The hashtag references the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown
Rev. Traci Blackmon uses a megaphone to talk to a large group of demonstrators at the site where Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in Ferguson. (Photo: AP)
Washington: Twitter co-founder and St. Louis native Jack Dorsey was in Ferguson on Saturday sending tweets about the protests stemming from the police killing of an unarmed black teenager.
“Feels good to be home. I’ll be standing with everyone in Ferguson all weekend #Hands UpDontShoot” the billionaire posted late Friday, before unleashing dozens of Tweets and Vine video posts from protests in the Missouri town.
The hashtag references the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot dead by police a week ago, with some witnesses saying the young African American had his hands in the air when he was shot.
Over the weekend the social media maven shared scores of Tweets, many of them video posts from Twitter-owned Vine.
“We’re here. My whole family! And @2000F,” Mr Dorsey posted, calling Square co-founder Jim McKelvey by his Twitter handle.
( Source : AFP )
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