




Jeff Bernthal ?@JeffBernthal 9m
Sen. Claire McCaskill is walking West Florissant. She is encouraging people to shop #Ferguson..




Erin Delmore @erindelmore · 10m
Calm evening on West Florissant in #Ferguson




The New York Times @nytimes · 5m
Photos from Ferguson since the shooting of Michael Brown
http://nyti.ms/1weJcI6 (Photo: Eric Thayer for NYT)




Ashley Codianni @AshleyCodianni · 1h
A father talks to his son about Mike Brown #Ferguson




Ferguson Solidarity @FergusonUnity · 5h
#Ferguson: An American scenario: Two dads and their sons have "That Talk" via @Bonn1eGreer #HandsUpDontShoot




Robert Cohen @kodacohen · 3h
Art project helps people cope with feelings about #MikeBrown in #Ferguson




Ryan J. Reilly ?@ryanjreilly 9h
Dan Davis performs for kids in #Ferguson. pic.twitter.com/NsUghIN3v6




Alice Speri @alicesperi · 4h
Made a new friend #Ferguson




Ryan J. Reilly ?@ryanjreilly 2m
Zu Ryan, who will be four in October, interacts with an officer named Steve




Ryan J. Reilly ?@ryanjreilly 36s
A young boy plays with an officer's flashlight and points at a helicopter #Ferguson




Chuck Tryon @chutry · 13h
via @brianstelter: the @TIME cover (by Getty photog Scott Olson, who was later arrested, is pretty devastating:




Lisa Clancy @lisadclancy · 7h
Capt. Johnson at #ferguson library taking questions from students. "When can we go back to school? #dontshoot




Micah Grimes ?@MicahGrimes 50m
Capt. Johnson tells a young black boy his being down here, being part of protests, makes him part of history:




Jen Marlowe @donkeysaddleorg · 4h
#TroyDavis's fam: "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Msg to fam of #MikeBrown& #Ferguson http://tinyurl.com/p5kd8kf


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Ferguson: "We are the future. We are the lost youth." (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2014 OP
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thanks for the k&r, eyerish bigtree Aug 2014 #6
Anytime Bigtree... Eyerish Aug 2014 #9
Very nicely put together. I am listening sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #7
relative calm, yes, sabrina bigtree Aug 2014 #8

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
7. Very nicely put together. I am listening
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 02:10 AM
Aug 2014

to Captain Johnson's daily report right now. Seems since the 'riot police' left or whoever they were, with their tanks and weapons of war, calm has been restored to Ferguson.

bigtree

(85,975 posts)
8. relative calm, yes, sabrina
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 09:07 AM
Aug 2014

. . . with some superfluous mechanisms of police intimidation receding and, perhaps regrouping, there is a deepening of the determination and resolve of those in Ferguson seeking justice, accountability, and even some healing

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