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C Moon

(12,208 posts)
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 01:45 AM Aug 2014

Been watching live footage of the Ferguson protests via....

"I am Mike Brown Live from Ferguson, MO"
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930

It was very interesting. Then the police set up a line, and started marching forward down the boulevard and began announcing that if you weren't with the media with credentials, you had to leave.

They also announced the media must stay within the media area.

Then, within minutes, they changed the announcement to ...the media must go back to command post (something like that). At which point, the live feed had to drive to a designated area.

They drove to where they were told (several miles away). They waited, the police at this post checked their credentials (twice) and they were directed to a NEW area miles away...to me, at this point (since they have been gassing up their vehicle) it appears media has been completely removed from giving any credible reporting on what's going on.

I can only wonder how many iPhones the police have smashed at ground zero.

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