[TWhiteBear]

Though I have not read any posts about local self defense groups, they may have had time to form up, probably on a street basis. They would be well advised to spend a little time working out communications, strategy, tactics, and Public Relations. While there may be LEOs of various types, the LEO mission may be to protect the protesters. The main worry may not be the protesters, but the LEOs guarding them.
The LEO commanders, given a choice of losing their job and pension, may let the white areas hang in the wind, sort of living sacrifices to Mr. Obama.
TWB

[MeganC]

Law enforcement should choose well if they go into Ferguson and they choose the wrong side. Siding with the looters and rioters isn’t going to have a good outcome for anyone.

[jonascord]

If they are anything like the ones I know about, they have long since closed off any web sites, and it's all word-of-mouth recruiting, classes on Bao Feng shortwave radios, briefings on comm and fire discipline, bore sighting on a thousand inch range, first aid classes...

The point is that we don't go on the Net and brag, we just prepare.