Ferguson – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says more than 2,200 National Guardsmen will be in place in the region near Ferguson on Tuesday night in the event of more violence.
Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email
He said Tuesday that hundreds more will be deployed to Ferguson, where fires and looting erupted Monday night after word that a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown.
The rest will be in a position to respond rapidly, if needed.
Nixon says 700 guardsmen were in the area on Monday night, when more than a dozen buildings were set on fire and otherwise vandalized.
Ferguson’s mayor said earlier in the day that the National Guard wasn’t deployed quickly enough as violent protests broke out.
The truth is that all of these animals would have rioted regardless of the outcome of the Grand Jury. They just wanted an excuse to loot the stores and homes and they were going to have one even if the jury did indict the police officer.
The guardsmen and police should surround ferguson and allow those animals to burn themselves down and suffer their own consequences. Just don’t let them out!