Ferguson flash mob interrupts St. Louis Symphony with Requiem for Michael Brown
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/watch-ferguson-flash-mob-interrupts-st-louis-symphony-with-requiem-for-michael-brown/
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Hard to tell what the audience thought. Quite a few seemed to support it but the woman in the black strapless dress didn't seem very happy.
I can't sing, but I can stand in the background and play the tambourine or cow bell 
But seriously, it's a great way to protest. Because cops cracking heads of people singing is not good optics. And it forced even the snooty people in the audience to listen and be shamed. I was very happy to see applause from the stage. It's too important to let Mike Brown's murder disappear.
Well-behaved people seldom make history.
during some down time at an upscale event.
All 50 protesters who sang their Requiem for Mike Brown bought pricey tickets ($55-$150 each) to the symphony to point out that "Racism Lives Here". I applaud them for, in one-fell swoop: honoring Mike Brown; effectively raising awareness of racial injustice in a venue frequented by the upper crust in St Louis; and financially supporting the arts and symphony members.
it sounded like the person filming.
That was the best of the lot - Ms totally disconnected from reality must be saying "How dare you!" 
good grief, lady in the black strapless dress - just think if it were her loved one lying dead on the street for 41/2 hours after being unjustly shot by a policeman...what type of expression would she have under those circumstances?
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wish I was there to clap....
who don't give a rat's ass about Michael Brown and all of those gunned down by our militarized police force. They are under the the mistaken illusion that we are living in a post racial society. I say bring on more protests where these entitled people go to hide from the real world.
I couldn't be happier that this got your GOAT!
Pissing off all the right people!!!
thanks!
I would have been wondering why I didn't think of it.
Good on them!! 
I'm betting the symphony was disrupted. What do you think?
with most of the members of the symphony applauding as well.
The only thing I found sad was the fact that the auditorium had so many empty seats. Maybe some press like this will help boost sales.
by people who can't sing.
The protesters had nice voices and sang during intermission, so it doesn't seem like a big deal, but - oh! - how I can imagine some really horrible singing! 
powerful.... wow. 
was Sarah Griesbach. The world needs more people like her.
http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/article_d3d4e0b0-4c48-11e4-bc55-275aa0a96f33.html
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“It is my duty and desire to try to reach out and raise that awareness peacefully but also to disrupt the blind state of white St. Louis, particularly among the people who are secure in their blindness,” Griesbach said.
Two weeks ago, she and another “middle-aged woman who wear our mom jeans pulled up way too high” held up a sign at a Cardinals game that said, “Racism lives here.” A pivotal moment for her was when people around them started chanting in response, “Hands up, don’t loot.”
She and her fellow protester Elizabeth Vega decided to try again at the symphony, which received a much warmer response. She believes that is because the audience was fairly diverse in ethnicity and age.
“There is an inclusivity that comes with that intellectual culture,” she said.
The group of demonstrators was also a mix of African Americans, Latino and white residents – from college kids to college professors, she said. There were “representatives” from Clayton, Webster Groves, South St. Louis, Central West End and Ferguson. Although she lives in the Central West End, her children attend school in Clayton. As a mother, she has been deeply affected by Brown’s death.
“This cannot be just a Ferguson issue,” she said.
...some were stunned and paralyzed.
Not everybody lives in a liberal Utopia. Obviously St Louis is not one.
But this IS progress....
