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 ...
Were I a business owner I would much prefer the assurance that I would not be arrested and prosecuted for defending my property to being "protected" by the cops or the national guard. The law is there to disperse a riot and all that gear is to protect themselves. They have no intention of protecting property or rights of the only good guys in this whole scenario, the business owners.
No no no...those are bullets. Note the pointy end and the flaring at the other. That’s so they make a real good seal with the rifling of the barrel. You get added spin that way. And yes, the double benefit of these are that they can be used for earplugs. You know, safety first! Cuts down the level of all that screaming.
Eric Holder - chief of the black panthers. “Gets out of our way pigs! We have white waycis baby skulls to crack”
It’s sad that so many look to agents of the state as their sole protectors.
I would rather thugs be scared to death of messing with Average Joe Citizen - not having stringent limits on defending themselves and their property.
We need an AFVID card, similar to the ‘assault rifle’ cartoon.
M113 - Tank
69 Dodge Polara - Tank
Mooschelle - Tank
etc.
Why is Holder even in this picture? There is no federal building or federal reservation involved, unless they attacked the post office or Soc.Security building. The Governor needs to tell that clown to pack sand. This is the perfect time to make this a sovereignty issue.
Wonder if Eric the Corrupt is bringing His Arrogance’s buddy Bill Ayers to lend a touch of Communist intellectualism to the fray.
HaHa...So they need some expendables to stand between the mob and the cops...And the poor Guardsmen probably won't have any way to defend themselves...
And obviously, still radioactive--look, they're orange! /s
Maybe a stray round might...oh, never mind!
That's been part of my tagline for quite awhile...
When did the asswipe general take over the government?
Good one!
Bingo
Let’s ask a few liberal journalists - maybe the New York Times or Washington Post has some - if they would like the honor of winning a Pulitzer.... Have them put on a cop’s uniform and NOT tell ‘protesters’ that they’re journalists. Then walk around Ferguson - write about the the ‘other side’... Do a reverse “Black Like Me” book - - article... Call it “White Cop Like Me”...
Hell, he'd be out looting with the other thugs in a heartbeat.
Holder has no authority over Jay Nixon (also a Demagogic Party member) regarding deployment of anything.
Nope. Nixon has national political aspirations. Kowtowing to DC would make those dead in the water.
One Nixon was enough.
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