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Protests and partiers: photos from a night in Ferguson

T.C. Sottek
is executive editor who has obsessed over headlines and internet speeds since 2011. He previously worked as an advocate for the National Park System.

The Verge was on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri on Thursday, August 14th -- the first day since the shooting of Michael Brown that did not see a heavy-handed police presence. The night was filled with spectacle: an endless parade of cars, honking horns, chants and songs, and few authorities. Here’s what we saw.

1/26Police presence in Ferguson on Thursday night was nothing like the heavy-handed show of force from earlier in the week. Only a handful of police were present for demonstrations Thursday evening.
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