No, it's not any of those places, a fact that would seemingly serve as an unlikely pretext for a declaration of martial law. But Congressman John Lewis of Georgia is arguing here that Obama should declare martial law in Ferguson as a way of protecting the protesters from the police. Digest that one for a second. We've already got looting and general unrest going on, and since the St. Louis County police were apparently incapable of handling the situation, Gov. Jay Nixon has now sent in the Missouri State Highway Patrol to take over the job of keeping the peace.
