That's all.
For now.
There have been numerous people discussing whether or not a molotov cocktail (or more than one) was thrown tonight. Tweeter @marmel Steve Marmel offers this response:
For as long as I can remember, people generally find that they will give up their personal autonomy to police custody peacefully, because officers wear a badge AND a name plate with their badge number prominently displayed. To ensure the public can TRUST the men and women who wear the Uniform of Law Enforcement. Because if
bad acts occur, well, they can have that officer reported and repercussions will follow if indeed the officer has committed a
bad act.
But apparently not in #Ferguson Missouri. Not this week. I've seen a lot, a lot lot of tweets like this. But now a news source is reporting on it, too:
The embedded video is LOUD. Please lower your volume before playing. I AM NOT KIDDING.
Jim Wright of Stonekettle Blog. A voice I've been reading for a while now. You should check out his home place. He's a goddamned force of nature. Reminds me of a gal with a foul mouth and a beautiful mind, who used to hang out here at our clubhouse. Rage, rage, against the Lying of the Right. -- Mary Scott O'Connor
Yes, at first glance this is no more than a tv comedian taking a potshot during a serious as all fucking hell moment. But really think about that for a moment. He's saying the police aren't just playing Army dress-up there. He pointing out that we've already got a Standing Army occupying our nation. They just usually wear Police Blues instead of Army camo and kevlar body-armor.
A brief conversation I had, and the last Tweet I'll add tonight. I hope you all can find some time to think about what is happening to the small town of Ferguson, Missouri. To them it's not a week long television spectacle. This is happening right in their front yards. Literally in their front yards, as one Ferguson resident a couple of days ago had tear gas canisters fired directly at him and couple of friends who were standing INSIDE HIS FENCED FRONT YARD when the police using a bullhorn told them to "go home" but they were already home, standing in the yard. Did the curfew have the authority to tell them they couldn't stand in the fenced yard and watch the war zone their town had turned into overnight?
Anyway. Here's the last one. Perhaps one of these will speak to you.
I couldn't sleep so I'll add this, which says what I and I imagine a lot of Kossacks are feeling the last few days, by Zach Green, the guy who started @UniteBlue on Twitter: