A.M. Links: More Unrest in Ferguson, Rick Perry Indicted for Trying to Force DUI D.A. to Resign, Facebook Testing “Satire” Tag for Fake News

  • National Guard in Ferguson, Sunday nightYesterday was the ninth night
    of protests in Ferguson. Missouri’s Democrat Gov.
    Jay Nixon
    , who declared a state of emergency in Ferguson and
    ordered a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew on Saturday, has now ordered
    the
    National Guard
    in. Nixon blamed the police chief in
    Ferguson
    for provoking this weekend’s violence by releasing
    surveillance video purporting to show Michael Brown, who was shot
    by cops last Saturday, robbing a corner store a few minutes
    earlier. Results of the autopsy reveal
    Brown
    was shot at least six times.
  • Texas Gov.
    Rick Perry
    was indicted for “coercion” and “abuse of power” for
    using his power to try to force a District Attorney responsible for
    public integrity accused of drinking (heavily) and driving to
    resign. The only reason the indictment has any traction is because
    Perry is a Republican and the D.A., Rosemary Lehmberg, is a
    Democrat. New York‘s
    Jonathan Chait
    , no fan of Perry, called the indictment
    “unbelievably ridiculous.”
  • The California
    Supreme Court
    ruled that a suspect’s silence before pleading
    the Fifth can be used to demonstrate guilt.
  • Kurdish and Iraqi troops have retaken the Islamic
    State-controlled dam in
    Mosul
    , with help from U.S. air strikes, according to an Iraqi
    military spokesperson.
  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said it
    was his understanding he would be leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy in
    London, where he has stayed the last two years to avoid arrest in
    Great Britain and extradition to Sweden for questioning.
  • The social networking website
    Facebook
    is testing a “satire” tag for fake news.

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