looks like everything was just peachy until someone threw a molotov on the carwash

8/13/2014 9:58:58 PM

Police are closing all businesses at sundown , turning Ferguson into a "Sundown Town"

8/13/2014 10:01:34 PM

ugh why bring the small children

8/13/2014 10:07:37 PM

Quote :

"I 2000% support the demilitarization of police. It's no longer police work if you have tacticle vehicles and belt-fed weapons. If you need that stuff, call the Feds. "

very true. Cops turn to military tactics instead of just doing good investigative work nowadays. Instead of trying to figure out when a person can be arrested when they least expect it away from the house, they prefer to barge in with flashbangs and automatic weapons. These SWAT teams force a dangerous situation that puts them at a tactical disadvantage and then use that as justification for why they need more military style equipment.

8/13/2014 10:13:27 PM

Quote :

"April 26th, 1992 There was a riot on streets Tell me where were you? You were sittin' home watchin' your TV While I was participating in some anarchy First spot we hit it was my liquor store I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford With red lights flashin', time to retire And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire Next stop we hit, it was the music shop, It only took one brick to make the window drop Finally we got our own P.A. Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today? "

8/13/2014 10:14:42 PM

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/u/0/embed?mid=zQXCU9jTCWt8.k_AxWZwk4ODM

8/13/2014 10:17:53 PM

looks like all hell has broken loose now

8/13/2014 10:36:32 PM

^ has it?

Seems like cops are using tear gas, but protests still proceeding. Some rocks and a Molotov were thrown.

This is heartwarming
https://mobile.twitter.com/PDPJ/statuses/499746654887899136

8/13/2014 10:44:36 PM

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/08/ferguson-police-arrested-reporters-from-the-washington-post-and-huffington-post/376050/

Quote :

"Two journalists covering the Michael Brown shooting case, Wesley Lowrey of The Washington Post and Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post, reported that they were arrested and released by the Ferguson Police Department Wednesday night. Lowery and Reilly said they were detained after filming officers inside of a McDonald's and then not leaving fast enough when ordered out. [...] Reilly called in to MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes and described the arrest. An officer started counting Reilly down, then grabbed his belongings, forced them into his bag, and arrested him. According to Reilly the officer used his finger to create a pressure point and slammed him against a wall. "The worst part was he slammed my head against the glass purposefully on the way out of McDonald's and then sarcastically apologized for it," he said. Matt Pearce at the Los Angeles Times said he spoke to the Ferguson police chief. "I told them to release them," he told Pearce, referring to the riot command. The chief said the two were arrested "probably by somebody who didn't know better." Lowery and Reilly are among the many national journalists who have been reporting from Ferguson in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer, and the riots and protests that followed. In the last few days reporters have said they were barred from entering the city. Reporters who have made it in have been tear gassed and threatened by police officers, alongside the residents of Ferguson. What reporters haven't received is any answers."

8/13/2014 10:46:22 PM

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930

8/13/2014 10:47:01 PM

on that feed ^ police were firing rubber bullets and smoke grenades into a group of people who were standing in the middle of the street.

8/13/2014 10:52:38 PM

Should be a federal crime for law enforcement to intimidate/harass journalists performing their duties.

8/13/2014 10:57:08 PM

^ was wondering. How is it not illegal for them to shoot journalists with rubber bullets reporting on a story?

How has the gov not stepped in? These cops seem Waaay Over the line here. This seems to set a very,very bad precedent for other police forces. There better be some mass firings once the cops come to their senses.

8/13/2014 11:00:14 PM

The NAACP lady brought up a good point, where are the elected leaders? Why are they not clarifying if a legal curfew is in place? Where is the governor?

If the police wanted to escalate this into a national issue, I think they have succeeded. I bet this story has traction tomorrow.

8/13/2014 11:13:25 PM

https://mobile.twitter.com/PDPJ/statuses/499754224134012928

Protesters lighting up molotovs

Apparently they gasses and shot at an Al Jazeera crew. This isn't going to look good at all in the international media.

8/13/2014 11:16:50 PM

http://www.reddit.com/live/tdrph3y49ftn

Shots fired, not sure by who, cops are flipping out

8/13/2014 11:19:37 PM

The footage from that livestream is very important. I thank the person who hung in there to get it.

8/13/2014 11:22:23 PM

do any of the cable news have good coverage? or are we just relying on the internet?

