Posted on 08/26/2018 9:33:59 AM PDT by Simon Green
Protesters have been gathering outside of Ferguson Market and Liquor since Aug. 9 — the fourth anniversary of the police shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. — calling on the convenience store to take more ownership of its role in the saga and submit to a list of requests.
Brown had just left the store before the fatal skirmish with then-Officer Darren Wilson in the street near Canfield Green apartments in 2014. After the shooting, Ferguson police released a surveillance clip from the store indicating that Brown had stolen cigarillos and shoved a store clerk.
Protesters believe that the surveillance clip mischaracterized Brown and that the store should have done more to say so. Recent protests at Ferguson Market have been strong enough to close the store the first week, Jay Kanzler, an attorney for the store, said Saturday when the store was open again.
Police said there had been no arrests.
In an effort to move forward, Kanzler said, he was part of a formal meeting Aug. 17 at Ferguson police headquarters that included Michael Brown Sr., state Rep. Bruce Franks, D-St. Louis, activist Anthony Shahid and attorney Anthony Gray who listened by telephone. The protester group had the following requests:
• Address Michael Brown Jr.’s character.
• Close the store for three days on the anniversary of his death.
• Create a scholarship in his name.
• Find ways to interact and give back to the community.
• Stop selling Dormin, a sleeping capsule, and other items that can be misused to get high.
• Retain a black-owned security company to protect the store.
“It seemed like everyone in the room was open to working it out,” Ferguson Police Chief Delrish Moss said. “It was a friendly, robust discussion.”
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Remember how the press AND the FBI tried to stop that video from being shown?
The store owner should play classical music, 24/7. The protesters will either leave or burn the place down, solving the current problem.
Or turn it into a bookstore, and a work boot store.
LOL! Not a bad idea.
Stuck on Stupid.
And the inhabitants are griping about 'food deserts' in the neighborhoods. Guess why?
Lincoln had it all wrong in retrospect. Every last freed slave should have been shipped back to Africa. That would be the humanitarian thing to do. We did not fight a civil war for this BS of a different plantation and same political party.
Town Of Ferguson To Loot And Burn Down Convnience Store
And Convert Space To New Gentle Giant Park And Memorial
Yep; that's what the smart money would do.
These dindu's really have nothing better to do than to try and rewrite history? Brown was a bully and a cretin who attempted to disarm and possibly kill a cop then got killed in the process. Justice served without causing the taxpayer undo hardship. I fail to see the problem. Must be a dindu thing.
The owner should be seen entering the building 5 minutes before the fire starts, with a 5 gallon can of gas ....
Completely agree.
Arson and an insurance pay out might look good, but they got a liquor license and in Ferguson, that’s a license to print money.
Gimme, gimme, gimme.
But can this farce truly be complete if Al Sharpton, the ambulance chaser of the Western World, has not yet made an appearance?
Are we not men?
We are Devo!
So, according to the printed poster, brown was graduating from college and was a real nice boy. Reality: the boy stole cigarillos and shoved the store owner around.
They demand the store close for 3 days on the anniversary. I can guarantee you the store was closed for longer than that due to the crime scene investigation. The owners were not making money during that time, but were continuing to pay taxes and maintenance. How about I demand BLM members be thrown in jail on the anniversary of the murder of cops in Dallas?
“address brown’s character” Easy - he was a crook and is now dead.
“create a scholarship in his name.” you left out the part about who supplies the money. The store? the store that was robbed? the cops? the cops who did their job? the White citizens? the White citizens who paid for the effects of brown’s actions.
This “protest” is nothing more than ignorant people trying to put the blame for crimes committed by one of their own on innocent people. They will never admit that they are responsible for their self-inflicted pathologies. By blaming Whitey they absolve themselves of the blame.
Waiting for the next chance to loot the store.
You sure they aren’t working for George Soros?
It's a state-issued license; Ferguson isn't the only place in Missouri where it would reap a big pile of dough. Lotsa places in the region would welcome a new likka sto'.
Thanks to the community organizer, Ferguson is and will likely remain toxic.
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