#FergusonRiotTips: Hashtag highlights divisiveness of Brown case
Many are clearly racist! Makes me sad that folks would do this! (tweet this vile).
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/fergusonriottips-hashtag-highlights-divisiveness-brown-case
#FergusonRiotTips: Hashtag highlights divisiveness of Brown case http://on.msnbc.com/1y9MbQZ via @msnbc
By Adam Howard
In the hours before the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case was announced, a cacophony of racially insensitive tweets infested social media under the problematic hashtag: #FergusonRiotTips.
Most of the tweets featured racial put downs directed at the presumed fallout of a potential non-indictment of Police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Brown on August 9 in Ferguson, Missouri.
The outpouring of comments (the hashtag was briefly a leading trending topic) was a stark reminder of the divisiveness this case has provoked. The tweets suggested there would be looting in the wake of the grand jury decision, with more than a few quipping “pants up, don’t loot” in a cruel twist on the popular “hands up, don’t shoot phrase” popularized by pro-Brown protesters.
The tweets under this hashtag needs to be seen to be believed:.................