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"When cops declare open season on journalists, when they feel free to declare any scene of "unlawful protest" a free fire zone, that will be a very ugly day - and not just for journalists."
---Hunter S. Thompson, "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan"
Of course, things were very ugly in Ferguson long before they started arresting journalists. But that quote comes to mind tonight, as the situation in Ferguson continues to
("Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" is an article he wrote for Rolling Stone about the death of journalist Ruben Salazar, who was killed by a wall-piercing tear gas canister fired by a deputy of the LA County Sheriff's Department during the Chicano Moratorium march against the Vietnam War.)
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Cleita
(75,480 posts)fishwax
(29,252 posts)for now I'm following along mostly on Twitter and looking for a good livestream feed. I'd expect O'Donnell to do well with this, though.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)It seems MSNBC is going to cover it!
fishwax
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