Posted on 08/10/2016 11:57:17 AM PDT by matt04
Gunfire broke out during protests in Ferguson on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's fatal police shooting.
Protesters were seen cowering behind cars as shots were fired at the demonstration in Missouri to mark two years since the unarmed black teen was shot dead by police.
A man, named locally as Jacoby Thomas, was also injured in a hit-and-run after a car sped through a group of protesters who were blocking a street.
Witnesses say the vehicle hit the young man so hard that he flew into the air. He was rushed to hospital where his condition is unknown.
'A lady came down and hit a protester - knocked the shoes off his feet,' said Sharon Cowan, who was at the scene. 'Hit him, and he rolled and he bounced.'
Heather De Mian, who was at the protests, said she screamed when the man was hit.
The car sped off without stopping after hitting the protester, according to witnesses.
Moments later, shots rang out at the demonstrations.
'Then when the bullets flew, I started screaming some more,' she said.
Police responded to reports of gunfire but had found no evidence that anyone had been struck, said Ferguson spokesman Jeff Small, who declined to speculate about why the shots were fired.
He also added that he believed the driver didn't intentionally strike the protester, adding: ' By all accounts, her version of what happened seems to fit the version of what happened to a person driving down a busy West Florissant Avenue and not seeing a person standing there.'
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She stopped and was surrounded by a mob. No doubt she would have been killed if she hadn't driven off.
At least 2 thugs shot at her.
Have they arrested that guy who was yelling BURN IT DOWN !!!!
Oh nevermind, that was Browns stepfather...he gets an AUTOPASS re inciting to riot....
Of course, ‘Street Names’..............
Wheat are they “protesting”?
That there is nothing left to burn?
Why should there be any surprise when racist idiots act like racist idiots?
And .. in the video I saw .. the protestors were all walking around with their “hands up” .. but I didn’t hear them saying “don’t shoot” .. and we know the left tried to stage that at the DNC Convention, but after Rush Limbaugh exposed it in full on his radio show - the DNC didn’t allow Brown’s mother to speak at the DNC Convention.
This told me .. they (THE LEFT) - KNOW IT’S A LIE .. THEY JUST DON’T THINK YOU ARE SMARTER ENOUGH TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
Those are some interesting signs, especially the middle one.
That’s SAINT Dead Dumbass.
No “shots” just cherry bombs.
Looks like the guy in the middle is trolling the other two...
Looks to be a few business left to loot after the racist white car hit the innocent unarmed black child standing in the road handing out resumes looking for work.
Oops - duh... Sorry, I should have recognized that!
“And the press wonders why many people hate them. “
I truly hate the SOB’s!
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That is why I think they should have mandatory bylines. That way we can know who to “talk to” when things go south.
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