Twice last year the business owners within Ferguson Missouri begged the police to stop their stores from being looted, torched and destroyed. Both times their pleas fell on deaf ears.
The second time the Missouri governor promised to use the National Guard to protect them; but when it really mattered the National Guard were told to stand down – the town was torched, businesses lost.
Today a desperate community pleaded with Saint Louis leadership to protect them. Perhaps, the third time is a charm? Ongoing….
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Police macing everyone on W Florissant. Insanity #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/3xRUPELsGL
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 11, 2015
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