Since the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., tweets, images and videos have spread quickly on social media, giving a glimpse of what it's like to be on the ground in the St. Louis suburb. Here's a look at some of the social sharing among citizens:
First news of the incident one week agao may have come from a Twitter user who claims to have witnessed and live-tweeted the shooting on Aug. 9.
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I JUST SAW SOMEONE DIE OMFG
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah)
Im about to hyperventilate
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah)
The same user tweeted out these .
Police cars trampled the rose petals and candles at the memorial for .
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
Protests soon followed, with residents of Ferguson taking to the streets to demand justice for the slain teen. Antonio French, an alderman from St. Louis, captured photos and videos of some of the protests and posted them to his .
When you bring a band to a protest...
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
Children chat: "Justice for Mike Brown!"
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
But images emerged on Wednesday showing heavily armed police officers confronting the protesters.
Some photos from last night in that I didn't get to post before I was arrested.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
Happening now in
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
Happening now in
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
Snipers rifles aimed at unarmed American citizens right now in St. Louis, MO.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
Late Friday, following a brief period of relative peace after the Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of the security situation in Ferguson, some looters stormed several stores, including the same store Brown is accused of stealing a box of cigars from.
This is the store that Michael Brown was suspected of robbing. It has been looted tonight.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche)
Another shot of looted liquor store.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche)
However, some residents and store-owners stepped in to protect the shops from the looters. Images of groups of protesters blocking the entrance ways also appeared on social media:
Someone tried to loot a store but the community came together and stopped anyone from taking anything.
— Kevin (@k_psi)
I'm really proud of those who ran to block looters. They tried to redirect back to the chant "Hands up! Don't shoot!"
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
Store owners in say they're going to start defending themselves against looters.
— Michael Calhoun (@michaelcalhoun)
In this video, the residents protect a store from looters while chanting "I am Mike Brown!"
Protesters block looters.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
And on Saturday morning, photos emerged of residents pitching in to clean up the debris from Friday night's clashes.
SLU students Kyle Lawrence of & Melissa Price of St. Peters clear W Florissant of debris
— stevegiegerich (@stevegiegerich)