I remember those summers of 1966, 1967 and 1968. They weren’t joyful. They were dark and dismaying. And now, 47 years later, it appears they’re repeating themselves in one black suburb of St. Louis. The town is 67% black, while of the police department’s 53 personnel, all but three are white. The local police department has called in the St. Louis County PD for help, and they’ve obliged with cops in riot gear, armored vehicles, and dogs.

Do you remember Bull Connor and his thugs using dogs in Birmingham, AL in 1963?

Police use dogs to quell civil unrest in Birmingham, Ala., in May 1963.
Photo Credit: Associated Press

Police confront protesters, Ferguson, MO, August 2014
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