The St. Louis County Police Department will no longer be involved in policing Ferguson, Missouri, the suburban community rocked by protests after the death of an unarmed black teenager who was shot by a police officer last week. Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), who represents Ferguson, told Bloomberg on Thursday that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) is expected to announce the decision later today. The situation, already tenuous after extensive police presence that included rubber bullets, pepper spray and tear gas since Michael Browns death last week, exploded Wednesday evening after SWAT officers roughed up and arrested two reporters inside a local McDonalds. The journalists were unharmed, but the incident highlighted the towns ramped up police presence, which has been criticized as overly militarized. It was unclear which authorities, either state police or the FBI, would be taking over in place of the St. Louis County Police Department. / Let’s hope it’s not the National Guard. It is the National Guard that has been used in combat in the Middle East. The authority for its use within the Continental U.S.A. comes from Congress. huffingtonpost/2014/08/14/ferguson-protest-police_n_5678441.html
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:06:33 +0000
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