Ferguson Unrest and ‘Police Militarization’ Talk of Nation in Wake of Shooting

By order of Gov. Jay Nixon, the Missouri Highway Patrol yesterday took control of the town under the command of Capt. Ron Johnson, who is black, the Associated Press reported.

Melissa Quinn, --August 15, 2014

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President Obama appealed for calm in Ferguson, Mo., as tensions mounted between some black residents and police in the St. Louis suburb on the fifth day since the fatal police shooting of a young black man.
Out-of-town liberal activists stoked emotions in the case, “police militarization” became the buzz, and the Department of Justice announced its own probe. Across the nation, Americans at coffee shops and on cable TV swapped opinions on how authorities were approaching the case and whether associated looting and riots could have been avoided. >>> Update: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, in a short statement to reporters about 9:45 a.m. ET today, identified the officer who shot Michael Brown as Darren Wilson, a six-year veteran of the force. More...

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