@AntonioFrench: #Ferguson #JusticeForMikeBrown #PeaceInFerguson #STL
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I’m very proud of these young people. All love! #Ferguson#JusticeForMikeBrownpic.twitter.com/uInTjCmytl
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 15, 2014
Hop on this peace train! #Ferguson #JusticeForMikeBrown pic.twitter.com/Shx665e0kD
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 15, 2014
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In solidarity in NYC: pic.twitter.com/M7DPJ9uCGh #Ferguson #JusticeForMikeBrown
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 15, 2014
In solidarity in Chicago. #JusticeForMikeBrown pic.twitter.com/nw4ajs6Z2I
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 15, 2014
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In solidarity “@fox4kc: Kansas City’s #NMOS14 Rally. pic.twitter.com/6sZjcuMYLn ^EB”
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 15, 2014
#NMOS14: Vigils sweep across country to honor Ferguson victim Michael Brown http://t.co/N51xTzxs6L pic.twitter.com/V18iPQWegB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 15, 2014
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#Ferguson #JusticeForMikeBrown #PeaceInFerguson #STL pic.twitter.com/iUzh7Ssv11
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 15, 2014
It’s important for people to understand that the man is this photo was throwing it BACK at police who shot it at him. pic.twitter.com/DtZuxfIYbm
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 13, 2014
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NYC stands with #Ferguson. #NMOS14 pic.twitter.com/DAnc3JnHRY
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) August 15, 2014
Michael Brown: Tweet us your vigil photos http://t.co/i2N97JZqQ1 #NMOS14 via @BBCtrending pic.twitter.com/rADy6SNSfU
— BBC News US (@BBCNewsUS) August 15, 2014
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Photographer Brent Knepper shared photos of #NMOS14 in Chicago http://t.co/jWwIlRqQj9 #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/dja1PX0irJ
— Gradient Lair (@GradientLair) August 15, 2014
Photos – On the ground for #NMOS14: http://t.co/rQx5luxLsa pic.twitter.com/HGq0WdrbuY
— The Root (@TheRoot) August 15, 2014
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Just amazing how so many community members woke up so early to help clean up #ferguson pic.twitter.com/rYguI6zJEe
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) August 16, 2014
People out here in the pouring rain cleaning up. #ferguson pic.twitter.com/DYoqYlAljR
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) August 16, 2014
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So impressed with the people of #ferguson they are really helping out pic.twitter.com/6cvSM1J91s
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) August 16, 2014
“Who you out here for? Better be for Mike Brown.” Protesters guarding a liquor store from looters early Saturday a.m. pic.twitter.com/01TPOleFXR
— Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) August 16, 2014
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All of the protestors physically blocking the stores were young people, men and women. Don’t forget that. #Ferguson
— zellie (@zellieimani) August 16, 2014
“Ain’t nobody going in this motherfucker, bro” – resident guarding beauty store pic.twitter.com/NMS55aH1Tg
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 16, 2014
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RETWEET THIS #Ferguson RT @WesleyLowery After door window broken, lines in front of it so no one can loot https://t.co/A319QPlzXd
— Kim Moore (@SoulRevision) August 16, 2014
The Obama Diary 
ty NW
Congrats to 99ts on coming in first! Now I’m off to canvass for DEMOCRATS!
Hope it goes super well for your Judith – I’m about to go to the land of nod
NW – thank you for your fierce pursuit of truth and justice!
Nerdy, while enormously grateful for these wonderful, powerful tweets, after losing to Swansea this morning, the mention of ‘United’ and ‘Ferguson’ in the same sentence brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you Legend!!!
1. Thank you, Chips.
2. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha and I’m just going to leave this here:
😥
LOL. You wish. He was probably cracking up and rooting for Chelsea.
Exhibit A:
Shit, you lost to FUCKING SWANSEA!?!
Go back to bed Mister. Now.
Bwahahahahaha!!! Barack H. Obama for the win!
Win? What’s that??
If #MichaelBrown had been white, MSM would be all over the EVIDENCE.
“Two of those shots, the Twitter witness says, were from behind. The other five came it a “barrage” after Brown turned around.”
A 🐻 hug to all those Ferguson Citizens helping to clean up in a difficult situation. Bless them.
It is a true post with compassion, information and reality. Well done NW.
Humanity without Respect, Openness, Fairness and Truth fails. The above tweets capture those elements and more. Brilliant.
There’s a reason Steve Kornacki always looks frightened to death. He has sold out completely to GOP. His nervous expression betrays the last smidgens of conscience trying to be heard.
I like steve, he seems like a responsible guy to me. Could be he didn’t know that during his hardball segment they had that video on a loop.
I watched exactly 4 seconds of Hardball last night and I urge you to watch the opening title again. Steve said, “Robbery” plus something else with tape beind him
If he’d opened with “Shot 7+ times, left on pavement unattended” I would have watched further.
