Posted on 06/27/2020 4:57:08 PM PDT by thescourged1
EMINENCE, Mo. -- Crowds have gathered in Eminence, Missouri as a protest is expected Saturday afternoon in Shannon County.
A protest was planned in response to a death investigation dating back to 2018. A local family is concerned with how the case has been handled by the Shannon County Sheriff's Office.
The Shannon County Sheriff says credible threats were made against him, his deputies and jail staff, including threats to harm and threats to damage the courthouse and other buildings.
The sheriff says he reached out to state defense forces ahead of Saturday. The Shannon County Sheriff's Office includes the sheriff and only three other deputies, so some crowds have stationed in support of the staff.
At least 100 people have gathered in downtown Eminence around the Shannon County Courthouse and surrounding areas. KY3 observed some people carrying weapons around the area.
We will update as more details become available.
And whenever Antifa/BLM gathers, it turns into a riot/crime scene.
Interesting juxtaposition.
It’s a put on.
Looks like a party.
When did we start doing that?
Some of us actually do - LOL.
Look for Antifa camera teams with long lenses to be taking pictures. Defenders need to mask up for reasons that have little to do with COVID-19 other than using it as an excuse.
The population of that COUNTY is only 580 people.
Eminence, MO is deep within the Ozarks of Missouri. I very much doubt that any strain of political correctness has penetrated. Hostile outsiders would be best to stay away. Float trips on the Jack’s Fork were a great activity in my younger days.
“They are all here to protect the town.” Nice of Patriots to show up and help out peacefully. Punks are a minority and minorities always broadcast that they are defeated victims.
Looks like it’s on the edge of the Ozarks.
I’m not real sure ANTIFA wants to go there....
FWIW, Wikipedia puts it at 8,324 as of 2000.
It’s extremely rural, in the Mark Twain National Forest.
Aside from tourists there for float trips, any outsiders would be very obvious and hopefully turn back once they discover how remote it is.
It’s not as if it’s on an Interstate.
I guess I read it wrong the town was 580 in 2018.
Yeah, those don’t look like Antifa. I think the “mostly peaceful protestors” have chosen the wrong spot to go . . . again.
Yeah, those don’t look like Antifa. I think the “mostly peaceful protestors” have chosen the wrong spot to go . . . again.
Lotta snakes.
Lotta snakes.
And I just remembered the leeches. Good times.
A sheriff’s office can form a posse for civil unrest. Some of them have devoted time and effort training volunteers for that purpose.
I’ve been to this area several times in the way distant past. Not a big population. People are probably there to prevent outsiders from burning things down.
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