Posted on Aug 11, 2023
9 years after Michael Brown's killing, Ferguson's 'sacred ground' evokes calls for progress
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Wednesday marks the ninth anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s killing by a white police officer in Ferguson. Now, local officials and community members are urging residents to elect leaders who will protect Black lives.
Nine years after a police officer killed Michael Brown Jr., about 150 people gathered to celebrate his life and call for continued action to stop the police killings of Black people.
Teddy bears and a bouquet of flowers marked the spot on Canfield Drive where Darren Wilson, then a Ferguson police officer, fatally shot Brown in 2014.
Old friends hugged. Some contemplated his death in silence. Other people bowed their heads to remember his life.
Nine years after a police officer killed Michael Brown Jr., about 150 people gathered to celebrate his life and call for continued action to stop the police killings of Black people.
Teddy bears and a bouquet of flowers marked the spot on Canfield Drive where Darren Wilson, then a Ferguson police officer, fatally shot Brown in 2014.
Old friends hugged. Some contemplated his death in silence. Other people bowed their heads to remember his life.
9 years after Michael Brown's killing, Ferguson's 'sacred ground' evokes calls for progress
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Micheal Brown was a thug and hands up don’t shot was a lie that ruined a good police officers career. Defunding police has caused the death of more people than crooked cops ever could. No where in the article does it mention the fact that Micheal Brown attacked the police officer and tried to take his gun. How come all liberal saints are criminals?
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
Where have any police departments been "defunded?" Despite all your right wing rallying cries about it, police departments have actually seen an increase in funding over the years even since this incident. 83% of the the budgets of more than 100 cities and counties spent at least 2% more on police in 2022 than in 2019. For example.
https://abc7.com/where-police-departments-defunded-how-does-funding-impact-crime-defund-the-budgets/12324846/#:~:text=Rashawn%20Ray%2C%20a%20sociologist%20and,any%20way%2C%22%20Ray%20said.
So spare me with this "deFundInG thE PoLicE hAs CAusEd DeaThs..." No cops are getting "defunded."
No one called Michael Brown a "liberal saint." When even the St Louis county prosecutor reopened the case he even said the cop wasn't without fault. "Mr. Bell said that although his office could not prove that a crime was committed, the investigation did not exonerate Mr. Wilson, who resigned months after the shooting. “There are so many points at which Darren Wilson could have handled the situation differently, and if he had, Michael Brown might still be alive,” he said." That was in 2020.
https://abc7.com/where-police-departments-defunded-how-does-funding-impact-crime-defund-the-budgets/12324846/#:~:text=Rashawn%20Ray%2C%20a%20sociologist%20and,any%20way%2C%22%20Ray%20said.
So spare me with this "deFundInG thE PoLicE hAs CAusEd DeaThs..." No cops are getting "defunded."
No one called Michael Brown a "liberal saint." When even the St Louis county prosecutor reopened the case he even said the cop wasn't without fault. "Mr. Bell said that although his office could not prove that a crime was committed, the investigation did not exonerate Mr. Wilson, who resigned months after the shooting. “There are so many points at which Darren Wilson could have handled the situation differently, and if he had, Michael Brown might still be alive,” he said." That was in 2020.
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LTC David Brown
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - there are cities that cut police funding and the results were not good. Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Baltimore.etc. Austin is increas DOS presents with a reduction in crime. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/07/us-cities-defund-police-transferring-money-community
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Obama's DOJ cleared the police officer. This was not racism or white supremacy.
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