Missouri sends National Guard to Ferguson

Posted on: Mon, 08/18/2014 - 10:15 By: Tom Swiss

And the clusterfuck continues. Imposition of Order = Escalation of Chaos.

Missouri governor sends National Guard to Ferguson (Yahoo News)

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson early Monday, hours after police used tear gas to clear protesters off the streets following a week of demonstrations against the fatal police shooting of a black Missouri teenager.

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As night fell in Ferguson, another peaceful protest quickly deteriorated after marchers pushed toward one end of a street and authorities — who said they were responding to reports of gunfire, looting, vandalism and protesters who hurled Molotov cocktails — pushed them back by repeatedly firing tear gas. The streets were empty well before a state-imposed curfew took effect at midnight.