nuclear face palm
This is worse than the Jew riots of 1998, or the Asian riots of 2002 and 2003 and the infamous Caucasian riots of 1989.
Oh, wait... nevermind.
Nuclear face palm, indeed. I grew up in Missouri, though I’m proud to say it was far from the St. Louis area. This is about what you’d expect from a Democrat administration in Jefferson City, dealing with a crisis in a city that holds the mother lode of Dim votes in a general election.
When events in Ferguson spun out of control, Governor Nixon (D) had a simple choice: mobilize the national guard, and use an overwhelming presence of armed troops to restore order. Instead, he sent in a Missouri Highway Patrol affirmative action hire who spent most of his time “hanging” with the rioters and under-cutting the local police department. In fact, the highway patrol was so “successful” their presence led to some of the worst rioting so far.
And the media were willing conspirators. KSDK-TV aired the location of the officer’s house and it was quickly picked up by CNN. Incidentally, KSDK is owned by Gannett, not NBC, but the station’s news managers seemed to have learned their journalistic values from the network. I’ve heard that Channel 5 has apologized (after the damage was done) but CNN has declined.
Of course, that’s small potatoes compared to Al Sharpton’s dual presence as activist and commentator on MSNBC.