Thank God for citizen journalist and technology; we can know the true story of what is going on in the world and have a hand in shaping it. Worldwide we are in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement 2.0. A new world order that is more just, more inclusive, more aware will be the result of all of the wrenching trials that we are going through. Trust and believe.
I seldom comment in times of great tragedy, stress and crisis because it is my way to internalize until I can participate and hopefully bring some positive comment; however, I am always here lurking, learning, and sending prayers and positive thoughts as we go through so many trials, personally and as citizens of the world.
NW, a special thanks for posting these wonderful, life affirming, tweets.
Wow. The Ferguson PD knew exactly what they were doing. They murdered a young man then decided to smear his character so the media would fall for the distraction instead of focusing on the cop who brutally murdered an unarmed teenager.
How to deflect a murder sharge a police officer deserves:
Step 1) Sully everything about the victim.. everything!
Step 2) Make the story about anything else. Journalists arrested, assaulted.
Step 3) Hide the Murdering Cop and every scrap of info about him. Murder? What murder? By who??
Step 4) Erase any trace of sympathy for the neighborhood. Bunch of lawbreakers, etc.
Step 5) Somehow insure that the victims attorneys would play along. You know. Not make demands, say, for a Charge and an Arrest.
Step 6) Insure that finally, when a charge and arrest is made, make sure that the DA is lavishly praised. Because, you know, those people should be grateful we even bother to prosecute murderers on their behalf.
Rinse, as they say and repeat.
If I sound unduly angry I will not apologise.
Agree 100% with @Jefferson Obama.
My first thought when I saw Tom Jackson’s press conference yesterday.
Think Rod Steiger in “The Heat of The Night” with Sidney Poitier.
ohhhhhhhhhh myyyyyy…Arapaho……I thought that very same thing…….yesssssssss
me too.
Wow, Arapaho415, I was thinking the same thing. I can just hear Sydney Poiter saying, “They call me Mr Tibbs”. This PD Jackson is sickening. I do believe they have been working all week to smear Mike Brown and to clear this Wilson’s records. The DOJ will find the answers.
I had the sound off, but when I saw him, that entered my mind too!
I was thinking the same thing. I was trying to remember where “The Heat of The Night” takes place. I kept on Picturing Sidney Poiter’s “they call me Mr. Tibbs.”
It’s obvious the FPD chief is trying to sabotage the investigation.
I’m also noticing that in contrast to the stunt that he pulled with the surveillance pictures/video on yesterday, today I’m hearing all these descriptions of good character and accolades about Wilson. If his character was so exemplary, then he would show himself and take responsibility for his actions rather than running off and hiding like the bully and coward he is.
The commentary ~ All of this!
y’ll fergie PD chief is a member of the KLAN along with other fergie PD officers.
I don’t doubt it…I said this to folks when that Klan (without the hood) killed Michael Brown.
Why does jackson still have a job?
Reposting from the tailend of the last thread, re: police cams
Thanks, Don, for your response.
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Many of TODville remember the Rodney King incident — after that, LAPD were placed under a “consent decree” — never fully understood what that meant, but they were under federal supervision for about 20 years.
Despite the recommendation of the Christopher Commission, LAPD have cameras in only about 300 patrol cars, about 25% of its force.
Technical glitches (i.e., enriching those who can’t fulfill their contracts) and lack of funds (i.e., GWBush-induced great recession) have hampered implementation:
I missed what happened last night in Ferguson and went to Antonio French’s TL. OMG, what a night.
Thank you for bringing all these tweets together here, NW. These days are gut-wrenching.
When Chief of Police said the Media requested the release of the tape……I truly believe that he means: HANNITY………It looks like this Tweet came to the same conclusion.
Yes!!!! I also believe it is Hannity’s work!!!!!!!!
That says it all right there about that Police chief, he’s a red face racists. I heard that the department of justice did not want them to release that video of the strong arm robbery, but they released it anyway.
I was listening to one of the councilmen from Ferguson and he made a good point. Even if someone in the media made the FOIA request, the information should have been given ONLY to the person who asked for it; not publicly presented the way the police chief did it.
Since I don’t tweet, I love seeing all the tweets that is ‘citizen journalism’ at its best. Thanks to everyone.
Did anyone else hear what one of the guests on MHP say the following: Needs to be the Power of Example and not the Example of Power.
BOOM! He used the analogy of “spare the rod; spoil the child” and said it’s the opposite.
While it’s true that the militarization of police is a side issue from the real issue of #Ferguson PD murdering Michael Brown at will in broad daylight, it wouldn’t be a bad thing for MSM to rally support behind wasting tax payer dollars on this.
This article says that Department of Homeland Security paid for the $360K armored vehicle for #FergusonPD. Next tweet says that contractors built more than 24,000 MRAPs (armored vehicles) for Iraq/Afghanistan wars.
That’s $8 or $9 billion alone, yet the government is now absorbing costs of these “gifts” to police departments nationwide?
The continuing cost of the Iraq war makes my blood boil. Someone remind our legislators of this the next time the GOP want to go to war.
