lollardfish | My tweets

Wed, 13:32: Are the police getting away with murder? - Essay from a woman whose son died in a police chokehold - http://t.co/mCQux8f7PQ
Wed, 15:48: Today's post is on "#Women and #Science: Harassment and Dropping Out." http://t.co/dXh6ZUT3C4
Wed, 16:03: Signal boost: @mattdpearce is a good reporter. MT Any crowd-control experts know what these munitions are? via @PDPJ http://t.co/7ffVq3v1kH
Wed, 16:29: RT @BeckyGMartinez: narrative police r putting out abt #MikeBrown starting 2 sound a lot like #TrayvonMartin -now saying cop had face injur…
Wed, 16:43: RT @lizweil: yes, please --> Kill All the Comments, Already. @nbj914 on top of his game. http://t.co/RMhX7yjPKt …
Wed, 16:53: RT @PDPJ: Here is a collection of debris I found in #Ferguson yesterday there were tons more rubber bullets @mattdpearce http://t.co/aE3y1Z…
Wed, 17:50: Daily Post: "#Women and #Science: Harassment and Dropping Out." On recent NYT piece and today's NPR on engineers http://t.co/dXh6ZUT3C4
Wed, 19:04: RT @washingtonpost: Tiny Georgia police department posts terrifying SWAT operation video http://t.co/iAlC7fIbIc by @RadleyBalko
Wed, 19:13: Attn: #twitterstorians MT @joshtpm: RNC Condemns AP Exam's 'Radically Revisionist View' Of U.S. History @TPM http://t.co/HLWtGrouLY
Wed, 19:18: RT @ScottFilmCritic: Miracle Memes and Inspiration Porn Demean Disabled People. My piece for @Slate on George Takei and despicable memes: …

Wed, 19:21: RT @LCarterLong: Don't Believe Miracle Memes & #InspirationPorn Demean #Disabled People? @ScottFilmCritic Breaks It Down for @Slate http:/…
Wed, 19:21: Another piece on the Takei cruel meme mocking wheelchairs. This one from @HuffingtonPost 's Lisa Egan - http://t.co/D32m8qzg8q
Wed, 20:47: Off-the-cuff Manifesto: All law enforcement, everywhere, all the time, must wear cameras. It's monitoring, not surveillance. Thoughts?
Wed, 21:07: RT @AdamSerwer: For all the federal money spent on armored vehicles, automatic weapons, ect you'd think feds could also afford vest cams fo…
Wed, 23:17: RT @TheAnonMessage: BREAKING: Massive SWAT team just showed up to peaceful demonstration in Ferguson. (Via @ryanjreilly) https://t.co/RL1aw…
Wed, 23:19: RT @elonjames: We got through. That's a sniper on top of a tank pointing guns at us... #ferguson http://t.co/gyTzbXTR2o
Wed, 23:23: RT @jamaicandale: it's early evening, SWAT teams have encamped in an American city, and none of the 24 hour news channels are covering it.
Wed, 23:28: I'm thinking about the ways we've restricted the right to protest and assemble in recent years, "free speech zones" and the like. #Ferguson
Wed, 23:29: RT @noahmccormack: When people used to cry "No Standing Armies", this was pretty much what they had in mind.
Wed, 23:30: RT @BmoreConetta: Scene right now just blocks from where #mikebrown was shot. #ferguson http://t.co/gCBXsY0CvN

Wed, 23:31: @KarlSteel I will never get a job at UIUC.
Wed, 23:34: RT @jbouie: Police loudspeaker: "Your right to assembly is not being denied."
Wed, 23:38: RT @elonjames: "Your right to demonstrate is not being denied." Says dude in a Tank with snipers. #Ferguson
Wed, 23:38: There is no free assembly under the muzzle of a gun. #Ferguson
Wed, 23:46: RT @YourAnonNews: The live stream from #Ferguson is back up and running. Watch here while you can: http://t.co/7QTY8soT46
Wed, 23:56: RT @Newyorkist: What does Pres have to say about military like operation right against US citizens in #Ferguson? Governor? Anyone gonna ste…
Wed, 23:57: RT @Karnythia: That's the real question, why hasn't @GovJayNixon stepped in. Unlike POTUS he has the right to intervene at this level.
Wed, 23:59: RT @zeynep: Question 1. If "St. Louis County Police" brings in SWAT teams in broad daylight with this much media, what happens at night, wi…
Thu, 00:00: RT @zeynep: Question 2. If St. Louis police have this little sense of optics—even in a self-interested way—how much accountability do they …
Thu, 00:00: RT @taylordobbs: Did @WesleyLowery and @ryanjreilly just get arrested?

