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[RastaMentality]

I wonder who he is speaking for here? Because the darkness and fear are being perpetuated by the police, not the peaceful protesters. I hope people get fired over this, but it's not gonna happen.

He hasn't even stepped foot in ferguson and according to the STL people on my timeline, he rarely visits the urban communities.

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

Expecting jay Nixon to actually show leadership is a failure to understand the impotence that is jay nixon. I was never impressed by that guy even when he was the mo ag.

 

[Rembrandt]

Only going to get worse now. Molotovs will only escalate this. From David Carson's Twitter

Well shit, that's going to get bad. It might be necessary honestly.

 

[Mortemis]

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Frustrating as hell, but true. God damn it.

 

[belushy]

Gun shots, apparently. https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/499756319822577664

 

[benjipwns]

We are now even governing via social media. God help us all.

No, no, he was still out there governing today:
https://twitter.com/GovJayNixon/status/499616340156878848
https://twitter.com/GovJayNixon/status/499633341365108738
https://twitter.com/GovJayNixon/status/499661063554486272
https://twitter.com/GovJayNixon/status/499701373823229953

 

[everyday math]

@Yamiche: The police are now retreating near the QuickTrip as sounds of gun shots fill the air. I'm not sure what is coming but police are screaming

@Yamiche: I have no idea what would make the police retreat like this.

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[Jopie]

No shit. The eyes of the world are on Ferguson and there is nobody in charge but cops playing soldiers.

I cannot even tell from that tweet what his position is.

 

[FunkyMunkey]

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

"Shots fired"

"Cops set up on Florissant, turning southbound back vehicles. Guns drawn. Distant voice "under whose authority are you out here?" #Ferguson"

"Everyone taking cover. "Watch the crossfire.""

"The police are now retreating near the QuickTrip as sounds of gun shots fill the air. I'm not sure what is coming but police are screaming"

"I have no idea what would make the police retreat like this."

 

[heliosRAzi]

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Holy shit.

 

[BlackGhost]

Gun shots, apparently. https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/499756319822577664

Fuck, not good.

 

[BFIB]

Gun shots, apparently. https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/499756319822577664

Yep, KSDK had a live report and they heard the same thing and the police took cover.

 

[Dug]

 

[GulAtiCa]

Things are just getting worse and worse. And now gun shots and people arming themselves with molotov cocktails?

 

[GK86]

No other live streams?

 

[enzo_gt]

Do gun shots sound different from rubber bullet shots?

 

[everyday math]

@Yamiche: It appears the police were retreating because a car was coming toward them quick. I hear what I think is gunfire really really close.

.

 

[devilhawk]

David Carson @PDPJ · 47m
#Ferguson crowd threw rocks, bottles, Molotov cocktails, saw a gun, right before this stepped off

This will only force the cops' hands.

 

[EatinOlives]

This is sickening

 

[Trouble]

Do gun shots sound different from rubber bullet shots?

If rubber bullets are subsonic they would.

 

[ffdgh]

.

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

"Shots fired"

"Cops set up on Florissant, turning southbound back vehicles. Guns drawn. Distant voice "under whose authority are you out here?" #Ferguson"

"Everyone taking cover. "Watch the crossfire.""

"The police are now retreating near the QuickTrip as sounds of gun shots fill the air. I'm not sure what is coming but police are screaming"

"I have no idea what would make the police retreat like this."

I really should stop now. Rather not see what happening next at this point.

 

[NullPointer]

Gun shots, apparently. https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/499756319822577664

Damn near inevitable.

 

[LiK]

if you got cable, MSNBC is the best. interviewing various journalists who are there. they just talked tot he Guardian guy and he mentioned plice shooting tear gas at people's front lawns and telling them to go home. the police are a joke.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

jesus fucking christ.

 

[captive]

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

"Shots fired"

"Cops set up on Florissant, turning southbound back vehicles. Guns drawn. Distant voice "under whose authority are you out here?" #Ferguson"

"Everyone taking cover. "Watch the crossfire.""

"The police are now retreating near the QuickTrip as sounds of gun shots fill the air. I'm not sure what is coming but police are screaming"

"I have no idea what would make the police retreat like this."

Who would ask the police under whos authority are they out here?


So at what point will the national guard be called up?

 

[dripdripsplash]

This is crazy.

Never in my life I thought I would see this in the United States of America.

The oppressed will always persevere.

 

[shadyspace]

Fuck it. Why not.

 

[HerbertFish]

Fucking idiots

 

[KingGondo]

This will only force the cops' hands.

Because they're being so restrained now.

 

[Chezzymann]

So wait is the crowd firing the gunshots?

 

[Mortemis]

Gun shots, apparently. https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/499756319822577664

Getting even more terrifying.

 

[besada]

When police disregard the law, who will bother to regard it?

 

[everyday math]

@Yamiche: Photographers are scrambling to duck and capture shots. I just heard more loud bangs.

.

 

[abuC]

Fucking idiots

Nope, push a people to their breaking point and this is what will happen.

 

[benjipwns]

I cannot even tell from that tweet what his position is.

Jack Johnson: It's time for someone who has the courage to stand up and say,
[slams his fist on the podium]
Jack Johnson: I'm against those things that everybody hates!

 

[BFIB]

So wait is the crowd firing the gunshots?

Hard to tell at this point.

 

[enzo_gt]

When police disregard the law, who will bother to regard it?

Pretty much. It's too dangerously close to a fight for their lives, and it's already a fight for their livelihoods.

 

[GK86]

I'm glad people are fighting back.

 

[Sandfox]

This will only force the cops' hands.

I don't really see what else they can do.

 

[heliosRAzi]

When police disregard the law, who will bother to regard it?

.

 

[devilhawk]

Because they're being so restrained now.

They are not apparently firing live ammo. If they start getting shot at though, that current restraint of rubber bullets will go away.

I don't really see what else they can do.

Attempting to murder people isn't the solution. Vandalism, looting and even burning down empty buildings at least don't endanger people's lives.

 

[dripdripsplash]

Fucking idiots

Oppress a people and they might hit back.

 

[Trouble]

Fuck, this is exactly what they want so they can justify going full bore.

 

[CronosBlade]

This livestream is still up if anyone is looking for one.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

When police disregard the law, who will bother to regard it?

There's always a choice. They are doing more harm than good by resorting to molotovs. That image will be passed around as justification while peaceful protest being broken up is harder to explain.

 

[LiK]

police shooting tear gas nonstop at people standing around. this is so stupid.

 

[djplaeskool]

Just now seeing this video.
Holy. Shit.

 

[Sanjuro]

This livestream is still up if anyone is looking for one.

Once again, no, it isn't.

 

[MrDaravon]

Do we know if the pictures in the last page or so of people doing the molotovs from earlier when that one was thrown, or is this new happening right now?

 

[Mortemis]

When police disregard the law, who will bother to regard it?

Exactly. When you push people to the edge, don't expect them to be calm.

Btw, any chance you could edit the title to reflect upon everything that's going down?