Ferguson: too much or not enough?

[Jaysyn]

Since Dritch quite obviously hasn't bothered to find out any info about what's going on in Ferguson past what Fox News has spoon fed him, I'm just going to leave this here:

1.) Washington Post & Huffington Post journalists have been arrested.


2.) Al-Jazeera news vans have been fired upon with tear-gas & rubber bullets.



Police dismantling Al-Jazeera news gear.


3.) There are eye-witness reports that the police are removing their badges to avoid being ID'd.

4.) A city alderman got caught up in a police sweep.

5.) A state senator was tear-gassed during a non-violent protest.

6.) Anonymous has dug up the police dispatch calls on the afternoon of Brown's murder. It's very telling that the cop who called in for police back-up never mentioned that he was assaulted or the shooting. Also, Brown laid on the ground for 4 hours before EMS was called in.

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I don't think the police can have any legitimacy when they've arrested reporters looking to get coverage of the protests/riots whatever and indeed fired on a news crew who were setting up their equipment from their van.

Exactly. A governor doesn't stand down an entire police department for handing out candy. We are going to see hundred of civil rights lawsuits resulting from this, most with video evidence. It will probably bankrupt St. Louis county.

Also, just as a reminder, even if the police account is 100% true (& it's not) it's still a fairly cut & dry case of 2nd degree murder.