All Hell broke loose in Ferguson, MO, this week:
It began last Saturday:
This all began on Saturday, August 9th, at 2:15PM when a Ferguson police officer killed unarmed teenager, Mike Brown. pic.twitter.com/wJruyuH3dC
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 14, 2014Who is that officer? #MikeBrown lays dead on the ground as his killer stands over. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/kBxNv3FZM3
— Special C. (@sweetangelface) August 14, 2014Body put in police cruiser - No Ambulance:
They say Mike Brown was jaywalking & mouthing an officer. Crimes punishable by death in Ferguson Mo #HandsUpDontShoot pic.twitter.com/o08QjTAgKv
— MediaAwareness (@Media_Awareness) August 15, 2014Ferguson is nearly 70% black and is a low income town. NO. HOMICIDES. ALL. YEAR. UNTIL #MikeBrown
— #JusticeForMikeBrown (@ImJustCeej) August 14, 2014White guy can walk into Chipotle with loaded AR15 with no problem, unarmed black teen crosses the street and he gets murdered. #MikeBrown
— Ziggy Daddy™ (@Ziggy_Daddy) August 14, 2014"Ferguson PD" by @op_safekids on Vimeo http://t.co/KFdC00VBoQ #Vimeo ##michaelbrown ##handsupdontshoot ##ferguson wow...
— J. Clark (@JClark787) August 12, 2014Such a powerful image from the student of Howard University. #MichaelBrown pic.twitter.com/RsuPS8zAhE
— Benjamin Crump, Esq. (@attorneycrump) August 14, 2014Unfortunately, the anger about Michael Brown's death spilled over and led to looting and rioting.
Looting and chaos in #Ferguson right now.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 11, 2014Looting at the #Ferguson QuickTrip: https://t.co/R6fvguTb18
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 11, 2014Shooting of black teen in Missouri sparks violence and looting http://t.co/JA6B06IrH0 Photo: @AP_Images pic.twitter.com/mH2PrVR1ub
— TIME.com (@TIME) August 11, 2014But the focus needed to be on why a cop shot Michael Brown:
Sitting in McDonalds in #Ferguson, man says to cashier: "They're trying to make this about looting...this is about police murdering a kid"
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 13, 2014Michael Brown's family calls for name of Missouri cop who fatally shot teen http://t.co/PZckgd9ylb pic.twitter.com/Pllkh3rDWa
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 12, 2014Governor Nixon finally made a statement five days after the death of Michael Brown. And he cancelled his tour of the State Fair - how gracious of him!
Situation in Ferguson does not represent who we are. Must keep the peace, while safeguarding rights of citizens and the press
— Governor Jay Nixon (@GovJayNixon) August 14, 2014Full statement from @GovJayNixon on the situation in #Ferguson : pic.twitter.com/Uo0bmCh6Tt
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) August 14, 2014State fair? Really the state fair? That's what Governor Nixon had on his agenda for Thursday? Clearly this man is unbothered! #Ferguson
— Makho Ndlovu (@makhondlovu) August 14, 2014Lamenting he won’t get any state fair funnel cake & corn dogs tomorrow RT @MotherJones: Where is Governor Jay Nixon? http://t.co/CF3KNBjS0L
— C. E. (@quantumsherpa) August 14, 2014Missouri Constitution: "The governor ... shall be a conservator of the peace throughout the state." http://t.co/bYNdEE5rFA
— sara mayeux (@saramayeux) August 14, 2014Before I go to bed, I have just one question: WHERE IS @GovJayNixon? A town in your state is choking on tear gas.
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) August 14, 2014For many, the situation reminded them of places like Selma and Birmingham:
"If you wanted to see what the 60's looked like, your watching it" - My Grandma as she watches this unfold #Ferguson
— TyreeBP (@TyreeBP) August 13, 2014The Civil Rights Act is 50 years old. These two pictures were taken 50 years apart. Behold our progress. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/8PNn8eteO2
— Jackie Summers (@jackfrombkln) August 13, 2014Young man shoots video of police line as officers make residents leave area at sundown. #MikeBrown #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/OCmMgquJQe
— Robert Cohen (@kodacohen) August 14, 2014But the Ferguson police had no sense of history, and decided to make things worse by with tanks, rubber bullets, and smoke grenades. And the world was watching.
Heavily armoured police in #Ferguson #Missouri deploy as #MichaelBrown protests continue http://t.co/D6L5ct84vV pic.twitter.com/L8AS1E6Dq9
— Guardian World (@guardianworld) August 14, 2014Here's the video of St Louis County police firing rubber bullets & tear gas on peaceful protestors http://t.co/Yms7APuQX6 #ferguson
— YeaYouRite (@YeaYouRite) August 14, 2014There's a crowd across from the #Ferguson police department. pic.twitter.com/vCmqdryaJ6
— Michael Calhoun (@michaelcalhoun) August 14, 2014— Elizabeth Matthews (@ElizabethKSDK) August 14, 2014Peaceful protestors are being tear gassed in #Ferguson. Stun grenades dispersed. Tremendous use of force despite lack of any apparent danger
— St. Louis American (@StLouisAmerican) August 14, 2014Huge cloud of gas over Ferguson. #MikeBrown #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/brp31qO9y0
— Robert Cohen (@kodacohen) August 14, 2014Stunning image from #ferguson of tear gas being thrown back. pic.twitter.com/3GibrEk7Yn
— David Hanrahan (@dphanrahan) August 14, 2014"Okay, let's brainstorm this. How can we make things worse? No bad ideas. Go around the room. Bob?"
-- Ferguson PD All-Staff meeting
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 14, 2014I guess the police in this country have been watching what's been going on in #Gaza and thought "I want a piece of that." #Ferguson
— Daulton Dickey (@dickey_daulton) August 14, 2014Hey Missouri, activists in Bahrain are tweeting their sympathies to the people of #Ferguson, so maybe it's time to, oh I dunno, de-escalate?
— Harold Cook (@HCookAustin) August 14, 2014So freedom of speech is sacrosanct in America when people scream at clinic patients, but #Ferguson isn't allowed to mourn. Got it.
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) August 14, 2014Reminder: Black people are Americans. Americans have Constitutional rights to assemble and protest. Police are acting unconstitutionally.
— Blair LM Kelley (@profblmkelley) August 14, 2014
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