Apples to oranges Such comparisons are complicated, experts say, - TopicsExpress



          

Apples to oranges Such comparisons are complicated, experts say, because Keene and Ferguson arose from different circumstances. Yes, law enforcement deployed tear gas and rubber bullets at both scenes, but otherwise, the two events are an apples to oranges comparison, said Donna Murch, associate professor of history at Rutgers University in New Jersey. It demeans Ferguson and St. Louis to compare them to Pumpkin Fest, said Murch, who has spent time with protesters in Missouri. While the use of tear gas reflects how normative these militarized population control measures have become, Ferguson is a political movement, and looting (in Keene) is quite different from the civil disobedience were seeing in Ferguson. #Ferguson cnn/2014/10/21/living/keene-pumpkinfest-riot-ferguson/index.html
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:36:49 +0000

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