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Justice Dept. Asked Ferguson Police Not to Release Video From Robbery, Official Says
The New York Times ^ | August 16, 2014 | Alan Blinder

Posted on 08/16/2014 1:52:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

FERGUSON, Mo. — Unrest returned to the streets of this St. Louis suburb early Saturday as hundreds of demonstrators, angered by the shooting death of an unarmed African-American teenager by a police officer, engaged in a standoff with the police that was punctuated by threats and a new round of denunciations of law enforcement practices.

The confrontation, the first serious one since the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Thursday assumed responsibility for security operations here, ended at about 4 a.m. when the authorities, prompted by the gradual dispersal of demonstrators, pulled back to their nearby command post. The Associated Press reported that one law enforcement official had been injured overnight.

The unrest, coming after a day of relative calm, resumed after the Ferguson police on Friday released the name of the officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown as well as surveillance videotape that appeared to show Mr. Brown stealing a box of cigarillos in a convenience store. His family and many protesters complained that the police were trying to divert attention from the central question: why an unarmed young man was shot dead....

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blacks; coverup; ericholder; ericwithholder; ferguson; injusticedepartment; justusdepartment; lawenforcement; michaelbrown; missouri; nojusticenopeas; proriot; raceriots; riots; transparency
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tsk-tsk. We can’t have a video upsetting the agenda, right Holder?


21 posted on 08/16/2014 2:19:42 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight (...staying home isn't an option.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So, now they are gonna have a curfew and communicate to people that it’s time to leave?

I hope they have a whole lot of handcuffs and paddy wagons ready to haul away all the people that don’t listen to their communication.


22 posted on 08/16/2014 2:19:47 PM PDT by Cap'n Crunch
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The release of the video “occurred over the objection of [Obama/Holder Department of Just Us and Our People] authorities.” The official said that a copy of the video had been in possession of [Obama/Holder Department of Just Us and Our People] investigators, as well, “and there were never any plans by the [Obama/Holder Department of Just Us and Our People] investigators to release that copy.”
23 posted on 08/16/2014 2:22:38 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Ann Archy

I’m surprised that they are not showing pictures of him when he was 12 like they did with Trayvon.


24 posted on 08/16/2014 2:23:21 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight (...staying home isn't an option.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seems like they should put the tanks on craigslist and use the money to buy some dashcams.


25 posted on 08/16/2014 2:23:29 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: Christie at the beach

Withholding evidence. Holder’s Mo. Right. Not surprising that the highest law enforcement officer of our country would intervene / manipulate any evidence for a desired outcome like he did with the Zimmerman / Martin case. Obama’s cover boy for sure /stop any legal or unwanted political waves from reaching to the WH.


26 posted on 08/16/2014 2:24:16 PM PDT by Christie at the beach
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To: jocon307

Who can argue with that?! Authentic Frontier Jibberish!


27 posted on 08/16/2014 2:24:58 PM PDT by Klemper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I was listening to this on FoxNews on Syrius radio and I must say that there was a serious deficiency in impulse control among the “audience”.


28 posted on 08/16/2014 2:25:56 PM PDT by House Atreides (ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I understand that this was a dilemma, and since the guy is dead they can’t arrest him or whatever for robbing the store.

I’m just saying as soon as I saw that this video had been released I knew that store was going to get trashed.


29 posted on 08/16/2014 2:25:57 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: All
Truth is racist!

fire the police chief of Ferguson . . . "He's anti-black people and pro law enforcement,” Powell said. “That will be a start.”

Fed up with pOlice, one Ferguson man welcomes the looting

Just like the 60s law and order ("law'n order") is racist.

30 posted on 08/16/2014 2:29:25 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It was my suspicion all along. The feds were there within hours and claimed to know nuthin other than the local police were guilty.


31 posted on 08/16/2014 2:29:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Someone said truck-loads of low-lifes were coming in from East St. Louis. They should arrest all outsiders. It is perfect that they released the videos. If I were the police, I wouldn’t do a thing either. They are damned if they do/ damned if they don’t. In the LA Riots, shop-keepers had guns and stood on the roofs. Holder is an ass. I’m glad they released the videos.


32 posted on 08/16/2014 2:29:40 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: The Toll

Are you sure they have “tanks” as you put it? You’ve seen them? And if they do possess “tanks” the DoD doesn’t want you re-selling surplus military equipment to the general public, so that’s really not an option. There wasn’t a day in the past where Lord Obama bought dashcams for every law enforcement agency in America. That’s not how it works, at least not yet.


33 posted on 08/16/2014 2:29:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: MrMarbles

He did not have a dash-cam.


34 posted on 08/16/2014 2:30:25 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: El Cid

“The video caused the violence!” worked for about a year with Benghazi.

Here, they just have to use it for a few months until the mid-terms in their scheme to get “Obama voters” to show up.

Makes a great temporary excuse for the failure of their “superstar” Highway Patrol captain’s “huggy-smiley” plans utter failure too.


35 posted on 08/16/2014 2:32:04 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: mojito

Dashcamsbonky recoed when emwrgency equipment is activates. Doesnt sound like there was time...and i,am,fairly cerrain,there was no timebto pauaebinbthevincident to allow the officer to rotate the damn camera


36 posted on 08/16/2014 2:32:46 PM PDT by bike800
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To: bike800

Geez...looks lime i was drinking. Meant to say that dash cams only record when emergency equipment is activated. It doesnt appear that there was time to do that, much less rotate the camera


37 posted on 08/16/2014 2:35:40 PM PDT by bike800
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To: SoFloFreeper; Jim Robinson

LOL SFF, exactly right. Gotta agree with you both here.


38 posted on 08/16/2014 2:35:57 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Too bad, now it’s everywhere.


39 posted on 08/16/2014 2:36:24 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes, they have tanks. Last time I was there, they booted my Abrahms.


40 posted on 08/16/2014 2:38:20 PM PDT by The Toll
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