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Ferguson Link Collection - Do I have the picture?
MY SUMMARY: Unarmed black teenager shot by police officer previously serving in department shut down for corruption; police then point guns at citizens and media, arrest reporters, and assault people in their own yards with tear gas while being recorded telling everyone to "turn the cameras off" with bonus insults and vile name calling of residents, and the gleeful support of the Ku Klux Klan; apparently white men arresting black people is the town's #1 source of income.
Am I missing anything?
Anonymous Releases Audio in St. Louis Shooting
http://www.newser.com/story/192436/anonymous-releases-audio-in-st-louis-shooting.html
("We just got another call stating it was an officer-involved shooting. ... Be advised, this information came from the news...")
Powerful Hashtag Shows How The Media Portrays Young Black Men Who Are Gunned Down
http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-hashtag-shows-how-media-manipulates-peoples-images-2014-8#ixzz3Am5Vjs00
(Tuesday, Aug 12, 2014 "If they gunned me down, which picture would they use?")
Missouri State Senator Tells Police Chief She Was Tear Gassed While Protesting Peacefully In Ferguson
http://www.businessinsider.com/missouri-state-senator-gassed-while-protesting-in-ferguson-2014-8#ixzz3Alc9NC9R
(Monday, Aug 11, 2014)
Female Pastor Shot with Rubber Bullet by Police During Protest
http://bluenationreview.com/female-pastor-shot-rubber-bullet-police-protest/
(Tuesday, Aug 12, 2014)
13 Photos From The Protests In Ferguson, Missouri, You Won't Believe Happened In The United States Of America
http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-ferguson-protests-2014-8#ixzz3AlbTRKif
(Wed, Aug 13, 2014: "the police moved in on the crowd, firing tear gas and rubber bullets, and police officers instructed people to turn off their cameras.")
Missouri Police Fire Tear Gas At TV Crew And Take Their Equipment
http://www.businessinsider.com/police-fire-tear-gas-on-al-jazeera-america-tv-crew-and-then-take-their-equipment-2014-8#ixzz3AlxgGyzp
(Reported on Thurs, Aug 14, 2014 about events from Wed, Aug 13, 2014: "We were clearly set up as press with a full live shot set up. As soon as first bullet hit the car we screamed out loud, "We are press,’ ‘This is media.")
Washington Post reporter arrested in Ferguson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/13/washington-post-reporter-arrested-in-ferguson/
How a Demonstration Turned Into a Disaster
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2014/08/ferguson_police_attack_protestors_with_tear_gas_rubber_bullets_on_site_reporting.html
(Thursday, Aug 14, 2014: “So far, police have killed an unarmed teenager, stonewalled anyone requesting information, and met peaceful demonstrations with draconian crackdowns. Indeed, at every stage, police have opted for repression rather than communication.”)
Witness to Michael Brown’s Killing Explains What He Saw
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/witness_to_michael_browns_killing_explains_what_he_saw.html
New Witness, New Video in Michael Brown Shooting
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/new_video_witness_in_michael_brown_shooting.html
Tips For Being An Unarmed Black Teen
http://www.theonion.com/articles/tips-for-being-an-unarmed-black-teen,36697/
(Supposed to be funny; terrifying.
)
Officer Darren Wilson Lives in Crestwood, Black Population 1.3%
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/officer_darren_wilson_lives_in_crestwood_black_population_13.html
(From Article: “Wilson previously worked in nearby Jennings, where the black population is 86.1 percent.”)
Jennings police department dissolves
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Jennings-police-department-dissolves-117864314.html
(Article Dated: March 12, 2011 “The council said corruption inside the department led to this.”)
What I Did After Police Killed My Son
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/what-i-did-after-police-killed-my-son-110038.html#ixzz3AlmP66yh
(Story of a white family who lost their handcuffed son to police violence in front of multiple witnesses.)
In California, a Champion for Police Cameras
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/us/in-california-a-champion-for-police-cameras.html?_r=3&
(No Dash Cams in Ferguson, MO.)
Police Threaten to Shoot Live Stream Reporter
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930
(Sunday, Aug 17, 2014 "get the f*ck out of here or I will shoot you", pointing gun at as face.)
Video: Reporter says cop threatened to shoot him for filming Ferguson protests
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/17/6029739/video-police-threatens-to-shoot-reporter-taping-ferguson-protests?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=sunday#ooid=5sZ2Nwbzoa54nQHPRIpGI8H5XzPNiRPv
(Sunday, Aug 17, 2014)
Cops in Ferguson Threaten to Shoot Reporter, Mace Chris Hayes
http://gawker.com/ferguson-police-threaten-to-shoot-reporter-and-mace-chr-1623125660
(Sunday, Aug 17, 2014)
The Ferguson “robbery” incident report has some problems.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025398525
(This is a pure opinion piece, but links to videos; the analysis is pretty good.)
Watch John Oliver’s Take on Ferguson and the Police
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/08/18/john_oliver_on_ferguson_missouri_and_police_militarization_video.html
(Sunday, Aug 17, 2014 Includes video of Ferguson/St Louis police calling citizens “f*ck*ng animals” – very disturbing.)
Driving While Black in Ferguson
http://www.newsweek.com/ferguson-profiling-police-courts-shooting-264744
(Monday, Aug 18, 2014 “Despite Ferguson’s relative poverty, fines and court fees comprise the second largest source of revenue for the city, a total of 2,635,400,” according to the ArchCity Defenders report. And in 2013, the Ferguson Municipal Court issued 24,532 arrest warrants and 12,018 cases, “or about 3 warrants and 1.5 cases per household.”)
KKK Fundraiser Planned This Weekend ‘Somewhere In Sullivan’
http://www.mysullivannews.com/2014/08/kkk-rally-planned-this-weekend-somewhere-in-sullivan/
(Monday, Aug 18, 2014 “All money will go to the cop who did his job against the negro criminal.”)
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I was on vacation last week, so feeling some guilt for not being as informed as I should have been.
It will probably sink like a stone, but at least I put it all together for myself. 
One of the good folks at work started trying to blame the victim....
I wanted to put it together in a way that "made sense" -- there is still a lot of other information out there, but it really seems to come down to "corruption" and "racism."
I still can't believe they did that - and I still don't know the end of the story -- were they fired/disciplined/sued?
DU has had some AMAZING posts on this topic!
I am proud of this collection of links.
I need to update it later though.
Most of the information in the links came from DU - I put it together without the attributes, since several of the links were posted multiple times by different people.
DU is AMAZING.
...for these TWO eyewitnesses to the murder of Mike Brown.
Witness to Michael Brown’s Killing Explains What He Saw
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/witness_to_michael_browns_killing_explains_what_he_saw.html
New Witness, New Video in Michael Brown Shooting
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/new_video_witness_in_michael_brown_shooting.html
Thanks for this post, IdaBriggs. 
TYY
