Stay Classy, New York Times

But racism is dead. Right, SCOTUS?

The New York Times description of #MichaelBrown compared with Gary Leon Ridgway (49 murders). #Ferguson http://t.co/TSH06YkOiM

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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) August 25, 2014

How the New York Times described #MichaelBrown compared to Ted Bundy. #Ferguson http://t.co/VH0Q9euWew

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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) August 25, 2014

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Here's the NYT description of #Michael Brown compared with John Wayne Gacy. John. Wayne. Gacy. #Ferguson http://t.co/6g45PraGW1

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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) August 25, 2014

Here's the NYT description of Eric Harris (Columbine shooter) compared with #MichaelBrown. #Ferguson http://t.co/bFVlNvIFvn

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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) August 25, 2014

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Here's NYT description of #MichaelBrown compared with Timothy McVeigh. #Ferguson http://t.co/kpO0Lkexil

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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) August 25, 2014

Here is the NYT description of Michael Brown compared with NYT description of Unabomber. http://t.co/HHHLy9PFta

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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) August 25, 2014

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Your Media

@DavidDTSS: Here’s the 3rd graf from the NYT article on Mike Brown. and the 3rd graf from the RS article on the Boston bomber.

Ferguson: Walking The Walk

CNN JUST IN: President Obama orders review of programs enabling local law enforcement to buy military equipment #Ferguson

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Ferguson Solidarity (@FergusonUnity) August 23, 2014

Breaking: POTUS orders review of programs & funding for state & local law enforcement to purchase military equipment #Ferguson

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Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 23, 2014

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The head of the the Obama Administrations My Brothers keeper Initiative,Broderick Johnson is attending Michael Brown's funeral Monday

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  (@AprilDRyan) August 23, 2014

Breaking On behalf of the Obama Admin, White House Cabinet Sec Broderick Johnson will attend the funeral service of Michael Brown.

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  (@AprilDRyan) August 23, 2014

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Attending funeral Dep. Dir of WH Public Engagement Marlon Marshall, St. Louis native, who attended high school w/mother of Michael Brown.

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  (@AprilDRyan) August 23, 2014

Third White House person attending the Michael Brown funeral is Heather Foster, Advisor for the White House Office of Public Engagement.

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Must. Read.

Please read and share my new blog post: President Obama Is NOT Our Savior: reignofapril.com/president-obam…

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April (@ReignOfApril) August 23, 2014

Obama orders review of federal programs that enable local police to buy military equipment. cnn.it/1tEEXAe

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CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 23, 2014

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Broderick Johnson, Marlon Marshall & Heather Foster of the White House staff to attend Michael Brown's funeral on Monday.

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 23, 2014

Obama orders review of federal programs sending free military gear to police: bit.ly/1qBcCb7 #Ferguson

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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 23, 2014

Where The Hell Were These Blackademics Before 2008?

Barack Obama in 1992 as director of Project Vote; which achieved its goal of registering 150,000 African American voters

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Don

Where the hell were these blackademics before 2008?

They damn sure didn’t help the black farmers get their money, they damn sure didn’t get black people health insurance, and they damn sure didn’t help our black gay brothers and sisters from getting kicked out of the military.

So where the hell were they?

I’ll tell you where they were, they were at each other’s schools sitting on some fucking panel theorizing about how to end racism or make it better for African Americans.

But do you know where President Obama was?

He was out in the streets registering people to vote, he was condemning an unjust war before it became fashionable to do so.

We got pictures of Barack Obama fresh out of college walking in poor black neighborhoods registering people to vote.

We got pictures of a young Barack Obama helping black folk.

We got pictures of a young Barack Obama sitting in a village in Kenya breaking bread with his grandmother.

And these same motherfuckers want to question his blackness

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Barack Obama in Chicago, 1995, photo by Marc PoKempner

Illinois State Senator Barack Obama at a community meeting in his district with his state representative (second from right) House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie

Barack Obama in his first year at Harvard Law School after working at Developing Communities Project as a community organizer from 1985 – 1988 where he set up a tenants rights organization, job training program, and college preparatory program. He enrolled at Harvard Law School in the fall of 1988 so as to better help his community

This photo released by Obama for America shows Barack Obama teaching at the University of Chicago Law School. After Harvard Law School, Obama returned to Chicago, joined a small civil rights firm, ran a voter registration drive, and lectured on constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School

Barack Obama with his grandmother Sarah Hussein Obama in her home in the village of Nyagoma-Kogelo, western Kenya, 1987

Barack Obama at an antiwar rally in Chicago in September 2002

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IRONY: @MichaelEDyson speaking on the importance of "being present" in #Ferguson from MIAMI (& everywhere else BUT Ferguson). #nerdland

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  (@Only4RM) August 23, 2014

@Only4RM I. Am. Not. The. President. Get it?

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Michael Eric Dyson (@MichaelEDyson) August 23, 2014

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And POTUS. Is. Not. Your. Preacher. Or. Activist. Get THAT? As Chief Executive, he engaged THE EXEC BRANCH on all cylinders! @MichaelEDyson

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  (@Only4RM) August 23, 2014

@Only4RM He. Went. To. Sandy. Hook. And. Hurricane. Sandy. Stop. Making. Excuses. For. The. President. Not. To. Show. Up. For. Ferguson!

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Michael Eric Dyson (@MichaelEDyson) August 23, 2014

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Was. There. A. Pending. Federal. Investigation. Against. The. Storm. Or. The Dead. Mass. Killer.??? Facts & nuance, Prof. @MichaelEDyson.

