At first the rioting was only in the “sleepy” St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Now, the angry crowds have moved on to downtown St. Louis where moments ago a group of angry protesters rallied at Kiener Plaza.
Right now: #Ferguson rally at Kiener Plaza downtown #StL – chants of "hey hey ho ho, the Nat'l Guard has got to go" pic.twitter.com/Zo7guPMBQJ
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014
… and then marched on to Governor Nixon’s office chanting “the National Guard has got to go.”
Protesters march towards Gov Nixon's #StL office chanting "the Nat'l Guard has got to go" #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/NjushBrG1q
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014
Unfortunately for the protesters, they hadn’t made a prior appointment, and were therefore not admitted into the building:
Protesters aren't being let in, security told me they're not here on "official business" – #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/6CleokqMnA
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014
… while several people from the crowd were promptly arrested, such as this little old lady, who apparently is 90 year old Hedy Epstein, a Holocaust survivor.
Several protesters just arrested downtown #StL including this woman for "blocking the entrance" #ferguson pic.twitter.com/3Pjka8j0Tz
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014
And it’s not even dark yet.
Meanwhile in Ferguson, things are just warming up.
Front of the march in #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/8iJvxMmwT1
— Anonymous Operations (@YourAnonGlobal) August 18, 2014
With the National Guard deploying….
National Guard troops leaving base in #Ferguson
@NBCNews pic.twitter.com/ijxB3ktewd
— John Boxley (@JBoxleyNBC) August 18, 2014
And watching and waiting:
National guard troops deployed on roofs #ferguson pic.twitter.com/cnHgcjqoJJ Via @ShimonPro
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) August 18, 2014
Even if not many others are allowed to…
Ferguson Flight restrictions extended for news helicopters http://t.co/pXgV2kqVzJ
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 18, 2014
Presenting public enemy #1 (aside from Putin of course):
Getty photo of Getty photographer Scott Olson being arrested in #Ferguson (h/t @Walldo): pic.twitter.com/mAZpXWTPLS
— Neetzan Zimmerman (@neetzan) August 18, 2014
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