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After Violent Night in Ferguson, State Triples National Guard Presence
New York Times ^ | November 25, 2014 | MONICA DAVEY and MANNY FERNANDEZ

Posted on 11/25/2014 6:44:39 PM PST by Second Amendment First

Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri said on Tuesday that he would triple the number of National Guard troops in this suburban St. Louis city and broadly expand their role in keeping the peace, after a night of arson, looting and rampaging demonstrators showed that weeks of preparation for a grand jury decision in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown had failed to prevent violence.

In Washington, St. Louis and Ferguson itself, an array of public officials, community leaders and clergy were deeply critical of one another as they sought to explain how protests over the grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer in the shooting had spun further out of control than the unrest that followed the death in August of Mr. Brown, who was black.

Michael Brown Sr. at a news conference Tuesday, the day after it was announced that a grand jury had decided that Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot his son, would not face any charges.Mixed Motives Seen in Prosecutor’s Decision to Release Ferguson Grand Jury MaterialsNOV. 25, 2014 Amid Violence, Ferguson Police React With Restraint Not Shown After August KillingNOV. 25, 2014 video Michael Brown’s Mother ReactsNOV. 25, 2014 “What they’ve gone through is unacceptable,” Mr. Nixon said, appearing frustrated at a news conference in St. Louis as business owners along two commercial strips in Ferguson began sweeping up broken glass and trying to assess losses. One of the streets, West Florissant Avenue, a main thoroughfare not far from where the shooting took place, was still smoky on Tuesday and cordoned off by police.

Officials had been unwilling to provide details about the number of troops when Mr. Nixon first called up the Missouri National Guard last week in advance of the grand jury announcement

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: boomshackalaka; ferguson; gentlegiant; gonetosoon; jaynixon; kenyanbornmuzzie; missouri; nationalguard; riots; waronterror
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1 posted on 11/25/2014 6:44:39 PM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

Does anyone have a live feed from the ground?


2 posted on 11/25/2014 6:47:58 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Second Amendment First

so, three times as many sitting around tonite not helping the cops?


3 posted on 11/25/2014 6:48:31 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Second Amendment First

At this point, it should be tripled on the perimeter around Ferguson. Let them burn their own houses next.


4 posted on 11/25/2014 6:49:09 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Some scanner channels here:

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/601/web

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/17925/web


5 posted on 11/25/2014 6:49:36 PM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

Basically the only place really being guarded is the Fire Dept. and the Police Dept., right..?


6 posted on 11/25/2014 6:50:04 PM PST by gaijin
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To: CatOwner

Megyn Kelly just said there were shots fired in Ferguson near where the gentle giant was stopped from killing Darren Wilson.


7 posted on 11/25/2014 6:50:31 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/st-louis-county-police-scanner


8 posted on 11/25/2014 6:50:59 PM PST by Currentriverrat ((Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.))
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To: Second Amendment First

TY!


9 posted on 11/25/2014 6:51:57 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Not helping the fire fighters either.
Let it burn seems to be the word.
Fence it in and let them police themselves.


10 posted on 11/25/2014 6:52:13 PM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: Currentriverrat

TY!


11 posted on 11/25/2014 6:52:15 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Second Amendment First

Shaping up to be a great public fight between the Governor and Lt Governor over the NG.


12 posted on 11/25/2014 6:52:34 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Second Amendment First
This morning, the most ludicrous picture of the day was a white bus, identified by CNN as filled with National Guard troops, cruising past burned out businesses. They were nowhere to be found last night while the marauders were torching the town.
13 posted on 11/25/2014 6:52:37 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Second Amendment First

For those of you with iPhones, I just pulled down a scanner police scanner app for free that has police scanner feeds from Ferguson, and everywhere else, it appears.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/5-0-radio-police-scanner/id356336433?mt=8


14 posted on 11/25/2014 6:52:38 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Second Amendment First

Missouri Gov Nixon is a “tool” of the RAT machine. He is a joke. What the hell can the National Guard do if he ordered them??? Looters and those involved in violence against businesses and civilians should be SHOT on sight. Anything short proves what a p**sy this clown is. He’s an Obama hack. The Great OZ has spoken.


15 posted on 11/25/2014 6:54:37 PM PST by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: cripplecreek

Claire McCaskill has to be wondering where she is going to side if she wants to run for governor.


16 posted on 11/25/2014 6:56:40 PM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Here's a live feed in Los Angeles via helicopter.

http://ktla.com/2014/11/25/protesters-gather-outside-lapd-headquarters-after-michael-brown-decision-1-handcuffed/

17 posted on 11/25/2014 6:57:39 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Second Amendment First

Day late, dollar short!!


18 posted on 11/25/2014 6:57:55 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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Shots fired near the apartments were MB was killed.


19 posted on 11/25/2014 6:58:05 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Second Amendment First

Is anyone in doubt that the Democratic governor was contacted by WH and/or Justice Dept to withhold the Guard?


20 posted on 11/25/2014 6:58:35 PM PST by Alissa
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