Two LOLable reports from Ferguson.
1. This afternoon Ryan Reilly a white reporter from the Huffington Post and Wesley Lowery a black reporter from the Washington Post were working in a McDonald's when Ferguson cops came in riot gear and told them to leave because the area was unsafe. They apparently didn't leave fast enough for the cops so they were attested. Reilly said his head was slammed on the car after his arrest and Lowery said he was told he was resisting and slammed against the soda machine. They were taken to jail. A reporter for the LA Times called the chief of police for Ferguson and told him that the officers just arrested two journalists and the guys were quickly released. Reilly was given an arrest report number but was told no report would be filed.
2. Elizabeth Matthews of KSDK out of St. Louis reported that right before their 10PM news the Ferguson cops shot a tear gas canister at an Al Jeezera TV truck. Her and the two cameramen heard the sound and left their truck to see what was happening, at that point she saw cops in riot gear guns drawn walking towards them. She said put her hands up but one of their tripods was hit with a fired bean bag. She said there were no protesters at their location and the riot cops yelled at them that this is for their own protection.
I thought there were only like 60 cops in Ferguson, are these just the same dozen bad person cops rough ridin' with everyone? If the whole force is like this perhaps the chief should be charged as well when the cop who started this gets his federal charges.
