Florida GOP official wants to use fire hoses in Ferguson...

Pining for the "good old days..."

Florida GOP Official Suggests Police Use 'Fire Hoses', Calls Ferguson Protesters Dirty

Leaders of two civil rights groups in Florida - the local Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition - are calling Duval GOP Secretary Kim Crenier to step down after a series of racially-charged tweets about the unrest in Ferguson, MO. According to ActionNewsJax:

Crenier admitted to us that she posted a tweet Monday night saying, "A suggestion for Ferguson- fire hoses. Grt big fire hoses, serious water pressure. Kn0ck those thugs over. They probly need a shower anyway."

Crenier says she was suggesting another way to control unruly protesters. "When you put it into context there is nothing sinister," said Crenier.

I'm sure that's what the fire chief in 1962 said, too.