The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
August 18, 2014

Missouri Governor Orders National Guard into Ferguson as Protests Flare 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered the National Guard into Ferguson
today after another night of protests over Michael Brown's death. For
the past two nights police have tried to enforce a five-hour curfew
starting at midnight. On Sunday night, police fired tear gas, smoke
canisters and rubber bullets in an attempt to clear the streets before
the curfew began. The police fired into a crowd that included parents
with their children. Police accused some protesters of throwing Molotov
cocktails and trying to overrun the police command center.

 

.