Protests over the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, have officially gone worldwide, even reaching a Champions League soccer match in Turkey.
The photo above comes from Tuesday's Champions League play-off match between Premier League side Arsenal and host Besiktas in Istanbul, nearly 6,000 miles from where the unarmed Brown, who was black, was shot dead by a white police officer. The fans shown are wearing Besiktas jerseys.
Witnesses say Brown was gunned down Aug. 9 while standing in surrender with his hands up. Nightly protests since then have seesawed on the brink of utter mayhem as frustration among residents builds. Read more...
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