Thu, 00:00: RT @jonswaine: Tried to get closer to confirm identities of reporters being arrested. Was marched at by cops in riot gear and threatened wi…
Thu, 00:14: RT @adamsteinbaugh: For reliable #Ferguson coverage, your best bets are @mattdpearce @jonswaine @ryanjreilly and @WesleyLowery. Half of the…
Thu, 00:20: RT @saladinahmed: Please drop this "Is this America or a third world country?" bullshit, people. Violence & repression are no more 'natural…
Thu, 00:25: RT @NaijaNupe_: “@DJ_illAdvised: @HowardU proudly stands in solidarity with #Ferguson http://t.co/HXTBqg5c5L” epic fuckn pic
Thu, 00:26: RT @CIRonline: Re: #Ferguson, background on police militarization: NYT: http://t.co/djRN2kgUzC WSJ: http://t.co/Y626ddCGbX CIR: http://t.…
Thu, 00:37: RT @amandataub: Does anyone have updates on people arrested in #Ferguson who are not well-connected journalists?
Thu, 00:39: RT @studentactivism: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
Thu, 00:39: RT @studentactivism: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
Thu, 00:39: RT @studentactivism: and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Thu, 00:42: RT @WesleyLowery: Officers decided we weren't leaving McDonalds quickly enough, shouldn't have been taping them.

Thu, 00:42: RT @ryanjreilly: Well, @WesleyLowery and I have been released. That was an experience.
Thu, 00:47: RT @WesleyLowery: Officers slammed me into a fountain soda machine because I was confused about which door they were asking me to walk out …
Thu, 00:52: RT @voxdotcom: Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowrey describes his arrest in Ferguson: http://t.co/FzvsQjCdRV
Thu, 00:53: RT @allinwithchris: Joining us in a moment on the phone: @ryanjreilly, journalist arrested in #Ferguson #inners
Thu, 00:55: RT @DLind: We are still looking for info about arrests of civilians in #Ferguson who are not journalists. Please hit me up if you have deta…
Thu, 00:57: RT @allisonkilkenny: It's comforting the #Ferguson chief "hopes" protesters won't be tear-gassed and says cops "don't know any better" when…
Thu, 01:00: RT @hrtbps: .@BarackObama great quote, would read again. 👍 http://t.co/NTL6MaePKs
Thu, 01:05: RT @ggreenwald: Good 2011 LA Times article on how US police forces became militarized with the post-9/11 spending spree on "security" http:…
Thu, 01:15: RT @katecrawford: You can watch what is happening in Ferguson right now. And it’s awful. http://t.co/RjdjqqbQbV
Thu, 01:25: While you are following #Ferguson, don't miss this police shooting from LA. A black man with mental illness. http://t.co/CDFnIqcvvS

Thu, 01:28: I'm not saying you shouldn't be following #Ferguson, of course, just that we've got nationwide issues here.
Thu, 01:30: RT @clairecmc: Today & tonight dozens of calls including head of civil rights division at DOJ. Tomorrow call with Atty Gen Eric Holder.#Mik…
Thu, 01:30: RT @bencasselman: In case you're keeping track, #Ferguson PD has now: - Blocked aerial coverage; - Refused to release name of officer; - Ar…
Thu, 01:39: RT @blanketboat: When you joke about “Fergustan", you attach police state identity to other places. We need to accept this is our identity …
Thu, 01:40: RT @Doubting_Tom: Lizz Brown making a salient connection between "no protest after dark" and Sundown Towns on @maddow right now.
Thu, 01:44: RT @jonswaine: Police: "you must leave the entire area. Your peaceful assembly is no longer peaceful". Protesters: "fuck you"
Thu, 01:45: RT @Crypt0nymous: URGENT: The only 2 livestreams just went down, police is using jammers in #Ferguson. This is far beyond a police state.
Thu, 01:48: RT @greenlitcrit: Who's giving the orders to law enforcement in #Ferguson? Ferguson PD? St. Louis County police? State police? Who's in cha…
Thu, 01:50: RT @chrislhayes: Under what legal authority do a few police in SWAT gear just order a McDonald's to close?
Thu, 01:53: RT @AngryBlackLady: wow. RT @TallyAnnaE: People in #Gaza are tweeting information on how to handle tear gas to the citizens of #Ferguson. M…

