At first the rioting was only in the "sleepy" St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Now, the angry crowds have moved on to downtown St. Louis where moments ago a group of angry protesters rallied at Kiener Plaza.
Right now: #Ferguson [4] rally at Kiener Plaza downtown #StL [5] - chants of "hey hey ho ho, the Nat'l Guard has got to go" pic.twitter.com/Zo7guPMBQJ [6]
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014 [7]
... and then marched on to Governor Nixon's office chanting "the National Guard has got to go."
Protesters march towards Gov Nixon's #StL [5] office chanting "the Nat'l Guard has got to go" #Ferguson [4] pic.twitter.com/NjushBrG1q [8]
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014 [9]
Unfortunately for the protesters, they hadn't made a prior appointment, and were therefore not admitted into the building:
Protesters aren't being let in, security told me they're not here on "official business" - #Ferguson [4] pic.twitter.com/6CleokqMnA [10]
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014 [11]
... while several people from the crowd were promptly arrested, such as this little old lady, who apparently is 90 year old Hedy Epstein, a Holocaust survivor.
Several protesters just arrested downtown #StL [5] including this woman for "blocking the entrance" #ferguson [12] pic.twitter.com/3Pjka8j0Tz [13]
— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014 [14]
And it's not even dark yet.
Meanwhile in Ferguson, things are just warming up.
Front of the march in #Ferguson [4] pic.twitter.com/8iJvxMmwT1 [15]
— Anonymous Operations (@YourAnonGlobal) August 18, 2014 [16]
With the National Guard deploying....
National Guard troops leaving base in #Ferguson [4]
@NBCNews [17] pic.twitter.com/ijxB3ktewd [18]— John Boxley (@JBoxleyNBC) August 18, 2014 [19]
And watching and waiting:
National guard troops deployed on roofs #ferguson [12] pic.twitter.com/cnHgcjqoJJ [20] Via @ShimonPro [21]
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) August 18, 2014 [22]
Even if not many others are allowed to...
Ferguson Flight restrictions extended for news helicopters http://t.co/pXgV2kqVzJ [23]
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 18, 2014 [24]
Presenting public enemy #1 (aside from Putin of course):
Getty photo of Getty photographer Scott Olson being arrested in #Ferguson [4] (h/t @Walldo [25]): pic.twitter.com/mAZpXWTPLS [26]
— Neetzan Zimmerman (@neetzan) August 18, 2014 [27]
