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cui bono

(19,926 posts) Mon Aug 18, 2014, 01:12 AM Aug 2014

Very Informative Live Tweets from Buzzfeed Writer in Ferguson Tonight

https://twitter.com/blackink12

With pics and vines.

Saying as early as 3 hrs ago they were getting tear gassed and shot at by police with no warning. Cops were pointing guns at him. He realized they had no way of knowing he was media, even though they wouldn't care...

Check it out.

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Very Informative Live Tweets from Buzzfeed Writer in Ferguson Tonight (Original Post) cui bono Aug 2014 OP

Cops have managed to make even the media feel like the enemy. nt Live and Learn Aug 2014 #1

VICE has a livefeed here: joshcryer Aug 2014 #2

Some dumb cops on the VICE feed. joshcryer Aug 2014 #3

VICE news found a bus full of arrested people. joshcryer Aug 2014 #4

Got caught already. joshcryer Aug 2014 #5

That's just so wrong that you have to use the terminology "got caught" cui bono Aug 2014 #6

True. joshcryer Aug 2014 #8

It wasn't a criticism of you, it was a criticism of the state of things. n/t cui bono Aug 2014 #9

very good, cui bono bigtree Aug 2014 #7

And thank you for yours. cui bono Aug 2014 #10

...abridging the freedom of the press* Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #11

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)

1. Cops have managed to make even the media feel like the enemy. nt

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 01:35 AM

Aug 2014

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

2. VICE has a livefeed here:

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 01:36 AM

Aug 2014

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

3. Some dumb cops on the VICE feed.

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:12 AM

Aug 2014

What idiots. They have no right to stop reporters freely filming. They are morons. So many lawsuits they're opening themselves up to.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

4. VICE news found a bus full of arrested people.

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:14 AM

Aug 2014

Holy shit.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

5. Got caught already.

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:15 AM

Aug 2014

Cop telling them to stop filming.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

6. That's just so wrong that you have to use the terminology "got caught"

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:21 AM

Aug 2014

even though they weren't doing anything wrong at all.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

8. True.

Reply to cui bono (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:23 AM

Aug 2014

You're right that I shouldn't have to use that terminology but they were definitely not being allowed to film. Looks like they were kettled. Arrested for "failure to disperse." Hundreds of Occupy protesters got "caught" not "dispersing."

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

9. It wasn't a criticism of you, it was a criticism of the state of things. n/t

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:26 AM

Aug 2014

bigtree

(86,005 posts)

7. very good, cui bono

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:22 AM

Aug 2014

. . . thank you for this thread and for your dedicated attention to this.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

10. And thank you for yours.

Reply to bigtree (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:28 AM

Aug 2014

It's so unbelievable. But hopefully it is ultimately going to be positive that it escalated like this and policing gets scrutinized more and we start to demilitarize it.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

11. ...abridging the freedom of the press*

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 03:44 AM

Aug 2014

*Does not apply when a toy soldier with a badge is threatening to kill you.

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