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Thousands Join “Ferguson October” Protests Against Police Shootings

HeadlineOct 13, 2014

Thousands of people traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, to take part in “Ferguson October,” four days of action calling for justice in the case of Michael Brown and the reform of police practices nationwide. Overnight on Saturday, 17 people were arrested in a sit-in at a gas station near the St. Louis neighborhood of Shaw, where police fatally shot another 18-year-old African American, Vonderrit Myers. Watch our report from the streets.

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