Pay Attention to Ferguson
Please pay attention to what is happening in Ferguson right now.
The people of Ferguson are staging a peaceful protest regarding the unlawful, tragic murder of Mike Brown, and the police are responding with rubber bullets (one man has been injured so far) and tear gas, calling the protesters “fucking animals.”
The police are wearing full military gear. They are responding with absolute violence.
The police are trying to cover up their vicious, unconstitutional actions, telling the news crews/journalists to leave the scene of the protests so they can “clean up.” They’ve completely sealed off Ferguson. THEY’VE TRAPPED THE PROTESTERS (and regular people who would like to go home) INSIDE AND ARE TRYING TO FORCE THE MEDIA OUT. They are harming and threatening to arrest journalists who do not comply.
The Ferguson PD have created an illegal police state. This is, by all means, unconstitutional. BUT IT IS NOT A NEW OCCURRENCE. If you are shocked by this display of police brutality, then you must have missed the last 50 years of anti-black history. And the saddest part? This is not the worst case of it by any means. I beg you, please, pay attention to what is happening and commit it to memory.
Here is a petition to change the current laws and stop the police from abusing their power. I urge you to sign it. And I urge to you share your outrage over what is happening. Tell your legislators, your communities, your social media cohorts. SHARE IT BEFORE THE POLICE AND MEDIA COVER IT UP.
The officer who murdered Mike Brown, the disgusting pig who shot this boy 9 times, is on PAID LEAVE right now. THAT SHOULDN’T EVEN BE AN OPTION.
The peaceful protesters of Ferguson are being gassed and shot at for seeking justice. PLEASE DON’T IGNORE THEIR STRUGGLE.
PAY ATTENTION.
(Most links are tweets, as twitter was the fastest and most up-to-date source for information re: Ferguson.)
EDIT: Here’s a link to an LA Times article, summarizing the events of the evening protest.
I live in St. Louis and this post is WAY over the top. What that one police officer did to Michael Brown was unacceptable and as a city we are all angry. We demand justice for Brown, but this post is way too biased. Peaceful protests? They was one in Clayton (and maybe a few others), but what about all the looting and ridiculous violence the protestors did by burning down stores and destroying public property? Should the police just do nothing in this case and let them continue to act like uncivilized barbarians? Police violence is a serious issue and so is racial profiling, but the more immediate consequence of these riots is felt by the rest of St. Louis. It is not alright for innocent civilians to live in fear as violence progresses. It's sad that it's 2014 and the only way for those protestors to get attention for this issue is to use violence to stop violence.
