From Alaska Public Media:
Anchorage Residents Demonstrate in Solidarity with Ferguson, MO
By Anne Hillman, KSKA – Anchorage
November 26, 2014
About 25 people stood on the corner of C and 7th in downtown Anchorage on Wednesday evening holding signs reading “Black lives matter” and “His name was Michael Brown.” They gathered to stand in solidarity with the people of Ferguson, Missouri. The white police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager in August was acquitted earlier this week. The ruling set off renewed protests and riots in Missouri and around the country.
Michael Patterson put out the call for the gathering on Facebook. He says the shooting of the teen, Michael Brown, impacts him personally and highlights racism against all people of color.
“I’m African-American and I live in a country where property is valued over my life and over my people,” he…
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