Ferguson

[skorpx1]

Just tuned in to the police scanner radio in Ferguson and it's a disaster down there. Shots fired in front of the PD, looters and general chaos throughout the city.


If you ask me this whole deal was just a bad situation from the beginning. Had it not gotten any media attention it wouldn't be at this kind of crapstorm. What are all of your thoughts on this?


(Try to keep it non-political)

[The Fugitive]

From what I saw on the news there were a few incidences, but hardly "chaos throughout the city". We'll see how it goes through the night.

[SysError]

I just hope that reaction does not violate good sense.  We all need figure out how to work issues out in a civil manner.

 

[SysError]

There are marches down U street here in DC.

[Dragon Tamer]

I'm keeping my mouth shut on the issue, people always seem to get pissed off when I open it up.

Non-political or not, I don't see this thread as having a prolonged future.

[shotgunneeley]

I don't know who is rightfully innocent or guilty in all of this, but the court of public opinion made its decision in the first hour of the media blitz. Any factual evidence that comes after an investigation gets swallowed up in the storm of speculation, that's always more interesting anyway...

Haven't come across any forms of civil disobedience, protesting or general anarchy yet. All has been normal in my parts.  for cool heads to prevail and a peaceful outcome in all of this.

[Meatwad]

I live an hour from St. Louis, and I absolutely refuse to do anything over there even before this protest nonsense started. I-44 just got shut down by nutjobs just standing in the interstate. If that would ever happen with my wife and kids in the car and I thought their safety would be at risk if we got stopped, I will get through one way or another even if it means keeping my foot glued to the accelerator

[betty]

To all my fellow AHers that live there, I pray for the safety of you all and your families.  I know a few of you are from there and are in my thoughts.   

[RotBaron]

Elam Ferguson, I wished AMC didn't kill his character off, provided a good story. Now they've killed the little boy and the hung the church lady. Hmmmm. 

[betty]

There are cars and businesses on fire, looting, shots fired, tear gas....all of this is crazy. Watching CNN right now and it's progressed into a huge mess in the past hour.

[SilverZ06]

Those criminals are not helping their "cause". Though in reality their only cause was looking for a chance to get violent.

[TW9]

It's kind of strange seeing cops better geared dealing with protesters than I was in Iraq. Granted I did have a bigger gun

[Tec]

According to the scanner feed Toys R' Us is getting looted, and there is a "strike team" heading "on the quiet" to an address that comes up as a Target store.  http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/1573

It's really going nuts now.  Over the past few minutes they've had a missing trooper that hasn't checked in, reports of heavy incoming gunfire, the fire department retreating from a fire after taking incoming gunfire, and they just ordered all personnel out of the "hot zone". 

[CAP1]

From what I saw on the news there were a few incidences, but hardly "chaos throughout the city". We'll see how it goes through the night.

 listen in for yourself.  cop missing. 2 patrol cars on fire. walgreens and another place on fire. i think NINE fires total. heavy gunfire. stuff being thrown. patrol car broken into, and ar stolen out of it.......yea, it's bad there.

http://m.ustream.tv/channel/st-louis-county-police-scanner

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/17925/web

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