Check the twitter feeds. Riots in St. Louis.

[Separation]

Had a feeling this was going to happen. To much anger bottled up, coupled with a tragic shooting and hot nights.

[eShirl]

1. #ferguson

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ferguson?f=realtime&src=hash

[Separation]

2. Thanks

Didn't have that hashtag gonna try to find some more.

[NJCher]

3. surprised it hasn't happened in NY

What with this latest choke hold death.


Cher

[Separation]

4. The rioting I understand. The looting not so much

White protester assaulted and was told "it's a black thing, you won't understand"

https://twitter.com/arossss1268/status/498701725172518914

I understand the anger, but remember tthe whites that marched with MLK, and were killed due to association of civil rights.

[eShirl]

5. once a riot really gets going, mob psychology takes over

[Separation]

6. Sadly yes.

I was in high school in Memphis when the LA riots broke out.

We were sitting out of class and a riot broke out due to a few individuals looking for nothing more than start trouble.

[Journeyman]

7. Well, some of the photos on that feed are fake images from a Black Friday parody. . .

but that won't stop people. . .

[riseabove]

8. Assaulting women, shooting guns, and robbing businesses that had nothing to do with this idiot cop

Doesn't help bring justice to anyone. I hope what I'm hearing on the scanner is being exaggerated because I fear this will be just a black eye more then anything.

How can you rob a local mom and pop store, that has employees who depend on a low wage check for survival, and talk about justice at the same time.

Flame away but this is sad and disturbing.

I truly understand the outrage but this isn't the answer.. .and I don't pretend to know what the answer is but I know this isn't.

[Separation]

9. +1000

[pinboy3niner]

12. People can lash out indiscriminately when real the targets of their rage are not available

That's not unusual. It may be worse when it happens with mobs, but it also happens individually. Look at the experience of war veterans and other trauma survivors, for example.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Excellent observation. I think most random acts of violence are that type of occurance.

Everything has a tipping point.

[Journeyman]

15. Could be too, that those rioting were not protestors but simply opportunists who took advantage. . .

of the moment and used it for their own ends.

[Separation]

11. Going to bed, hope it doesn't get worse.

If anyone has the scanner app you can listen in. Check out the St. Louis feeds.

[riversedge]

13. More local TV coverage here:

http://www.kmov.com/special-coverage-001/Reports-Ferguson-protests-turn-violent-270697451.html

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Riots, looting, gunfire and chaos near Ferguson, Missouri



by KMOV.com


Posted on August 10, 2014 at 9:25 PM

Updated yesterday at 1:29 AM
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Ferguson, Missouri (KMOV.com) – What started as a peaceful prayer vigil Saturday evening to remember a young man gunned down by police, has escalated into full scale riots and looting in Ferguson, Missouri.

Angry mobs have smashed wi...........................

[cwydro]

14. Stealing "tires, clothes, and hair extensions."

Yeah, that'll be an effective protest.

Sheesh.

[joshcryer]

16. Don't let the media narrative get to you.

[riversedge]

18. VIDEO: Looting of Ferguson QuickTrip caught on camera

I do understand the anger in Ferguson right now--but the looting is hard to wrap my head around. Also, with camera's everywhere in our society--this will not go down good for anyone involved.




http://www.kmov.com/video?id=270705921&sec=549692&ref=rcvidmod


VIDEO: Looting of Ferguson QuickTrip caught on camera

Posted on August 10, 2014 at 11:34 PM

Updated yesterday at 11:45 PM

[Ace Rothstein]

21. Is this the media narrative?

http://twitchy.com/2014/08/11/loot-and-rob-them-not-your-own-twitter-users-advise-black-people-to-loot-white-neighborhoods/

[riversedge]

17. From what I read --it started as a peaceful protest-at the police station--

--and then the riot broke out (? location from the police station). Anyway--I agree--this 'riot' is not good for the cause.

[riversedge]

19. CNN is giving fairly good coverage of this

incident right now.