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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"At 18 Years Old in Festus, MO I shot a cop with a BB gun.. Why am I still Alive?.... "

Alycee @jazziz2
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@foxonfox posted this picture, taken in #Ferguson, on FB and instagram. cc:@GovJayNixon @vj44 @CivilRights
11:24 AM - 18 Aug 2014 3 Retweets 1 favorite
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Two Americas

Sammie. @LordSWVP
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This makes the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown so powerful. It's sad that some people have taken it to another level.
8:05 AM - 11 Aug 2014 5,102 Retweets 1,865 favorites
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Found on the Ground in Ferguson, MO

Anonymous @YourAnonNews
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RT @TERROREYEStv: Found on the ground.
7:09 PM - 17 Aug 2014
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"At 18 Years Old in Festus, MO I shot a cop with a BB gun.. Why am I still Alive?.... " (Original Post)
Cha
Aug 2014
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It's the corporatemedia and the republicons who are responsible for this, she. But, I repeat myself
Cha
Aug 2014
#5
This time I hope something changes for the better. Justice would be a good first step.
livetohike
Aug 2014
#6
sheshe2
(96,618 posts)4. Two Americas, sadly true Cha.
The man from Festus MO is white and alive. The young man from Ferguson MO, Michael Brown is black and dead. Two confrontations with the police, two very different outcomes.
Cha
(317,721 posts)5. It's the corporatemedia and the republicons who are responsible for this, she. But, I repeat myself
livetohike
(24,087 posts)6. This time I hope something changes for the better. Justice would be a good first step.
Cha
(317,721 posts)7. Yes, livetohike.. Hoping this time there will be significant Change for the Better. We will
not stop until there is.
sheshe2
(96,618 posts)12. And.....

✏ @diagnosed
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This is too real. #Ferguson #MikeBrown
3:44 AM - 18 Aug 2014
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/18/yes-america-the-differences-are-glaring/#more-183954
Cha
(317,721 posts)13. Absolutely not, she~ Good on their hearts~
flamingdem
(40,831 posts)16. Love this photo
and sentiment!
Cha
(317,721 posts)19. Mahalo Coexist~
nikto
(3,284 posts)15. Apparently, shooting a cop with a BB gun while white...
Isn't a crime.
Does this include Cliven Bundy and his AR15?
Cha
(317,721 posts)21. White privelege, nikto
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)17. K & R
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)20. kick. rec. !!!
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