Covering the Ferguson unrest | Photographers’ Blog

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Covering the Ferguson unrest

I was told to pack my riot gear and head to Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis in Missouri, to cover unrest that had broken out there following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer.

via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2014/08/19/covering-the-ferguson-unrest/

As I was behind a hedge taking photos of a television position that had been abandoned when reporters fled from the tear gas, police caught up with me.