Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that he is relieving St. Louis County law enforcement from policing the ongoing protests in the town of Ferguson, Missouri, placing the Highway Patrol in charge instead.
“We’ve all been deeply troubled by this crisis,” Nixon said, adding that the current crisis unfolding in the state “is not what Missouri is about.” He stated that Ferguson looks “like a war zone” lately, and added, “We need to rebuilt the trust that’s been lost” in the wake of Brown’s death and the use of police force on demonstrators.
The highly militarized police used rubber bullets, pepper spray, tear gas and sonic weapons even on peaceful protesters. They also went so far as to rough up and arrested 2 reporters, shoot another with rubber bullets, gas yet other press and confiscate cameras.
Nixon added that the Highway Patrol’s involvement will not affect the responsibility of those involved in conducting investigations into the killing of Brown and the protests that have taken place since his death. He confirmed that the Department of Justice is conducting a parallel investigation.
Nixon also touched on the controversy surrounding police refusal to identify the officer involved in Brown’s death. In response to a question at the press conference, Nixon said the official’s name should be released as “expeditiously as possible.”
Previously, Rep Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) told Bloomberg News on Thursday morning that Gov. Jay Nixon, also a Democrat, had confirmed to him that county police will be pulled from their duties in Ferguson.
On Wednesday evening, protests in Ferguson for the fourth straight day appeared to resemble a war zone when militarized police began firing tear gas and non-lethal ammunition into the streets towards private residences. Two journalists, one from Washington Post and another from Huffington Post, were briefly detained while on assignment.
“The gov. just called me and he’s on his way to St. Louis now to announce he’s taking St. Louis County police out of the situation,” Rep. Clay told Derek Wallbank, a reporter for Bloomberg, early Thursday.
Earlier that afternoon, US President Barack Obama said during a press conference that he has spoken with Gov. Nixon and Attorney General Eric Holder, and had instructed federal officials to do everything they could to investigate Brown’s death and keep the situation in Ferguson calm. According to NewsChannel 5, the Justice Department will also be spending special prosecutors to Ferguson to assist in the investigation.
Source: rt.com
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Hit Sharpton with a rubber bullet.
remember Orangeburg, SC and Kent a few well placed shot stopped the riots but now they have Sharpton, Jackson and some others trying to keep the trash active.
It’s all part of the confusion in the world before the last days of the human race on earth.
Still calling looting and burning “protests” I see.
Investigate the police office and the whole incident, arrest the criminal thieves, trouble makers, if they won’t stipe, shoot them no matter what color they are, they are enemies to America nd Americans, and we must stop them
talk about over kill.and i am very glad to hear that it was a peaceful night last night.theres a lot of good cops out there that are getting treated badly cause of the ones that are wrong.this picture shows what i am saying.
This is never a PEACEFUL protest when a black is shot. It is a chance for the scum of the earth to go STEAL. Why is it when a black is shot it is a bad thing but when a WHITE is shot it is business as usual. ANd just ask yourself..WHO DOES MOST OF THE INNER CITY CRIMES…Who has the most children WITHOUT A FATHER AROUND, And who usually is raised by Grand Parents…..and You can’t blame this on Bush or the so called WHITE MAN….Why not start something new…PRIDE….raise a family as a family, get a job and BUY your own home…start something for YOUR kids future…lets stop the generations on welfare…and WE ALL better wake up because all these ILLEGALS are taking OUR BENEFITS and sending cash back across the borders..it is time we AMERICANS both black and white work together..lets tell people like Jessie jacksin and Sharpton..WE DONT NEED YOUR HATE….
It’s almost safer to live in Moscow!
The 18 year old pushed the policeman back into his car and tried to take his gun from him (sound familiar – Trayvon Martin – https://www.facebook.com/george.w.bratcher/posts/10201638513993723), and the officer had to shoot him as they wrestled for the gun.
What this is really showing unfortunately if watch enough National Geographic Channel or the History Channel on the growing gang violence within the black community, and unfortunately there are some, and I would say the ST. LOUIS/FERGUSON community is no exception, where the majority of the community is just one big gang that has no respect for the law, and this only shows it plain as day.
On the other hand, the Obama administration not fixing the economy and the high unemployment of the Black Community, with 40 million Americans not able to afford their mortgage or rent http://www.cbsnews.com/news/millions-of-u-s-families-cant-afford-their-homes/, does not help those communities either, it has only put them under more stress during his administration, and driving the most desperate in those communities to yet more crime.