We’re seeing lots and lots of tweets tonight about a column of tanks that is supposedly headed toward Ferguson, Mo.:
They done brung the tanks out
— THE BLVCK WILSON FISK (@phatsizzle) August 11, 2014
They breaking out the tanks in Ferguson http://t.co/KWno7jFUps
— ?Dat Nigaa Bee ? (@simonbomont) August 11, 2014
RT @dreamer8five: American #tanks on American soil being rolled out against AMERICAN PEOPLE. #MikeBrown #Ferguson http://t.co/UeoIYugqVV
— bri (@bigshitxtalker) August 11, 2014
Tanks?! This is crazy. Please pray for #STL ?? #repost http://t.co/8lRMqC5Zl8
— De'Ella (@VivaLaDeElla) August 11, 2014
#furgeson is clearly at 6 stars right now…(GTA)
They brought the Tanks out!
— Imka (@OfficialIMKA) August 11, 2014
@GhostwritaMusic Ghost, niggas really are wildin' while the National Guard are pulling up tanks. pic.twitter.com/7x4cqoKsS5
— SPEND CAKE on iTunes (@DuckyHines) August 11, 2014
They deployed tanks now?
— Danny Bower (@Not_dannybower) August 11, 2014
Swat team & tanks out in St. Louis…?? ???
— Tyrone (@Cashw3ll) August 11, 2014
so they cut the police scanner, they are bringing in tanks, loading up in a target store…..waited until the night got late right
— Dre (@ADH702) August 11, 2014
“@TheTrialFile: Tanks are rolling in craziness
#Fergusonriot #MikeBrown http://t.co/52IYMj1wWl#Ferguson” When was the taken?
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) August 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/Monet_tenoM/status/498684198681444353
GOT DAMN!!! TANKS!!!
— D-3PO (@NattyDreadLocs) August 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/FayGrafton/status/498685453974110209
?RT @JustKels88: Why did they have assault tanks on standby in a town like that? Why were they SO ready and well equipped for this?
— nish.? (@ItsJust_Nisha) August 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/iOSQuan/status/498683944833781761
Dogs, riot police & military tanks are on their way into stl right now be safe out there
— StephanieShante??♀️ (@LivingLoving314) August 11, 2014
To his credit, this dude is a little skeptical:
Wait a minute. Was that picture of tanks real?
— The deadly river Neva (@pipandbaby) August 11, 2014
Good question.
Are we the only ones who find it odd that the exact same photo is being tweeted over and over again? If there really are tanks approaching Ferguson, wouldn’t we expect to see more than one photo of them?
And another thing: We realize Twitter is often ahead of the MSM, but wouldn’t the presence of tanks be reported by at least one reputable media outlet?
Are we the only ones who have heard of Photoshop?
Editor’s note:
We changed the headline of this post. The original headline was, “Best rumor of the night: Column of tanks headed to Ferguson, Mo.”
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