Gotta run, bbl.
GREAT take away from this, Arapaho! The Residual War that just goes on and on and on…all with taxpayer $$$
The kids who made this are from Georgia.
Excellent!
A typical local election anywhere in LA County has a turnout of about 20%. It’s disgusting.
Just make it easier to vote. With today’s technology, that shouldn’t be difficult. Then the gimmicks wouldn’t even have to be a consideration.
I was just watching MSNBC and their guest (I think he was a local State rep.?) said in passing that the shop owner where the surveillance video was from in Ferguson, said that he never called 911? Umm…what? The police said that they received a call.
Whe I got home from work yesterday around 3pm, I turned on
MSNBC and whichever host was on at that time said they were awaiting a statement from the shop owner. I kept theTV on waiting to hear his statement, then it was never mentioned again.
Anyone else hear any of this or did I dream it?
If there’s a 911 call, why haven’t we heard it?
I also heard it….both on msnbc yesterday and today.
Also a report that the warrant for the video was not issued until Friday morning. No one has verified any of this yet.
Thanks for the corroboration. At least I know that I’m not hearing things.
None of this has anything to do with why this boy is dead, but because the police have been so deceptive, everything looks suspect.
As a mother of an 18 year old son myself, I’m just sick for these parents.
It was Alderman Lewis Reed – @PresReed – I heard him, too. Dudette posted a tweet or two from him on previous thread.
A ‘WANTED’ poster comes to mind…
We can’t and shouldn’t go by looks, but SKINHEAD comes to mind.
first thought I had JB!!!!
Yep.
O/T but still important! http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/16/rncc-fake-news-sites-fox.html
Aside from understanding that propaganda comes from all areas of the political spectrum, it’s as important to understand the tactics involved. The more obvious tactics include editing comments and images to distort their original content and context. Another obvious trick, favored by the Koch brothers, is buying deceptive ads where actors are presented as “victims” of the Affordable Care Act.
Since it is election season and the GOP’s attempt at re-branding was a flop, they are focusing on what they do best – spreading lies and misinformation. The NRCC has been busy creating over 20 fake news websites. They look like they could be new sites, but the content reads like something you’d see in a political ad or on Fox (which in many ways is one long political ad). All the NRCC websites come from the same domain: http://www.electionupdate2014.com. The sites are called (name of City) Update. They contain “analysis” of a Democratic opponent’s record that reads like a partisan hatchet job.
One example is a site called “San Antonio Update”:
Read more at the link>
Thanks, df. Was looking for you. 🙂 Few minutes ago I heard the 21 year old that you were thinking about. His name is John Gaskin…….local activists. Extremely well spoken. Very impressed with him, especially 21 years old.
🙂 Thank you!! I wasn’t nuts after all…just confused:)
Where was he speaking? Mature beyond his years…
Was on with Alex Witt. Have been extremely impressed with him every time I’ve heard him.
gaskin, fron TN?? Stephen gaskin’s son?
This kind of thing is exactly why I posted the incident report last night…many eyes looking for inconsistencies.
Good West Coast morning NW, Chipsticks & TOD family.
Awesome post NW!
I’ve missed so much in the last couple of days due to work, but thanks to TOD I’m catching up. 🙂
We missed ya, GGail!
(((J`OB))) thanks!
Welp.
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/500695588682596352
I presume the trucks have been inspected.
ICRC are to certify that the cargo of each truck is appropriate, according to the reports I read, yesterday, from President Poroshenko and PM Yatsenyak’s respective offices, LL. Haven’t had time to read any other details, today.
Hi Chips or Nerdy, I have a piece ready to go when you think it appropriate to post. Thanks. Have a great day y’all
Thanks soooooo much Zizi, just saw your tweet – will post it next, looking forward to reading it. Thank you again!
vc, good tweet!!!
TY, Gx2. It’s an unexplained compulsion.
I don’t understand why I feel the need to focus, ad nauseam, on the FACT that #MikeBrown died because #DarrenWilson executed him, but I will every chance I get (until the compulsion goes).
Guy stopped at my door running for re-election on the county board, but couldn’t tell what political party he was from … so I gave him pretty blasé answers, when he asked if I had any issues with the county to pass along to him. So glad when I finally looked at the hand-out he gave me before leaving, I found he was a nice ol’ Democrat. Good thing I didn’t know that at the time, because Grandma would have given him a nice ol’ Democratic hug … but also would have thrown any RWNJ off her lawn!
I do plan later to go on his website and ask if the county has any military tanks they’d like to sell back to the Defense Department.
Ha! way to go ‘Grandma’ 🙂
I love it that we are so vested in our local elections.
Anything’s possible if you’re Darren Wilson and lying about what happened.
Surely the MSM will show us in detail the length of MB” arms….
MB’s..
That’ll be next.
Zizi’s new post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/16/free-in-america-bundy-ranch-militias-open-carry-ammosexuals-or-ferguson-black-residents/