Thursday, November 20, 2014

Vigilante Mob Justice in Ferguson: Do it our Way or Pay a Heavy Price in Violence and Destruction of Businesses.

By Rob Janicki


On August 9, 2014, 18 year old Michael Brown, Jr., an unarmed 300 pound black teenager was shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson and died at the scene.  Witness testimony varies from a murder by the police office to the officer's reaction to a violent Michael Brown, Jr. who attacked him in his squad car causing injuries to the officer. 
Three different official autopsies were conducted, one by the St. Louis County coroner, a second under the auspices of the Federal Department of Justice and a third autopsy by a private criminal pathologist hired by the Brown family.  Only the private autopsy results were revealed to the public and they were rather inconclusive to say the least.


Meanwhile, the St. Louis County Grand Jury, which has been hearing the evidence presented by the St. Louis County District Attorney's Office one day a week since August 20th, is on the cusp of revealing its findings at any moment.  The Grand Jury could either issue an indictment for a crime within the laws of homicide or declare there is insufficient probable cause to issue any charge against officer Wilson.
All the while the Grand Jury has been meeting, protests in Ferguson, Missouri and all around St. Louis County, have erupted, all seemingly seeking vigilante justice and nothing less than a charge of 1st murder to be brought against officer Wilson.  Protesters of all kinds have come from all over America to further their own political and social agendas.  Each group is using the circumstances of Michael Brown's death for their own purposes, with little real regard for the truth of why Michael Brown, Jr. died that hot August day, 10 minutes after committing a strong arm robbery of a convenience store only blocks away from where Brown would meet his fateful end in less than a minute.

Protests involving violence and destruction of business properties has devastated Ferguson.  Protesters have created a manifesto for law enforcement to follow with their actions directed toward protesters.  Law enforcement has logically had to decline to follow these rules of engagement with protesters and announced they would follow their own rules of professional conduct in maintaining public order safety.


What is unusual and incomprehensible is the fact that the protesters have generated a list of dozens of entities that will experience the wrath of these protesters all ostensibly to "make whites feel uncomfortable".  Protesters claim their protests will be non-violent, but when they list Anheuser-Bush, Monsanto, and a dozen corporate headquarters to conduct protests at, a rational person can only wonder what relevance these protests of corporations have in relation to Michael Brown, Jr's. death.
The answer is that these outside protest leaders have their own agendas that have little to nothing to do with what happened in Ferguson and have everything to do with achieving ultra radical liberal outcomes that will result in civil disorder and ultimately a rebellion over their claims of rampant racism, not only in Ferguson, but throughout America.  

What we are looking at are not reasonable protests using simple civil disobedience as a means to achieve changes in public attitudes and substantive changes in police practices.  What we have seen in Ferguson, and we will possibly see in far greater protests in and around Ferguson, is organized mob anarchy and vigilante justice, which is the justice of what the mob determines at any given moment.  It's similar to a rabid pack of wild dogs targeting a victim, without regard for anything else, other than to subdue and destroy the victim through violence.
for Patriotism (@D_Howell1970) November 20, 2014
My heart does go out to the decent law abiding citizens of Ferguson, who have had their city co-opted by a few local thugs and a lot of outsiders seeking to use and manipulate the emotions and concerns of the residents of Ferguson for the malevolent ends of these ultra radical anarchists.
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