Riots in Ferguson: L.A. Times reporter Matt Pearce on scene

By Matt PearceStaff Writer

Aug. 12, 2014 11:33 AM PT

For four days, St. Louis has been gripped by demonstrations over the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the small, mostly black suburb of Ferguson.

Much of the strife has played out over social media, with community members sharing photos of Brown's body left lying in the street and videos of demonstrations that followed.

Here is reporter Matt Pearce's timeline of tweets since arriving in Ferguson on Monday morning, covering one of a series of community protests that have yet to end.

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Matt Pearce

Matt Pearce was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times from 2012 to 2024. He previously covered the covering internet culture and podcasting, the 2020 presidential election and spent six years on The Times’ national desk, where he wrote stories about violence, disasters, social movements and civil liberties. Pearce was one of the first national reporters to arrive in Ferguson, Mo., during the uprising in 2014, and he chased Hurricane Harvey across Texas as the storm ravaged the Lone Star State in 2017. A University of Missouri graduate, he hails from a small town outside Kansas City, Mo.

Riots in Ferguson: L.A. Times reporter Matt Pearce on scene

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