I watched both “ABC World News Tonight” and the “CBS Evening News” Saturday evening.
They showed a business owner in Ferguson whose convenience store was looted last night.
On ABC, the man said he called the police, and the police told him, “Not my problem.” Not their problem? Business owners pay property taxes, and a slew of state and local taxes which in turn pays the salaries of these supposed police officers. Unbelievable.
On CBS, the same business owner was shown armed, along with some of his friends who were also armed. The business owner said he was mad at the police for not responding, and he, the business owner, said that he was going to protect his property.
IIRC, the Ferguson police were told by the governor of MO to stand down, he had his state troopers come into take control of the situation. So it was the governor’s and state troopers’ problem, apparently.