[Bcatswin]

Ferguson Protester Accidentally Burns Down Own House




A protester in Ferguson, Missouri accidentally burned down his own house last night after mistaking the building for a convenience store.
According to a report in the Ferguson Post-Gazette, 32-year-old Tyler Jackson threw a Molotov cocktail into a window not realizing he was setting ablaze his own residence. The home, which was empty at the time, subsequently burned to the ground.
“It was dark. I got all turned around. I thought it was a 7-11 or something,” he told the newspaper.
Witnesses describe Jackson shouting expletives after he realized what he had done. He then tried to put out the flames himself with a garden hose, but eventually called 911 and asked the fire department for aid.
“They told me they were too busy with other fires to come help,” he lamented. “I couldn’t believe it. I mean we pay these people’s salaries! What do you mean you're too busy?
“A black person’s house burns down and suddenly you’re ‘too busy’ to put the fire out? This is what racism in America looks like.”
Ferguson was the site of a controversial shooting on Aug. 9 when Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed black teenager, was shot by police officer Darren Wilson.
Protests have raged in the town after a grand jury refused to indict Wilson on Monday. Although the majority of protests have been peaceful, a substantial minority of protesters have attacked law enforcement officers, looted stores and set fire to buildings.
These attacks have been called self-defeating because they usually target stores located in their own community and owned by local businesspeople. The damage has been compounded by the fact that many fires go unattended due to concerns for the firefighter’s safety.
Nevertheless sources say Jackson is considering filing a civil rights lawsuit against the fire department for not responding to the blaze.
“If it weren't for those racist firefighters I’d still have a home,” he says.

[BigDaddy]

unreal

[Zenyatta 19-1]

wow!

[Zenyatta 19-1]

can anyone authenticate this?

[STAX]

stupid fcking ngger, is he gonna be charged with arson? He fcking better be...

[Sam Odom]

cant be true

racist media trying to make a Brotha look dumb

[Zenyatta 19-1]

FAKE report just looked it up

[Zenyatta 19-1]

An article titled, “Ferguson Protester Accidentally Burns Down Own House,” is merely satire, but many on social media sites were apparently confused by it.
The fake report was posted on the Daily Currant, a satirical website similar to The Onion.
Here’s the site’s disclaimer: “The Daily Currant is an English language online satirical newspaper that covers global politics, business, technology, entertainment, science, health and media. It is accessible from over 190 countries worldwide – now including South Sudan.”
“Our mission is to ridicule the timid ignorance which obstructs our progress, and promote intelligence – which presses forward,” it also says, and adds: “Our stories are purely fictional. However they are meant to address real-world issues through satire and often refer and link to real events happening in the world.”

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Ferguson Protester Accidentally Burns Down Own House

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A protester in Ferguson, Missouri accidentally burned down his own house last night after mistaking the building for a convenience store.
According to a report in the Ferguson Post-Gazette, 32-year-old Tyler Jackson threw a Molotov cocktail into a window not realizing he was setting ablaze his own residence. The home, which was empty at the time, subsequently burned to the ground.
“It was dark. I got all turned around. I thought it was a 7-11 or something,” he told the newspaper.
Witnesses describe Jackson shouting expletives after he realized what he had done. He then tried to put out the flames himself with a garden hose, but eventually called 911 and asked the fire department for aid.
“They told me they were too busy with other fires to come help,” he lamented. “I couldn’t believe it. I mean we pay these people’s salaries! What do you mean you're too busy?
“A black person’s house burns down and suddenly you’re ‘too busy’ to put the fire out? This is what racism in America looks like.”
Ferguson was the site of a controversial shooting on Aug. 9 when Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed black teenager, was shot by police officer Darren Wilson.
Protests have raged in the town after a grand jury refused to indict Wilson on Monday. Although the majority of protests have been peaceful, a substantial minority of protesters have attacked law enforcement officers, looted stores and set fire to buildings.
These attacks have been called self-defeating because they usually target stores located in their own community and owned by local businesspeople. The damage has been compounded by the fact that many fires go unattended due to concerns for the firefighter’s safety.
Nevertheless sources say Jackson is considering filing a civil rights lawsuit against the fire department for not responding to the blaze.
“If it weren't for those racist firefighters I’d still have a home,” he says.

Daily Currant is a satire news site

I do like the story though

[jjgold]

they are so dumb its not funny

Let them destroy their neighborhoods

[Doughboy22]

The worst part is that we could believe it's authenticity.

[jjgold]

The Blacks know they cannot do this in white neighborhoods because none would come out alive

[DiggityDaggityDo]

This is a feel good story.

[Smoke]

Daggles not cool

[trytrytry]

unreal

seriously you believed that?

[Dirty Sanchez]

stupid fcking ngger, is he gonna be charged with arson? He fcking better be...

Resident KKK member..you realize the story is fake....

[ChuckyTheGoat]

omg, that's good

[GunShard]

Too bad this was fake lol.

[laclippers504]

He should be locked up