About 12 hours after the city of Ferguson transformed into America’s version of Tahir Square, I arrived here and asked people a simple question: “Why are you here?”
Amid a night of peaceful and triumphant protests, here are their answers:
KAREN SCHERER, FERGUSON
WALTER RICE, FERGUSON
YOLANDA ELKINS, FERGUSON
JERRYL T. CHRISTMAS, ST. LOUIS
TAMARA SMITH, NORMANDY
ANTHONY SHAHID, ST. LOUIS
RENITA LAMKIN, ST. LOUIS
“DJANGO,” LINDBERGH
DJIMON WHITE AND ANGELA RUCKER, FERGUSON
ANTONIO FRENCH, ST. LOUIS
BRANDY GILYARD AND HER GRANDMOTHER SUSAN JOHNSON, FERGUSON
