The St. Louis Police Department removed the Occupy St. Louis folks from Kiener Plaza last night.
Via St. Louis Activist Hub and @Taunia_Adams:
@DKSheets David Sheets
OK, bring in the Clorox truck: @rlippmann Parks crew is beginning to clear the grounds of #OccupySTL protest. 7 hours ago
@DKSheets David Sheets
Kiener Plaza now cleaner plaza? #STL #OccupySTL 7 hours ago
David Sheets @DKSheets St. Louis, MO Writer, editor at St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com; president, St. Louis chapter, Society for Professional Journalists
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Really? Anything about what’s being protested?
@CheathamKMOV Craig Cheatham
Visitor leaving #occupystl protest says “it smells like hippie!” #notquitePolo 16 hours ago
Craig Cheatham @CheathamKMOV Saint Louis Investigative reporter trying to tell stories in fewer than 140 chars. I need more time!
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Because when you’re covering a story where anyone spends a significant amount of time outside, like a youth organization camp out or a professional sporting event locker room post game, you should always mention hippies.
It’s time to convene another panel on blogger ethics.
goes right along with them. How to counter this?
When I read those on Twitter last night I thought to myself “Gee it smells like assholes. Completely unprofessional assholes at that.” And then I notied Dloesch twittering, so really it could have been a toss up or all three.