Ferguson Activist Arrested With 12 Others, Live Tweets Her Detention

A protester in Ferguson, Missouri, who was apparently arrested along with 12 others last night, has been documenting the entire experience on her Twitter feed.

Starting with the tweet, "We are all arrested," about 17 hours ago, Twitter user @bdoulablongata describes being detained for violating a "noise ordinance" with a bail set at $2,300. According to the tweets, officers told the group their bail would be doubled if they had been arrested previously

The Twitter user, also known as Brittany, included images of the four men and eight women she was arrested with wearing orange jumpsuits and created the hashtag #freeferguson13. They appeared to be part of a advocacy group called Millennial Activists. Read more...

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