Total lack of leadership allowed this situation to get out of control. Curfew should've been in place and enforced after the FIRST night of rioting (I refuse to call it protesting any longer). I love MO, but our governor is a complete joke. Listen to him speak to the press Thursday, at a press conference which should've taken place immediately after it became obvious that the situation had gotten out of control, every other word out of his mouth was "uh" or "um". Blamed the police's hard nosed response for the intensity of the riots, police back off under the direction of the State Patrol, and now the bad guys have free reign. Completely clueless, completely out of his element, and somehow he keeps getting re-elected.
i am not familiar with the state of MO, and it's inept politicians, God only knows how inept mine are...
that being said, frankly my feelings were, that the national Guard should have been called out after the first riot.
if it is then called "marshal law" then so be it to quell the animals that seem fit to think that rioting, hurting, and looting are acceptable procedures to follow after a "person of color" is shot, and killed....did any of said rioters see the tape of that thug stealing AND assaulting the store keeper..whom by the way didn't "appear to be white" to me....???
why is it "acceptable to them" to commit crimes against someone else, but when shot at, and or killed...it THEN BECOMES a racial issue...??
wasn't it a "racial issue" when the store keeper, clearly a person of a color other than white, was strong armed and robbed..???
i'm sick and tired of the news, which feeds of of this shyte.
i don't even watch the news anymore when this story comes on...
my remote controls, yes controls, are always near me when the tv is on.....
it is SO EASY to click it off and watch MeTv instead.....
if the gooberner of MO cannot call out the National Guard, then maybe a politician with balls ought too.....??????