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Amnesty International has come to Ferguson
WashPost ^ | 8-18-2014 | Abby Ohlheiser

Posted on 08/18/2014 12:19:33 PM PDT by tcrlaf

In an unusual move, the global rights organization Amnesty International has dispatched a delegation of observers and organizers to Ferguson, Mo., to provide direct support to community members and to observe the police response to protests. The 13-person delegation, which arrived late last week, was the first of its kind deployed by Amnesty within the United States, the organization said.

The St. Louis suburb has been filled with unrest since since Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed on Aug. 9 by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. That unrest intensified once again on Sunday, with reports of gunshots prompting law enforcement officials to respond with tear gas.

Overnight, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) announced that he’ll send the National Guard into Ferguson.

Amnesty decided to send a delegation to the city last week — a day after Amnesty International USA’s Executive Director Steven Hawkins sent a letter to law enforcement officials there expressing “deep concern” about Brown’s death and the way in which the police responded to protesters in the following days.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201408; amnesty; amnestyinternational; amnestyintl; amnestyintlusa; blackkk; ferguson; fergusonriots; missouri; riot; stevenhawkins
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To: a fool in paradise

Maybe we need to start putting caps in their tations


21 posted on 08/18/2014 12:42:11 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: tcrlaf

Wonder what their view will be after they get beatings, robbery, and rapes from the Urban Ute “victims”


22 posted on 08/18/2014 12:47:34 PM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: tcrlaf
All of the "usual Liberal Suspects" are converging on Ferguson.

A few of them need to be mugged, for educational purposes.

23 posted on 08/18/2014 1:04:08 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: tcrlaf

Agitators International


24 posted on 08/18/2014 1:05:06 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: tcrlaf

because they couldn’t get tickets to North Korea?


25 posted on 08/18/2014 1:07:37 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Tzimisce

Nope. No borders.

Don’t pay your electric bill in Detroit, go to the UN and demand “your rights”. Get shot by a cop, parents go to the UN and complain your “rights” were violated.

It’s the dissolution of the U.S.


26 posted on 08/18/2014 1:08:41 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: tcrlaf
Amnesty International, please pick up the red phone, Nineveh is calling.
27 posted on 08/18/2014 1:10:42 PM PDT by SisterK
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I have been thinking the same thing: that Ferguson local PD needs to time out and let all these “intellectuals” sort things out.
Local police and first responders take a little vacation. The Panthers have everything under control.


28 posted on 08/18/2014 1:15:18 PM PDT by SisterK
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To: tcrlaf

Has the Communist Party, Cubans, and the UN shown up yet?


29 posted on 08/18/2014 1:16:51 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Looted store owners in Ferguson should to sue the city. They paid for police protection - got none)
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To: SisterK; All

Tweet from Yamiche Alcindor, USAToday:
Things in Ferguson are getting tense as people are being arrested and the National Guard moves in.


30 posted on 08/18/2014 1:17:00 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf

any National Guard pics yet?


31 posted on 08/18/2014 1:18:01 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: tcrlaf

Follow-up article about Amnesty International representatives having all of their stuff stolen in three... two... one...

Wonder whether parts of Ferguson are now listed as “Sketchy” in that mobile app...


32 posted on 08/18/2014 1:24:43 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: tcrlaf
to provide direct support to community members and to observe the police response to protests

Their definition of support means bringing in paid rioters. Observe means stirring the pot. Protests means looting, burning down businesses and throwing molotov cocktails. Police response is to keep the msm safely behind the line and not so much as look funny at any amish person.

33 posted on 08/18/2014 1:55:05 PM PDT by bgill
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
How about the cops in Ferguson go on strike for a week. Let Amnesty international handle things, see how it goes.

We have a winner!

34 posted on 08/18/2014 1:56:47 PM PDT by bgill
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To: tcrlaf

Anyone know how to get rid of that annoying pop up for accept or deny for Adobe Flash Player Settings?


35 posted on 08/18/2014 2:03:58 PM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

Never mind.


36 posted on 08/18/2014 2:11:54 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Sacajaweau
At least it got the multitude of Obama scandals off the front page. A smashing success!
37 posted on 08/18/2014 2:20:46 PM PDT by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: tcrlaf

Communists out of America!!

Smash marxism


38 posted on 08/18/2014 2:24:11 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: tcrlaf

All part of their plan...


39 posted on 08/18/2014 2:57:06 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: tcrlaf

“13-person delegation”, just like Bilbo and the 12 dwarves rounded up by Gandalf in the book, “The Hobbit”... Fight Smaug the dragon (The cop who has a target on his back)


40 posted on 08/18/2014 3:48:29 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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