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In reply to the discussion: Cpt. Johnson is on the scene right now in Ferguson talking it out with some very stubborn youth [View all]bigtree
(85,986 posts)81. the curfew was definitely the most threatening provocation
. . .the citizens we witnessed in the several live feeds were peaceful and thoughtful - some were visibly angry, but that's never been a justification for violence against an individual or group.
We all saw folks just milling around, most complied with the curfew order, at least in that section of town. The ones who didn't were standing in the middle of one part of a street. Couldn't have been a hundred of them - looked from the distance the press were made to stand and the camera feeds we were watching to be about half of that number.
wsj:
Police also spotted an armed man in the middle of West Florissant Avenue, but he wasn't apprehended, Capt. Johnson said. A police vehicle was targeted by gunfire, but it is unclear whether it was hit, he said.
That's some sketchy justification for gassing them - incredibly denying gassing them at first, then admitting it when offered evidence in the form of spent canisters.
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Cpt. Johnson is on the scene right now in Ferguson talking it out with some very stubborn youth [View all]
bigtree
Aug 2014
OP
As I said, your personal choices of reading material I'm sure, are important to you. Btw, do you
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#77
Please feel free to choose your own reading material. Thank you for letting us know what you would
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#65
Why are you promoting the lying Corporate Media that collaborated with Cheney/Bush to lie
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#89
The Corporate Media is covering the story now as if Ferguson was a war zone. That
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#76
Let's be very clear here - this is a direct result of the curfew order, not the people's fault
bigtree
Aug 2014
#38
Tim Pool cowering on ground says he heard several gunshots come from the protest crowd
rollin74
Aug 2014
#44
Total fokkin' bullshit that the pigs are doing this. WTF? So much for trying to calm things down.
kath
Aug 2014
#56
Police told CNN they used smoke cannisters to disperse crowd, not tear gas
pinboy3niner
Aug 2014
#57
Cpt. Johnson gave details at press conference between 3:30 and 4am Eastern:
pinboy3niner
Aug 2014
#71
Sometimes a source that has someone writing that has a Neanderthal mentality on some things
Autumn
Aug 2014
#88