Saint Louis/Ferguson Riots

[frugi]

i am away from home at the moment. i dont really know whats going on but i did hear about state of emergency broadcast over the city wide outdoor megaphones. totally sucks.

[Neckro]

Maybe can finally purge the city of its parasites.

[hobo finds]

i am away from home at the moment. i dont really know whats going on but i did hear about state of emergency broadcast over the city wide outdoor megaphones. totally sucks.

Fox News said protesters gathering! Breaking News. frugi get home!

[frugi]

i am home, but now i must travel into the ghetto to see my parents for a little while. On the way home from my auction house, I saw a convoy of humvees and personnel carriers at least 2 miles long heading north ......Getting home I saw on the local news , the National Guard is gathering in ferguson in a Wal-Mart parking lot, barricading it and forming like a wagon train circle, saw some armored transports, and other heavily fortified armory.....I guess the decision will be tonight or tomorrow.....horrible timing, my auction is tomorrow night. too late to cancel. I am just hoping they dont release the news until wednesday. Starting wednesday I dont have to do anything for a month. keeping my fingers crossed. I will update you all as often as possible....unless of course I dont,,,, and then just assume I have no power or cell phone service, but will update asap. thanks.

[frugi]

this is me......

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[blackrabbit]

Sounds like there will be more cops/security personnel than protestors. I would not worry about much except maybe travel delays/detours. Best wishes for peace for all.

[hobo finds]

frugi

What are your neighbors, friends and your parents doing to be ready?

[frugi]

most people i know are either worrying to death and not preparing or not caring at all and not preparing, a few people i know are taking steps to protect themselves but only like 3 people, everyone else doesnt know what to do. i lost access to my home internet last night for some reason, not my fault, i have no land line and no wifi...quite a coincidence. att told me they are having difficulties establishing service in my area. bs. this is from my cell.

[frugi]

still no phones, wifi, or internet access.....att keeps telling me it is not just me, and it is a connection error. going out of my mind without my daily dose of the internet, feels like withdrawl from your favorite drug. i figured out i could turn the wifi off on my my phone and use 4g, it allows me to browse the internet, but the screen is so small and it just doesnt work well for me......i hope this outtage has nothing to do with the potential release of the grand jury decision...it wouldnt surprise if it was, but i know other people have internet and crap, i dont get it why i dont have it. they told me just this morning it will be at least another 12 hours....thats the fourth time in 2 days i have heard that. growl.

[justoneguy]

"Get a gun, Get more than one"
From a St Louis cop talk forum.
http://www.ibtimes.com/st-louis-police- ... ns-1725838

[blackrabbit]

Are the phones/internet working? That is a good way to disrupt people organizing protests. I know from being involved in the anti-globalbization movement back in the day that they have devices that can shut down cell phones in a specific areas. They have been used to stop protestors from communicating with one another when trying to blockade World Trade Organization meetings.

[frugi]

from my phone,... i dont know if this will show up or not,... it is a flyer being handed out by protesters all over town....

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[RichardPenny43]

from my phone,... i dont know if this will show up or not,... it is a flyer being handed out by protesters all over town....

Yeah, tough to read.
Link to flyer online
http://revcom.us/a/361/carl-dix-take-to ... on-en.html

[beauanderos]

Who is Carl Dix? I just assumed Obama wrote that

[frugi]

i dont know, but i just went to revcom.us, it is a communist site, wow.

[RichardPenny43]

i dont know, but i just went to revcom.us, it is a communist site, wow.

Wow, that's what I thought.
Now you're black listed for following the link!!!

[Tourney64]

I heard Peacemaker Al Sharpton is coming to town.

[frugi]

i just got word from my credible source, the decision by grand jury has been made, and they should be releasing the decision to the public on sunday. i still dont have wifi/internet at home. spmehow i dont have internet service, but my Pc still can go onto facebook, and twitter, and i can search google, but cant open anythinh, i have land lines in my house get a dialtone, but not the phone hooked to my pc....getting really freakin old, boring....been just cleaning the house instead. probably a good thing, i guess i spend too much time on internet. on my phone right now.

[frugi]

some pictures from around town....

this happened to QuickTrip Gas & Convience store in August...burned to the ground.

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boarded up and vacated businesses

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boarded up and vacated businesses

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[frugi]

some more

boarded up businesses

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boarded up businesses

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velvet freeze ice cream shop, went here frequently with my grandma 30 years ago.

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[frugi]

more....

boarded up businesses

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boarded up businesses

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strip mall where I ate lunch everday for a couple of years when I worked near there

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[frugi]

lastly......a bit closer to home...appearing overnight a large staging area has been setup at the parking lot behind QuickTrip in South Saint Louis off Chippewa.......3 blocks from my mom & dads house they currently live in & that I grew up in. This is the same area the protesters were burning upside down US flags a few months back, this area is expected to be a hot zone.

Police staging area, w/ assault vehicles, riot control vehicles, and personnel carriers, large antennas, & tents

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Also, I thought to add this picture I found on twitter a few days ago....It seems we have every group in town ready for war, so scary!

Ku Klux Klan

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[frugi]

i guess there is no more waiting now, i have had this long to plan, tomorrow will be my last chance to get anything I need before I begin the week long "shut in" at home.....more and more of my family and friends have now been preparing with food, supplies, batteries, gas, etc. Most people I know are just planning on staying home, but many also still must work and commute, so we will see what happens. I have no worries about this upcoming SHTF scenario concerning most of my family & friends, with the exception being my mom and dad, which I may have to evacuate them, if it gets bad at their house, or even worse I might have to show up and attempt to evacuate them during a hostile situation, and possibly some of their elderly neighbors. Still hoping that wont be the case, but I just cant be sure. I also have several friends & family members who are police who will be on the front lines during the rioting. I sure hope this is all being overblown.

[frugi]

on local news just now..... 2 men arrested by FBI while trying to buy explosives to make pipe bombs to use in "protests".

[aloneibreak]

on local news just now..... 2 men arrested by FBI while trying to buy explosives to make pipe bombs to use in "protests".

earlier story of the 2 NBPP members...

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crim ... 2d70d.html

rumored to be the same 2...

not confirmed that i can find