Van Jones arrives in Missouri: Ferguson 'as bad as it looks on the tee-vee'

“Crossfire” panelist Van Jones has arrived in Ferguson, Mo., and has declared that the situation on the ground looks “as bad as it looks on the tee-vee.”

Arrived in #Ferguson … And, yes: it is as bad as it looks on the tee-vee. #p2 #tcot @CNN @cnnbrk pic.twitter.com/8OcvTcxWdE

— Van Jones (@VanJones68) August 19, 2014

https://twitter.com/JoeyL3rd/status/501880336247435264

@VanJones68 @CNN @cnnbrk Military Police were brought in because state/count/local did not have enough officers. MP's use Humvees.

— Niel Bohr (@bohratom) August 19, 2014

@VanJones68 @CNN @cnnbrk You should open a small business in Ferguson and then thank the MP's for saving it from rioters..

— Niel Bohr (@bohratom) August 19, 2014

CNN even provided Jones with his own gas mask. Tear gas apparently doesn’t distinguish between rioters and TV pundits.

#Ferguson=no joke. Peeps at @CNN handed me THIS before I even got a mic on. #GasMasks for reporters — in USA? Yup. pic.twitter.com/aUXA8VaudP

— Van Jones (@VanJones68) August 20, 2014

@VanJones68 @CNN Saw @donlemon donning (pun unintended) bulletproof vest last night.

— David Pace (@dnp_david) August 20, 2014

@VanJones68 @CNN Psst. Van, buddy, no one else around you is wearing one… You've been pranked.

— Alex P Keaton (@I_Hate_Hippies) August 20, 2014

@VanJones68 @CNN Also, the seals already been pulled off the bottom of your canister… depending on when that was, that mask may not help..

— Alex P Keaton (@I_Hate_Hippies) August 20, 2014