Thu, 01:55: RT @Mobute: ok RT @PoliticaILine: Seriously can someone tweet a photo or statement of what exactly Jay Nixon is doing right now?? http://t.…
Thu, 01:58: RT @saladinahmed: The 3rd World is everywhere, it's just unevenly distributed. @avram
Thu, 02:02: RT @KenDilanianAP: The reason the arrest of reporters is significant is what it suggests about an out-of-control law enforcement climate.
Thu, 02:09: RT @chrislhayes: Solution I'm considering is to just go there tomorrow and do the show live from the site of the protests.
Thu, 02:11: RT @sirosenbaum: St Louis County Police now rioting in #Ferguson
Thu, 02:16: RT @jbouie: All of this repression, because the police killed a kid and the community wants answers.
Thu, 02:30: RT @AntheaButler: Someone please get a pic of @GovJayNixon at this damn @FLAGALine concert tonight.
Thu, 02:35: RT @Dreamdefenders: Breaking: St Louis County Police Chief "studied counter terrorism" in Israel http://t.co/T2LUd6EIjX via: @zaatar_diva …
Thu, 02:38: RT @tressiemcphd: They are going to regret that rt @JeffYoung: Six minutes ago, from the White House: https://t.co/e04bhtEtIc”
Thu, 02:43: RT @rachbarnhart: Left, Ferguson. Right, Afghanistan http://t.co/fUFALeQglT http://t.co/k2ANqhhRQy

Thu, 02:46: RT @punningpundit: Can the cops demanding cameras be turned off be arrested? Serious question. #Ferguson
Thu, 02:47: RT @dwallbank: Voting members of Congress: 535 Number who've tweeted or issued stmts on #Ferguson in last six hours: 4
Thu, 02:47: RT @AntheaButler: RT @Will_Bunch: St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial asks what everyone is asking: Who the fuck is in charge http://t.co/rN5…
Thu, 02:50: RT @sirosenbaum: "I Am Mike Brown" livestream is no longer live. Events occurred about an hour ago. #Ferguson
Thu, 02:58: RT @sirosenbaum: This stream is live right now: http://t.co/qmeFMVCUvy
Thu, 03:07: RT @thetrudz: You know, you don't have to make comparisons to foreign places when you see photos of Ferguson. Cause that has ALWAYS happene…
Thu, 03:17: RT @WesleyLowery: This occurs to me now: someone find out about that large man screaming for paramedics. Haven't seen him since I was booke…
Thu, 03:20: My twitter trends: United States Trends � Change #stabjosh #SpreadCam #TheSharkingDead #LeftHandersDay #JcsDirtyQnA Krusty Krab Mini Tacos
Thu, 03:20: Where the heck is #Ferguson - which is my entire TL right now. Really? Mini Tacos?
Thu, 03:24: Anyone organizing a protest for #Ferguson and #JusticeForMikeBrown in #Chicago?

