Author, activist and respected journalist Rosa Clemente recently penned an informative and shocking piece for RollingOut.com, detailing an incident that took place in Ferguson, MO., when she along with emcee Talib Kweli, poet Jessica Care Moore and others were chased by police who eventually pulled a gun on the group.

"[We] were chased like animals by the cops. As we ran to get away, we found ourselves on a small path on a bridge, surrounded by police from various units and told to lie down and put our hands up. We were told if we did not stop moving we would be shot. We complied.

Let me be clear: we did nothing to provoke this. The first hour we were there, we merely walked and talked to folks...As a prayer vigil came together, I observed that the police seemed to get very agitated because people were being still. Talib and Jessica were in a circle with young people who began to notice who they were and it seems that there was going to be an impromptu cipher. I kept my eye on the crew we were with; the amount of police officers was just as many as protesters."

Clemente, being a longtime activist, carefully observed her surroundings and claims to have felt a "shift" in the energy, warning Kweli that "Something is about to go down."

"I saw the police raising their batons and getting into formation. As I wrapped up a convo with Trymaine, we saw a plastic water bottle being thrown. People kind of looked up, turned back to what they were doing ... and the next thing you know, the police came at us like charging bulls, weapons drawn, screaming, causing mass confusion.

"Leave the area now!"

"Don't move!"

At this point, Clemente, Kweli and Moore began running, eventually being cornered by cops in all directions. "The threats, their eyes, postures, weaponry said it all: "We have the power, we don't care how many cameras there are, we can do what we want and we will never have to be held accountable."

A young protester who ran with the group began having trouble breathing, telling the group and the cops that he was choking, with the cop responding by telling him to stop or he would be shot, and then proceeding to point a gun at the group.

"I looked at the cop and said "Please, he is not doing anything." I tried to record the incident, but the cop had his finger on the trigger. I could feel Talib's hand on my back and Jessica behind me. We laid there until one black officer said "Let them go, we got who we wanted."

This is just one of several chilling stories being told by activists and protesters on the ground in Ferguson. What do you think it will take to move forward after the death of Mike Brown? Sound off below.

Source: Rolling Out