August 9, 2017 marks the 3rd anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown.
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Brown was an 18-year-old Black unarmed man gunned down by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, in his hometown of Ferguson, Missouri.
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Within days of Brown’s wrongful death, thousands of protesters flooded the city of Ferguson to protest.
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Many chanted and held signs featuring the words, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” as witnesses alleged Brown put his hands up in the air while Wilson shot him.
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Amid protests and demonstrations, there were reports of property damage throughout the city.
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Thousands debated the relevance of property damage when the sanctity of human life was undervalued.
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Hundreds of police officers soon showed up in riot gear.
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As anger mounted over anonymity of the police officer’s name (which was not immediately announced after the shooting), police, highway control, and other armed forces were issued to “regulate” the protests.
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As the uprising escalated, police attempted to disperse people using rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Many journalists from notable publications were unlawfully arrested in the process of covering the events.
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew on the St. Louis suburb.
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Within nine days from the original incident, the governor deployed the National Guard to assist the St. Louis police officials.
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Unrest persisted in the community for 12 days.
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Today, three years later, we remember the Ferguson uprising as a display of courage, a time when a community banded together with one voice and one message: Black Lives Matter.