Thu, 03:24: RT @ca_london: "@rklipman: it's almost like all the things we write dystopian books about already happen to people who aren't white" #fergu…
Thu, 03:25: RT @MrJamesReeves: The sense of impotency, clicking and scrolling while our social contract is shredded by weaponized public servants.
Thu, 03:26: RT @TimOBrien: “@JHWeissmann: Since '06, police acquired some 432 MRAPs, 533 aircraft & 93,763 machine guns http://t.co/MwVBRpWoi3 http://t…
Thu, 03:29: RT @jenphalian: @Lollardfish I've seen people tweeting about this: https://t.co/LHOf6OT5MT
Thu, 03:29: RT @FeministaJones: Full List of EVERY Vigil. Find one near you. If yours is organized and not listed, let me know!! http://t.co/N4lThrhg…
Thu, 03:30: This is a vigil for #JusticeForMikeBrown and #Ferguson in #Chicago - https://t.co/XB1fPaumAf
Thu, 03:36: Good. @GeorgeTakei apologizes for his joke about people in wheelchairs. https://t.co/UiL19qExYi
Thu, 03:40: RT @bylaurencarter: People asking "how can this happen in America?" clearly don't know American history. America has waged war on black peo…
Thu, 03:48: RT @GovJayNixon: Canceling all appearances at the @MoStateFair to visit North #STL County tomorrow. Statement to follow.
Thu, 03:54: RT @colleenkelly: Just confirmed with his partner. @AntonioFrench has been arrested.

Thu, 03:55: RT @blackink12: St. Louis alderman @AntonioFrench has apparently been arrested tonight during the protests in #Ferguson, according to his w…
Thu, 03:55: RT @roopikarisam: Not sure I can deal w/another "This not America" think piece or FB status. Seems pretty consistent w/everything I know ab…
Thu, 04:02: RT @iproposethis: Hey @Walmart - You released footage of spree shooters in Vegas. Show us the Ohio footage of man gunned down by cops in yo…
Thu, 04:06: RT @LynnLyerly: OMG. Police Chief in #Ferguson blamed "Outside Agitators." Historians of the South issue collective groan of recognition.
Thu, 04:15: RT @iproposethis: @jackfrombkln I love you, Jack. You are the voice. People need to see this today and everyday until white supremacy is de…
Thu, 04:16: Watch Seattle mall cops mace and cuff random black onlooker and refuse to acknowledge crowd. MT @iproposethis: https://t.co/VH5HNWMDcW
Thu, 04:17: The crowd, though, gives me hope. They insist on telling cops they are wrong. MT @iproposethis: https://t.co/VH5HNWMDcW
Thu, 04:19: 1) Apparently a half-naked white guy was yelling at people and harassing them, so someone called the cops. Cops maced a random black guy.
Thu, 04:19: 2) Then cuffed him and hauled him off. And then denied entry to angry onlookers to the mall. Here's the story. http://t.co/xycStLnPtw
Thu, 04:22: 3) In defense of the Seattle cops, he was a /tall/ black man listening to music. http://t.co/xycStLnPtw and video - https://t.co/VH5HNWMDcW

Thu, 04:25: RT @petfish: If you are (being) detained in #Ferguson, the ACLU St. Louis legal intake line is (314) 652-3111. Know your rights: https://t.…
Thu, 04:30: Pass it on. MT @ElevenPointTwo: @kejames Good news: #FreeAntonioFrench IS trending.
Thu, 04:30: RT @reckless: Say it super loud: You have a right to record the police http://t.co/1UQyEItdxv
Thu, 04:36: RT @radleybalko: Feb. article: St. Louis Co. SWAT used on protesters, don cammo due to "grass and trees and bushes" in suburbs. http://t.co…
Thu, 04:37: RT @ScottFilmCritic: .@GeorgeTakei has apologized for the posts I wrote about for @Slate. Thank you, Mr Takei. That took courage & class. h…
Thu, 04:38: RT @ScottFilmCritic: Anti-disability memes are still alive. I suggest anyone who is still angry at @GeorgeTakei instead channels that energ…
Thu, 04:46: RT @chriskingstl: The web editor of @StLouisAmerican just had an assault rifle pointed at her chest by @stlcountypd. When Suggs hears that,…
Thu, 04:59: RT @cheeriogrrrl: Now that we've met the #Ferguson #Police Dept, does anyone believe the officer politely asked Michael & his friend to mov…
Thu, 05:11: So there are elements of what is happening in #Ferguson that are not new to America. Police violence against minorities. Limiting assembly.
Thu, 05:11: But there are also elements that are very new. The military weapons. The tanks. The cameras. The freedom to deploy less lethal weapons.

Thu, 05:14: RT @blackink12: The wife of @AntonioFrench said he's being booked now. He was apparently arrested for getting out of his car against office…

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