People Around The World See Their Stories Repeating In Ferguson
From Uganda to the West Bank, people are seeing an eerie familiarity when looking at events in Ferguson, Mo. Some are sharing their horror, others their advice in how to deal with a police crackdown.
In the first picture, police throw smoke bombs to clear demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri on August 14. In the second picture, Turkish police fires tear gas to push back thousands of demonstrators in Istanbul's Taksim Square to protest against the government on March 12, 2004.
In the first picture, police throw smoke bombs to clear demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri on August 14. In the second picture, Turkish police fires tear gas to push back thousands of demonstrators in Istanbul's Taksim Square to protest against the government on March 12, 2004.
In the first picture, police throw smoke bombs to clear demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri on August 14. In the second picture, Turkish police fires tear gas to push back thousands of demonstrators in Istanbul's Taksim Square to protest against the government on March 12, 2004.
Kasese/Bundibugyo, Uganda
@jlfeder your police have made our guys seem like saints eh. Never thot that would ever happen
Muhimbi Fredrik Kule@MuhimbiKFollow
@jlfeder your police have made our guys seem like saints eh. Never thot that would ever happen
12:12 PM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Cairo, Egypt
Nope, this is not in Egypt or Turkey. This is in the USA. #Ferguson
The Big Pharaoh@TheBigPharaohFollow
Nope, this is not in Egypt or Turkey. This is in the USA. #Ferguson
7:10 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Hong Kong
I was in Tiananmen Square ten days before the 25th anniversary. Heavy security, but the Chinese cops didn't carry rifles like in #Ferguson.
Robert Rath@RobWritesPulpFollow
I was in Tiananmen Square ten days before the 25th anniversary. Heavy security, but the Chinese cops didn't carry rifles like in #Ferguson.
12:25 PM - 13 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Nairobi, Kenya
Perhaps the Daily Nation, so concerned over #Ferguson, will start covering the young Kenyan men police execute in Kenya.
Keguro_@Keguro_Follow
Perhaps the Daily Nation, so concerned over #Ferguson, will start covering the young Kenyan men police execute in Kenya.
4:45 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Mumbai, India
@calamur for every #Ferguson we have a Mumbai where Sec 144 has been blanket applied preventing our right to assemble, allowing great abuse
Aditya Paul@adityampaulFollow
@calamur for every #Ferguson we have a Mumbai where Sec 144 has been blanket applied preventing our right to assemble, allowing great abuse
1:33 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Bahrain
#HandsUpDontShoot in #Ferguson hits close to home. AbdulRedha Buhmaid in green tshirt was shot in d head in #Bahrain
Maryam Alkhawaja@MARYAMALKHAWAJAFollow
#HandsUpDontShoot in #Ferguson hits close to home. AbdulRedha Buhmaid in green tshirt was shot in d head in #Bahrain
11:46 PM - 13 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Ankara, Turkey
We are with u #america dont panic.. We lived that in #Turkey last year.. Wear your gas mask and glasses.. Go out.. #Ferguson
Ömer Uslusoy@omeruslusoycomFollow
We are with u #america dont panic.. We lived that in #Turkey last year.. Wear your gas mask and glasses.. Go out.. #Ferguson
11:29 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Kampala, Uganda
As their govt feigns concern for global oppressed gps, black pple in the U.S still treated as less than human. Free world? Naah. #Ferguson
Dreddy Estee@EstellaMzFollow
As their govt feigns concern for global oppressed gps, black pple in the U.S still treated as less than human. Free world? Naah. #Ferguson
11:03 PM - 13 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Moscow, Russia
@juliaioffe @MiriamElder if you consider that #Ferguson cops are using rubber bullets, they are far more painful than Moscow OMON 's batons
Maxim Sannikov@net_mozgovFollow
@juliaioffe @MiriamElder if you consider that #Ferguson cops are using rubber bullets, they are far more painful than Moscow OMON 's batons
11:23 PM - 13 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
West Bank
Made in USA teargas canister was shot at us a few days ago in #Palestine by Israel, now they are used in #Ferguson.
مريم البرغوثي@MariamBarghoutiFollow
Made in USA teargas canister was shot at us a few days ago in #Palestine by Israel, now they are used in #Ferguson.
11:31 PM - 13 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Seems like American Police have learned some bad bad things from Brazilian Police lately #Ferguson
Mg@mgmyselfFollow
Seems like American Police have learned some bad bad things from Brazilian Police lately #Ferguson
1:22 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Bangkok, Thailand
Compare #Ferguson to the Thai police in the protests earlier this year. So much for YL being a mass murderer. More like Abhisit in 2010.
Raj Palsingh@HipsterYogiFollow
Compare #Ferguson to the Thai police in the protests earlier this year. So much for YL being a mass murderer. More like Abhisit in 2010.
1:05 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
United Kingdom
@ConorMWalsh Scenes in Ferguson reminded me of what I saw as a kid in Johannesburg during the state of emergency in the 80s @gidi_gabriel
Taff Gidi@TaffgidiFollow
@ConorMWalsh Scenes in Ferguson reminded me of what I saw as a kid in Johannesburg during the state of emergency in the 80s @gidi_gabriel
11:38 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Kiev, Ukraine
Seems some Ukrainian "berkut" got a job in Ferguson police department.#FergusonPolice #Ferguson feel yourself like in Kiev,guys
kasha saltsova@kashasaltsovaFollow
Seems some Ukrainian "berkut" got a job in Ferguson police department.#FergusonPolice #Ferguson feel yourself like in Kiev,guys
1:02 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Nairobi, Kenya
If #ferguson was happening in Kenya or other headlines of "instability" "Violence rocks" would be on international news...
Mrs. M@KuisanMachariaFollow
If #ferguson was happening in Kenya or other headlines of "instability" "Violence rocks" would be on international news...
4:11 AM - 14 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Dhaka, Bangladesh
This is the police presence at a peaceful protest - in the USA. #Ferguson right NOW!! WTF!!!
Dr. Imran H Sarker@ImranHSarkerFollow
This is the police presence at a peaceful protest - in the USA. #Ferguson right NOW!! WTF!!!
7:04 PM - 13 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
Paris, France
I guess I have to demote America from "place where such a thing could never happen" to "still better than South Sudan." #Ferguson
Claire Berlinski@ClaireBerlinskiFollow
I guess I have to demote America from "place where such a thing could never happen" to "still better than South Sudan." #Ferguson
10:56 PM - 13 Aug 14RetweetFavorite
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