Bree Newsome, who became a media darling after she scaled the flag pole in front of the South Carolina State House to tear down the Confederate flag (which was coming down anyway), is considered a fresh face in the #BlackLivesMatter movement. As activists joined hands to block I-70 in Ferguson as part of their day of civil disobedience, Newsome was on Twitter to serve up the same tired cliché about the protest.
https://twitter.com/FunnyMaine/status/630872478009704448
https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/630872732142407680
https://twitter.com/FunnyMaine/status/630873169520410624
https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/630877410691420160
In other words, having the highway blocked ahead of you gives you some insight into white privilege and what it means to be black in America.
Complete Highway shut down 70 east and west bound traffic pic.twitter.com/VKIHZPp8W8
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 10, 2015
Protesters have shut down all 8 lanes of the 70 #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/Copg1MSSdE
— Cassandra Fairbanks ?✌️ (@CassandraRules) August 10, 2015
At least one driver felt he or she have done enough reflection on that topic while waiting for traffic to move and broke through the human barrier.
Driver breaks through line of protesters on I-70 in #STL – #Ferguson #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/g2OgtaI631
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 10, 2015
Here’s another angle from right up front.
https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/630873997735911424
https://twitter.com/zebageba/status/630875636752515072
https://twitter.com/spjonesy1/status/630873669280120832
@FOX2now These dumb asses are only confirming they are a menace to society. I don't know why drivers stopped.
— Answerman101 (@Answerman101) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/Samuraiappel/status/630873019775193088
@FOX2now this shit is vile and these thugs acted like animals.. And wonder why no one takes them serious .. Fuc* them
— Renegade Cowboy?? ?⚓️??? (@Rene_gadeCowboy) August 10, 2015
@FOX2now @slone OUT OF CONTROL PROTESTERS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THE STATE'S MAIN INTERSTATE LIVES MATTER!
— Media Critic (@TalkCritic) August 10, 2015
@FOX2now Everyone should have done the same thing.. follow him. Good for him or her.
— Name Can Be Blank (@__Going_gone) August 10, 2015
@FOX2now He deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
— Countenance Blog the Expat (@countenanceblog) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/fityshadesofred/status/630875285919920128
Is it OK to use the word “thugs” again? The media had said no, but then President Obama used the “T”-word himself, which must mean it’s OK.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/630873803841630208
@FOX2now Awesome!!!!
— Quinn (@pilotguider) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/NikoTheFarmer/status/630882876935012352
https://twitter.com/FitzDrum/status/630880408847167489
Bree Newsome explained that already.
@FOX2now Use snowplows. It will be quicker.
— Mike Grubb (@cruiser436) August 10, 2015
@FOX2now endangering your life & the lives of others isn't a legitimate form of protest. Where are the cops?
— living in america (@libbyconservy) August 10, 2015
@FOX2now @sistertoldjah Criminals supporting and remembering one of their own.
— Jeff McIrish (@JeffMcIrish) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/OoklatheMok12/status/630875745544355841
Where are the cops? Right here, hopefully detaining the right people.
Arrests made in nearby restaurant parking lot following #I70ShutDown. pic.twitter.com/NyojDLp48Q
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 10, 2015
Here’s a few more, helping clear the interstate.
Protester on the I-70 near Ferguson body slammed by police. (@Bipartisanism) pic.twitter.com/greQ3ITqY2
— Breaking News Feed (@pzf) August 10, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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