Governor Nixon Orders 2,200 National Guard Troops Into Ferguson

[Ykcutnek]

Source: NBC News

Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri ordered more National Guard troops into the embattled city of Ferguson on Tuesday to keep order on the second night after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager.

“The violence we saw in areas of Ferguson last night is unacceptable,” the governor said in announcing that the National Guard presence would be upped from 700 troops Monday to 2,200 on Tuesday.

"Last night, criminals intent on lawlessness and destruction, terrorized this community," Nixon said at an afternoon news conference. "I am deeply saddened for the people of Ferguson who woke up to see parts of their community in ruins. No one should have to live like this, no one deserves this. We must do better and we will."

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[atreides1]

1. Uh huh

"No one should have to live like this, no one deserves this. We must do better and we will."

Not as long as the reason for the problem isn't fixed... as long as people of color are treated as sub-humans in this country, there is no way to fix it!

[Ykcutnek]

2. +1

[kydo]

11. spot on nt

[xxqqqzme]

20. That was an insult.

This current nixon clown is totally tone deaf.

[malthaussen]

3. "Embattled," is it?

Thought they were talking about Kobani for a second.

Jay Nixon is pathetic.

-- Mal

[KingCharlemagne]

4. What a loser this Nixon yokel is. I wish the National Guard would

arrest him and McCulloch and put them on trial in a military tribunal for incitement.

[Travis_0004]

5. A lot of residents were upset that the national guard didnt do enough

[4139]

7. There was only 150 guards in ferguson! Not 700

[KingCharlemagne]

8. What's your point, copologist?

[jwirr]

6. Too little too late Nixie. Your so called help was needed last night to protect those stores or to

stop the fires. Especially in regards to the car trap set by your police. If it had been stopped there I think it would have been a lot different this morning. You, like the rest of them had something to gain by setting back and letting hell break loose.

Remember you reminded us that the country was watching. We were and what we saw made us ask - where is the governor and his big plan to keep the peace?

[Iamthetruth]

16. I'm confused

I thought that bringing in the national guard would instigate things. Make up your mind. I think Noxon tried to do the right thing by leaving the guard out of it, I chose to blame the idiot losers who lit cars on fire and destroyed mainly minority owned business.

[jwirr]

18. I was not among those suggesting that the guard would make things worse. I was hoping against

hope that they would control the police.

Minority owned businesses? And cars that were deliberately left out to draw violence?

[Iamthetruth]

19. Seriously

What about the dozen burned cars in the car lot. Damn idiot car lot owner, he should have moved those cars. I can't believe he provoked those poor kids like that.

[paper boy]

21. adding soldiers with machine guns to an already volatile situation is not a recipe for peace keeping

Remember the Four Dead in Ohio.

[jwirr]

23. Of course not. But if he was going to put them out there anyhow - he could at least recognize who

was going to be the real trouble. But apparently in MO they have never heard of police riots.

[graegoyle]

9. Irony is truly dead.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. This idoit will screw himself royally in the few hours.

Notice the timing of these announcements. News Cycle and this shit head is counting on all the Gun Nuttery to show up and raise the stupid level.

[Brigid]

12. Nixon sounds like Bull Connor.

Explaining why the police took 15 minutes to arrive when the KKK "greeted" the Freedom Riders at the Greyhound station, he said that it was Mother's Day and they were home with their mothers.

[uppityperson]

13. You mean criminals like killer Wilson? eom

[seveneyes]

14. Why? It's not like anyone is planning to burn, pillage and plunder the innocent

Those kind of actions are spontaneous and can be dealt with when they are done. Lawlessness is a right when protesting.

[PFunk]

15. (sigh) it's dems like Nixon we need too deep six in the next election

Hopefully his blunders during this period will help do that (I think he's all but lost the black vote)

[PatrynXX]

17. yeah the cops who fired flash bang grenades

and set fire to houses. eh , no this is pure police state tactics. end of story. he wants a war I really hope he doesn't get one.

[blkmusclmachine]

22. Nixon.

Ugh!