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Missouri mayor: Looters were out-of-towners
World Net Daily ^
| 08/11/2014
| Gina Loudon
Posted on 08/12/2014 10:09:59 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, says many of the people who smashed, looted, burned and destroyed in the aftermath of protests following a fatal police shooting of a teenager were out-of-towners.
“Once the vigil dispersed, the people who showed up saw their numbers and got really brave, then people started driving in from other areas to steal stuff,” Mayor James Knowles told WND.
“A lot of the people aren’t even from our town; but they came in and stole from our businesses and left our town in ruins, and made it look like there are racial tensions here that simply aren’t what they made them out to be. Such a shame that we have people with an axe to grind, coming here to grind it,” he said.
His comments came as the town approached its second night since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, 18, whose death remained under investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; looters; michaelbrown; mikebrown; missouririots; riots
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Out of town looters? That's OK cause out of town
agitators are also coming in...
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:13:13 AM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Please $upport Free Republic.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Outsiders. Kind of like at Kent State in the early 70’s.
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:14:51 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
To: Responsibility2nd
sure they were, Mayor, sure they were
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:15:06 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Responsibility2nd
We’ll find out for sure later today —
The SL County Prosecutor said that 10 of the 32 looters were well known to his office — which means that they were local criminals.
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:20:29 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: Responsibility2nd
Where's the proof?
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:24:59 AM PDT
by
McGruff
("We're Leaving Behind a Sovereign, Stable, and Self-Reliant Iraq" - Obama in 2011)
To: Responsibility2nd
“Lootin’ Safari”
Let’s go lootin’ now, everybody’s lootin’ now, c’mon and safari with me!
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:30:54 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Flick Lives
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:32:14 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Responsibility2nd
“The mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, says many of the people who smashed, looted, burned and destroyed in the aftermath of protests following a fatal police shooting of a teenager were out-of-towners.”
OH BULL S**T !!!!! Next they will say it was them old white guys from TN., came up here and took our stuff.
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:33:28 AM PDT
by
EXCH54FE
(Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Sorry mayor, you’re people did it, and they should live with the consequences. Those who didn’t do it should deal with the thugs who did.
Take away their Obama phones, so they can’t organize for their cultural festivities.
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:40:37 AM PDT
by
pallis
To: EXCH54FE
Next they will say it was them old white guys from TN., came up here and took our stuff.
The mayor is a white Republican.
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:48:24 AM PDT
by
nhwingut
(This tagline for lease)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:51:00 AM PDT
by
Common Sense 101
(Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
To: nhwingut
Indeed he is and I’ve no doubt that he’s telling the truth about “out of towners”.
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posted on
08/12/2014 10:51:35 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
( A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. Eccl 10,v 19)
To: Responsibility2nd
How many did you arrest?
How many of those arrested were from your city and how many not?
This is the only way your statement is a fact and not an opinion.
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:00:39 AM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
To: Responsibility2nd
outsiders - maybe with an address of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, WDC??
or Chicago or Detroit??
all with an abundance of community organizers to loan out!
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:04:53 AM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: nhwingut
Running scared and doesn’t want to pin blame where it lies (not the shooting part).
To: Responsibility2nd
Translation: feral animals from downtown and east St louis got on public transportation and wrecked our town.
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:09:27 AM PDT
by
chae
(The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
To: Responsibility2nd
I once worked with a guy who bragged about driving from Tampa to Miami to participate in the Miami riots and looting. It happens.
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:17:38 AM PDT
by
Rhinoman
(SMSgt, USAF (Ret))
To: McGruff
I love that picture, simply for the one beer in his back pocket. Takes an ENTIRE container of beer and ADDS ONE MORE!?! to his pocket?
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:26:15 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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