Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

'There are no police': Ferguson store owners guard businesses; cite lack of police response
FOX News ^ | August 16, 2014

Posted on 08/16/2014 7:51:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Edited on 08/16/2014 2:08:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Looters in Ferguson, Mo., were met with little police resistance Friday night and store owners say they were forced to protect their businesses with their own guns, Fox2Now.com reported.

"I think the first message is to remind all law enforcement that they are hired to serve and protect and if they

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; ferguson; fergusonbusinesses; fergusonpolice; fergusonriots; mikebrown; missouri
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 141-151 next last
To: KeyLargo

Did you see this photo, from a couple years back, during St. Louis “motorcycle riots”?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3193194/posts?page=270#270


61 posted on 08/16/2014 8:48:14 AM PDT by unsycophant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer
"they didn't do their job"

In any sane world, that phrase would be followed by termination notices, and the employee(s) would be escorted to the door with their coffee cup.

/johnny

62 posted on 08/16/2014 8:49:48 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JRandomFreeper

Everybody seems to be about what is in it narrowly for them.


63 posted on 08/16/2014 8:52:12 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: TexasGator

And caps don’t even sound like an actual gun. They are pop pop not bang bang.


64 posted on 08/16/2014 8:53:55 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer
"We trusted the police to keep it peaceful; they didn't do their job."

If you want something done right you have to do it yourself. If EVERY store owner guarded his own store and shot any looters that entered wouldn't this problem be solved almost instantly?
65 posted on 08/16/2014 8:54:25 AM PDT by 762X51
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KeyLargo

66 posted on 08/16/2014 8:54:56 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

In this political climate the last thing I’d want to be is a cop... or a soldier.


67 posted on 08/16/2014 8:56:16 AM PDT by aquila48
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

when you see the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you you know your nation is doomed.


68 posted on 08/16/2014 9:01:22 AM PDT by Tzimisce
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hal ogen
This is especially true if you are in or near a urban area full of ferals. Be prepared, Citizen. It appears that ever-growing unpleasantness awaits many...if not all.

But, a likely scenario is as follows:
You and your family successfully defend your lives, home and possessions from assault by a roving gang of feral "yutes". You've held them off outside Molotov throwing range with proper weaponry and good marksmanship. Those who survived are in retreat and there are a number of dead and dying scattered about.

Law enforcement, which has been extremely busy of late, finally arrives. They assess the situation, check on your well being, then disarm you and leave.

69 posted on 08/16/2014 9:04:26 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]



FReepers, Let's go!
Everyone needs to donate!

All contributions are for the current quarter expenses.

70 posted on 08/16/2014 9:04:49 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer; KeyLargo; cripplecreek; RushIsMyTeddyBear; MeganC; Publius
So, the Police are not projecting Business that no doubt pay Missouri Taxes.

Taxes that go to the Police Department.

So, in this case, the (literal) Looters (Law Breakers) are being protected by Law Enforcement? By NOT interfering?

If this continues, our society is doomed.

71 posted on 08/16/2014 9:05:08 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

It appears that Shockley’s description of differences in cultures and that the bell curves of societal origins overlap might be popping up. Of course he was ostracized by his peers who believe the Tower of Babel could be rebuilt.


72 posted on 08/16/2014 9:06:24 AM PDT by noinfringers2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Menehune56

Looks like no one took over.....I have read the Missouri HIGHWAY PATROL is now in charge. In case people do not understand, The Highway Patrol is allowed to patrol ONLY Highways (state and federal). They have NO JURISDICTION over town streets, buildings or property. They are NOT State Police, who have jurisdiction anywhere. Where I copped at in Ohio, we had the Highway patrol take control of the state highways and the Sheriff’s department take control of domestics, burglaries and general mayhem while we fought riots or funerals for officers killed in accidents or otherwise. If they aren’t rioting on State Highways, I doubt very much the HIGHWAY PATROL would know what the hell to do any ways.


73 posted on 08/16/2014 9:06:56 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: HiTech RedNeck

“And caps don’t even sound like an actual gun. They are pop pop not bang bang.”

My .357 doesn’t bank, it barks!


74 posted on 08/16/2014 9:07:48 AM PDT by TexasGator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: Sgt_Schultze

Sgt. There is nowhere to go anymore. Trust me, I was naïve and thought it could be done. Left Chicago for real rural living. The ghetto will eventually seep into every nook and cranny of this country. It’s just a matter of time.


75 posted on 08/16/2014 9:09:43 AM PDT by roofgoat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shop owners should stop collecting sales tax and hire private security. Disband the Police Department. Better for everyone.


76 posted on 08/16/2014 9:10:47 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deco et Vives)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cap'n Crunch

Yes, but it may make some demo-rat voters see what us bitter clingers have been sayin all along.


77 posted on 08/16/2014 9:11:12 AM PDT by DeWalt (Times are more like they used to be than they are today.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: molson209

“The DOJ have declared that Black Crime is Legal ?”

yes they have. A powerful message was sent to any potential “Zimmermans” and now this incident is another powerful reminder.


78 posted on 08/16/2014 9:11:59 AM PDT by roofgoat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Hattie

How about “looter getters”, something in an attractively expensive-looking box that goes “BOOM!” when opened?


79 posted on 08/16/2014 9:12:09 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: KC_Lion

The state could have a lawsuit on it’s hands, no? I understood state police told city po po to ‘stand down’.


80 posted on 08/16/2014 9:12:15 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screet TV's....NOT TB Screenings!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 141-151 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson