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söndag, augusti 17, 2014

Missouri Governor Declares Emergency and Imposes Curfew in Ferguson


The New York Times |



Saturday, August 16, 2014 4:47 PM EDT




Missouri Governor Declares Emergency and Imposes Curfew in Ferguson
Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri declared a state of emergency in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson on Saturday afternoon and ordered a curfew after a week of unrest following the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager by a local police officer.
The governor’s action came hours after hundreds of demonstrators engaged in a standoff with the police early Saturday that was punctuated by threats and a new round of denunciations of law enforcement practices.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html?emc=edit_na_20140816



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