Discussion: WATCH: Al Jazeera America Crew Hit With Tear Gas In Ferguson

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This is a tactic I’d expect in some Central American shithole: While you are shooting the protestors make sure you shoot the reporters too.

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There better be police officers in jail for this kind of crap.

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Seriously, what the hell’s the matter with Ferguson PD? Are they really that incapable of giving a measured response? I really think Mike’s Brown’s shooting may not be that much of an anomaly, they don’t seem to have competent training as a police force.

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That’s a pretty damning video I’d say.

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I watched as the goon with the assault rifle covered the other goons putting down the lights and camera.They wanted to stop the filming. How is this police work?

“we just want to protect you”

We need to march all over this country

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When you actually witness police behaving in this matter you have to wonder if what really started this all wasn’t actually murder committed by a police officer. The officers have no restraint!

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In the interim, they whole lot of them should be fired to get them off the streets.

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If he was shot in the face with his hands up after trying to run away, then I think this cop needs to be charged with murder

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Don’t hold your breath.

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One of the spokesmen for either the police or the town said that the police had not had the opportunity to train for this sort of thing. It really shows. And that’s scary as hell, that they are out there trying to contain a demonstration with all of this heavy equipment when they have no training in how to do that.

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So much for America being the “shining beacon on the hill” (or any other phrases related to American exceptionalism)

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Exactly. While they greedily held their hands out for all this nice tactical gear, maybe they should’ve asked for a few training courses at Quantico.

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That’s fucking great - we don’t know what to do but if we roll in armed and armored troops and randomly assault whoever is there, that will fix the situation.

Also, I know Ferguson and St Louis County cops were there. This one says St Charles County, who the hell are they to be there in the first place?

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If they’d know for sure who they were, it would have been an accidental couple rubber bullets.

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maybe they should’ve asked for a few training courses at Quantico.

Training? Who needs stupid training? They probably think all they had to do was get the gear on and do exactly as they are now doing. Why? Because no one will care about a bunch of ‘monkies’, ‘animals’, being mistreated.