Number Of Ferguson Injured: 18
The count is 18 injured as of Tuesday afternoon.
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Several Ferguson businesses were damaged or destroyed by fires and others were looted during the protests that erupted after the Monday night announcement.
SSM DePaul Health Center treated one person for a gunshot wound, but didn’t disclose any details about the shooting. Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis admitted two injured people. At least 15 others were treated and released at several hospitals.[su_csky_ad]
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
mea_mark November 25th, 2014 at 3:03 pm
It sure seems like it would have been a lot better to just have a trial, what were they thinking?
Bob Cronos November 25th, 2014 at 3:06 pm
That would have just postponed the festivities a few months…
OldLefty November 25th, 2014 at 3:15 pm
Not if there was not the appearance of a whitewash.
R.J. Carter November 25th, 2014 at 3:49 pm
It worked so well in the case of Rodney King.
Blue2016 November 25th, 2014 at 4:27 pm
Here is an article I found in The Week/UK which discusses the sound cannons that are being used against protestors. These were previously reserved for military combat and can cause permanent hearing loss or deafness:
http://www.theweek.co.uk/us/61501/what-are-sound-cannons-and-why-are-police-using-them-in-ferguson