A Missouri state lawmaker took to Twitter Saturday to further incite a crowd of protesters in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., after a confusing incident Saturday that led to three arrests.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a protester said he was struck by a passing vehicle, which resulted in a standoff with police after protesters began blocking traffic. Three people were arrested, including the driver of the vehicle, a protester who damaged the vehicle and another man who would not obey a police order to get out of the roadway.
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A video tweeted from the scene show just how chaotic the situation was:
PLZ PRAY!Just got word one of our organizers was hit by car & police are trying to arrest him #Fergusonhttps://t.co/UHGeZQ12zq@piconetwork
— Michael McBride (@pastormykmac) September 20, 2014
Other tweets were posted that indicated that the protesters were already in the street, prompting the alleged incident:
#Ferguson is this the protestor you said was hit by the car? lol pic.twitter.com/7nTGNLvLZQ
— Native Kitten (@nativekittens) September 20, 2014
But most egregious were the actions of state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a Democrat naturally, who has been a mainstay throughout the civil unrest that followed the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
The lawmaker inexplicably tweeted:
My intern was run over by KKK!
— MariaChappelleNadal (@MariaChappelleN) September 20, 2014
Instead of an ambulance being called, the bomb squad was called. Again, intern ran over by the KKK.
— MariaChappelleNadal (@MariaChappelleN) September 20, 2014
ALL CALL: GET TO FERGUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW! — MariaChappelleNadal (@MariaChappelleN) September 20, 2014
It’s difficult to understand how any elected official could get away with such irresponsible behavior. Is there no code of conduct in the Missouri state Senate?
According to the Post-Dispatch, bigger crowds joined the protesters after the incident, who then blocked traffic. Fortunately, the situation was eventually resolved without injury to protesters or police.
“About 80 to 100 protesters stood in the street chanting at cars, ‘Turn around for Mike Brown,'” the newspaper reported.
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