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#Irma After hurricane, reports of civil unrest on St. Martin, with "gangs overpowering military and local police" Carla Sinclair

picks State of Emergency in Charlotte as Violence Erupts at Protests Over Police Killings of Black Men Xeni Jardin

podcasts People in crowds do not spontaneously de-evolve into subhuman beasts David McRaney

scholarship Americans are pretty mellow about climate change, terrified of everything else Cory Doctorow

music 1980: the Director of the FBI mixes up KISS & The Who, confusing the hell out of FBI agents Cory Doctorow

human rights 50th anniversary of the Watts Riots: @wattsriots50's real-time history feed Xeni Jardin

White protestors politely asked to leave, black protestor pepper sprayed and dragged away Caroline Siede

A critical tool you should use during times of civil unrest: image search, to verify viral photos on social media Xeni Jardin

Ta-Nehisi on Baltimore: “Nonviolence as Compliance” Xeni Jardin

Baltimore: Photos of civil unrest after funeral for Freddie Gray, young black man who died after arrest Xeni Jardin

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