Riot-Hit Ferguson Sees Second Night of Unrest -- VOA
The Midwestern U.S. town of Ferguson faced a second night of unrest and solidarity demonstrations were held nationwide to protest a grand jury's decision to not indict a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager.
More than 2,000 National Guard soldiers have been deployed in Ferguson, Missouri to guard against fresh racially charged riots, which broke out late Monday after it was announced that charges would not be filed against officer Darren Wilson.
Forty-four people were arrested during a second, calmer night of demonstrations in Ferguson.
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More News On The Ferguson Riots
National Guard, police curb Ferguson unrest as protests swell across U.S. -- Reuters
Ferguson: Protesters torch cars but fewer arrests, fewer incidents -- CNN
Guard Reinforcements Contain Damage in Ferguson -- AP
Protesters return to riot-scarred Ferguson streets -- AP
Ferguson Protesters in Tense Confrontation With Police, National Guard -- NBC
'A much better night': At least 44 arrested on second, calmer night of Ferguson protests -- New York Daily News
Two FBI agents have been shot in St. Louis during a siege at a residential home close to protests -- Daily Mail
My Comment: I do not live (and I have never lived) in the U.S. .... but I am old enough to remember reading and seeing news stories from decades ago when U.S. race relations and rioting was far worse. But what is different this time around is that when President Obama was elected in 2008 there was a great of deal of hope .... especially for many members of the white community who supported him .... that U.S. race relations were on the mend .... and the future was one of improving relations. But this has clearly happened .... not even close .... and the result has been a great deal of disappointment. For the black community .... when I look at the stats of growing impoverishment and dependency on government for help .... the disappointment must be even more profound. As for the international community .... many see this as a symbol of America's decline ... and I am willing to bet that many of America's enemies are going to take advantage of this situation as the U.S. focuses on restoring order and putting its own house in order rather than Iraq's, Afghanistan's, Syria, Ukraine, etc., etc., etc..
And yet....the blacks keep voting for the Dems......SUCKERS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe deme are better than the repus
DeleteWhy did you say blacks are always voting for them I take it as racism I'm black
ReplyDeleteI could give a shit what color you are buddy! If you can't make an argument without yelling "RACISM" well you already lost the argument cause you sure as hell don't have one! Here are some facts: Since LBJ 90% + of blacks have been voting for the Dems (STATIST) and what has it gotten them???? Higher rates of unemployment, more dependence on the new Massers in the big plantation (White) House, the disintegration of the black family, millions of black babies aborted (murdered), talk about genocide! Lower rates of home ownership, I can go on and on. If I had been voting for the Demsall those years I would feel like a SUCKER too!
ReplyDeleteHey Xavier,,,, WAKE UP!!!!! U.S had had a BLACK PRESIDENT for 6 years now!!!! If America (and whitey) were so RACIST how did that happen???? You know why that happened???? BRCAUSE WE'RE NOT RACIST!!!! That's why!!! OUR black President will have had 8 years to bring Americans together but he can't even do that! He continues to run roughshod over the Constitution and the GOP Congress, which has a remedy for that written right into that very same Constitution , why they don't even have the balls to do that remedy!
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