{"id":20189,"date":"2014-08-14T03:19:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T08:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=20189"},"modified":"2014-08-14T03:19:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T08:19:02","slug":"ferguson-police-are-at-your-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/ferguson-police-are-at-your-door\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ferguson Police Are At Your Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Above: Ferguson police spent the evening dropping tear gas containers on reporters to keep news of police repression from getting out. They are unaware of the deadly truthful combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikexmoynihan\/status\/499790857810501632\/photo\/1\">cell phones, citizens, and twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My fellow American: You live in Ferguson, you just don&#8217;t know it yet.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>BREAKING: Rep. Clay Says St. Louis County Police to be Relieved of Duty <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derek Wallbank (@dwallbank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwallbank\/statuses\/499924955040346112\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Some petitions about #Furgeson <\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/act.colorofchange.org\/sign\/mike_brown\/\">&#8220;Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/petitions.moveon.org\/sign\/stop-the-police-abuse-1?source=c.em.cp&#038;r_by=11087210\">Stop the police abuse. Send the National Guard to Ferguson.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/st-louis-county-and-city-create-a-michael-brown-law-requiring-police-officers-to-wear-cameras-and-record-any-interaction-with-the-public-at-all-times?recruiter=572265&#038;utm_campaign=share_facebook_mobile&#038;utm_medium=facebook&#038;utm_source=share_petition\">Create a Michael Brown Law requiring police officers to wear cameras and record any interaction with the public at all times.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/president-barack-obama-please-enact-new-federal-laws-to-protect-citizens-from-police-violence-and-misconduct?share_id=tsaboYqTkZ&#038;utm_campaign=friend_inviter_chat&#038;utm_medium=facebook&#038;utm_source=share_petition&#038;utm_term=permissions_dialog_false\">Please Enact New Federal Laws to Protect Citizens from Police Violence and Misconduct<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Tweets about Furgeson<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Here are photos of the Saint Louis County cop who assaulted me yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/z8Y7jrCrRd\">pic.twitter.com\/z8Y7jrCrRd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanjreilly\/statuses\/499870270233247744\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Photos: Chaos grows in Ferguson over shooting of unarmed teen <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UxUAVPSkcP\">http:\/\/t.co\/UxUAVPSkcP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MichaelBrown?src=hash\">#MichaelBrown<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/e3nsMjvHTN\">pic.twitter.com\/e3nsMjvHTN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Nighswander (@mattnighs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattnighs\/statuses\/499913169578770433\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So, just to be clear, 100% of murders in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> this year were committed by police officers. These &quot;riots&quot; are state-sponsored terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew David Thaler (@SFriedScientist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFriedScientist\/statuses\/499919912681607168\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Mike was the FIRST Homicide in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> this year. Take that in. And it was the POLICE that killed him.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReaganGomez\/statuses\/499918466577469441\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FoxNews?src=hash\">#FoxNews<\/a>: A study in word choice.&#10;&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BundyRanch?src=hash\">#BundyRanch<\/a> : &quot;DEFIANT&quot;, &quot;DUST-UP&quot;, &quot;RANCHERS&quot;&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a>: &quot;RAGE&quot;, &quot;RIOT&quot;, &quot;MOBS&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; clydetheslyde (@clydetheslyde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clydetheslyde\/statuses\/499919469703999488\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Enough is enough in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> &#8211; time to take things out of the hands of local police <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Ue0caApGvo\">http:\/\/t.co\/Ue0caApGvo<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/voxdotcom\">@voxdotcom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Madhusudan Katti (@leafwarbler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leafwarbler\/statuses\/499907583788855296\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>the same place you put your hand on when you stood in class to say &quot;Liberty and justice for all&quot; is the place cops are aiming at. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bethany (@wiIted) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiIted\/statuses\/499833584459714560\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>people need to understand racism isn&#39;t dead and it still goes on, even in our own country <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ferguson?src=hash\">#ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7uaULHKYiB\">pic.twitter.com\/7uaULHKYiB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; auserie chanel (@caliwifi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caliwifi\/statuses\/499833395015196672\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Snipers point guns at protesters &amp; journalists in America. Who can deny the police state now? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ir7ssUznyR\">pic.twitter.com\/ir7ssUznyR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\/statuses\/499834531852345344\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>This what they not showing you on the media. These young men cleaning up after the riot. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ReeZtbTLzt\">pic.twitter.com\/ReeZtbTLzt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tabitha Henderson (@tabithalou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tabithalou\/statuses\/499292374229479424\">August 12, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Tune into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allinwithchris\">@allinwithchris<\/a> Thursday at 8pm on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msnbc\">@MSNBC<\/a> They will be broadcasting live from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a>. assuming police don&#39;t arrest them first..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick S (@gratepool) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gratepool\/statuses\/499826962672939008\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>&#39;Cops in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ferguson?src=hash\">#ferguson<\/a> are quite literally rolling up to reporters &amp; tear gassing them to keep reports from getting out <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ihFikqS5eS\">pic.twitter.com\/ihFikqS5eS<\/a>&#39;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ahmadiyya Times (@AhmadiyyaTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AhmadiyyaTimes\/statuses\/499823896879579136\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>People always say they wished they lived in the 60s. Here&#39;s your opportunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pC6hmM0SP9\">pic.twitter.com\/pC6hmM0SP9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; nevena jovanovic? (@nevenator_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nevenator_\/statuses\/499823634501091330\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Update about five protestors were just arrested outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> Police Station for refusing to leave. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/vsl02oT7M7\">pic.twitter.com\/vsl02oT7M7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yamiche\/statuses\/499819863981178881\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>PHOTOS: Police fire tear gas near Al Jazeera crew, then disassemble the gear after they flee. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/It5FOxVWhB\">pic.twitter.com\/It5FOxVWhB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cassidy Moody (@CassFM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CassFM\/statuses\/499800133174063104\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Four military size tanks and a block full of &quot;police&quot; for a crowd of a less than 50. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash\">#Ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DONTSHOOT?src=hash\">#DONTSHOOT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/oOHmHZ8htb\">pic.twitter.com\/oOHmHZ8htb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liz Peinado (@LizPeinadoSTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizPeinadoSTL\/statuses\/499816431152689152\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Massive respect to John Legend&#10;&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ferguson?src=hash\">#ferguson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/csX1bT0H2c\">pic.twitter.com\/csX1bT0H2c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Celina (@WantingThe5Ds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WantingThe5Ds\/statuses\/499837168638894080\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above: Ferguson police spent the evening dropping tear gas containers on reporters to keep news of police repression from getting out. They are unaware of the deadly truthful combination of cell phones, citizens, and twitter. My fellow American: You live in Ferguson, you just don&#8217;t know it yet. NOTE: BREAKING: Rep. Clay Says St. Louis &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/ferguson-police-are-at-your-door\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#Ferguson Police Are At Your Door<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3397,1972,522],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-5fD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}