[visibly angry] State trooper slams 'criminals' in Ferguson as 31 arrested following latest unrest

Fox News ^ | August 19, 2014

[Cincinatus' Wife]

......................"A visibly angry [Missouri State Police Capt. Ron ] Johnson said that officers had come under heavy gunfire from protesters and at least two people had been shot. Johnson said he did not know the condition of the shooting victims. Four officers had been injured when they were struck by rocks or bottles, though Johnson claimed that police had not fired a single shot.

Citing what he called a "dangerous dynamic in the night," Johnson requested that protests take place during the daylight hours, so that officers could effectively isolate any troublemakers. However, Johnson said that his forces could not make protesters leave the streets after sunset if they did not want to.

"This nation is watching each and every one of us," said Johnson. "I am not going to let the criminals that have come here from across this country, or live in this neighborhood, define this community." Johnson added that some of those who had been arrested overnight had come from as far afield as New York and California. The trooper also directed his wrath at the assembled media, saying that they had put themselves and officers in danger by failing to clear areas when asked before imploring them to "not glamorize the acts of criminals.".................

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Re: Post 41

Another freeper corrected me on the ID of the person in the photo.

“The reason the media isn’t going to show that pic is because that’s not Michael Brown. It is a pic of Jodah Cain a guy who murdered his great-grandmother in Portland, Oregon last year.”