{"id":27345,"date":"2014-08-14T07:57:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=27345"},"modified":"2014-08-14T10:06:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T15:06:06","slug":"so-what-happened-recently-in-ferguson-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/so-what-happened-recently-in-ferguson-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"So, what happened recently in Ferguson, Missouri?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the mainstream media is failing to do their job &mdash; investigating and reporting the news &mdash; so the most useful tidbits of information seem to be coming from sources like <em>Twitter<\/em>. Note that this isn&#8217;t verified, cross-referenced, and fact-checked &#8230; but neither is much of the mainstream news these days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Militarized police are literally marching through <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a>, Missouri and ordering people into their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourAnonNews\/statuses\/499698964925796352\">August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Was arrested<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499716854169235456\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Also Ryan Reilly of Huff Po. Assaulted and arrested<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499717051939061760\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Released without any charges, no paperwork whatsoever<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499717441472057345\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Refusing to give us any names of the officers<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499717442650652672\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>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&#39;t touch.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bo Bolander (@BBolander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBolander\/statuses\/499712938308292608\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Was waiting to be taken away, large black man SCREAMING for help in back of police truck<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499718241326215168\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>They refused his several calls for paramedics<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499718284011638785\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>&quot;I&#39;m dying. I&#39;m dying. Please call help he screamed.&quot; They mocked him<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499718358817075200\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Got no explaination at any point why in custody other than &quot;trespassing&quot; &#8211; at a mcdonalds where we were customers<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499721682224168960\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>&quot;The chief thought he was doing you a favor&quot; &#8211; police officer tells me about release. With no charges, no police report<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499723292647751681\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>BREAKING: All satellite trucks belonging to any media have been ordered to move out of the area or be subject to arrest. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anonymous (@AnonyPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnonyPress\/statuses\/499739139986968576\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Just saw teargas land right at feet of al-Jazeera America camera crew. They say they were also shot at <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/tbMSlENDlV\">pic.twitter.com\/tbMSlENDlV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonswaine\/statuses\/499744438092980224\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>All the cutting-edge nonlethal weaponry I saw tested at Quantico in &#39;99 is in play in Ferguson, minus the training <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1wc24Cw9Qi\">pic.twitter.com\/1wc24Cw9Qi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamWeinstein\/statuses\/499744322070544384\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Police have tons of mil gear, but they&#39;re not exactly &quot;militarized.&quot; I know of plenty of line infantry units more compassionate than this.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamWeinstein\/statuses\/499737204911255552\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Citizen journalism by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntonioFrench\">@AntonioFrench<\/a> has been biggest public service I&#39;ve ever seen. Appalled, not surprised, at reports he&#39;s been detained<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\/statuses\/499768248003727360\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Reporters say : Cops all removed their badges and id tags <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Klonsky (@mikeklonsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeklonsky\/statuses\/499765206453477377\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Last night in Ferguson: Tear gas, smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EtUZts8Ffh\">http:\/\/t.co\/EtUZts8Ffh<\/a> (AP Photo) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ArVajoelcr\">pic.twitter.com\/ArVajoelcr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maclean&#39;s Magazine (@MacleansMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacleansMag\/statuses\/499868354723971072\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Police in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> are telling people to turn cameras off. You have a right to record. 1st video I did for Cato: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IxNrDrQaj0\">http:\/\/t.co\/IxNrDrQaj0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan Banks (@evanbanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanbanks\/statuses\/499755818406150144\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Appalled by what happened to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyLowery\">@WesleyLowery<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a>. These aren&#39;t policemen &#8211; they&#39;re soldiers. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TCnl6rLgtt\">http:\/\/t.co\/TCnl6rLgtt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iain Murray (@ismurray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ismurray\/statuses\/499880093280636928\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>It\u2019s early, but this is the tweet of the day. RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XaiaX\">@XaiaX<\/a>: Looters stealing camera equipment in Ferguson: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Q2GmGVY84z\">pic.twitter.com\/Q2GmGVY84z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; daveweigel (@daveweigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daveweigel\/statuses\/499911726763372544\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the mainstream media is failing to do their job &mdash; investigating and reporting the news &mdash; so the most useful tidbits of information seem to be coming from sources like Twitter. Note that this isn&#8217;t verified, cross-referenced, and fact-checked &#8230; but neither is much of the mainstream news these days. 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