Posted on 11/25/2014 11:15:18 AM PST by Morgana
Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri ordered more National Guard troops into the embattled city of Ferguson on Tuesday to keep order on the second night after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager.
“The violence we saw in areas of Ferguson last night is unacceptable,” the governor said in a statement. He pledged to work for the protection of lives and property and said more details would be released later.
On Monday night, at least 12 buildings were burned, police reported looting, and gunfire broke out repeatedly. More than 80 people were arrested in Ferguson and nearby St. Louis. The civil unrest followed the grand jury’s decision not to charge Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9.
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in the news conference the governor said that 700 national guard were deployed last night in 100 locations.
that is 7 soldiers per location
Theoretically repairable but in practice probably only replaceable.
Actually I was unaware of that, oh, well, it isn’t the first time I’ve been in the ten percent that don’t get the word.
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