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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:08 AM Aug 2014

Ferguson mayor on MSNBC telling Alex Witt that the police there have simply been

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responding to being shot at from off camera. What??? She called him on it and he deferred to the judgement of his police chief. He has been trying to make the claim that there are people coming to try to use the peaceful protesters as cover to start trouble.

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Ferguson mayor on MSNBC telling Alex Witt that the police there have simply been (Original Post) Skidmore Aug 2014 OP
He's overly defensive; she's asking good questions. nt babylonsister Aug 2014 #1
He is extremely overly defensive. Skidmore Aug 2014 #3
Are the peaceful protesters.....wait for it....wait for it....yes, you know what it's gonna be..... alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #2
The police should PROTECT the peaceful citizens Lex Aug 2014 #4
Uh huh. That's why the police don't want anyone fliming. winter is coming Aug 2014 #5
OMFG! He's using the "Hamas defense" for brutality! MohRokTah Aug 2014 #6
That mayor is part of the problem procon Aug 2014 #7
people coming to try to use the peaceful protesters as cover to start trouble.. frylock Aug 2014 #8
He's a racist sh*tbag not ready for prime time... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #9

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
3. He is extremely overly defensive.
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:15 AM
Aug 2014

I saw a man sit there and cast about for justifications for the creation of chaos in his community. I think they are planning more to come. He clearly has no qualms about what is going on.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
2. Are the peaceful protesters.....wait for it....wait for it....yes, you know what it's gonna be.....
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:09 AM
Aug 2014

HUMAN SHIELDS?????????



winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
5. Uh huh. That's why the police don't want anyone fliming.
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:16 AM
Aug 2014


And I guess they were lobbing tear gas into people's yards because they were being bitten by lawn gnomes.
 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
6. OMFG! He's using the "Hamas defense" for brutality!
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:16 AM
Aug 2014

Unbeleiveable. We've got our own Bibi Netanyahu as a mayor in the US!

procon

(15,805 posts)
7. That mayor is part of the problem
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:39 AM
Aug 2014

He was trying to blame the black residents, saying they were too "transient" so they didn't appreciate how hard it is for the police. He was making a ridiculous assertion that people should just stay put in those apt project complexes and not move out, everything would be lovely.

The mayor's "logic" implied that living in those crummy, cockroach infested ghetto buildings will somehow bring on the love for his heavily armed, white goon squads. That makes perfect sense, doesn't it???

frylock

(34,825 posts)
8. people coming to try to use the peaceful protesters as cover to start trouble..
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 06:27 PM
Aug 2014

no shit. it's the cops.

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