Most of the mainstream media is failing to do their job — investigating and reporting the news — so the most useful tidbits of information seem to be coming from sources like Twitter. Note that this isn’t verified, cross-referenced, and fact-checked … but neither is much of the mainstream news these days.
Militarized police are literally marching through #Ferguson, Missouri and ordering people into their homes.
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) August 13, 2014
Was arrested
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
Also Ryan Reilly of Huff Po. Assaulted and arrested
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
Released without any charges, no paperwork whatsoever
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
Refusing to give us any names of the officers
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
A cop in SWAT gear braying YOUR RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE IS NOT BEING VIOLATED from atop a tank is ludicrous in a way Terry Gilliam couldn't touch.
— Bo Bolander (@BBolander) August 14, 2014
Was waiting to be taken away, large black man SCREAMING for help in back of police truck
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
They refused his several calls for paramedics
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
"I'm dying. I'm dying. Please call help he screamed." They mocked him
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
Got no explaination at any point why in custody other than "trespassing" – at a mcdonalds where we were customers
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
"The chief thought he was doing you a favor" – police officer tells me about release. With no charges, no police report
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
BREAKING: All satellite trucks belonging to any media have been ordered to move out of the area or be subject to arrest. #Ferguson
— Anonymous (@AnonyPress) August 14, 2014
Just saw teargas land right at feet of al-Jazeera America camera crew. They say they were also shot at pic.twitter.com/tbMSlENDlV
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 14, 2014
All the cutting-edge nonlethal weaponry I saw tested at Quantico in '99 is in play in Ferguson, minus the training pic.twitter.com/1wc24Cw9Qi
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) August 14, 2014
Police have tons of mil gear, but they're not exactly "militarized." I know of plenty of line infantry units more compassionate than this.
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) August 14, 2014
Citizen journalism by @AntonioFrench has been biggest public service I've ever seen. Appalled, not surprised, at reports he's been detained
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 14, 2014
Reporters say : Cops all removed their badges and id tags #Ferguson
— Mike Klonsky (@mikeklonsky) August 14, 2014
Last night in Ferguson: Tear gas, smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails http://t.co/EtUZts8Ffh (AP Photo) pic.twitter.com/ArVajoelcr
— Maclean's Magazine (@MacleansMag) August 14, 2014
Police in #Ferguson are telling people to turn cameras off. You have a right to record. 1st video I did for Cato: http://t.co/IxNrDrQaj0
— Evan Banks (@evanbanks) August 14, 2014
Appalled by what happened to @WesleyLowery in #Ferguson. These aren't policemen – they're soldiers. http://t.co/TCnl6rLgtt
— Iain Murray (@ismurray) August 14, 2014
It’s early, but this is the tweet of the day. RT @XaiaX: Looters stealing camera equipment in Ferguson: pic.twitter.com/Q2GmGVY84z
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) August 14, 2014
