Rand Paul on Ferguson: We must demilitarize the police.
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/08/14/rand-paul-on-ferguson-we-must-demilitarize-the-police/
In other events it looks like the police have already been demilitarized.
Some 200 protesters clashed with police again last night in Ferguson, Mo., before a mob broke off and looted a small convenience store that has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight.
Shortly after police released the name of the white police officer that is accused of fatally shooting Michael Brown, who is black, they also released videotape of a strong-arm robbery of the store. The tape shows Brown, according to police, stealing a $48.99 box of cigars and assaulting a clerk.
Around midnight, after a mostly peaceful demonstration, a throng of people broke into the store and began looting it, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson. He said protesters hurled rocks and other objects at police, injuring one officer, the Associated Press reported.
Johnson said police backed off to try and ease the tension. He believes looting may have spread to a couple of nearby stores. No arrests were made. Good job!
"We had to evaluate the security of the officers there and also the rioters," Johnson said. "We just felt it was better to move back."
Meanwhile, peaceful protesters yelled at the aggressors to stop what they were doing. About a dozen people eventually blocked off the front of the convenience store to help protect it.
In another development, lawyers for the Brown family criticized police for releasing surveillance video that appears to show the 6-foot-4, 290-pound Brown strong-arming a store clerk as he steals a box of cigars.
Attorney Benjamin Crump, who also represented the family of Trayvon Martin, said police "are choosing to disseminate information that is very strategic to try to help them justify the execution-style" killing.
The police strategy of attempting to blame the victim will not divert our attention, from being focused on the autopsy, ballistics report and the trajectory of the bullets that caused Michael's death and will demonstrate to the world this brutal execution of an unarmed teenager.