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riversedge

(69,727 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 07:19 PM Dec 2014

People Walk Out Of Work, School in Ferguson Protests

Source: abc








People Walk Out Of Work, School in Ferguson Protests
Dec 1, 2014, 4:59 PM ET
By RHEANA MURRAY

People rally in New York Citys Union Square before marching through the street in protest to the Ferguson grand jury decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown case, Dec. 1, 2014.


Protesters across the country walked out of jobs or school today to honor Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager killed this summer by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

Many of the walkouts happened at 12:01 p.m. CT, the exact time Brown was shot on Aug. 9. The movement gained steam on social media with the hashtag #HandsUpWalkOut, and organized protests happened in dozens of cities.


At universities from New York to Los Angeles, students marched holding signs saying "Black Lives Matter" and demanding "justice" for Brown.

In some parts of the country, the protesters even included middle school students. .......

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/people-walk-work-school-ferguson-protests/story?id=27288450

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People Walk Out Of Work, School in Ferguson Protests (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2014 OP
More here ... Scuba Dec 2014 #1
Awesome..... marmar Dec 2014 #2
Maybe. We'll see. nt Bragi Dec 2014 #5
They have to be continuous-- riversedge Dec 2014 #11
Michael Brown is the Emmett Till of our generation kimbutgar Dec 2014 #3
I like 'em too. Very promising. nt Bragi Dec 2014 #6
We are long overdue for a general strike anyway. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #4
This is very heart warming. logosoco Dec 2014 #7
I think we need mainstreetonce Dec 2014 #8
A WooHoo to all those who walked out Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #9
Walk out and stay out. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #10

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
3. Michael Brown is the Emmett Till of our generation
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 07:49 PM
Dec 2014

I have never been prouder of these Americans who have been protesting.

And today Scarborough went to a new low and he is the outsider in this country, a racist out of touch jerk.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
7. This is very heart warming.
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 07:56 PM
Dec 2014

I think social media is helping the movement very much.
I am so happy to see that so many American people have had enough.
I also imagine Mike Brown's family, and all of those who have been affected by the over reach of police authority will feel a healing from the actions of their fellow citizens.

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