Journalists detained in Ferguson, Mo.

[Inky_Wretch]

Two reporters detained inside a McDonald's. I guess eating a Big Mac while charging your phone is a crime there now.

http://www.newscastic.com/news/journalists-reportedly-detained-by-ferguson-police-2133902/

Edit: Changed arrested to detained. No charges were filed.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Pretty clear violation of their rights to eat terrible food.

 

[HanSenSE]

I thought this thread would be about AP's golf writer.

 

[JayFarrar]

Post has the account from the reporter detained and video.

Strong stuff.

Msnbc has been hammering coverage. The others, Fox and cnn, are embarrassing themselves.

 

[RickStain]

What if they were working there? /self-reference

 

[HanSenSE]

Anyone know what kind of story they are working on?

 

[RickStain]

I wish I could believe that any good will come of this.

 

[Riptide]

Facebook post:

St. Louis American
Our web editor Kenya Vaughn just had the red dot of an assault rifle pointed at her chest by a County cop simply for saying, "Excuse me."

 

[JayFarrar]

Bloomberg reporting that the Missouri governor is ordering the local cops out and the asking the feds to come in.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/st-louis-county-police-to-be-removed-from-ferguson-clay.html

 

[LongTimeListener]

Bloomberg reporting that the Missouri governor is ordering the local cops out and the asking the feds to come in.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/st-louis-county-police-to-be-removed-from-ferguson-clay.html

Not a minute too soon. Maybe too late based on this video from last night -- at the 2:40 mark, St. Louis County police aim tear gas and rubber bullets at peaceful protesters standing with their hands in the air at least 100 feet away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1SKC6dK7o

 

[YankeeFan]

 

[LongTimeListener]

A St. Louis alderman was thrown in jail overnight because he "didn't listen." His crime was getting out of his car.

http://www.kmov.com/special-coverage-001/St-Louis-Alderman-arrested-amid-protests-in-Ferguson-271183831.html

For those of us too young to recall Bull Connor and the '60s, it's so nice to have a refresher course.

 

[Walter Lippmann]

-30-

 

[TigerVols]

I'd heard somewhere that the cops were overly militarized in Ferguson, but I couldn't seem to see them anywhere.

 

[jr/shotglass]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ferguson-washington-post-reporter-wesley-lowery-gives-account-of-his-arrest/2014/08/13/0fe25c0e-2359-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

A St. Louis alderman was thrown in jail overnight because he "didn't listen." His crime was getting out of his car.

http://www.kmov.com/special-coverage-001/St-Louis-Alderman-arrested-amid-protests-in-Ferguson-271183831.html

For those of us too young to recall Bull Connor and the '60s, it's so nice to have a refresher course.

Uppity.

 

[Riptide]

That one guy ought to pull his pants up. His undies are showing!

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Al Jazeera TV crew tear gassed, then had their equipment taken down by the police.

http://www.businessinsider.com/police-fire-tear-gas-on-al-jazeera-america-tv-crew-and-then-take-their-equipment-2014-8

 

[RickStain]

Al Jazeera TV crew tear gassed, then had their equipment taken down by the police.

http://www.businessinsider.com/police-fire-tear-gas-on-al-jazeera-america-tv-crew-and-then-take-their-equipment-2014-8

They're already living out their dream of smacking down black people, they sure as hell aren't going to let some A-rabs get a foothold.

 

[Walter Lippmann]

Where are the Second Amendment remedy advocates? Are they sitting this one out?