The Ferguson, Missouri thread

[thetruepandagod]

None of this would have happened if people listened to Akon.

[6souls]

Huff Post threatened with arrest if they don't leave the field



"Unnamed officers who threatened us with arrest if we didn't leave the area. "

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/stat...48015290859520

More photos from their feed related to the incident;

[6souls]

Lol, cops threatening Vice.

[6souls]

"By the way, I got info about McDonalds from employee who says he and others locked themselves in back because they were scared of mob"

https://twitter.com/DiffinKSDK/statu...48956777910272

No school tomorrow

"@FergFlorSchools schools will be closed today (Monday) Aug. 18. "

https://twitter.com/stlpublicradio/s...438017/photo/1

[6souls]

Vice busted

[6souls]

Actually this would be a 4 star response. FIB & Military on the next tiers.

[6souls]

"Amnesty International taking "unprecedented” steps in Ferguson. Amnesty crews on the ground now, never deployed inside U-S."

https://twitter.com/NewsDirKMOX/stat...41038754050048

[Weegion]

[Quicklet]

Governor just signed an order to deploy the National Guard to Ferguson.

[6souls]

Shit just went from REAL to REALEST

[6souls]

Vice stream back up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0wA4OmCd4

[Vandole]

https://news.vice.com/article/live-o...icenewstwitter

vice livestream

[Quicklet]

https://twitter.com/STLAbuBadu/statu...57992080076800

Presser was like 6 minutes and 3 questions. Kinda like premature ejaculation on your wedding night

[6souls]

And they waited almost two hours for that.

[6souls]

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[6souls]

"Important: @adamsteinbaugh points out that the language of Nixon's new order replaces "curfew" with "closing streets.""

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/stat...60993918271488

"Given that W. Florissant has practically become suburban Tahrir, I wondered if they ever might close it entirely."

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/stat...61548157796353

"This order doesn't say, but it sure looks like the Missouri Highway Patrol now has the legal power to shut W. Florissant down."

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/stat...61808737320961

[Sho]

I wonder how many boots will be sent into Ferguson now that they've been activated. I can imagine about 300~500 troops.

They gonna shut shit down now.

[6souls]

"As a military truck rolls by, #Ferguson man says, "When they rioted over that hockey game, caused $4 million in damage, nobody cared.""

https://twitter.com/RayDowns/status/501264388024573952

""Here, they loot some stores and they send in all this." ... And this was before he heard the National Guard will be put in #Ferguson."

https://twitter.com/RayDowns/status/501264741763776512

"#Ferguson I'm at command post cops talking about 200 Missouri National Guard troops being brought in, number not confirmed"

https://twitter.com/PDPJ/status/501263761899270144

Press at the post are saying that is what the actual number is.