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Missouri Governor Orders National Guard into Ferguson as Protests Flare

HeadlineAug 18, 2014

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered the National Guard into Ferguson today after another night of protests over Michael Brown’s death. For the past two nights police have tried to enforce a five-hour curfew starting at midnight. On Sunday night, police fired tear gas, smoke canisters and rubber bullets in an attempt to clear the streets before the curfew began. The police fired into a crowd that included parents with their children. Police accused some protesters of throwing Molotov cocktails and trying to overrun the police command center.

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