Looters came out in Furguson for another round of dangerous chaos.
Reporters at the scene began tweeting about the frightening experience early Saturday morning. Ironically, the police were criticized, this time, for not showing enough force.
Politico’s Byron Tau was one of the reporters who tweeted the events as they happened:
All of a sudden, tempers flared again when a large group of protestors confronted officers in front of a liquor store pic.twitter.com/QBMiWdqYqU
— Joel D. Anderson (@blackink12) August 16, 2014
Police aiming guns at #Ferguson protesters. Protesters holding their hands up. #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/T44heGpCWN
— Koran Addo (@KoranAddo) August 16, 2014
Protest leaders in front, really trying to push the crowd back. More armored vehicles arriving. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/fSh45IGrhQ
— Michael Calhoun (@michaelcalhoun) August 16, 2014
Protesters dragged cones onto W. Florissant and position themselves in the street with hands raised, backs to police. pic.twitter.com/eg8fXBqFSF
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Massive looting at the store where Michael Brown was accused of stealing. Media have been repeatedly threatened while recording.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Protestors are now threatening reporters with violence for recording.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Masked protester holding a Molotov cocktail approached and threatened at least two female reporters.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Protestors are desperately trying to restore order among their own at both stores.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Protestors themselves have so far saved both stores from being burned.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
What’s amazing is that, through all this chaos, people are still going through the McDonalds drive-thru. pic.twitter.com/aGcHXwiphp
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
A man with a megaphone demands that the news media get the story right… That the group of men are protecting the store from looting.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Several men are looting another store. I am recording. One tells me to “get that police shit out of here. … This ain’t no show.”
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Never mind. Men showed up with Molotov cocktails at the liquor store being looted.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
We just saw Looters removing a huge electric saw Photo Courtesy: Marcus Dipaola pic.twitter.com/Qoog9d7vJI
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) August 16, 2014
Inside of the partially looted market. It is still standing and largely unthreatened. pic.twitter.com/Cgkyv725xs
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
An angry crowd is menacing a black journalist with Fox 2. Shouting “are you black” over and over and over.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 16, 2014
Looter just threatened to pull knife on leduff and I outside of Sam’s Market by friend of punk white kid
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 16, 2014
Looter just threatened to pull knife on leduff and I outside of Sam’s Market by friend of punk white kid
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 16, 2014
In my car. Writing. When I left street there were still dozens out and about. Cops still not advancing
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 16, 2014
@mattdpearce call the police #Ferguson #911
— Sal (@SundevilSal) August 16, 2014
@mattdpearce Cops can’t be called criminals then be expected to act as heroes so swiftly
— Just Me (@emtchip) August 16, 2014
@mattdpearce and people up the street are asking this reporter “where are the police, why aren’t the police stopping this?” LOL really?
— Myke (@Sinixstar) August 16, 2014
Well, @ShimonPro you journalists have been complaining about strong police presence for days, now you complain there is not enough?
— Mary Forbes (@MaryForbes14) August 16, 2014
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