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Tidbits - August 21, 2014

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Eyewitness to Police Terror in Ferguson - Protestors Shot, News Reporters Arrested

Jon Swaine in Ferguson, Missouri The Guardian (UK)
Raw fury over Brown's killing may slowly fade, but the underlying resentment among Ferguson's young black residents about their treatment by a white police force will likely continue to simmer. Washington Post and Huffington Post journalists detained. Today, Governor Jay Nixon ordered Missouri Highway Patrol to take over supervision in Ferguson, MO.
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