WTF @GovJayNixon?
WTF?
RT @jtuohey21: St. Louis Dispatch has photo of the night, so far. http://t.co/2TzGuYVxTX pic.twitter.com/iRIYjnxMIu
— Bob Brigham (@BobBrigham) August 14, 2014
Despite the fact that the police chief went on the air today and said there was no curfew, cops have been shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at peaceful crowds, ordering livestreamers to turn off their cameras, jamming cell phone signals, using the sonic cannons developed for Iraq crowd control.
Governor Jay Nixon is nowhere to be seen, although Claire McCaskill claims to be working on it:
Today & tonight dozens of calls including head of civil rights division at DOJ. Tomorrow call with Atty Gen Eric Holder.#MikeBrown
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 14, 2014
Most poignant thing I'm seeing on twitter is vets noting that #ferguson PD have more body armor than soldiers get in Iraq.
— John Lingan (@johnlingan) August 14, 2014
Most poignant thing I'm seeing on twitter is vets noting that #ferguson PD have more body armor than soldiers get in Iraq.
— John Lingan (@johnlingan) August 14, 2014
Since 2006, police have acquired at least 432 MRAPs, 533 aircraft and 93,763 machine guns http://t.co/qr9NVIL7CL pic.twitter.com/HhzeglAWXx
— Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) August 14, 2014
