Posted on 08/18/2014 5:40:37 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
Prior to calling in the National Guard, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon attempted to pander to the lawless mobs that have been exploiting the Michael Brown spectacle by putting Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol in charge of restraining them.
Johnson promptly defused the situation by reminding the public that there is no reason to believe Officer Darren Wilson acted inappropriately when he used lethal force to subdue the violent criminal Michael Brown.
Just kidding. Like the media and the federal government, Johnson has been fanning the flames by blaming the police for trying to maintain order:
Speaking at Greater Grace Church, where more than a thousand people gathered to remember Brown, Johnson said meeting the boy’s family “brought tears to my eyes.
“To the family of Michael Brown, I want you to know that my heart goes out to you and that I am sorry,” he said to thundering applause. “I wear this uniform, so I’m standing up here to say I’m sorry.
“This is my neighborhood. You are my family. You are my friends and I am you,” Johnson said, appearing to tear up.
“When this is over, I am going to go in my son’s room. My black son,” Johnson told the cheering crowd. “Who wears his pants sagging. Wears his hat cocked to the side. Got tattoos on his arms. But that’s my baby.”
Via The Last Refuge, here is Ron Johnson flashing gang signs with one of his homeboys:
Well Lol. then the hood have this all under control..they will just lynch a few whites and it will all be over.
That photograph needs context and explanation. When was it taken? Where? Why? What does that symbol mean?
The worst part about a Tea Party riot is trying to pick-up all the trash afterward in the tear gas ...
Is Johnson’s son in his 30s by any chance?
” ... either they held a Tea Party riot here, or they built a golf course ... I can’t tell ... “
Capt. Johnson didn’t sound too sympathetic to the rioters in Monday’s 1:00 AM news conference. It’s OK to be sympathetic about the family’s loss, the rioters and insurgents not so much.
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.
There is only one reason he has that job.
Pray America wakes up
The Captain is a moron, and a poor excuse for a member of the department’s brass. He wears a uniform, but lowers himself down to the level of the thugs committing the violence. If he thinks that by chumming around and trying to be one of the homies will get him anywhere, he’s wrong. He’ll get no respect that way, not from the thugs, nor from the law enforcement staff he is supposed to be supervising. If I had to work under the likes of him, I’d be laughing in his face just like the thugs are laughing behind his back.
Prime example of what Affirmative Action gets you.
Little does he know that given the chance, any one of them would knock him off in a heartbeat. Marching with them, giving gang signs with them, sharing photo-ops with them only makes him look like he condones everything they’ve been doing. He’s not paid to take sides and hang with the homies. In my world, he would have already been suspended without pay.
Who says he isn’t one? From a gang banger standpoint you couldn’t ask for a better cop.
We need some Van Buren Boys to kick some a$$
Yeah, one that looks the other way and doesn't expect to be paid to do it. We had officers in the prison system who wouldn't report inmate misbehavior because they were afraid to be the bad guy, or simply afraid of confronting the cons. They had to spend 8 hours with them, and just wanted to pass the shift with as little trouble as possible. Thankfully those officers were few and far between. Because they wouldn't or couldn't do the job, they were considered a security threat to the rest of us. We had no respect for them, and nobody wanted to work with them.
I think Cap’n Johnson is modeling himself after Sheriff Dupnik.
That is a real picture??? He really is flashing a gang sign? Not photo-shopped?
Amazing.
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