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August 29, 2014

Ferguson Residents Sue Police for Abuses in Protest Crackdown 
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A group of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, has filed a lawsuit against
local police for alleged abuses in the crackdown on the protests over
the killing of Michael Brown. The group Black Lawyers for Justice is
seeking $41.5 million on behalf of five plaintiffs who say they were
detained, beaten, tear-gassed or shot with rubber bullets in the
protests' first days. One of the plaintiffs says police used racial
epithets after shooting him with rubber bullets and almost drowning him
in a ditch.

 

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