How’s this for odd?
BREAKING: National Guard AT-ATs Deploy In #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/RARGxrF1sU
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) November 8, 2014
We’re pretty sure there aren’t any AT-ATs patrolling Ferguson, Mo., tonight, but who knows? Maria Chappelle Nadal, a member of the Missouri General Assembly, has asked Mike Brown supporters, rather cryptically, to report any “oddities” or “environmental changes” in their neighborhoods.
@MariaChappelleN @FannieLouDems what do you mean “environmental changes”?
— Ben Cook (@BenjaminCook) November 7, 2014
Environmental changes like this, we think.
@MariaChappelleN pic.twitter.com/CZbGCkDI5Q
— MariaChappelleNadal?? (@MariaChappelleN) November 7, 2014
@MariaChappelleN Is that a water tank?
— The Real Fangster @ #StayHomeStaySafeCon (@RealFangster) November 8, 2014
What do we know for sure? The president called Gov. Jay Nixon today for an update on the situation in Ferguson.
WH:
This evening, the President spoke by phone with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to receive an update on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 8, 2014
White House pool report tonight re #Ferguson. (My kid did a screen capture for me.) pic.twitter.com/5o2jaU2N4c
— Chris King (@chriskingstl) November 8, 2014
What don’t we know? Quite a bit, such as when the grand jury will announce whether Officer Darren Wilson will be charged in the death of Michael Brown. St. Louis American writer and managing editor Chris King is among those who can’t take the rumors anymore.
Rumors driving me off Twitter for the night. Thank you, rumors. I am going to see what a book feels like in my hands. And a beer.
— Chris King (@chriskingstl) November 7, 2014
Sunday, Nov. 16 at the earliest, a police source in steady contact with the county prosecutor's lead investigator just confirmed. Peace.
— Chris King (@chriskingstl) November 7, 2014
Too many false rumors floating around about an indictment announcement. McCulloch is putting this community through unnecessary anxiety.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) November 7, 2014
@AntonioFrench He last said mid- to late-November & we are not there yet so rumor merchants are solely to blame for rumors of today.
— Chris King (@chriskingstl) November 7, 2014
.@chriskingstl Obviously he isn't doing enough to relieve public anxiety about an announcement they fear could come at any moment. (1/2)
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) November 7, 2014
.@chriskingstl It may be required that his PIO contact the press every week to say not this week. But don't just let the rumors float. (2/2)
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) November 7, 2014
In the meantime, claims of roaming AT-ATs aren’t so far off. Tanks? We do know that “photo” of a column of tanks rolling into town was bogus, right?
https://twitter.com/AnonCopWatch/status/530846151713386496
Tanks at the Dairy Queen, helicopters shaking our homes, evacuation notices for work and school, groceries flying off shelves. St. Louis.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 8, 2014
Praying for those on the ground in #Ferguson tonight. National guard copters flying, tanks on ground and sounds like they're staging
— jamielynn (@youngforever818) November 8, 2014
Cowardly cops need tanks to deal with unarmed protesters. #cowards #thugcops #ferguson
— Lakers Dogg (@Lakers_Dogg) November 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/JaylenBledsoe/status/530881926194663424
https://twitter.com/christinarofl/status/530887735872339968
https://twitter.com/SheeitDawg/status/530890503210807296
Any paratroopers, tanks or A10's in #Ferguson yet? Claymores in trees? Anything?
— Stoney Burke (@JM_Browning) November 8, 2014
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