Posted on 09/18/2017 11:52:43 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
After a third night of violence and unrest in St. Louis, about 100 protesters marched in silence along downtown streets Monday during the morning rush hour. Once they reached City Hall, the silence gave way to chants for justice.
The city has been marked by protests since Friday, when former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted on charges of murdering a black motorist after a police chase in 2011. Stockley is white.
Overnight Sunday, police arrested more than 80 people after a peaceful protest turned violent as night fell. In a concentrated area downtown, some protesters smashed windows and overturned trash cans, while others threw chemicals and rocks at police, authorities said.
“After the demonstration, organizers announced that the daytime protest was over,” Mayor Lyda Krewson said in news conference at about 1 a.m. Monday. “But a group of agitators stayed behind, apparently intent on breaking windows and destroying property.”
She declined to take reporters’ questions.
Some protesters complained that police were unnecessarily aggressive. Further inflaming tensions, a St. Louis photographer reported he and others heard police chant “whose streets, our streets” after making some arrests.
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“I think you meant to post that to someone else. And it’s “you’re.””
Yes, I am from the does not always proof-read contingent.
And, perhaps the reads too hastily one.
I read this:
“The “police” belong to the people. The people paid for their training, paid for their equipment, pay for their retirements and the support of their families. Any threat upon them should met with unrestrained, brute force. Period.”
as being a threat upon “them” where “them” are the people who own the police and brute force being directed at the police.
I assume now you didn’t mean it that way, but the opposite.
The mayor gave in interview in front of her house the morning after the attack.
She him-hawed and mealy mouthed the entire episode and said the police were there to protect the protester’s rights as well as keep others safe.
She deserves whatever happens in her city.
Or: It’s Guiliani time!
Don’t try to understand ‘em.
Just round them up and brand ‘em.”””’
Slight correction”
Just rope & throw & brand ‘em.
Daley unleashed those guys and whamo!, that protest was ova...lol.
women are just not leaders...sorry, but its true.
While it is true that Bradbury’s title would have been more accurate had he titled it Fahrenheit 481, the fact remains that it is titled Fahrenheit 451.
Morale in the PD went up 85%.......
Yes, meant as supporting LE
The Guard is on standby, in case they are needed. So Far, cops have not felt they needed any assistance per the local news reports.
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