Posted on 11/17/2014 12:49:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard in advance of a grand jury decision about whether a white police officer will be charged in the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.
Nixon said Monday that the National Guard would assist state and local police as needed, in case there is civil unrest when the grand jury's decision is announced.
There was no indication an announcement is imminent....
(Excerpt) Read more at katv.com ...
Fire hoses are very effective in below freezing temps.
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Screw the rubber bullets too.
No one in my squad wanted to hump the 60. It always went to the newest Krute. I was an army combat engineer and not a Marine, so that was probably the difference. We also had a 90 mike mike per platoon and no one wanted to hump that!
Be just as afraid of who is already in Ferguson....Why?
Community organizer doing his thing....I thought he was President, looks like he's the leader of the pack with those instructions. Ferguson protesters have looted over 100 businesses in the St. Louis area. As a result of the damage to local businesses, county officials are looking for state and federal aid.....they do the damage then ask us to clean it up and rebuild it.
!00% right. They are there to protect the looters from the KKK:
What’s the over/under that Øbama will announce amnesty right after the GJ verdict is read?
Yeah, I know...a couple of good white guys in the NBA, too. :-)
The headline at Yahoo News was “Missouri governor declares state of emergency” on the thumbnail and my tin hat started spinning and beeping SOS. Trial version #5 for the White House administration?
http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-governor-activates-national-guard-201522300.html
:)
True.
why not hose down the streets B4 the release. A good inch of ice stops all traffic and pedestrians who don’t have spikes on their boots.
first declare a state of emergency.
http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-governor-activates-national-guard-201522300.html
Naw, with temperatures in the teens, just a high volume, low pressure firehose should suffice.
Rioters on ice would be pretty amusing.
It would hurt TV ratings....although the pay-per-view would probably make money
Yep, this is practice.
When the ferals go “full zombie”, and homeowners start defending their neighborhoods,
the gov’t LEOs will be there to protect the zombies from the homeowners.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH . . . I’m sorry but . . . HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA . . . My bad I know but . . . HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WHEREAS, the City of Ferguson and the St. Louis region have experienced periods of unrest over the past three months; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice and St. Louis County authorities are conducting separate criminal investigations into the facts surrounding the death of Michael Brown; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice and St. Louis County authorities could soon announce the findings of their independent criminal investigations; and
WHEREAS, regardless of the outcomes of the federal and state criminal investigations, there is the possibility of expanded unrest; and
WHEREAS, the State of Missouri will be prepared to appropriately respond to any reaction to these announcements; and
WHEREAS, our citizens have the right to peacefully assemble and protest and the State of Missouri is committed to protecting those rights; and
WHEREAS, our citizens and businesses must be protected from violence and damage; and
WHEREAS, an invocation of the provisions of Sections 44.010 through 44.130, RSMo, is appropriate to ensure the safety and welfare of our citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Missouri, including Sections 44.010 through 44.130, RSMo, do hereby declare a State of Emergency exists in the State of Missouri.
I further direct the Missouri State Highway Patrol together with the St. Louis County Police Department and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to operate as a Unified Command to protect civil rights and ensure public safety in the City of Ferguson and the St. Louis region.
I further order that the St. Louis County Police Department shall have command and operational control over security in the City of Ferguson relating to areas of protests, acts of civil disobedience and conduct otherwise arising from such activities.
I further order that the Unified Command may exercise operational authority in such other jurisdictions it deems necessary to protect civil rights and ensure public safety and that other law enforcement agencies shall assist the Unified Command when so requested and shall cooperate with operational directives of the Unified Command.
I further order, pursuant to Section 41.480, RSMo, the Adjutant General of the State of Missouri, or his designee, to forthwith call and order into active service such portions of the organized militia as he deems necessary to protect life and property and assist civilian authorities and it is further directed that the Adjutant General or his designee, and through him, the commanding officer of any unit or other organization of such organized militia so called into active service take such action and employ such equipment as may be necessary to carry out requests processed through the Missouri State Highway Patrol and ordered by the Governor of the state to protect life and property and support civilian authorities.
This Order shall expire in thirty days unless extended in whole or in part by subsequent Executive Order.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson, on this 17th day of November, 2014.
ATTEST:
I love it when Peace Activists turn violent. :)
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