A large group of #BlackLivesMatter protesters, some tagging their tweets with #ReclaimMLK, shut down traffic in the Delmar Loop spanning University City and St. Louis, Mo., Saturday among a large police presence. The chaos was documented extensively in photos and Vine videos, showing just how short tempers have become. (As always, these Vines come with a language warning.)
Looks like protesters and public clashing in the @TheDelmarLoop vine by @search4swag https://t.co/cu96uCZFMw
— David Carson (@PDPJ) January 17, 2015
Unamerican. https://t.co/G4TCw24h2g
— deray (@deray) January 17, 2015
To see people so worked up about the flag being upside down is just crazy. That is privilege.
— deray (@deray) January 17, 2015
@deray The fact that these people can worry more about distress flags, than being shot down in cold blood, is privilege.
— ♡ ᴘᴀᴛʀᴏɴ sᴀɪɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴏʀᴇs ♡ (@threephonejones) January 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/556565139621543937
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/556566656885854208
Officers grab the drummer. https://t.co/bpXQwJIBq7
— deray (@deray) January 17, 2015
The drummer didn't get arrested. They just grabbed him and later released him.
— deray (@deray) January 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/556569160654675968
https://twitter.com/MusicOverPeople/status/556500114689122304
https://twitter.com/MusicOverPeople/status/556603206352916483
The Ferguson protestors are posting vines like this FOR their side. The screaming…. Oh boy. https://t.co/zgrmarODFO
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) January 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/KatMcKinley/status/556588971682041856
.@hunterw @KatMcKinley do not lecture me or the movement. It is easy to give advice from your comfortable seat.
— deray (@deray) January 17, 2015
@hunterw @deray here we go, more white people trying to tell protesters how to protest the "right way." fuck outta here
— daniel??? (@dhnevarez) January 17, 2015
.@KatMcKinley ..lady, you don't look old enough to know what mlk hated…my understanding was he didn't hate…he loved…stop antagonizing
— mⒶryteatowel (@maryteatowel) January 17, 2015
@maryteatowel That is kind of my point. He loved. I'm a child of integration, the first wave, in Ms, in the 60's.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) January 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/MusicOverPeople/status/556600910508351489
There are so many new faces out here today. It's great. And a lot of students. So great. The movement lives.
— deray (@deray) January 17, 2015
Those who allege black people are exaggerating police contempt for them have likely never seen it up close. It's VERY real.
— Sean (@SeanSharesStuff) January 17, 2015
Speaking of both police contempt and getting “so worked up” over an inanimate object like the American flag, enjoy this Vine video from a recent pro-police rally in Ferguson.
https://t.co/vr7tt45sx6 Here is why the protestors will not win the hearts of America. @deray #ferguson #PoliceLivesMatter. Movement dies
— StlFrankie (@StlFrankie) January 12, 2015
#Ferguson badasses https://t.co/IdyQ4XLUM5
— Phillip P (@Phillip__P) January 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/57napco/status/554463657447280642
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