First Night of Curfew in Ferguson
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Seven arrested, 1 shot as police use tear gas on protesters defying Ferguson curfewPolice fired smoke and tear gas canisters early Sunday in an effort to disperse several dozen protesters who defied a curfew in a St. Louis suburb where a black teenager was fatally shot by a white police officer last week.
The Missouri Highway Patrol said that seven people were arrested and one man had been shot at the site of the protest in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said that the shooting victim was in critical condition and had been rushed to a hospital by...
From the Center
Missouri Gov. Declares State of Emergency, Curfew for FergusonMissouri's governor issued a local state of emergency and imposed a nighttime curfew Saturday after violent protesters looted local businesses earlier in the day.
In a tense meeting at the Greater St. Mark Family Church in St. Louis, Gov. Jay Nixon said the overwhelming number of protesters have been peaceful. But the governor said he would not allow a small number of violent rioters to emerge again in the wake of a police-involved fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown one week ago.
"If we are going to have justice, we...
From the Left
Ferguson On Edge On First Night With CurfewPolice in Ferguson, Missouri, cracked down early Sunday on a small group of protesters who defied the midnight curfew imposed by Gov. Jay Nixon (D). One man was shot and is in critical condition, police said. Seven people were arrested.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said that tear gas was deployed not to enforce the curfew, but in response to a person believed to be armed.
The crowd in the streets before the curfew appeared to be much younger than on the previous nights since Michael Brown, an...
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