ferguson
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Facebook’s Rose-Coloured News Feed
Pope Francis. Haim. An inspirational Little League coach. You’ve probably seen these stories on Facebook today, along with ice buckets and your friends’ babies. I know that because they’re sitting atop the social network’s “trending” list. What’s not there at all? Ferguson. Welcome to Facebookworld, where everything’s wonderful all of the time.
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Two Maps Look At Police Buildup And Twitter Fallout From Ferguson
Militarising the US police force is nothing new. Ferguson, Mo., is just an uncommon, eye-opening example. The thousands of photos picturing heavily armed, camo-clad cops strewn across the internet illustrates that we may have crossed the threshold of reason.
