The Tumblr Ferguson Echoes

is dedicated to information about how other communities responded to police violence, often to having a young person killed by police. It also includes historical material about the 1960s US Civil Rights Movement and about racial discrimination in other countries.

Some examples:

Summerhill Riot »

"On September 6, 1966 a riot involving several thousand people occurred in the Summerhill neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia after Atlanta police shot a suspected car thief."

Atlanta History Center via DPLA

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of the effects of a race riot.... »

"The young man declares, "whereas our local officials have not seen a problem, now the nation knows that Augusta has a problem." The clip ends with a police car driving through an African American neighborhood. A man holds a rifle out the window of the car. Men and women stand on the sidewalk and watch as the car drives past."

"On Saturday, May 9, 1970, sixteen-year-old Charlie Oatman died in the Augusta jail. Although his death was initially blamed on a fall from his cell bunk, the coroner and Oatman’s father found signs of torture when they examined the body."

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, via Civil Rights Digital Library & DPLA

Highway Patrolman talking about riot control... »

"The clip breaks to a brief shot of a cameraman looking through a television camera, and back to the officer, who says that he believes that the officers are "fully equipped" for what he describes as "this kind of uprising" with "hand grenades, night sticks, crash helmets, gas masks, and necessary firearms…Next, the reporter asks if the officers have been enlisted with any special instructions in regards to what he describes as the “trouble” in Savannah. The patrolman replies that they have been given instructions by the officer in charge on the scene; he emphasizes that Georgia state patrolmen will not move into action “until it is apparent that the local law enforcement officers are unable to cope with the situation,” and explains that their role is to serve on alert until they are needed.”

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, via Civil Rights Digital Library & DPLA

African American community questions police tactics »

"Sadiki Kambon accuses police of excessive violence in the wake of the Donald Johnson shooting."

"Jones notes that police have shot and killed five suspects of non-violent crimes this year; he adds that four of those five suspects were African American…Kambon blames police for Johnson’s death, saying that police officers would not have fired on Johnson if he were white. Kambon says that he fears for his life when interacting with police because he is an African American male. Jones reviews the case of Levi Hart (shooting victim), who was shot by police while fleeing a stolen car. Jones adds that African American communities across the nation are concerned about police behavior toward African Americans."