WATCH: Ferguson SWAT Team Tear Gasses Al Jazeera Crew

Video obtained by KSDK showed a Ferguson SWAT team tear gassing an Al Jazeera America crew filming on a residential street Wednesday night.

In video taken from across the street tear gas is seen to erupt just at the base of a three-person crew, who evacuated the area after pointing their cameras at the action. A armored SWAT vehicle then approaches the equipment, and three heavily-militarized officers turn the cameras toward the ground.

Al Jazeera quickly condemned the action:

This also led to some efficient Twitter mockery:

Looters stealing camera equipment in Ferguson: pic.twitter.com/S6C7mAPjZ7

— Jason, Langualogist (@XaiaX) August 14, 2014

Watch the video below, via KSDK:

[Image via screengrab]

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