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I’m headed home. I live downtown. I walked down to the protest. @ldtestino is driving me home. Several blocks of Downtown have been shut down by police.
I tried to send this earlier but couldn’t in the chaos. A Memphis police officer is yelling “Somebody get her. Somebody get the girl in the gray hoodie.” Then they swarm.pic.twitter.com/MlJ5y8YYbs
After I got home, @tamisawyer and another person told me there was another group at 201 Poplar dealing with law enforcement. I just got off the phone with Tami.
She said a group of people went to the jail tonight to bail out the people who were arrested. "We weren't here to protest. We were here for bail support," Sawyer said. Cops told them to leave and come back at 4 am.
Since it was so late, they decided to just wait. She said no one was in the street. They were all on a sidewalk or in the private parking lot. She said everyone paid for parking to avoid trouble.
She said since they weren't doing anything illegal, they didn't plan to leave without bailing out their friends. "They arrested people that we know, people that we love... They are leaders in our community, peaceful folks," Sawyer said.
From there, she said officers started counting down and saying the people who were there had 5 minutes to leave or "lethal force" would be used. So far it seems like no lethal force has been used but I'm not there.
We have a reporter on the way.
Right now we can REALLY see what it means for a community when their journalists are forced to take furloughs. It means I can't go to keep watch at the 201 Poplar. I can't be there for my community. I hate it. Let
@gannett know what it means to you to not have me there.
The Commercial Appeal is still here for you. We have another reporter and a photographer minutes away.
This looked very chilling. Bit like a pack of lions selecting their next kill. Hearing her screams behind the wall of police didnt make it less scary. The question is whether there are any independent witnesses or journakiststhere to verify that police action is proportionate.
I am a journalist. I took this video. I was there.
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