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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.
Standard tweet.
Can more people ask this question?
I'm a twitter neophyte.
But using the hastag #ferguson and including Ray Albers name should register this on some search results... Right?
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)Who else should be tweeted?
@finneyk Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.
@thecyclemsnbc Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)From:
Ferguson cop tells media "I will fucking kill you" and "Go Fuck Yourself" while aiming rifle at them
https://twitter.com/OpFerguson/statuses/502134482447523840
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From video:
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whttevrr
(2,345 posts)Here are my 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th tweets:
@chrislhayes Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.
@hardball_chris Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.
@Lawrence Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)tblue37
(65,487 posts)<snip>
"I will fucking kill you," the officer says. "Get back."
"You're going to kill him?" the videographer asks. "What's your name, sir?"
"Go fuck yourself," the officer says. He is soon guided away from the confrontation by another uniformed officer.
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VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)an unrelated article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/ray-albers/image_6d5825aa-d194-11df-979e-00127992bc8b.html
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I'm an old fart and don't really understand how to use Twitter or why it should be necessary. But I'll be happy to lend my efforts to your call if you or anyone can tell me what to do. (I have a Twitter account, but going there and seeing all those number signs makes me jumpy and irritable, so I don't go there too often.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)running out the door, trying to multitask...
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)Then I look for the link that goes to twitter.com
When you click on their page from twitter there is a box a third of the way down on the left that you can put text inot in order to tweet the message.
You can just copy and paste this message:
VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)whttevrr
(2,345 posts)VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)upthread. After a couple fits and starts, I seem to have gotten the hang of it, as both tweets are showing up on my home page.
Whew! I guess I've finally joined the 21st Century!
Please PM me if you'd like to me to tweet any other people. I don't have cable so I don't know who all the major players are on the scene down there.
Thanks for the how-to and for your diligence in following through on this.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)I hope more will ask why this guy is a cop.
VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)been suspended indefinitely by the St. Ann PD. Well, at least that's what has been reported. That whole area is one giant cesspool of accountability, lies, chicanery and knavery, so I'm not sure whether to believe it.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)Thanks for the info!
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)That's the way you get things trending on Twitter too.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)It appears that others have begun that hashtag.
This guy should not be handling firearms.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/rayalbers?src=hash
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)Too bad the cop who actually did kill someone is on a taxpayer paid vacation...