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kentauros

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3. Thank you for that link.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 15, 2014, 11:12 AM

Aug 2014

I especially liked this paragraph:

“The point of nonviolent action is not to claim an enemy and defeat that enemy,” Very Rev. Michael Kinman, Dean of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in St. Louis, told ThinkProgress ahead of the protest. “The point is to win hearts, and we believe there is gospel truth in that voice of the young people from Ferguson. We’re not doing this against the police, we’re doing this for the police."

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After the Ferguson protests, church volunteers pick up the pieces [View all] hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

I hope they also start organizing peaceful protests. kentauros Aug 2014 #1

Looks like that is happening. cbayer Aug 2014 #2

Thank you for that link. kentauros Aug 2014 #3

Unfortunately, I church leader was shot with a rubber bullet (reported but not confirmed). cbayer Aug 2014 #4

I noticed that part in the story. kentauros Aug 2014 #5

From what I have gathered, things have gotten better today. cbayer Aug 2014 #6

I wasn't an adult in those times, kentauros Aug 2014 #7

You might be referring to the image from a historically black college - Morehouse? cbayer Aug 2014 #8

Yes, it may have been Morehouse. kentauros Aug 2014 #9

I understand what you are saying. cbayer Aug 2014 #10

I can only assume that the business owners of the news outlets kentauros Aug 2014 #11

When I got TV (and it's been almost a year now), I would also watch cbayer Aug 2014 #12

I still like some things on PBS. kentauros Aug 2014 #13

I lived in New Orleans for 21 years, including the year of the big one. cbayer Aug 2014 #14

I wonder if Frontline has done anything about the militarization kentauros Aug 2014 #15