8/13/2014 11:26:31 PM

Quote :

"Occupy Oakland ?@OccupyOakland 2m Palestinian citizens are tweeting to the resistors in #Ferguson with support & tips on dealing with tear gas! #gaza pic.twitter.com/5WeHzsqPKN"

8/13/2014 11:28:46 PM

MSNBC is showing footage from #Ferguson livestreams because MSNBC & cable news "ordered out" by cops.

Somehow i don't think cops have the authority to make these orders.

[Edited on August 13, 2014 at 11:32 PM. Reason : ]

8/13/2014 11:32:10 PM

That stream's now archived footage is much better and a completely clear picture of what happened tonight as opposed to the mainstream media (who had no view from the "front line", but only from afar as cops first moved in).

8/13/2014 11:32:49 PM

over 12000 viewers now

8/13/2014 11:40:02 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ferguson-washington-post-reporter-wesley-lowery-gives-account-of-his-arrest/2014/08/13/0fe25c0e-2359-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html


Oh its the old "STOP RESISTING" thing, pretty much everyone knows when the cops are saying that its just an excuse for them to fuck you up further or choke you to death like they do in NY.

8/13/2014 11:40:17 PM

https://twitter.com/grasswire/statuses/499762359716421632

I can't imagine in any other neighborhood, cops could fire tear gas at peoples' houses and get away with it. They'd at least be paying to re-sod someone's lawn.

Governor to make a statement tomorrow:
https://twitter.com/GovJayNixon/statuses/499763706297741313

Governor Jay NixonVerified account
?@GovJayNixon
Canceling all appearances at the @MoStateFair to visit North #STL County tomorrow. Statement to follow.

Quote :

" Police Chief: STL County Police Chief Belmar: "We've done everything we can to demonstrate a remarkable amount of restraint." "

LOL...

Quote :

"Street clear. Cops allowing people to hang out on the sidewalk. Still some tension. People not happy.#Ferguson pic.twitter.com/QGgegLHPZJ"

Maybe the gov. told them to back off.

[Edited on August 13, 2014 at 11:55 PM. Reason : ]

8/13/2014 11:43:34 PM

Rachel Maddow has interesting commentary.

Contrasting situation to the Grazing cow dude.

8/14/2014 12:02:07 AM

Just realized there doesn't seem to be much local media covering this... wtf...

This is like bizarro world, not the USA.

Quote :

"Update on Assualt: 1/2)White guy with dog came around a group of teens. Dog was sniffing around area. A few teens accused white guy of being a cop. 2/2) White guy got jumped. Other residents pleaded to stop. Several police cruisers came right away, chased kids. #Ferguson 1-https://twitter.com/RayDowns/status/499770540362448898 2-https://twitter.com/RayDowns/status/499771028101267456"

Some kids beat up a white guy walking his dog, other black folks tried to stop them:

Quote :

"@Patricialicious One of the guys out here, black, fought the guy off him. "

[Edited on August 14, 2014 at 12:18 AM. Reason : ]

8/14/2014 12:16:28 AM

Great shot.

8/14/2014 12:20:39 AM

Here's the KARG lifestream video from earlier in youtube format:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yEDMfFpKQA&feature=youtu.be

8/14/2014 1:15:24 AM

http://pastebin.com/3fH6Nf2N

8/14/2014 2:26:01 AM

The airstrikes on that aprtment building were only in response to the molotov cocktail.

8/14/2014 8:30:33 AM

I'm a big public servant Homer and supporter of police but this is past fucking ridiculous.

How/why the Ferguson/St. Louis police have been left in charge to deal with this situation is mind-blowing. Where is the State of Missouri? Where is the Federal government? Why aren't leaders and politicians not screeching bloody murder at the top of their lungs at what is going on?

Why hasn't the name of this officer been released? It's been 4 days, they've had plenty of time to get his family into hiding and protected from retaliation.

Why in the hell are they arresting and assaulting journalists?? In a fucking McDonalds?

Every single one of these assholes needs to get shit-canned and held accountable.

8/14/2014 9:17:36 AM

Yet the majority of articles I find talk more about protests turning to riots and dem blacks rioting.

8/14/2014 9:24:54 AM

WHY IS OBAMA TOO BUSY HUGGING HILLDAWG TO COMMENT ON THIS?

8/14/2014 9:29:27 AM

Do the actions of the local police justify and excuse the violence committed by the protesters?

8/14/2014 9:29:50 AM

to some extent

8/14/2014 9:33:42 AM

My knee-jerk reaction is to say yes, and not just yes, but yes, OBVIOUSLY yes.

