Bharat Rakshak

IMAGES OF HEAVILY armed police clashing with protesters in Ferguson, Mo., following the death of an unarmed teen are fueling a bipartisan push to curb a Pentagon program that gives free military gear to local law enforcement, as lawmakers voice concerns about using 'military response' to subdue civilian riots.

Zynda wrote:Well, well, well...it seems like someone is reading Singhaji's posts on this thread

Lawmakers aim to curb military surplus program for police after Ferguson

IMAGES OF HEAVILY armed police clashing with protesters in Ferguson, Mo., following the death of an unarmed teen are fueling a bipartisan push to curb a Pentagon program that gives free military gear to local law enforcement, as lawmakers voice concerns about using 'military response' to subdue civilian riots.

Zynda wrote:Well, well, well...it seems like someone is reading Singhaji's posts on this thread

Lawmakers aim to curb military surplus program for police after Ferguson

IMAGES OF HEAVILY armed police clashing with protesters in Ferguson, Mo., following the death of an unarmed teen are fueling a bipartisan push to curb a Pentagon program that gives free military gear to local law enforcement, as lawmakers voice concerns about using 'military response' to subdue civilian riots.

"I understand that you're not safe either, but you still have a job to do now, and now you're not doing your job," Tanya Littleton, owner of the looted Feel Beauty Supply, said about police in an phone interview with CNN. The beauty store's floor was littered with broken glass and merchandise, video from CNN affiliate KTVI showed. Looters took off with hair extensions worth at least $200 a bag, Littleton said. "We're shut down for a while. It's not safe, and the police are doing nothing about it," she told KTVI.

Also targeted was Sam's Meat Market and Liquor. After hearing that people grabbed chicken, bacon and spirits from their store, the owners arrived with guns and stood outside, warding off any further raids.
Jay Kanzler, lawyer for Ferguson Market and Liquor, said police did nothing to stop the looting in town.
"Don't know why the ....(***King Pakistan).... police didn't do anything. They were told to stand down and I don't know why," Kanzler said.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon had put the Missouri State Highway Patrol in charge of protest security in Ferguson after days of sometimes violent clashes between police and protesters. CNN's call to the patrol Saturday morning wasn't immediately returned.

Owners of the raided stores expressed frustration that police, looking on nearby, didn't stop the looters.

Looters ran out of shops with boxes stacked in their arms up to their chins. Behind them lay overturned shelves, spilled goods and wrecked displays. All the while, police stayed back by their armored vehicles and observed but did not stop them.

Three Molotov cocktails pummeled the roof of a Domino's Pizza, burning a hole, before firefighters put the flames out.

About an hour later, about a dozen people lined up to block Ferguson Market and Liquor's entrance, saying they were keeping looters out. But before sunrise (when the Protectors had long since drunk themselves into the gutter), looters returned there for a second round.

Paul wrote:This will turn the mood in favor of the police in BRF....

Tarek Fatah ਤਾਰਿਕ ‏@TarekFatah 51m
Not really @FormerTheist. Here's Michael Brown beating an Indian storeclerk just before the #FergusonShooting.

According to the Daily Mail, in addition to the rubber bullets and tear gas, some protesters reported being bombarded with thick wooden disks and balls filled with pepper powder designed to burst on impact. - See more at: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/ ... hPHpl.dpuf

UlanBatori wrote:There is a priority list here:
1. Drugs from drugstores.
2. Booze.
3. TV sets (that was in the past, today TVs are dirt cheap, OK< huge flat-panels.
4. Cellphones. Maybe cellphones is now #2.
5. Here they also went for Beauty Products.

The true mark of a Discerning Modern, Civilized First-World Citizenry. Man Cannot Live By Bread Alone, hain?

"If we're going to have justice, we must first have and maintain peace," Nixon said at a Saturday afternoon press conference. "The eyes of the world are watching."

Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol says the curfew will run from midnight to 5 a.m. local time Sunday and will be enforced through conversations, not tear gas and tanks.

The tear gas used by police in Ferguson has been known for its severe effects on health, which include temporary blindness, breathing problems, and the risk of miscarriages, as well as potential heart and liver damage.

