Saturday’s “National March on Ferguson,” which was billed as a “a national massive march on Ferguson” by people from “all over the United States,” attracted mere hundreds, according to several media sources on hand. To be announced at the rally was a day of civil disobedience on Monday.
That act of civil disobedience turns out to have been a plan to block traffic, apparently, and it’s been postponed, reportedly at the request of Michael Brown’s family.
National civil disobedience for Michael Brown. Block traffic for length of time his body was on the ground 4.5min TODAY! 430pm CST #Ferguson
— Cody Lestelle (@CodyLestelle) September 1, 2014
No, not today.
JUST IN… Plans for a civil disobedience highway shutdown to call attention to #Ferguson are postponed for today says Zaki Baruti.
— Kevin Killeen (@KMOXKilleen) September 1, 2014
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports:
“This is a postponement,” organizer Zaki Baruti told reporters outside the Ferguson police department Monday afternoon. “Until our demands are met it’s still on the table – some kind of highway action. When we’re ready we’ll tell everyone about it.”
Organizers had called for drivers to block area highways at 4:30 p.m. for 4 1/2 minutes today to protest Brown’s shooting. The time of the protest is meant to symbolize the 4 1/2 hours some say Brown’s body lay in the street after the shooting.
St. Louis alderman Antonio French, a mainstay of the Ferguson protests from the beginning, seems to be wearing thin on some followers.
@AntonioFrench if U had spent half as much time fixing community THEN as U do on twitter NOW Brown would be alive today. #Ferguson
— hunt bird (@huntbird52) September 1, 2014
@AntonioFrench Disrupting traffic is not a legal form of protest anyway
— Rokito of kek (@sangrokito) September 1, 2014
@AntonioFrench not a good idea. Protest in front of public businesses like the mayors city council offices and police station or gov's ofc
— somhrd50 (@somhrd50) September 1, 2014
@mogem2 @AntonioFrench ever here the phrase 2 wrongs dont make a right? Anarchy is not the solution
— Rokito of kek (@sangrokito) September 1, 2014
Maybe next week.
Activist Zaki Baruti: delay civil disobedience today to honor Mike Brown, but highway blockade is possible next week. pic.twitter.com/q1wHdABgHu
— Ed Rich (@edrich2112) September 1, 2014
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