“The opportunity was there, because police were busy. St. Louis County Police Officer Shawn McGuire explains, They took advantage of the Ferguson situation. They took advantage of police officers responding to very violent calls that night, with shootings, and fires being set.
More like cowering in fear guarding the police station. In most of
the footage that I saw the cops weren’t doing anything. And like
any pack of animals the criminals sensed that fear. There
was little if any opposition.
——More like cowering in fear guarding the police station-—
Actually, the National Guard was guarding the police stations while the police were gathered in areas near the looting but were never ordered to engage