They just interviewed the owner of Sam’s Market who showed up with a few friends with AKs to protect their property.
The looting began after the protests ended and was carried out by thugs from St Louis and East St Louis — all from outside the area.
The Highway Patrol apparently told the County and Ferguson police to stand down but no one told the storeowners who had to show up to protect their property after 4 hours of looting.
A dozen officers could have arrested these looters immediately and stopped this right away but no one showed up.
County Police apparently stood guard in front of the store earlier in the evening but were told by the Highway Patrol to stand down and that’s when the looting began — almost immediately.
having had an extended visit (work) in St. Louis a few years ago, I learned that the St. Louis overall area is made up of something like 100 municipalities, each one with it’s own police and fire department. That being the case it would be difficult for any one of the PD’s being able to mount much of a defense against a large group of anarchists such as they face. Military force (NG)is needed to clear out the area and patrol.