Headlines from August 15, 2014

“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” rallies took place in 90+ cities last night over the shooting of Missouri’s Michael Brown.
Transcript of Michael Brown’s friend recounting what happened when the teen was killed.
Related: Reddit’s live updates of police-scanner reports and news stories for Ferguson.
Military equipment is used against an enemy; if you give the same equipment to local police, you create an environment in which the public is perceived as an enemy.
Reporters in Ferguson “discover” that McDonald’s offers free Wifi, even to people who don’t buy food.
US military rolls back bans on popular black hairstyles, following months of backlash.
Cop dresses as a giant traffic cone in LA sting operation.
NATO secretary confirms “incursion” of Russian weapons and fighters into Ukraine.
UK economy grew 3.2% in the second quarter, fueled by construction.
New York Times hits web-traffic “high note” with series endorsing marijuana legalization.
Pizza now the top-mentioned food in the Times, formerly dominated by hamburgers; tacos rising.
This beautiful cockroach of a social network is already living in all of our homes. Email is the best part of the internet. #opinions
New trend in selfies: Statue selfies, where soon the Venus de Milo may somehow snap her own photo.
The most popular people are 29-year-olds, each with an average of 80 friends.
Asked to describe the main characters from their favorite novels, readers talk first about how they move.
Fashion/internet phenom Tavi Gevinson to star on Broadway, having finished her “meta-adolescence.”
This is a movie about 12 rational female jurors. Feminist reinventions of classic movies.
See also: Artist turns Great Depression western village into all-female enclave. #tmn