Twitter Reacts to Ferguson Decision

Twitter_logo_blueBy Midnight, more than 3.5 million tweets had been sent following the decision in #Ferguson to not indict police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. The peak came at 9:29pmET with 52,114 tweets per minute. (AP bulletin was at 9:25 p.m.)  Geotagged tweets mentioning “Ferguson” or #Ferguson increased over the course of the night and exploded as the verdict was read.

Check out animated map via POLITICO.

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