Ferguson: 31 arrested as huge show of force fails to quell unrest

[tangent4ronpaul]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-national-guard-michael-brown-missouri-crisis

Another night of chaos 10 days after shooting of Michael Brown by police in Missouri dashes hopes of easing crisis

[vid at site. note that either protestors don't know how to mix a molotov cocktail or this is the work of agent provocateurs. prob latter]

Police arrested 31 as they clashed with protesters in another night of gunfire, teargas and chaos in Ferguson 10 days after the shooting of an unarmed teenager ignited an uproar over race in America.

A massive show of force by riot police and newly arrived national guard units failed to quell agitators who fired gunshots and threw Molotov cocktails on Monday night and early on Tuesday morning.

Missouri national guard troops entered the protest zone and police ordered the media to leave as officers in armoured vehicles fired teargas and stun grenades and engaged with gunmen.

The mayhem dashed hopes that the deployment of the national guard, and greater community efforts to control the small minority of violent protesters, would ease a crisis which flared after a local police officer shot Michael Brown, 18, on 9 August.

Continued: http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-national-guard-michael-brown-missouri-crisis

-t

 

[JK/SEA]

lets see how many show up today and tonight...

the word is spreading nationally.

all cops need to leave now...today...

this will help diffuse the situation.

 

[presence]

 

[Working Poor]

I knew that sooner or later something like this was going to have to happen.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

umm, mod: don't mind your trimming my post so much. DO MIND your cutting out bolded stuff put there for emphasis!

When rowdy youths threw bottles of water at police, volunteers formed a line and herded them back, away from police. They begged the officers to not intervene: “Relax, we’ve got this, give us a chance.”

Initially police made limited interventions: snatch squads bolted forwards to grab and haul away certain individuals, a new tactic in Ferguson.

-t

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

I knew that sooner or later something like this was going to have to happen.

Expect more of it. A LOT more of it...

-t

 

[CaptUSA]

Expect more of it. A LOT more of it...

-t

Come on, the new fall season is coming soon... and football...

We'll have better things to occupy our time.

 

[thoughtomator]

Zappa nailed it perfectly nearly 50 years ago:



full lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/frankzappa/troubleeveryday.html

Read the whole thing it's amazing how spot on these lyrics are about events 50 years later, there's even a reference to the Miriam Carey shooting!

last verse follows:

You know we got to sit around at home
And watch this thing begin
But I bet there won't be many live
To see it really end
'Cause the fire in the street
Ain't like the fire in the heart
And in the eyes of all these people
Don't you know that this could start
On any street in any town
In any state if any clown
Decides that now's the time to fight
For some ideal he thinks is right
And if a million more agree
There ain't no Great Society
As it applies to you and me
Our country isn't free
And the law refuses to see
If all that you can ever be
Is just a lousy janitor
Unless your uncle owns a store
You know that five in every four
Just won't amount to nothin' more
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor

 

[tod evans]

Ummmm,

Surely government realizes that the people are going to get pissed off if they keep on....

Rocks-n-bottles can quickly turn to bullets-n-arrows...

Then what?

 

[Root]

+rep

 

[jbauer]

Arrows would be interesting.

Ummmm,

Surely government realizes that the people are going to get pissed off if they keep on....

Rocks-n-bottles can quickly turn to bullets-n-arrows...

Then what?

 

[presence]

+rep

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[puppetmaster]

I have one of those.... target rich environment

 

[osan]

Hmmm... one thing stands out to me with all of this. If those people are that angry and that busy wrecking things, why has there been no shooting as yet, or has there been?

 

[Noob]

Amnesty International Takes ‘Unprecedented’ Step in Sending Delegation to Ferguson

http://wtfrly.com/2014/08/18/amnest...-sending-delegation-to-ferguson/#.U_RWg_ldVAo

 

[Natural Citizen]

Although police said they arrested at total of 31 people on Monday, jail records obtained by NBC News show that at least 78 people were seized.

Among them was Getty Images photographer Scott Olson, who was seen with cameras around his neck and hands bound behind him being walked out by the police.

This reporter has been there the entire time and I know it's not a funny situation but she's funny the way she keeps getting right in the middle of the firing and then running away while reporting. And then right back a little bit later. She's got a pretty good twitter feed going on too.

 

[CPUd]

Hmmm... one thing stands out to me with all of this. If those people are that angry and that busy wrecking things, why has there been no shooting as yet, or has there been?

The police so far have only shot rubber bullets and beanbags in the last few nights I have been watching. There is some video of looters shooting the doors at a store, but other than that, some people riding around and/or hiding on the side streets have taken potshots at the crowd. It usually happens when there is other chaos happening on the ground.