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| Subject: Neutralizing the angry serfs: State Trooper Put in Charge of Ferguson Cops Joins Protest March Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:42 pm | |
| Missouri state troopers took over security in the town of Ferguson, Missouri, today and the commander of the state officers joined protesters in the evening as they marched again to demonstrate against the police shooting of an unarmed teenager.
Officials hope that the change in policing and a softer response from the cops will avoid yet another night of clashes between cops and protesters.
Capt. Ron Johnson, the commander of the Missouri State Highway Patrol units who have taken charged of Ferguson's policing, was in the forefront of marchers this evening. At least one woman hugged the captain, according to the Associated Press. That was a sharp contrast to recent nights when marchers were confronted by police with riot shields, smoke grenades and rubber bullets.
Earlier in the day, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said that Johnson would now be in charge of policing in Ferguson, which has been roiled by angry protests and heavy handed police response since the Saturday death of Michael Brown, 18, by a Ferguson police officer.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/state-trooper-put-charge-ferguson-cops-joins-protest/story?id=24980370 _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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