I really do feel bad for those people, but the reality is that you are not dealing with a logical group of people. I mean shite, their reaction to what they feel was injustice towards one of their community members is to destroy and pillage THEIR OWN frickING COMMUNITY. That's like me burning down my house because I'm pissed at someone who live 5 miles away.

A greater police presence with nothing more isn't going to stop anything. However, less police only increases the chances that these jackasses move on to other completely innocent communities. You can't reason with morons. They're too stupid to understand your reasoning. There are only two ways to end it: (1) come in with full force and put a stop to it, or (2) let the fire burn itself out so to speak, while doing your best to make sure it doesn't spread.

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Posted by magildachunks

Member since Oct 2006

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Posted on 8/14/14 at 11:13 am to Alt26

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let the fire burn itself out so to speak, while doing your best to make sure it doesn't spread.

Would you say the police presence displayed is fuel for that fire?

Police show up armed to the teeth, pointing guns at protesters, lighting them up with lasers, taunting(this has been reported, though I don't know how factual it is). It gives the protesters an image to be defiant and angry at.

I have a feeling that if the police would have been doing normal protest duty: standing in regular uniform and not body armor, watching the crowd while dispersed among them, and generally just having a regular presence there instead of a defense line, things would be a lot calmer.

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Posted by teke184

Zachary, LA

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 8/14/14 at 11:17 am to Alt26

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I really do feel bad for those people, but the reality is that you are not dealing with a logical group of people. I mean shite, their reaction to what they feel was injustice towards one of their community members is to destroy and pillage THEIR OWN frickING COMMUNITY. That's like me burning down my house because I'm pissed at someone who live 5 miles away.

Stats obtained by the local news says that a large number of the looters were from St. Louis, not Ferguson, and at least one was from Texas.

In other words, the problem doesn't appear to be local as much as the element that visits.

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