Washington Post reporter arrested in Ferguson

Washington Post reporter arrested in Ferguson(washingtonpost.com)

17 points by owlish 11 years ago

ser_ocelot 11 years ago |

"News of their arrest quickly began spreading on social media, and the Ferguson police chief was alerted to their arrests by a reporter for the Los Angeles Times."

Sounds like nobody is in control.

icantthinkofone 11 years ago | |

There are plenty of good people trying to manage a bunch of people who are out of control. People like to find fault with those trying to manage a war zone in the heat of battle rather than focusing on those who are causing the problem in the first place.

saeranv 11 years ago | | |

The local police seem pretty incompetent here: Bringing in tanks, aiming assault rifles at unarmed protesters, and an injudicious use of tear gas and rubber bullets.

They're treating civilian protesters like enemy soldiers.

See more here: http://www.vox.com/2014/8/11/5988925/mike-brown-killing-shoo...

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/13/6000799/ferguson-governor-nixon...

ser_ocelot 11 years ago | | |

Yes, it's very important for journalists to record the actions of the police.