Posted on 08/18/2014 1:48:56 PM PDT by Nachum
The Missouri Governor Jay Nixon gave "no heads up" to the White House before deploying The National Guard and has now made another abrupt decision as The National Guard closes in on Ferguson:
*NIXON'S CALL TO HALT CURFEW TONIGHT MADE IN E-MAILED STATEMENT
We presume when there are military tanks rolling through the streets of a town, there is no need for the actual implementation of a curfew... This once again rubs the administration's nose in it as AG Holder's comments from last week hang in the air: "get those damned tanks out of there."
The neighborhood has been under a midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew the past two days, after Nixon declared a state of emergency. That has now changed...
As NBC News reports,
Authorities on Monday lifted the overnight curfew for Ferguson, Missouri, after two nights.
The announcement came from Gov. Jay Nixon, who earlier in the day ordered the National Guard to the St. Louis suburb after a week of clashes between police and protesters over the police shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.
Nixon said that the National Guard would have a limited mission and that overall command would still be the responsibility of the Highway Patrol, which took over security in Ferguson on Thursday.
The National Guard, under the command of Brig. Gen. Gregory Mason, will provide protection, and ensure the safety of our Unified Command Center, which was the target last night of a coordinated attack, Nixon said.
Nixon said that law enforcement officers were the target of gunfire on Sunday. The violence also included firebombs, looting and a coordinated attempt to overrun the unified Command Center, Nixon said.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Here’s a solution. Just pull all law enforcement and all National Guard out of the area. Move them 50 miles away and let the locals fend for themselves. Give them what they want.
If the cancer is not cut out, it is sure to spread.
Remove the damned Holder.
Probably an MP unit. Governors love to have MP units in their states because they are useful in these situations.
So, the Highway Patrol, which knows absolutely nothing about urban street policing, is in charge, backed up by the Guard, which knows even less. Municipal and County, who actually know the area and what they are doing, are on the sidelines.
Yep, sounds like an operation brought to you by the people who brought you Obamacare.
This is not going well.
They look like ear plugs to me. squeeze & insert
I gotta check my popcorn inventory...
LE (the ones who haven’t betrayed law-abiding citizens by going over to the thieves and thugs) need to just walk off the job. Let Red Eric deal with the situation then.
In 1970 those of us in the National Guard were forced to stand under street lights without ammunition at night during the protests. That was 1970! Holder may not even let them have guns.
Sooo...is Jay Nixon, the Demon Rat governor, going to CAVE to the federal commies in D.C., also of the Demon Rat party?
Maybe they are obama’s condoms.
The cops (the ones upholding their oaths) need to just leave, call in sick with the “blue flu”, whatever, and let them have at it. Let any stupid leftists so inclined go in to help them clean up the aftermath, when all the businesses have been destroyed or run out for good. These rioting thugs deserve all this and so much more.
“Heres a solution. Just pull all law enforcement and all National Guard out of the area. Move them 50 miles away and let the locals fend for themselves. Give them what they want.”
Sounds like that is just about what is happening. Welcome to Detroit II.
Get Whitey Holder is a worthless fag.
Fairly consistently, pundits, politicians, etc call any large armored vehicle a ‘tank’.
I’m an ex-tanker....but I’ve given up correcting people.
Make an announcement similar to what was made in Detroit, and urge the citizenry to arm up and defend themselves.
No need for a militarized Civilian Security force on the streets.
This store was not looted in Ferguson. You can see why it wasn't.
Is that a genuine post? Good grief.
If they deploy under such circumstances, every INDIVIDUAL is guilty of being too stupid to keep breathing. And the Commanders should be tried and hanged.
He believes he is the sheriff of rottington d.c. and his liege prince mulato has usurped the the seat of governance from the free people of the United States so as to reign over his vision of a socialistic amerika. Yes he and his liege are quite insane and do not share our reality of Constitution.
Who do you think organized the attack on the command center? Couldn’t be “protest marshalls” could it?
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