Yesterday, Cornel West told fellow protesters in Ferguson “we are going to fill the jails tomorrow.”
That promise has been kept:
BREAKING NEWS: St. Louis County has officially declared a state of emergency. @stlcountypd will be taking over policing of #Ferguson.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 10, 2015
Woman arrested for shooting video on wrong side of fence at STL federal court. pic.twitter.com/KhgsirP2Gy
— Kevin Killeen (@KMOXKilleen) August 10, 2015
Crowd rallying outside Eagleton Courthouse demanding justice pic.twitter.com/IiYcjrwfUH
— Betsey Bruce (@betseybruce) August 10, 2015
Protesters cross barricade at Eagleton Court House told they will be arrested pic.twitter.com/3cMrx4R9wX
— Betsey Bruce (@betseybruce) August 10, 2015
Dr Cornel West has just been arrested in St Louis amid #Ferguson Protest. http://t.co/jiO0PKUvII pic.twitter.com/SP9pVhCP01
— Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) August 10, 2015
Jesus. Black Lives Matter demonstrators being arrested by @DHSgov !!! How are we a threat to national security? This is too much.
— Tia Oso (@Tia_Oso) August 10, 2015
They arrested Netta. https://t.co/1pDong9qxF
— deray (@deray) August 10, 2015
They arrested @Nettaaaaaaaa for documenting police. They arrested @deray for questioning the arrest. This is the Black experience.
— zellie (@zellieimani) August 10, 2015
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It isn’t hard getting arrested when that was the goal in the first place.
@zellieimani @TheBlondePrizzi @Nettaaaaaaaa @deray They were arrested for blocking access to Gov Building. I'll clue ya!
— Bay-Area (@ScottBayless2) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/630811460445278208
@KMOXKilleen @kmoxnews this has nothing to do with "protests". They're just trying to bait and taunt the police. Thats why all the cameras
— Rich Hughes (@rollthebones64) August 10, 2015
Demonstrators aren’t the only people recording what’s going on:
Police use media too pic.twitter.com/wppUQAZ1o7
— Betsey Bruce (@betseybruce) August 10, 2015