On Monday, Ferguson, Missouri protesters moved to the Frontenac
Shopping Mall in St. Louis, which is filled with upscale retail stores, like Nieman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Michael Kors, Talbots, and Tiffany & Co. Watch the video below and then ask
yourself what this organized "Occupy" protest was trying to accomplish by
protesting in a community far removed from Ferguson and the neighborhood that
saw the final moment of Michael Brown's life.
This is the ongoing vengeance vigilantes protesting the police shooting death of 300-pound plus, 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Much has been said about the facts of the shooting, and much of what the pubic has heard has been pure speculation. A grand jury is now hearing testimony and reviewing forensic evidence presented by the district attorney of St. Louis County. The investigation for and presentation of forensic evidence continues as the grand jury meets irregularly when possible.
Ferguson has not been
without protesters since that early August afternoon when Brown ripped off a
local convenience store roughing up a clerk in the process and then meeting his earthly fate 10 minutes later in a confrontation with officer
Wilson. Officer Wilson would fire 6 shots with approximately 4 bullets
hitting Brown, who then dropped to the pavement, dead.
The Ferguson protest
has taken on dimensions that far exceed the interests of the residents of
Ferguson. Outside protesters have been migrating to Ferguson as they seek
to use it for their own purposes and agendas. Radical Muslim groups of
many stripes have arrived in Ferguson to gin up whatever leftist energy and
hate they can muster. Radical labor unions have sent members to Ferguson
all in the name of an 18-year-old thug they have casually come to venerate as
some kind of special symbol of purity and righteousness, all the while ignoring
the Brown's miscreant behaviors.
Will Ferguson and the
death of Michael Brown become the symbolic epicenter igniting civil discord, and
worse, around the country this year? Only time will tell, but in the
meantime, the folks of St. Louis County will not be sleeping well, knowing that
hate and boundless anger exists so closely in proximity to their everyday
lives.
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