danshive:

claudetc:

jevoussaluespinelli:

iwriteaboutfeminism:

12:01 AM in Ferguson. Curfew broken.

Surprise! Bring in the ‘friendly police’ so all the outraged white people can cool down, and then turn around and do it all over again.

Ugh

What the hell is the point of a curfew if this is the end result of it? A curfew in and of itself is pretty messed up, but what is it supposed to accomplish?

“Let’s tell a bunch of justifiably angry people not to do something they should be allowed to do, then throw tear gas at them when they inevitably don’t comply.”

powerburial:

thecelloprincess:

theafrocentrics:

wow

holy fuck

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/us/ferguson-mo-michael-brown-and-darren-wilson-2-paths-to-a-fatal-encounter.html?_r=0

socialjusticekoolaid:

Another night of unrest in Ferguson. The community seems to be stepping in and stepping up to prevent looting, but SWAT/riot police are back in action. #staywoke  

megaparsecs:

i just wanted to put this out there since im sure it’ll get written about differently tomorrow. 

blacknoonajade:

This is the incident report that the Ferguson police just produce. Now if you don’t know, this morning they FINALLY named the killer of Michael Brown as Darren Wilson. Along with naming Darren as the killer, the Ferguson police are now trying to link Michael Brown with a robbery that happened supposedly MOMENTS before. 

Michael was killed at 12:01 and this robbery was at 11:54. 

There are so many questions.

1. We’ve seen the surveillance photos they’ve produced that shows someone who looks like Michael being aggressive with a store owner over an apparent box of swishers. (If you don’t know, Swishers are cigar papers you can pick up for like…2 for .50.
2. They are saying that Officer Darren Wilson was responding to that robbery.
3. They are calling it an STRONG ARMED ROBBERY
4.  A strong armed robbery is using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective:
5. Okay, got that bullshit out of the way
6. The dispatch tapes that were released mention NOTHING ABOUT A ROBBERY.
7. NOT ONE WORD
8. THE ONLY THING MENTIONED WAS A SHOOTING AND REQUEST FOR CROWD CONTROL.
9. THAT’S IT
10. So how did Officer Wilson FIND OUT about the robbery? 
11. They’ve now listed Dorian Johnson (THE ONLY OTHER EYEWITNESS WHO WAS THERE) as the second accomplice to the robbery. 
12. The same Dorian Johnson who has been trying (in vain) to talk with the Ferguson Police Department about Michael’s Death since LAST SATURDAY.
13. So this man who is this SECOND SUSPECT IN A ROBBERY CASE IS PLEADING WITH YOU AND IS ALL OVER NATIONAL NEWS AND YOU ARE REFUSING TO SEE HIM. BUT HE’S A SUSPECT IN A ROBBERY. OKAY
14. When Officer Wilson sees both Michael and Dorian his initial reaction was “GET THE FUCK ON THE SIDEWALK.”
15. Not any kind of reaction dealing with them being robbery suspects. 
16. From some of the pictures (I’m not going to post them due to the family’s wishes) if you compare the footage from the store and the footage from Michael’s death, he’s swapped from Nike sandals to Sneakers. This red hat cannot be found (this is speculation).
17. If the reason Office Wilson approached them was because they were suspects in an robbery WHY DIDN’T HE CALL IT IN? WHY DIDN’T HE FOLLOW PROCEDURE? WHY WOULD HE ROLL UP ON ROBBERY SUSPECTS IN HIS VEHICLE? WHY DID IT TAKE 6 DAYS FOR THIS TO BE ANNOUNCED?

I implore you. IMPLORE YOU to take a look into the presented facts of the case. This is just an incident report, we do not have access to the investigative report. There has been no reports presented of Michael’s autopsy and this report is contradictory of the second eye witnesses report.

None of this makes sense. 

They are putting Michael on trial to dehumanize him, villify him, to make him less human to justify his murder.

And at the end of the day, LET’S JUST SAY MICHAEL DID DO THIS…is petty theft (it was like 5 swisher sweets they say. That’s a two dollars and fifty sense) IS HIS MURDER, HIS EXECUTION, THIS UNARMED SURRENDING TEENAGE BOY, justified by this?

NO.

It’s not.

This is murder. Don’t let them put Michael on trial for HIS DEATH.  

justsitinbieber-deactivated2014:

Missouri State Patrol has now taken over security in Ferguson

startorrent02:

ego-x:

darklynoon:

naturepunk:

My blood is literally on fire right now. I cannot believe this.

“yeah, we’re walking right into their homes and shooting them”

jesus fucking christ.

I am speechless.

WATCH THIS. WATCH THIS FOR REAL.

humansofcolor:

feelknower1993:

badbilliejean:

flawlessxqueen:

This is the young man that was walking with Mike Brown,

Must Watch.

Dorian Johnson yall. Confident and clear. Bless him.

Reblogging again for the cheap seats.

carlie1197:

CAPTAIN JOHNSON NOW IN CHARGE OF FERGUSON SITUATION

“I’m going to march with you. There won’t be a police line.”

weaboosie:

fangirlatlarge:

simulatedcity:

evnw:

tofutits:

This is so FUCKING SCARY

what the fuck is going on

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THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I WILL EVER SAY THIS. NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF BLOG YOU ARE RUNNING REBLOG THIS. THIS CRAP NEEDS TO BE KNOWN. NEEDS TO BE SEEN. AND NEEDS TO BE SPREAD.THIS IS HAPPENING IN MY STATE AND IT IS FUCKING TERRIFYING. LET IT BE KNOWN. DON’T STOP SPREADING THE NEWS. MAKE EVERYONE SEE THE SHIT THAT IS GOING DOWN. Please. No body else seems to be protecting them anymore. Do what you can.

i would get so fucking crazy i’d probably get shot like this is seriously fucking unacceptable

grrspit:

afro-dominicano:

scrapes:

queenqueerqutie:

brown-likeme:

Ladies and gentlemen, Ferguson police.  

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Straight up white supremacists.

this is exactly how they’ve always talked to us, this is how cops in NY speak to little brown and black kids as young as 12 and 13 up to 18 and 19 and so on. this isn’t because there’s aggression from riots this is just how they speak about us and think of us.

It upsets me that people are always trying to say this is how cops talk to us (yes, I have had a cop point a gun in my face before) and nobody believes it until Anderson Cooper puts it on television.

cubanazo:

This proves they intend to get away with their actions, which are definitely illegal and inhumane. Anonymity + power is a devastating combo…

stacksbreadup:

Fuck. Respectability. Politics.