Tension in Ferguson at 'Boiling Point,' Residents Say

NBC News ^ | September 30, 2014 | Aaron Mermelstein

[2ndDivisionVet]

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FERGUSON, Missouri — Time hasn’t healed the anger here. Eight people were arrested during protests outside the police station on South Florissant Avenue on Sunday night, and residents say the tension is still palpable, nearly two months after Michael Brown was killed by police officer Darrell Wilson.

At a basketball court in Forestwood Park, about a mile from where the shooting happened on Aug. 9, Tyrone Parker said he feared the community was about to hit a "another boiling point" as a grand jury weighs possible charges. “I don’t see nobody that has calmed down yet,” he said.

Sunny skies and unseasonably high temperatures warmed the players as they talked about the case during a pickup game on Monday...

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

Tensions are at a boiling point over real issues all across the country.

They sure are.

[AppyPappy]

Good. Riots help ratings.

[Nepeta]

“I don’t see nobody that has calmed down yet,” he said.

This inarticulate blathering tells all that one needs to know. Ferguson is not the center of the universe. Black America is not the center of the universe, either, but to hear a lot of black America, they seem self-absorbed, convinced that their inner --and limited-- workings are the only concern anyone in this country should have.

Well, go ahead. Burn down Ferguson, and probably some other places. I know how that played out in the 1960s--retail abandoned some neighborhoods.

But this time, it will be worse, because the country is awash in major problems--illegals coming to lap up the promised freebees, a sluggish economy, and just today, ebola was diagnosed in Dallas. Looming over all of this is the threat of Islam, menacing western civilization.

No, America has bigger problems than the strange drama of making a hero out of a miserable thug...

[Lumper20]

The welfare freeloaders seem to have more and more time on their hands to bitch and complain about the cops where people who work, or are retired and pay their bills on time are not that concerned with the police/cops. It seems responsible people are more concerned with Government idiots like Obama and those like him as opposed to the clowns worrying about cops and looking for another handout.

[Texicanus]

Personally, I don’t give damn any more. After fifty years of social engineering, affirmative action, and the first black president, I find the majority of the black community is still whining, bitching, marching, looting, or rioting in the streets like spoiled children.

When will these brain dead idiots learn to compromise and negotiate, act like law abiding citizens, get an education or learn a skill, get a job or own a business, and pay taxes like the rest of us Americans?

I believe most are never going to integrate into the mainstream of America. After fifty years they have failed. Instead they have remained segregated in various urban and rural areas across America. And now those areas are being destroyed by their own leadership and political corruption.

I am tired of this political correctness crap the MSN and the liberal politicians feeds us 24X7. I’ve become numb and insensitive to the black minority’s constant complaining. I once cared, but no longer. Enough is enough. Let them march, loot, and burn down Ferguson. I don’t give a sh*t.

My congratulations to the black Americans that have overcome the racism within their own community and decided to join the rest of us in mainstream America.

[morphing libertarian]

let’s see the grand jury report and let the games begin anew.

[Molon Labbie]

I work for another police department in the area and I can tell you that the police agencies in St. Louis City and County are gearing up for a RKLE (Rodney King Level Event). I am hearing that officers from surrounding counties will be requested to assist with the projected widespread violence.

Things will burn, firefighters will be shot at, and will refuse to respond, thus things will be out of control. Racial grievances will be played out, the knockout game becomes the shootout game. National Guard gets called after a billion dollars in damage is done. St. Louis will become Detroit in a decade.

[Lumper20]

What you are hearing is very logical after all the race baiters like Sharpton, Holder, and then super race card player Obozzo got involved. Yes, Newark, Detroit and Watts looked different, but; Detroit was saved from being as bad as Watts by the 82nd airborne. The military will do zip these days. I about fell over hearing our military is sending some 3K to fight ebola and zero to fight ISIS. I would rather face ISIS and their bullets then ebola any day.
Since when is our military charged with fighting disease?

[morphing libertarian]

Thanx

I hope grand jury will report soon

Stay safe

[Nebr FAL owner]

My thoughts are that they will riot regardless of what the grand jury decides. If I were there I would be investing in lots of pepper spray, plywood & fire extinguishers .

[Molon Labbie]

Thanks, and from a personal and professional standpoint, I hope they come back on the coldest, iciest week in a century.

[NorthMountain]

He was unarmed.

And a “teen”.

And a “gentle giant”.

And John Kerry was in Viet Nam.