It appears that the Ferguson Police Department isn't happy with the media invading their town. A Washington Post Reporter was arrested by police in a Ferguson area McDonalds. He was never given a valid reason as to why he was in custody:

The Paper posted video of Lowery's arrest:

Last night the FPD took up their assault on the media up a notch. A KSDK Photographer says police fired a bean bag at him, hitting his camera. A crew from Al Jazeera was reporting from the area when cops shot a tear gas canister in their director. The scene was captured by St. Louis station KSDK.

Let's go to the video:

Just amazing video from KSDK

It has gotten to the point where Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is sending out tweets to Ferguson PD asking them to respect the rights of he press: