Ferguson protesters say police chief was drunk when he joined march, was not provoked [video]

As Twitchy reported late last night, Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson briefly marched along with Michael Brown protesters before “all hell broke loose,” and arrests began after a demonstrator allegedly attempted to fight the police chief.

@AntonioFrench @kodacohen I hear rumors that someone in the crowd attacked or threatened chief before police rushed in. What do your hear?

— Chris Bennett (@Caesar_X) September 26, 2014

Activist Shaun King and St. Louis alderman Antonio French claim that a YouTube video proves that no one provoked the police chief.

This video shows exactly what happened last night in #Ferguson. And it's not what TV is reporting. http://t.co/B1JZc3y3Ej

— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) September 26, 2014

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/515483304490184704

https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/515498429217529856

@goldietaylor @AntonioFrench @ShaunKing I asked for his resignation a month th ago. He still doesn't get it!

— MariaChappelleNadal?? (@MariaChappelleN) September 26, 2014

https://twitter.com/DavidSc18653023/status/515501700690354177

To others, the YouTube video verifies the theory that Chief Jackson was drunk when he joined the march.

https://twitter.com/stackizshort/status/515500169891037185

https://twitter.com/stackizshort/status/515500406277812224

Chief Jackson did look drunk last night. He eyes were glossed over and he couldn’t even really respond when folks were talking to him.

— Dr. Cornel Fresh (@WyzeChef) September 26, 2014

https://twitter.com/geauxAWAYheaux/status/515483792027295744

Ferguson PD is taking orders from a drunk chief.

That's what they're reporting @cnnbrk

Don't fact check like other stuff. Go with it.

— Kajieme Powell’s Life Mattered (@drumbeats4peace) September 26, 2014

@donlemon multiple reports out of #Ferguson say Chief Jackson was "visibly drunk" last night. Please ask Capt. Jackson his thoughts on such.

— K. C. Chambers (@kcarr78) September 26, 2014

If its true that the chief of police was drunk last night then everything from the very beginning makes so much more sense now.

— Jethro (@jethroparsons) September 26, 2014

Also going with the drunk theory: Missouri General Assembly member Maria Chappelle Nadal and MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor.

@stackizshort @goldietaylor @AntonioFrench @ShaunKing Everyone up close said he was drunk last night.

— MariaChappelleNadal?? (@MariaChappelleN) September 26, 2014

https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/515503288155140097

Here’s another angle on the police chief and the mayhem surrounding him.

Chief tried to March with protesters. https://t.co/2AD7ot7PQE

— Search4Swag (@search4swag) September 26, 2014