The Ferguson, Missouri thread

**kuronosan** · 2014-08-20 00:17

Originally Posted by Acevalefor

That's not what I am suggesting, but the journalists are armed with cameras, live feeds, many have corporate backing. Why is there nothing coming down on the police telling them to leave the media alone? What changed that allows cops to hide behind riot gear, no identification, pointing guns wherever they please and demand compliance regardless of Press affiliation?

Nothing. That's the whole point. People are being far too complacent about this.

**Khajit** · 2014-08-20 00:17

Originally Posted by 6souls

water bottles thrown, shit's going down

Ok. What person from BG snuck down there and decided to treat them like pets?

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:19

media being arrested

**jmc** · 2014-08-20 00:20

Originally Posted by 6souls

media being arrested

This will go over well....

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:22

**Fairy-Killer** · 2014-08-20 00:22

VICE said it's not the media, but civilians inside of the media zone that are being arrested.

**Abandon** · 2014-08-20 00:23

Originally Posted by Khajit

Ok. What person from BG snuck down there and decided to treat them like pets?

for once, not i, still at home

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:23

Police marching

**AidenCarby** · 2014-08-20 00:23

They've been arresting media for a few days already, this is fucking retarded.

**Quicklet** · 2014-08-20 00:26

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/stat...63339434848256

Photographer arrested.

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:29

"Handful of teens - "don't let them shoot us" refusing to leave media area."

https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/sta...61880651722753

Journalist being arrested

**Quicklet** · 2014-08-20 00:30

https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/sta...64170019893248

Reporter face down in road being arrested. Tried to take picture. Officer shoves me

Unacceptable.

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:30

"Reporter face down in road being arrested. Tried to take picture. Officer shoves me"

https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/sta...64170019893248

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:32

"Protesters spotted a fair-skinned man about to throw a brick, grabbed him and tossed him. They're screaming WHERE YOU FROM at him."

https://twitter.com/RobertKlemko/sta...64337633050624

**Abandon** · 2014-08-20 00:34

well, glad theyre snatching those assholes up

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:35

"The police have started pushing us toward the command post, which won't give them (or us) a ton of escape options."

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/stat...64738117767168

**notorious bum** · 2014-08-20 00:38

Looks like the police are trapping what's left of the protestors, mixed in with the media.

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:38

Blog post from a St Louis officer - http://donofalltrades.com/2014/08/19...e-of-ferguson/

Nothing negative, more of something to show that some of them are human, too.

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:39

McDonalds patrons to be arrested

**6souls** · 2014-08-20 00:43

"No media member has done anything to get in way of law enforcement. They've given contradictory instructions and then gotten physical"

https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/sta...65248124166144

"Crowd upset because they are being ordered one way but say it's the wrong direction from where they live."

https://twitter.com/akjohnson1922/st...66373669466112

""Police want the media to leave so y'all can't film what they do to us! Don't leave!" says a protester."

https://twitter.com/RayDowns/status/501966853451677696

"Police can basically just formed a kettle around the McDonald's parking lot filled with a few dozen demonstrators."

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/stat...66881168044033

"Police just charged into the McDonald's and are pointing guns at people"

https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/501967376553099265

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