Posted on 08/18/2014 12:17:02 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Missouri's governor ordered the National Guard onto the streets of Ferguson early Monday after another night of violence following the shooting by police of an unarmed black teen. "Tonight, a day of hope, prayers, and peaceful protests was marred by the violent criminal acts of an organized and growing number of individuals, many from outside the community and state, whose actions are putting the residents and businesses of Ferguson at risk," Gov. Jay Nixon said in a statement. "Given these deliberate, coordinated and intensifying violent attacks on lives and property in Ferguson, I am directing the highly capable men and women of the Missouri National Guard to assist Colonel Ron Replogle and the Unified Command in restoring peace and order to this community.”
Gov: “Given these deliberate, coordinated and intensifying violent attacks on lives and property in Ferguson,”
Early on he said his priorities were:
1. Safety of his police.
2. Safety of the rioters.
I must conclude that his last statement means he was not upset until the police were attacked.
Have noticed a pattern. The rioters form lines and the Police form lines. The rioters advance and the Police ask the rioter to disperse. The rioters force confrontation and the Police respond. Once the Police respond the looting begins but not till the Police respond. Is as though the rioter want the Police to respond in order that the looting may begin. With perhaps the National Guard there to confront the rioters the Police will be able to respond to the looters?
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” The over-confidence escalated matters and delayed the governor’s response of calling in the National Guard.”
No. They went in with a ‘Hug a Thug’ campaign which went south in a hurry. Capt. Johnson said there would be no force by the police .... ‘we will talk to people doing wrong and ask them to be nice’.
Good.
We’ll KNOW things have gotten serious if they start imposing marital law on the town...
;-)
The tactic is being employed by the communists that have come to Ferguson. We have seen it many times over the last century and a half.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
No, they did that after the first night and complaints about militarized police surfaced...
Yep, and I am dating myself here, but I remember all too well what happened at one Kent State U. ;)
“No, they did that after the first night and complaints about militarized police surfaced...”
Your time-line is wrong. The first night had little force out. The next nights had the local police and complaints. Then the Gov. came in with his ‘Hug-a’Thug’ campaign.
Guess they get what they wished for.
What is interesting is how long it has taken the feds to move in compared to what took place with a few farmers and cowboys down in Vegas. I don’t recall any burnings or shootings by a bunch of low brow farmers. The feds were ready to take out the white folk at the drop of a hat.
Yep, and now that the NG has been called up, they will complain about that too.
thank you for the correction to my timeline.
It also shows your comment was still off the mark.
I stand by my original remark. Over militarized police = over confident local gov’t. with improper ROE.
Maybe is a pattern of History. Complain, force confrontation, complain some more, force additional confrontation. Neither side gives and then bloodshed begins. Seldom are complaints and confrontation a settling and a return to calm till one side or the other side wins? Seems so. Guess America has been lucky till now?
Well, well, well. “Hot Shot” Johnson from the state police couldn’t get it under control without doing the same thing the Ferguson police did. Now they actually believe these thugs are going to be afraid of the national guard? What will Nixon and the race hustlers do if the NG has to revert to force?
All it would take for this to stop is for Jesse and AL to march and ask everyone to let the case go through the system. And to get them to do that, tell them if they don’t they’ll be arrested for inciting violence. Jesse’s and AL’s days of getting themselves arrested are way behind them.
The black state trooper couldn’t stop it. A lot of the guardsmen will be black.
“It also shows your comment was still off the mark.”
I stand by my comment.
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