8/14/2014 9:34:12 AM

Quote :

"Do the actions of the local police justify and excuse the violence committed by the protesters?"

if the police did things like tear gas me while in my own backyard? HELL FUCKING YES.

8/14/2014 9:39:09 AM

Yeah...Nobody's advocating for violence. But I don't really blame people for turning violent. Police roll up into your town, armed to the teeth and being an occupying and militant force as opposed to a protective force...that just creates and us vs. them attitude. It's easy to see why people go to extremes in this situation.

[Edited on August 14, 2014 at 9:42 AM. Reason : s]

8/14/2014 9:41:48 AM

So no one who has looted from shops, thrown Molotov cocktails, and assaulted anyone should be held accountable for breaking the law?

8/14/2014 9:41:59 AM

^nobody said they are free to break the law. obviously not.

8/14/2014 9:42:46 AM

Missing the point horribly. The extreme minority who do that should be arrested.

[Edited on August 14, 2014 at 9:43 AM. Reason : Vast was a dumb word to use]

8/14/2014 9:43:16 AM

Are you all comfortable with something like this happening in your city?


A lockdown. Attempts by police to keep information about their activities from spreading. Assaults against civilians and journalist. Everyone being painted with some blanket term like "rioter" to justify the suppression of the people. This IS what a police state looks like.


"GO HOME....WE ARE JUST PROTECTING YOU!"

'we are home. And you are shooting and arresting us....not protecting us'

[Edited on August 14, 2014 at 9:55 AM. Reason : rioter = militant in iraq]

8/14/2014 9:53:23 AM

Also heard there was a little of this going on

8/14/2014 10:13:13 AM

These people have to be sleepy.

8/14/2014 10:59:06 AM

you know how the NRA likes to say things about taking up arms to protect themselves against the government? you'd think a situation like this would be marketing gold for them. i mean, the police is armed to the teeth and occupying Ferguson like a militant force. this is pretty much what gun nuts fear and warn about right? they say they want to arm themselves against a militaristic government.

but it happens in a lower income, black area and of course the NRA is quiet. not surprising necessarily. it's pretty obvious how organizations like NRA play off public fear and emotion...but only when it fits their target demographic and audience. not that this is any kind of breaking news or earth shattering information...this is just another example of it

8/14/2014 11:01:22 AM

And the same people who will stand with a douche like Cliven Bundy will sit quietly here and support the police and government... wonder why?

8/14/2014 11:08:31 AM

Many schools started this week.

8/14/2014 11:09:10 AM

There are instances almost weekly of police using excessive force. Most of it doesn't even make regional news. In this instance I am sure this mike brown wasn't innocently on a neighborhood stroll when the mean racist police decided to pull him over. On the other hand the circumstances around the shooting seem suspicious and it does seem that the cop got out of hand and used
excessive force.

Either way there is no evidence that the MO police officer decided to shoot the kid because he didn't like black people. Once again with help from the media the african american community is trying to play the race card since it is suspected that the unknown cop is white and the victim was black.

The insistence by the black community that this was racially motivated combined with the violence/looting only hurts their cause (although in today's society I'm not entirely what the cause is).

Additionally the police response in MO isn't helping calm the situation...

[Edited on August 14, 2014 at 11:21 AM. Reason : a]

8/14/2014 11:18:08 AM

Whoop, whoop! That's the sound of da police
Whoop, whoop! That's the sound of the Beast

Now here's a little truth
Open up your eye
While you're checking out the boom bap, check the exercise:
Take the word "overseer"
Like a sample
Repeat it very quickly in a crude voice sample
Overseer
Overseer
Overseer
Overseer-overcer-overcer-ovicer-officer!
Yeah, officer, from overseer
You need a little clarity? Check the similarity!
The overseer rode around the plantation
The officer is off patrolling all the nation
The overseer could stop you what you're doin'
The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuin'
The overseer had the right to get ill
And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
The officer has the right to arrest
And if you fight back, they put a hole in your chest
Whoop! They both ride horses
After 400 years, I've GOT no choices
The police, them have a little gun
So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a BIGGER one!
Whoop, whoop! I hear it all day
Just so they can run the light and be up on their way

8/14/2014 11:26:40 AM

Guns aren't meant for #000000 ppl to have to protect themselves.


http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/america-is-not-for-black-people-1620169913/all

8/14/2014 11:38:09 AM