Quote:
Originally Posted by RainMaker
The Sheriff's Department is either lying or incredibly stupid. This doesn't look like helping them move with their consent. It looks like they fired a tear gas container right in front of them.
Tear gas forces Al Jazeera reporter to flee in Ferguson | Al Jazeera America
There's also a lot of video and reports of the police telling media to turn off their cameras besides this incident. |
The St. Charles County Regional SWAT Team isn't necessarily the same entity that was involved in previous incidents involving interactions with the media. All police don't operate with a single mind. There's lots of agencies, lots of different individuals, some performing better than others.
Maybe things will be a little smoother now that that Missouri State Highway Patrol has official oversight of the whole thing.