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Panich52

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Fri May 8, 2015, 05:56 PM May 2015

Echoes of Baltimore on the streets of Jerusalem

Echoes of Baltimore on the streets of Jerusalem

The pictures that consumed the attention of Israelis last week seemed grimly in tune with those that filled American and international airwaves over the past two weeks: Young men and women, overwhelmingly black and some with their hands raised high to indicate they were unarmed, clashing with heavily armed police. But instead of happening in places like Ferguson, Baltimore or New York, these confrontations took place in the center of Jerusalem.

Read more:  Analysis: Israeli Ethiopians suffer mistreatment by police

http://alj.am/1JGOe5X via @ajam

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Echoes of Baltimore on the streets of Jerusalem (Original Post) Panich52 May 2015 OP
Didn't Israel instruct Ferguson PD and the NYPD in crowd control? leveymg May 2015 #1
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