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There Was a Roasted Pig Feast in Ferguson This Weekend. Guess Who the Animal Was Named After.
August 09, 2015
But this pig got some special treatment ...
On the weekend marking the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed black man, by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, some people in town reportedly satisfied their hunger by carving up a roasted pig.
But this pig got some special treatment, complete with a police officer's cap — and the hashtag #DarrenWilson penned on the animal's side:
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Ferguson protesters march with roasted pig's head that has Darren Wilson's name scrawled on it one ye… https://t.co/jAXDYH17HM
— Ubertr0_n Nub (@Ubertr0_nNub) August 9, 2015
Organizers spell things out:
"Whole damn system is guilty" #Ferguson #DarrenWilson #BlackAugust #BlackLivesMatter #MikeBrownAugust pic.twitter.com/96NdOJC6wx
— greg jeske (@gregjeske) August 8, 2015
Content warning: The following clip contains some profanity:
The cutting of the pig #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/mT4oEr2HTb
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 8, 2015
In this clip, Wilson's name is invoked a few times:
Pig Roast at Ferguson PD!!! pic.twitter.com/dE0m22hFck
— Phillip Harris (@philharris29) August 8, 2015
Other views:
#Ferguson locals eat pig marked #DarrenWilson at #ferguson PD station #BlackLivesMatter #BlackAugust #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/6z5MTtmKfv
— greg jeske (@gregjeske) August 8, 2015
Later, according to video journalist Greg Jeske, the head of the pig marked #DarrenWilson was dropped off outside Ferguson police headquarters:
#ferguson residents drop severed pigs head torn from body marked #DarrenWilson outside #ferguson PD #MikeBrownAugust pic.twitter.com/x3cOaZ47oN
— greg jeske (@gregjeske) August 9, 2015
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