Justin Amash Calls Images From Ferguson “Frightening,” Likens Situation to “a War Zone”

Earlier today, Paul Waldman
wondered in The Washington Post why
libertarian-leaning Republicans like Michigan Rep. Justin Amash
didn’t have anything to say about the situation unfolding in
Ferguson, Missouri following the police shooting of Michael
Brown. 

Tonight, Amash posted this reaction on his Twitter
feed: 

Images & reports out of #Ferguson are
frightening. Is this a war zone or a US city? Gov’t escalates
tensions w/military equipment & tactics.

— Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) August
14, 2014

The situation in Ferguson is clearly not getting any less tense.
Tonight, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery was
detained in Ferguson while police were clearing out an area
McDonald’s. The run-up to the incident was captured on video, and
that appears to have been part of the issue.
In the video, which the Post has put online this
evening, Lowery is asked by an officer to stop recording, and
Lowery responds that he has a right to record the
officer. 

Watch here: 

Reporter Ryan
Reilly of The Huffington Post was
also arrested. Both reporters were
reportedly released without any charges being filed after news
of their arrests hit social media and the Ferguson police chief
ordered the two to be set free.