Ferguson Protester: 'You Don't Want to Be Here After Sundown'

FERGUSON, Missouri — “It’s time to go home,” Ruth Gordon said, looking up into the petal pink sky that was giving way to dark blue as nighttime started to fall here

“You don’t want to be here after sundown,” she added

Like many people in Ferguson, Gordon has been on this stretch of road near the intersection of Ferguson Avenue and West Florissant Avenue every day of these protests. However, unlike most people in this crowd of hundreds, Gordon is nearing 73 years of age

With a handicap hangtag tied around her neck in a makeshift necklace, Gordon can barely walk without the help of Ferguson resident Denise Little. As the two made their way down the main drag, hand in hand, they could have easily passed for close family or dearest of friends. But when I asked if Gordon was Little’s mother, they both smiled warmly Read more...

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