As flags burn, Goldie Taylor recognizes 'real gladiators on the streets of STL tonight'

As Twitchy has reported, demonstrators in south St. Louis have spent the night so far blocking traffic, banging on cars trying to get through, shattering an apartment window, trying to steal a reporter’s iPhone, and burning several American flags. Are these the “real gladiators” writer and MSNBC/CNN contributor had in mind when she urged her followers to remember them?

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@goldietaylor @kittyFitz50 @ScandalABC Real dedicated protestors don't take time off for some crappy fictional commercial TV program.

— Lenny (@lexuspilot) October 10, 2014

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We’ve identified the trolls and cowards here, but we’re still not sure who the gladiator is. Probably the guy who put the reporter and mother of two in a headlock to steal her iPhone? That sounds pretty badass.

@goldietaylor Gladiator: (in ancient Rome) a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena. #Notsomuch

— Todderick Dietsch (@toddone) October 10, 2014