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MO Gov. Nixon: 'Vigorous prosecution' needed after death of Michael Brown
Fox 8 ^ | 8/19/2014 | Fox 8

Posted on 08/19/2014 7:35:09 PM PDT by Dallas59

FERGUSON, MO (RNN) - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made his boldest statement in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on Tuesday, saying a "vigorous prosecution must now be pursued." MORE Man killed in officer-involved shooting near Ferguson

In the statement, Nixon said,"The democratically elected St. Louis County prosecutor and the Attorney General of the United States, each have a job to do. Their obligation to achieve justice in the shooting death of Michael Brown must be carried out thoroughly, promptly, and correctly; and I call upon them to meet those expectations."

Nixon said the calming of tensions in Ferguson, MO and the resolution of Brown's death is what's now needed the most.

"So I ask that we continue to stand together as we work to achieve justice for Michael Brown, restore hope and peace to the streets of Ferguson, and march together toward a future of greater opportunity and understanding for all of us,” Nixon said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: demagogue; ferguson; jaynixon; missouri; nixon; racism; wilson
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To: plain talk

Looters and Black Panthers and the Communist Party...what great bunch of supporters!


101 posted on 08/19/2014 8:52:57 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Repugnant. Throwing Officer Wilson to the wolves so big mike’s parents can have justice.

The Show Me state just showed me the Gov is an appeasing moron.


102 posted on 08/19/2014 8:54:16 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Dallas59

I have read that what looked like Black Bloc agitators (possibly from Oakland) have been sighted in Ferguson. That is what media reports mean when they mention Communist agitators.


103 posted on 08/19/2014 8:57:24 PM PDT by Eva
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To: cradle of freedom

Philly for the most part was spared most of the riots, but still the destruction of west philly took place. it’s like dresden.


104 posted on 08/19/2014 8:58:33 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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To: Dallas59

He is such an ass.


105 posted on 08/19/2014 9:01:16 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: cradle of freedom; Diana in Wisconsin; Mears; wardaddy; Kenny Bunk; Travis McGee

“It was worse in the sixties. This went on in many cities.”

You’re not kidding. I clearly remember the major ones but there were a lot of smaller ones as well. It all seemed to begin with the Harlem race riot of 1964. Here’s some numbers I culled off of wikipedia:

Harlem, July 1964, 6 days, 1 dead, 118 injured

Rochester NY, July 1964, 2 days, 1 dead, 350 injured, 204 stores damaged

Philadelphia, August 1964, 3 days, 341 injured, 225 stores damaged

Watts, CA. August 1965, 6 days, 34 dead, 1032 injured, $298 million dollars damage

Cleveland, ‘Hough Riot’, July 1966, 6 days, 4 dead, 30 critically injured, 240 fires

Benton Harbor MI, August 1966, 6 days

1967 featured 159 race riots across the U.S.

Newark NJ, July 1967, 6 days, 26 dead

Detroit, July 1967, 5 days, 43 dead, 1,189 injured, 2,000 buildings destroyed. This riot set in motion the demise of Detroit as a major American city.

Orangeburg SC, February 1968, 3 dead 28 injured

April 1968, Martin Luther King is assassinated, up to 10 days of rioting breaks out in:

Detroit, Washington DC, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Wilmington DE

There were more but these are enough to give you a flavor of what was going on. And of course we also had anti-war riots in addition to all of this.


106 posted on 08/19/2014 9:07:47 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"So I ask that we continue to stand together as we work to achieve justice for Michael Brown, restore hope and peace to the streets of Ferguson, and march together toward a future of greater opportunity and understanding for all of us,” Nixon said.

Well. Let's all join hands for a hopey-peacey march to "achieve" justice by a lynch mob.

'Way to go, Gov. With a little luck and a fair wind, you could wind up in the white hut, where all community organizers go.

107 posted on 08/19/2014 9:12:46 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Mears

This filthy lifetime Rat was Attorney General of Missouri from 1993 until 2009.

Yes, he knows exactly what he is doing.


108 posted on 08/19/2014 9:34:27 PM PDT by Gator113 ( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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To: Dallas59

Democrat-nuff said.


109 posted on 08/19/2014 9:43:07 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Dallas59

I think that the Officer has just had it.


110 posted on 08/19/2014 9:44:47 PM PDT by sport
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To: Mears

He knows exactly what he has done. He just sealed the Officer’s fate.


111 posted on 08/19/2014 9:45:51 PM PDT by sport
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To: Dallas59

It is unethical to support a criminal prosecution for political reasons. Except in North Carolina. And Florida. And now, Missouri.


112 posted on 08/19/2014 9:47:29 PM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: roses of sharon

Not necessarily.


113 posted on 08/19/2014 9:48:42 PM PDT by sport
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To: eeriegeno

If we were a Nation of laws, My FRiend, the Clintons and their cronies would have been doing time long ago.


114 posted on 08/19/2014 9:51:28 PM PDT by sport
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To: Dallas59

The Party of Detroit’s plantation is burning.


115 posted on 08/19/2014 10:38:19 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Dallas59

Nixon was an Eagle Scout. He attended law school locally, and, immediately after law school, ran for office, where he’s been since 1988 in various positions.

His father was a politician.

He has done nothing else.

Has no life experience.

He is not doing well with this situation, to say the very...No, he is messing this up very badly in a way that only a bo lackey democrat can get away with.


116 posted on 08/19/2014 10:51:31 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Dallas59
 
 
SERIOUSLY? I had to check, recheck and check again to see if this was a post from The Onion, the People's Cube or some such satire site. Something this over-the-top I would expect from Obama - but he doesn't have to bother when there are sniveling cowards like Nixon at the ready.
 
 

117 posted on 08/19/2014 11:35:56 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: F15Eagle

Probably!


118 posted on 08/20/2014 11:49:51 AM PDT by Taxman (I am mad as Hell and I am not going to take it any more!)
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