Thanks to the work of St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Paul Hampel, Twitchy earlier Monday night introduced readers to “D White,” who claimed he and his friends were “ready for war” and (possibly) well armed with a variety of guns.
Now that the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson has been announced, Hampel has kept his camera going and captured some amazing scenes.
"We are locked and loaded!" this man shouts at cops in riot gear at #ferguson PD. Urges crowd to rush polic… https://t.co/LeGyHwsz49
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Crowds are streaming to the #Ferguson police station were hundreds are already gathered
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Gun shots fired in the air
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Shots send more than a dozen police cars speeding toward police station
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Police south of police station Don riot gear. One cop assigned to stay and watch police cars https://t.co/yROQynyOsr
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
South of PD https://t.co/RsPzxfaKHn
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Crowd has begun breaking store windows out on South Flor. have wrecked police car
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Protesters just tried to grab camera from photographer
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Rocks and other objects are being hurled at police lines and windows . #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/qFq8tLhmE9
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Gassed https://t.co/uQeiKrOlh3
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Milk applied to counter effects of tear gas. It's August all over again. https://t.co/glMEtosycm
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Fire station door pic.twitter.com/OTJ5jJ7l32
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
Tear gas has quickly cleared sts https://t.co/wf2GtfGdeM
— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014
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