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originally posted by: NavyDoc
a reply to: LDragonFire
Isn't what all the morons have been asking for? That the evil police stand down? You call them abusive thugs when they try to stop a riot then bitch when they give up. What are they supposed to do?
originally posted by: LDragonFire
originally posted by: NavyDoc
a reply to: LDragonFire
Isn't what all the morons have been asking for? That the evil police stand down? You call them abusive thugs when they try to stop a riot then bitch when they give up. What are they supposed to do?
The police didn't stop the looting or rioting and they were given the order to stand down.
They attacked and arrested civilians and journalist
Here is a link to what the protests look like today
livestream
Now you will have no excuse to continue being dishonest in this topic.
originally posted by: NavyDoc
a reply to: LDragonFire
All the cam shows us is a street view out the window with people arguing in the background. It "proves" neither jack nor squat.
originally posted by: OpinionatedB
a reply to: LDragonFire
Well if you want to believe them over local news then be my guest. Local news had a much different story... and I have yet to see local media misrepresent a local story as it is breaking...
And as it was breaking, all the local media was saying was the cops were trying to stop the rioting, and had to call in more police in order to do so. One of those local media people that was reporting it, as it happened, was drug out of the news vehicle by the rioters. I doubt he would lie about whether the cops were trying to stop it.
believe what you like though... I'm done with it.
Crocker also blamed Johnson for ordering police to ignore dozens of looters who ransacked stores along West Florissant after the confrontation with police.
Johnson acknowledged to NBC News on Saturday that he ordered officers to stand down, saying, “We lost some meat from a store, we lost some alcohol from a store, things that can be replaced, but we didn’t lose a life that we can’t replace.”
Kizzie Davis, owner of the Ferguson Burger Bar, which stayed open until 1 a.m. Saturday, said police should have done more to protect businesses. Her bar was spared any damage, though stores on both sides were hit.
FERGUSON, MO (KTVI)- Police presence is in question after St. Louis County and Missouri State Highway Patrol officers left the scene in Ferguson once looters began attacking businesses overnight.
Protesters believe the media has started to confuse the difference between themselves and the looters. Fights have begun on the streets as well as social media with some believing this has become similar to a game of chess.
According to one peaceful protester, several of them literally put their bodies in between the looters and the different businesses. She feels their efforts were forced after several police officers got into their cars and drove away.
originally posted by: LDragonFire
Now you have a situation where the police are standing down to rioters and looters yet attacking and arresting protesters and journalist.