MO - Police officer fatally shoots Vonderrick Myers in south St. Louis #1

[Phoebeb]

"These are OUR streets, y'all work for ME, homie"
-Bassem says on livestream to LE

 

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Lilly A. Fowler ‏@LillyAFowler 11s11 seconds ago
Leaders imploring crowd to march in organized, safe way, protect one another. "We need you to show discipline & respect." #FergusonOctober

 

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Chief Sam Dotson ‏@ChiefSLMPD 5m5 minutes ago
Many thanks to our Law Enforcement partners at the MSHP and @stlcountypd for their assistance at today's March in the downtown #STL.

 

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Brian Kelly ‏@Brpkelly 2m2 minutes ago
Speaker urges marchers to watch for each other, be orderly. Crowd full city lock long. #FergusonOctober @kmoxnews

 

[DebinGA]

Why aren't verbal threats considered assault? And what about invasion of personal space? I find it disgusting that the police have to endure this abuse by bully protestors. Looks more like harassment than peaceful protest. Threatening officers' families, not fair game imo.

CNN: "As protesters [last night] stared down police officers standing in a single file, an announcement came on the megaphone. "If you touch a police officer, you will be arrested for assault," it said."

 

[WVWoman]

"These are OUR streets, y'all work for ME, homie"
-Bassem says on livestream to LE

I think he needs to learn that PUBLIC streets mean everyones,even the ones who want no part of this,, just store work and home,,You cannot lay claim to public areas, Or maybe I'll build my house in the Public Park since its "mine",,MOO

 

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STL Public Radio ‏@stlpublicradio 2m2 minutes ago
The #FergusonOctober protest gathering in Downtown STL has begun marching. Liveblog: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/live-updates-ferguson-october-protest-weekend-begins … Mobile: http://live.stlpublicradio.org/Event/Live_Updates_Community_Responds_To_Ferguson_Fatal_Police-Involved_Shooting …


Lilly A. Fowler ‏@LillyAFowler 2m2 minutes ago
Folks in a green truck leading the march. "United we stand, divided we fall!" #fergusonoctober


WTH?

 

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Breaking News ‏@BreakingNews 3m3 minutes ago
Live video: Protesters march in St. Louis as part of demonstration in response to Michael Brown's killing - @NBCNews http://www.breakingnews.com/t/Tpm

Direct link to LIVE stream- http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc2/watch/live-video-st-louis-justice-for-all-march-and-rally-340547139579

 

[Dana]

I'm not sure when this society changed to, "my hero's are felons" mentality.

2 AA shot by police in 62 days. 4 AA shot by AA in 2 days.....

 

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Andy Banker ‏@andybankertv 22m22 minutes ago
Wow! Massive crowd from around the world in d-town StL for #FergusonOctober march @fox2now




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Koran Addo ‏@KoranAddo 26m26 minutes ago
Huge paper mâché likeness of Michael Brown with his hands up at

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ANTHONY KIEKOW ‏@KiekowLive 3m3 minutes ago
Police walk calmly behind large protest in #STL @fergusonoctober @FOX2now
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bzri6I9IAAAyocj.jpg

 

[popsicle]

What exactly are they going to win?

 

[Dana]

I could think of over 100 other causes to march for, this is not one of them.

How about taking all that negativity and doing something constructive with it like, I don't know, helping the homeless, donating time for the elderly, cleaning up the city, having drives to help fight diseases ect ect ect?? Instead of "stop killing our felons" marches.

 

[Jewels53]

All of this because someone reported the facts of the case wrong!

What is wrong with America?

SMH

 

[DebinGA]

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61096&d=1413045852

That's supposed to be MB with his hands up? It looks like a defensive tackle about to flatten the QB.

 

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ANTHONY KIEKOW ‏@KiekowLive 5m5 minutes ago
Found a few kids in the protest crowd @FOX2now
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzrkmFxIQAA-px6.jpg



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Koran Addo ‏@KoranAddo 12m12 minutes ago
Young Nigel waits for the rest of the #FergusonOctober marchers to catch up.
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Yamiche Alcindor ‏@Yamiche 11m11 minutes ago
Cousin of both Vonderrit Myers and Michael Brown chanting on vehicle leading the March.
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https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/7BDF...p4?versionId=urmi0HhyTZEkyrrVIy0M4DnoMICJnII2

 

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deray mckesson ‏@deray 13m13 minutes ago
Media, you can use anything I post. Show the world that blackness isn't synonymous with criminal. #Ferguson

Lilly A. Fowler ‏@LillyAFowler 2m2 minutes ago
These guys watching the protesters from behind a window look a little skeptical
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzrnunhIgAAV1QW.jpg

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[SnoopyDawgDawg]

Exactly. "Trash talk" is generally, in my experience anyway, a mutually agreed upon exchange of meaningless threats and insults. With both sides willingly participating and both sides knowing that the other side doesn't really mean it.

This was not mutual, and one side was not a willing participant, and the threats sure didn't sound meaningless to me.

What I really don't understand is why the police don't enforce some "personal space" limits -- set up some barricades or police tape or something and keep the protesters and murder-threateners at least a few feet away from the police, if not more. This business of letting the murder-threateners get right in the face of the cops just seems so wrong.

I agree. Allowing the people who are threatening and insulting to get right up in the faces of the LEOs is just asking for trouble. Last night I kept waiting for someone to push someone else into the LEO line which could have set off all kinds of reactions. Last week I saw a photo of the protests in Hong Kong. Police there were using the portable fence-type barriers, and I thought then "why don't they use those in Missouri?" A (canned?) voice over a loudspeaker announcing over and over that if a person touches a LEO they will be arrested is simply not enough.

Once again I feel that the powers-that-be have let down the men and women on the front lines. The highers-up have put the front-liners in personal danger, tied their hands, and forced them to take personal insults that none of us would want to have to withstand. And why in the world people with outstanding warrants are being allowed to wander the streets and incite violence and spew hate is beyond my comprehension.

This whole situation is like a plague left unchecked. The longer it goes with nothing but the slightest of first-aid efforts to quell it, the deeper the sickness will grow and spread.

 

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc2/watch/live-video-st-louis-justice-for-all-march-and-rally-340547139579

That is a large group of people marching.

 

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ANTHONY KIEKOW ‏@KiekowLive 3m3 minutes ago
People at a booth giving protesters free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
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