Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

[whttevrr]

Standard tweet.

Can more people ask this question?

I'm a twitter neophyte.

But using the hastag #ferguson and including Ray Albers name should register this on some search results... Right?

[whttevrr]

1. I've done two so far...

Who else should be tweeted?

@finneyk Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

@thecyclemsnbc Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

[951-Riverside]

2. Backstory (from my other post)

From:
Ferguson cop tells media "I will fucking kill you" and "Go Fuck Yourself" while aiming rifle at them

I'm naturally suspicious of this considering the source but it does look like the same guy to me.

https://twitter.com/OpFerguson/statuses/502134482447523840

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From video:
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Original source: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/51598475/highlight/541859

[whttevrr]

3. Thanks for the back story!

Here are my 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th tweets:

@maddow Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

@chrislhayes Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

@hardball_chris Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

@Lawrence Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

[whttevrr]

4. Anyone else?

[tblue37]

5. "ACLU Demands Removal Of Officer Who Told Protestor: 'I Will Kill You' ":

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ferguson-police-officer-i-will-kill-you-video

The American Civil Liberties Union chapter in Missouri is demanding that the state's highway patrol identify and remove a law enforcement officer who was videotaped telling a protester in Ferguson, Mo., "I will fucking kill you" Tuesday night.

<snip>

"I will fucking kill you," the officer says. "Get back."

"You're going to kill him?" the videographer asks. "What's your name, sir?"

"Go fuck yourself," the officer says. He is soon guided away from the confrontation by another uniformed officer.

<snip>

[VanGoghRocks]

6. Clarification: The cop is actually a detective with the St. Ann Police Department, per

an unrelated article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/ray-albers/image_6d5825aa-d194-11df-979e-00127992bc8b.html

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I'm an old fart and don't really understand how to use Twitter or why it should be necessary. But I'll be happy to lend my efforts to your call if you or anyone can tell me what to do. (I have a Twitter account, but going there and seeing all those number signs makes me jumpy and irritable, so I don't go there too often.

[whttevrr]

8. oops... reply 7 was supposed to be to this one

running out the door, trying to multitask...

[whttevrr]

7. I just googled news persons

Then I look for the link that goes to twitter.com

When you click on their page from twitter there is a box a third of the way down on the left that you can put text inot in order to tweet the message.

You can just copy and paste this message:

Will you do a story about Ray Albers? The #ferguson cop who threatened to kill unarmed citizens.

[VanGoghRocks]

9. Will try my hand this afternoon. Is there any way I would know if it worked?

[whttevrr]

10. It will show up on your front page as one of your tweets n/t

[VanGoghRocks]

12. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, I decided to tweet the two people you did

upthread. After a couple fits and starts, I seem to have gotten the hang of it, as both tweets are showing up on my home page.

Whew! I guess I've finally joined the 21st Century!

Please PM me if you'd like to me to tweet any other people. I don't have cable so I don't know who all the major players are on the scene down there.

Thanks for the how-to and for your diligence in following through on this.

[whttevrr]

13. Good Job

I hope more will ask why this guy is a cop.

[VanGoghRocks]

15. Don't know how closely you've been following the story today, but Lt. Ray Albers has

been suspended indefinitely by the St. Ann PD. Well, at least that's what has been reported. That whole area is one giant cesspool of accountability, lies, chicanery and knavery, so I'm not sure whether to believe it.

[whttevrr]

16. Just got back to the PC

Thanks for the info!

[justiceischeap]

11. Y'all should make #RayAlbers a hashtag

That's the way you get things trending on Twitter too.

[whttevrr]

14. #rayalbers

It appears that others have begun that hashtag.

This guy should not be handling firearms.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/rayalbers?src=hash

[whttevrr]

17. CONFIRMED: Cop Who Threatened Ferguson Protesters Is Lt. Ray Albers

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/ray-albers-ferguson-protesters_n_5696715.html

He has been placed on indefinite, unpaid suspension from the force while an investigation is underway.

Too bad the cop who actually did kill someone is on a taxpayer paid vacation...