Ferguson, MO police use tear gas on protesters, threaten media with arrest
Two nights after the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the community of Ferguson, Missouri has yet to return to normal.
The night of Aug. 11 saw hundreds of police in riot gear firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
Officers stand in a mist of tear gas. Protected by masks. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/YS2IMxagEG
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 12, 2014
This is not Gaza. This is not Iraq. This is our country, people/ RT @juliebosman: Chaotic scene in #ferguson pic.twitter.com/u81Rvx6zIL — Amanda Ann Klein (@AmandaAnnKlein) August 12, 2014
Police throwing tear gas. #Ferguson #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/IyCS0raf0Y — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) August 12, 2014
Police Are Walking Through Neighborhoods In SWAT/Riot Gear & Peering Over Fences With Guns Pointing #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/LnoD3lKdSw — Lnon (@Lnonblonde) August 12, 2014
Some on social media said the police, while telling people to return to their homes, would also not allow people to return to their homes.
The residents moved forward, yelling that their homes were behind police lines. Cops yelled back "tough, find another route." — Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 12, 2014
All of these people would like to go home. Police blocking exit out of neighborhood. #ferguson pic.twitter.com/voM9Oy57U5
— Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) August 12, 2014
There were also reports that the police threatened members of the media with arrest. Among those threatened was a journalist from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Being ordered to leave scene threatened with arrest #Ferguson — David Carson (@PDPJ) August 12, 2014
The police also threatened the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery.
The residents moved forward, yelling that their homes were behind police lines. Cops yelled back "tough, find another route."
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 12, 2014
