The video, shot by Antonio French, Alderman of the 21st Ward, shows raucous protesters outside the QuickTrip store that was looted and set on fire on Monday night in response to the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
SWAT vehicles, LRAD sound cannons, dogs, tear gas and smoke grenades are all on show as police march down the highway shooting rubber bullets at demonstrators.
The video then cuts to a parking lot where police wearing riot gear with their faces covered order French to “get the f**k out of here.” One of the cops aims a gun directly at French.
According to French, police attempted to shut down the whole town in order to prevent the media from documenting events. Photographer David Carson also said that he was
threatened with arrest and ordered to leave the scene.
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A line of police cars with high beams on greats anyone trying to enter
#Ferguson. It's shut down. No media allowed.
11:47 PM - 11 Aug 2014
Police used tear gas and rubber bullets in an effort to disperse the crowds while emergency services responded to reports of a stabbing and a shooting. 15 people were also arrested during a demonstration outside the town’s police station as other protesters chanted, “hands up, don’t shoot!”
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Police officer says area is "a war zone" and no one will be allowed through until morning.
#Ferguson
10:24 PM - 11 Aug 2014
One police officer described the area as a “war zone,” asserting that no one would be allowed to pass through until the morning.
L.A. Times reporter Matt Pierce said the scenes reminded him of the crackdown on protesters during the uprising in Egypt.
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Now this. Plus noisemakers. Everybody runs. Reminds me of Cairo.
10:05 PM - 11 Aug 2014
Police continue to assert that Michael Brown, who was unarmed, was shot dead after an altercation during which he attempted to seize an officer’s gun. However, eyewitnesses say that Brown did not try to enter a police vehicle and was holding his arms up in surrender during the incident.
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