Ferguson: wheelchair user Heather De Mian arrested at six-month protest

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Ferguson: wheelchair user Heather De Mian arrested at six-month protest

Videographer who live-streams events in Ferguson taken to police station as people gather to commemorate shooting of Michael Brown

Jon Swaine in New York
Tuesday 10 February 2015 01.16 EST

Police arrested a videographer in a wheelchair in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday night during a small demonstration to mark six months since an officer shot and killed Michael Brown.

Heather De Mian, who has livestreamed the months of protests over the death of Michael Brown, was among seven people detained by officers outside the Ferguson police department, according to observers.

Several photographs taken outside the department and posted to Twitter on Monday evening showed De Mian on the ground beside her wheelchair:



Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/10/ferguson-wheelchair-user-heather-de-mian-arrested-at-six-month-protest

[chillfactor]

1. Good god!

Ferguson police are completely insane..they even harass people in wheelchairs? What are they afraid of..she will run a cop car down with her wheelchair?

[msongs]

2. police unions demand absolute compliance with the law...except for police union members nt

[ManiacJoe]

3. It is a shame what passes for journalism these days.

It took seven paragraphs for the article's author to admit to no knowledge of what was going on.