Arrested Reporter Fires Back at Scarborough: Stop Sipping Your Starbucks and Come to Ferguson

Philip Wegmann / August 15, 2014

After being shot at with rubber bullets and sprayed with tear gas, The Washington Post’s Wesley Lowery was in no mood for MSNBC host Joe Scarborough’s lecture about his reporting in Ferguson, Mo. Following Lowery’s arrest Wednesday while covering the Ferguson riots, Scarborough criticized journalists for disobeying police. Lowery responded with some choice words for the “Morning Joe” host.

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