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Mayhem Breaks Out In Ferguson Again After Police Arrest Protestors
BI ^ | 9-26-2014 | Reuters

Posted on 09/26/2014 4:55:09 AM PDT by blam

Reuters
September 26, 2014

(Reuters) - Several protesters were arrested on Thursday night after police clashed with demonstrators at a rally in Ferguson, Missouri, where black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by a white police officer last month, CNN and KMOV-TV reported.

A number of protesters were arrested after Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson began marching with a crowd of rally-goers and a scuffle broke out near him, the broadcasters, CNN and St. Louis television station KMOV, said.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. Representatives of the Ferguson Police Department could not be immediately reached for comment.

The latest incident comes just hours after Jackson issued a video apology to the parents of Michael Brown, following weeks of heavy criticism and calls for his ouster.

"I want to say this to the Brown family. No one who has not experienced the loss of a child can understand what you are feeling," Chief Jackson said in the video. "I am truly sorry for the loss of your son."

Jackson spoke directly into a camera and read from a script in the video, released by a public relations firm hired by the city. He addressed Brown's parents, as well as people whom he called "peaceful protesters."

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KEYWORDS: ferguson; looting; obamasfault; protests; riots
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To: PghBaldy
PghBaldy:" Fox said they attacked the apologizing policeman."

I find it interesting that Ferguson protests died down as soon as the media left the area.
Now , CNN and other media outlets have returned , and the protests reoccur . A strange relationship exists between the media and the protesters.
Even the Huffington/ Fluffington Post went to a 'crowdfunding' site to raise monies in order to keep reporters in Ferguson.
The liberal media insist on keeping Ferguson in the news; so also doesn't the Demorat party who uses the situation there as a political motivator for militant divisiveness.
Last night several demonstrators were arrested; I wonder how many of the arrested were locals ,
and how many were 'imported' to keep the issue alive for the media event?

21 posted on 09/26/2014 5:38:17 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: grania
Unfortunately your idea falls flat for several reasons....

here's why

notice in the center of this chart


22 posted on 09/26/2014 5:38:59 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: ilovesarah2012
If Darren Wilson was black, would there be the same reaction?

Only if they thought they could use liberal sprinklings of the words, "Uncle Tom" and trash him for not being Black enough - ironic with the color of Obama and Holder who are the two champion race baiters in the history of mankind...just goes to show that one needn't actually be Black to be worthy of the old "N-word" tag.

Of course, I'm old enough to remember when both races had a bit more common sense - saw a show with Moms Mabley on it one time way back when. She inferred that the tag "nigger" was appropriate for a person who acted in a certain way by stating that "NAACP" should stand for "Niggers Aren't Always Colored People".

Today, they would trash her and leaver her in a dumpster for such radical words....

23 posted on 09/26/2014 5:46:12 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: sport

What’s a jackboot?

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24 posted on 09/26/2014 5:50:27 AM PDT by Mears
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To: sport

The mob does not want apologies, they want blood, particularly Darren Wilson’s.


They know what they don’t want but don’t know what they want.


25 posted on 09/26/2014 5:51:53 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (The Bible doesn't say what I think it says and it says a lot of things I didn't know..........)
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To: Ouderkirk
I've never seen those charts before. I still say let the residents self-govern in Ferguson!

Do you have a source for the chart? I'd like to read more about it.

26 posted on 09/26/2014 5:53:46 AM PDT by grania
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To: KSCITYBOY
I have a feeling that they will get both before it is over.

They wanted the same thing in the Zimmerman incident, but made some mistakes and it did not quite work out. In the Ferguson incident, with the help of the Ferguson Police Department early on, they corrected those mistakes.

The Ferguson Police Department aided them greatly by not nipping the rioting, burning, and stealing in the bud and dispelling the rumors. Instead of doing that, they sat on their toys, menacing and probably taunting the peaceable protesters and allowing the rumors to spread and fester uncontested. Another mistake, in my opinion they made was allowing the outside professional agitators to set up camp. The Mayor, City Council, or Police Chief should have immediately asked for a Declaration of Martial Law and employed police dogs, water cannons or fire trucks with water hoses do disperse the burners and stealers. The outside agitators should have been attested for inciting a riot instead of being patted on the back and given the keys to the City.

27 posted on 09/26/2014 5:56:45 AM PDT by sport
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To: ilovesarah2012

No, but not for the surface reasons.
Darren Wilson being white offered an EXCUSE.
That excuse wouldn’t exist if he were black.


28 posted on 09/26/2014 5:58:29 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Ouderkirk

Information is racist.


29 posted on 09/26/2014 5:59:45 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Mears

a large leather military boot reaching to the knee.
used as a symbol of cruel or authoritarian behavior or rule.


30 posted on 09/26/2014 6:00:35 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: blam

Did the hair products store burn again?


31 posted on 09/26/2014 6:01:00 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: skeeter

No good deed goes unpunished


32 posted on 09/26/2014 6:02:04 AM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

CNN reminds me of Carver Media Group in Tomorrow Never Dies


33 posted on 09/26/2014 6:03:52 AM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S.)
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To: Dr. Ursus

LOL...


34 posted on 09/26/2014 6:06:22 AM PDT by basalt
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To: MrB

Thanks.


35 posted on 09/26/2014 6:09:56 AM PDT by Mears
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To: gaijin

Apology = Surrender


36 posted on 09/26/2014 6:11:28 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: grania
Perhaps it’s time to tell the fine folks of Ferguson to fire their police department and police themselves.

Might as well. There's no trust or respect between the police and the population anymore. Can't really have an effective force under those circumstances.

37 posted on 09/26/2014 6:11:46 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: sport

“Police Chief should have immediately asked for a Declaration of Martial Law and employed police dogs, water cannons or fire trucks with water hoses do disperse the burners and stealers.


That would have made for many unhappy Freepers.

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38 posted on 09/26/2014 6:14:25 AM PDT by Mears
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To: blam

These black animals are no more than feral humans.

When they act that way, treat them accordingly.


39 posted on 09/26/2014 6:24:03 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: trebb

Moms Mabley told a “Cinderella for the South” tale about how Fairy Godmother appears to a black girl, who for her wish asks to be turned into a white girl. Poof, and she’s transformed into a white girl so beautiful that the local Grand Kleagle asks her to the annual Klan Ball.

The grand procession doesn’t begin until nearly midnight, the transformed girl is on the arm of the Grand Kleagle as they promenade into the ballroom, and you can guess what happens when the clock strikes twelve......

Moms Mabley’s humor is of a different time.


40 posted on 09/26/2014 6:28:08 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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