mapping the #Ferguson effect on social media

When news broke about the grand jury declining to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, twitter and other social media networks exploded with tweets, retweets, photos and vines showing what things were like on the ground in #Ferguson, Oakland, Seattle and New York. Since Monday night, protests have spread to other cities as well.

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