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@SmartyPants

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After his graduation from Harvard Law School, working on a voter registration drive in Chicago

Ferguson: 140 Characters Of Truth

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#Ferguson http://t.co/7Tn8eCccMQ

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Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 21, 2014

@Lawrence YESTERDAY. Man brandishes GUN at people AND COPS. Shot ONCE. He lives. He's White. sandiego6.com/news/local/Man… … http://t.co/8Fx6VP3MG0

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#Ferguson My son has been dead almost 2½ yrs & I'm still waiting for my day in court huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/ram… #Ramarley http://t.co/gZmVvKBZoa

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Ferguson Solidarity (@FergusonUnity) August 21, 2014

Actor @TheOrlandoJones creates the #BulletBucketChallenge: bit.ly/YDFdG2 http://t.co/bYdIXGUQv2

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The Root (@TheRoot) August 21, 2014

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When St. Louis goes back to "normal" remember that for many normal is poverty, unemployment, lack of basic resources. Change "normal".

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Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 21, 2014

@sarahkendzior @CynthiaDBond Normal is also injustice, racism, systematic oppression & exploitation of minorities.

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  (@semironic) August 21, 2014

@sarahkendzior And systemic harrassment & subjugation by law enforcement. Don't forget that. @OpFerguson

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Ed Cates (@EdCates) August 21, 2014

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#Ferguson http://t.co/rbfEmzb8eJ

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Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 21, 2014

TODAY IN RACISM: From yesterday's Columbia (MO) Tribune. Call 573/815-1700 or write editor@columbiatribune.com. http://t.co/oX9h5K6iNn

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Sam Cohen (@cohenss) August 21, 2014

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Ferguson Honors Michael Brown

pd_shutterspeed: anonymous group lays 60 plus yards of roses at #MichaelBrown #Ferguson memorial; community lights candles in memoriam

brendan_lind: 1000 roses on Canfield for #MikeBrown #Ferguson #HealSTL

Koran Addo: Roses being laid down in the street outside the Canfield Green Apts. for #MikeBrown. #Ferguson

Brendan Lind

rlippman: Flowers in the street for Mike Brown #Ferguson

Ferguson: A Community Stands Up For Its Rights

I spent the morning at the Board of Elections getting maps/data to start registering every black person in #Ferguson. http://t.co/KdP7l3TTdA

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Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 21, 2014

Teacher tells me more than 160 children have attended this makeshift community school today. #TeachforFerguson http://t.co/HztsQjpEHO

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Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 21, 2014

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With school still cancelled in #Ferguson, @TFASTL has set up classes for kids at the local library. http://t.co/hSirZSG1sv

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Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 21, 2014

It's time to start the next phase. #Ferguson #HealSTL http://t.co/JIlbk96Hin

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Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 21, 2014

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Ferguson-Florissant parents can send children to the library today and tomorrow thanks to #TeachforFerguson http://t.co/OzM6EkhmA0

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Jason Purnell (@jqjp1) August 21, 2014

State Sen Nasheed with boxes of signatures calling for special prosecutor in #Ferguson case. http://t.co/Is4SZy02ZW grasswire.com/#/newsfeeds/32…

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Line outside Ferguson library waiting for free tutoring to start this morning. Via @KMOV http://t.co/B8nqxa7gMt

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Ferguson Solidarity (@FergusonUnity) August 21, 2014

Ferguson In Images

Business Week

Yamiche Alcindor

TIME

Erika Maye

Childhood Ruiner

Trymaine Lee

3ChicsPolitico

Sons & Brothers: 150 teachers in #Ferguson decided to use the day off as a civics lesson by helping clean up

A Tweet Or Two: Ferguson

Organization for Black Struggle doing activities with kids: “Dont shoot I’m a future_____” #ferguson pic.twitter.com/KmRZPO7dPS

— Copwatch (@Copwatch) August 19, 2014

People need to quit comparing this to Occupy. The people in #Ferguson are fighting the sort of injustice most Occupiers can’t understand.

— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) August 19, 2014

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THIS pic is why Getty Images photographer was probably arrested.. pic.twitter.com/CdEOteZ7Ih

— Linda Husser (@LindaHusser) August 19, 2014

Scott Olsen’s work in Ferguson has been breathtaking. Journalism is not a crime http://t.co/4BXcetz5wh pic.twitter.com/rM3hvZP3tt

— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 19, 2014

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An innocent child is slain by those in charge, for the millionth time, and the justifiable outrage of the community is treated like a crime

— Abby Howard (@AbbyHoward) August 19, 2014

Jake Tapper is shocked, shocked! To find out the cops are treating the people of Ferguson like animals

— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) August 19, 2014

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Ferguson: The World Is Watching

.@amnesty has a 13-person human rights delegation in #Ferguson. “Unprecedented” in America: http://t.co/bNp25u7VOg

— Andrew Katz (@katz) August 17, 2014

#Ferguson made front pages in Turkey pic.twitter.com/ea0AmVMxxk

— Vince (@vinceperritano) August 16, 2014

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She gave out FREE water & other goods to protestors & press only to get maced by police. I guess thats ok. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/zVf6dOxyHw

— dieter (@ThaDietz_) August 20, 2014

Besiktas fans. Istanbul, Turkey pic.twitter.com/mL6pEhB0hg

— Rocket RacCOON (@G_Coppo) August 19, 2014

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Bet you didn’t know this about #Ferguson #HandsUpDontShoot pic.twitter.com/33jTZ2Ejco

— Wolf PAC (@WolfPAChq) August 19, 2014

Defense donations favored congressmen who back militarized police http://t.co/zyYmtsSVpa @9870513 @WolfPAChq

— Impact Democracy (@ImpactDemocracy) August 19, 2014

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