Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Ryan Devereaux (FirstLook.org/TheIntercept); Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez (DemocracyNow.org, 8-20-14)
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| Do Americans know they're being spied on in Ferguson and all throughout USA? |
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| Obama watches (firstlook.org/theintercept) |
FERGUSON, Missouri - Protests over the fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown have continued for a 10th night in "Fergistan, USA." Protesters are calling for the arrest of a killer cop, Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who shot the unarmed teenager six [to eight] times, including twice in the head.
According to The New York Times, Attorney General Eric Holder and top Justice Department officials are weighing whether to open a broader civil rights investigation to look at Ferguson’s police practices in general.
Meanwhile, the Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Ferguson Police Department to stop harassing and detaining journalists. At least 11 journalists have been detained while covering the protests sparked by the shooting of Brown. We speak to of The Intercept. On Monday night covering the demonstrations, he was terrorized, shot by a rubberized bullet, arrested, and jailed overnight in spite of -- or possibly because of -- identifying himself as a member of the media.
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Meanwhile, the Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Ferguson Police Department to stop harassing and detaining journalists. At least 11 journalists have been detained while covering the protests sparked by the shooting of Brown. We speak to of The Intercept. On Monday night covering the demonstrations, he was terrorized, shot by a rubberized bullet, arrested, and jailed overnight in spite of -- or possibly because of -- identifying himself as a member of the media.
HEADLINES
- Police: 47 Arrested on 10th Night of Protests in Ferguson
- St. Louis police murder black man miles from protests
- Top U.N. human rights official: "Apartheid is flourishing" in parts of U.S.
- NFL players hold up hands in solidarity with Ferguson
- Pentagon defends its program That Supplied Military Gear to Ferguson Police
- Grand Jury to consider NYPD chokehold killing of Eric Garner by group of officers on pretext of selling loose cigarettes
- Israel resumes its criminal assault on civilian Gaza Strip; 11 Palestinians murdered
- Israeli-Palestinian truce talks break down in Cairo
- Oakland: Protesters continue bid to block unloading of Israeli ship [protest and blockade of ship will continue farther north]
- Islamic State says U.S. journalist James Foley was publicly beheaded in revenge for Iraq airstrikes
- Iraqi forces seek to reclaim Tikrit from Islamic State
- Ebola deaths top 1,200; Liberia imposes curfew, isolates slum
- 31 arrested in Ferguson protests overnight; 2 shot during unrest
- Brown Family attorney: Autopsy backs up witness accounts of fatal shooting
- Obama raises concerns about police militarization in post-shooting paramilitary crackdown
- Israel, Hamas extend truce for 24 hours; key differences remain
- U.N. agency: Gaza can’t return to blockade conditions
- Israel blocks Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch from Gaza
- Obama hails "major step" as Kurdish, Iraqi forces claim to retake Mosul dam
- Islamic State video threatens attacks on Americans
- Ukraine, rebels trade allegations of civilian killings
- Unidentified warplanes strike militias in Libya
- Tens of thousands rally in Pakistan anti-gov’t protests
- Nazi resister returns Holocaust medal to Israel after Israel kills relatives in Gaza
- Autopsy: Michael Brown shot 6 times, twice in head
- [Distant, possibly racist] Missouri governor orders National Guard into Ferguson as protests flare [on latest revelations of police cover up]
- Syrian gov’t renews airstrikes on ISIL
VIDEO: "We are all Michael Brown" — NYC parents whose kids were murdered by police rally for justice - "A Human Rights Crisis": In unprecedented move, Amnesty International sends monitors to Ferguson [Egypt calls for US military restraint]
- Armed w/ military-grade weapons, Missouri police crack down on right to protest over Michael Brown murder
- The killing of Michael Brown: Missouri Police shooting of unarmed black teen sparks days of protests
- Noam Chomsky: Israel’s actions in Palestine are "much worse than Apartheid" in South Africa
Late Monday evening, after many of the major media outlets covering the protests in Ferguson, had left the streets to broadcast from their set-ups near the police command center, heavily armed officers raced through suburban streets in armored [military] vehicles, chasing demonstrators, launching tear gas [and potentially lethal projectiles] on otherwise quiet residential lanes, and shooting at journalists. Their efforts More
Intercept reporter shot with rubber bullets and arrested while covering Ferguson protests
Intercept reporter shot with rubber bullets and arrested while covering Ferguson protests
Intercept reporter Ryan Devereaux was arrested this morning while on the ground covering the protests in Ferguson, Mo. According to St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer David Carson, who witnessed the apprehension, Devereaux [was needlessly shot with a projectile] and a German reporter he was with were both taken into custody by members of a police tactical team. They were handcuffed and placed... More
