#Ferguson: The black iron fences of St. Louis
The now-famous picture Whitney Curtis took of county policemen, armed to the ears as if in a video game Fallujah pointing their weapons at a lone man with his hands up, is instantly identifiable as #St._Louis. Not for the police violence, which is sadly common in the United States, but for the seven-foot-high black metal fence in the background.
Photographing on #Ferguson’s Streets
Whitney Curtis was not surprised by the outpouring of anger and emotion after a police officer killed Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager in Ferguson, Mo. As a resident of St. Louis, she has long been aware of strained race relations in the area. What she did not expect, however, was to be caught in the middle of it.
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