Ferguson protests catalyze #BlackLivesMatter

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The Ferguson protests following Michael Brown's killing catalyze the #BlackLivesMatter movement, demonstrating hashtag-driven narrative building and citizen media's role in police accountability.

Protests and hashtag networks draw national attention; #BlackLivesMatter becomes a movement identifier.

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    United States Department of Justice. Department of Justice Report Regarding the Criminal Investigation into the Shooting Death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson. (2015). Primary source for the date and circumstances of the 9 August 2014 shooting.

    www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdfarchived copy
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    United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department. (2015). Findings released 4 March 2015 on the Ferguson Police Department's stop, arrest and municipal court practices.

    www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdfarchived copy
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    Freelon, D., McIlwain, C. D., & Clark, M. D. (2016). Beyond the Hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the Online Struggle for Offline Justice. Center for Media and Social Impact, American University. Analysis of 40.8 million tweets; source for the finding that #BlackLivesMatter, created in July 2013, was little used until after the Ferguson protests.

    cmsimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/beyond_the_hashtags_2016.pdfarchived copy

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August 9, 2014
Ferguson protests catalyze #BlackLivesMatter
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