Tweets from Nicholas Pistor, STL Post Dispatch:
My Facebook feed is videos of white folks dumping ice water on themselves while my Twitter feed is videos of black folks getting tear gassed
The Ferguson riots enter into 8 days of unrest. ‘65 Watts riot lasted 6 days, ‘92 LA 6 days, ‘01 Cincy 4 days
Cincinatti curfew that ended 2001 riot was from dusk to dawn, was also dusk to dawn in LA in 1992. #Ferguson is at midnight.
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People in Ferguson are apparently complaining (rightly so) because they are afraid to leave their homes; some are low on food and scared to go out; some are not going to work.
Another key factor with that area, is they’ve been canceling school for a week now (including tomorrow).
Parents expect their kids to go to school, so they can work, and the school district loses thousands of dollars for every day the school is closed during regular scheduled classes. I’m not sure if teachers are still being paid, but if they are, it’s another hit on the already-poor area of Ferguson. If teachers aren’t being paid, then you know they’ve got to be complaining as well.