Quick Trip (burned)
Domino's Pizza (burned)
Ferguson Chop Suey (burned)
Taco Bell
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store (who loots a church thrift store?)
Autozone
Red's BBQ
Shoe Carnival
Zisser Tire Auto Service
Sam's Meat Market
Dellwood Market
Target
Walmart
Ferguson Market & Liqour
Yellow Diamond Boutique
Feel Beauty Supply
Foot Locker
Kmart
PNC Bank
Walgreens
Quick Cash
Family Dollar
Boost Mobile
DTLR
Hibbett Sports
Velvet Freeze Ice Cream
Remy Beauty Supply
Cricket Wireless
Phillips 66
Energy Express
JC Wireless
T-Mobile
Sprint
Radioshack
Firestone Complete Auto Care Store
Dollar General
Up N Up Fashion
Office Depot
Knodel's Bakery and Catering
Hohmeier Auto Body
Dierbergs Market
Ross Dress for Less
Advance Auto Parts
ToysRUs
Payless Shoe Store

FERGUSON — Chinese and Russian officials are warning of a potential humanitarian crisis in the restive American province of Missouri, where ancient communal tensions have boiled over into full-blown violence.

"We must use all means at our disposal to end the violence and restore calm to the region," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments to an emergency United Nations Security Council session on the America crisis.

The crisis began a week ago in Ferguson, a remote Missouri village that has been a hotbed of sectarian tension. State security forces shot and killed an unarmed man, which regional analysts say has angered the local population by surfacing deep-seated sectarian grievances. Regime security forces cracked down brutally on largely peaceful protests, worsening the crisis.

America has been roiled by political instability and protests in recent years, which analysts warn can create fertile ground for extremists.

Missouri, far-removed from the glistening capital city of Washington, is ostensibly ruled by a charismatic but troubled official named Jay Nixon, who has appeared unable to successfully intervene and has resisted efforts at mediation from central government officials. Complicating matters, President Obama is himself a member of the minority sect protesting in Ferguson, which is ruled overwhelmingly by members of America's majority "white people" sect.

Analysts who study the opaque American political system, in which all provinces are granted semi-autonomous self-rule, warned that Nixon may seize the opportunity to move against weakened municipal rulers in Ferguson. Missouri's provincial legislature, a traditional "shura council," is dominated by the opposition faction. Though fears of a military coup remain low, it is still unknown how Nixon's allies within the capital will respond should the crisis continue.

Now, international leaders say they fear the crisis could spread.

"The only lasting solution is reconciliation among American communities and stronger Missouri security forces," Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech from his vacation home in Hainan. "However, we can and should support moderate forces who can bring stability to America. So we will continue to pursue a broader strategy that empowers Americans to confront this crisis."

Xi's comments were widely taken as an indication that China would begin arming moderate factions in Missouri, in the hopes of overpowering rogue regime forces and preventing extremism from taking root. An unknown number of Kurdish peshmerga military "advisers" have traveled to the region to help provide security. Gun sales have been spiking in the US since the crisis began.

Analysts warn the violence could spread toward oil-producing regions such as Oklahoma or even disrupt the flow of American beer supplies, some of the largest in the world, and could provide a fertile breeding ground for extremists. Though al-Qaeda is not known to have yet established a foothold in Missouri, its leaders have previously hinted at assets there.

Though Missouri is infamous abroad for its simmering sectarian tensions and brutal regime crackdowns, foreign visitors here are greeted warmly and with hospitality. A lawless expanse of dogwood trees and beer breweries, Missouri is located in a central United States region that Americans refer to, curiously, as the "MidWest" though it is nearer to the country's east.

It is known among Americans as the home of Mark Twain, a provincial writer from the country's small but cherished literary culture, and as the originator of Budweiser, a traditional American alcoholic beverage. Budweiser itself is now owned by a Belgian firm, in a sign of how globalization is transforming even this remote area of the United States. Analysts say some american communities have struggled as globalization has pulled jobs into more developed countries, worsening instability here.

Locals here eat a regional delicacy known as barbecue, made from the rib bones of pigs, and subsist on traditional crafts such as agriculture and aerospace engineering. The regional center of commerce is known locally as Saint Louis, named for a 13th century French king, a legacy of Missouri's history as a remote and violent corner of the French Empire.

Though Ferguson's streets remained quiet on Friday, a palpable sense of tension and uncertainty hung in the air. A Chinese Embassy official here declined to comment but urged all parties to exhibit restraint and respect for the rule of law. In Moscow, Kremlin planners were said to be preparing for a possible military intervention should political instability spread to the nearby oil-producing region of Texas.