Posted on 08/18/2014 10:54:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
National Guard troops entered the protest zone Monday night after a large crowd suddenly gathered at Ferguson and West Florissant avenues, ignoring police orders to disperse..
An hour later, the atmosphere remained tense in this St. Louis suburb, and tear gas and smoke wafted through the air. Several people were arrested.
For much of the day, demonstrations over the Aug. 9 police killing of Michael Brown had been peaceful. But about 10:15 p.m. the tenor changed.
About 100 people seemed to appear in the blocked-off street out of nowhere, and a few plastic water bottles flew through the air.
"You must disperse the street immediately," police announced via megaphone, telling the crowd to get on the sidewalk.
Instead, some protesters confronted police, and the National Guard moved in.
Many protesters got on the sidewalk and started walking away.
But a few dozen young men remained, even as local leaders tried to get them to comply. One leader, an older man, carried an armful of stuffed animals....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
little kid out past curfew. /s
Heineken beer is one thing, but Looter guy is looting Toys R Us? And with only 135 more shopping days until Christmas ...
His heart is two sizes too small. Looter grinch.
Mugging for the cameras, a trick he learned from Hamas. He could launch rockets from behind those animals. Anything happens to him as a result, and there are lots of dead stuffed animals for the viewing audience.
Even though mike brown has been shown to be a false martyr the liberal jihad against white cops continues.
Yep about the time they all get liquored up. They're constantly proving all the stereotypes to be correct. Drunken animals.
I was watching a streaming feed from that intersection all night, saw the incident in question (the problem with thrown water bottles on an evening when there have been reports of Molotov cocktails is that you don’t know it’s really water until it hits), and saw the arrests. The National Guard was never there. They’ve been assigned to protect the command post at the Target store. Nixon apparently doesn’t want them on the streets.
I’m thinking is this when the black panthers showed up. Just asking.
first person account of what happened down at QT. (I doubt the author knew of the live-fire happening across the street as this is written from a perspective of having no notice):
http://www.buzzfeed.com/joelanderson/what-it-was-like-in-the-streets-on-fergusons-worst-night
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