Does anyone know how many non-peaceful protesters there are ?

[Rhinodawg]

Or to be less PC, how many people want to cause trouble ?

(Seems no whatever what the police do...
Riot gear...no riot gear
Curfew...no curfew
Talking ...no talking with them
Helicopters...no helicoptors

It really doesn't seem to satisfy the non-peaceful protestors protestors.

[valerief]

1. Yes, the protesters are the villains. Goodbye forever. You're on Ignore. nt

[Rhinodawg]

5. Can you read?

I said non-peaceful protestors.

I support the peaceful protestors.

Sheesh...read the post.

[Politicalboi]

2. The police should close all roads into Ferguson

That way, they only have citizens of Ferguson who for the most part aren't probably causing the trouble.

[HangOnKids]

3. Does anyone know who will stop the RAIN?

fixed IT.

[Rhinodawg]

7. Wow...thanks a lot.

[Warpy]

4. Non peaceful? Other than a couple of blowhards with megaphones

I have seen no one physically or verbally violent.

But here comes Robocop to make sure the curfew is enforced.

Had they stayed away, people would slowly straggle on home, their kids tired and crying for their beds.

[Politicalboi]

9. Yup

So true.

[NYC_SKP]

6. None. None of the protesters there want to cause trouble.

Are there people who came from miles away to stir shit, maybe paid by the right?

There might be a few.

What makes you think anyone here knows is beyond me.

[bravenak]

8. THE POLICE ARE RIOTING!!!!

They are using weapons, tear gas, antagonizing protestors, pointing guns at children, the police are OUT OF CONTROL!!!

[Rhinodawg]

13. 99% of the protestors are peaceful, of course.

It's the less than 1% that seem not peaceful.

[bravenak]

18. Out of towners i think.

It may be time for the gangs (they're not that bad) to keep the peace. They just have to drop the bullshit and work together for a while. In my day, the gangs would kick you out of the area if you drew heat to the neighborhood. They live there.

[Amonester]

19. So does the LEADERSHIP...

If someone sees a SPINE out there, please let everybody know...

[bravenak]

20. I think the protestors are going to have to round the assholes up themselves and deliver them.

Eric Holder is going on Monday.

[Amonester]

23. Good idea.

Maybe the anarsholes from everywhere get the message and decide to "give up"...

[lob1]

10. It looks to me like most of the rioters are cops.

[Bjorn Against]

11. Does anyone know how many non-violent cops there are?

I have yet to see even one of them refuse orders to attack peaceful protesters so I am wondering if there are any non-violent cops. There are lots of peaceful protesters on the other hand.

[pinboy3niner]

12. Someone on-scene just interviewed on MSNBC said 20-25. nt

[still_one]

15. Then those folks need to be arrested, and the peaceful protesters left alone

[840high]

24. Definitely.

[Rhinodawg]

16. Thank you.

[still_one]

14. If there are any, that is a problem, it only takes one to destroy a peaceful protest.

[conservaphobe]

17. Anarchists from other parts of the country.

Some described as caucasian.

[davidpdx]

21. CNN had the guy on that was talking to people on the megaphone

he said there were two white guys from Illinois who were anarchists and simply came to incite violence. They were both arrested. Which is why things have calmed down.

[Rhinodawg]

22. I hope I don't get a response like post # 1,

But I'm glad these non peaceful protestors were arrested.

[davidpdx]

25. The kneejerk reaction on DU is one of the things that is unfortuante

I don't like it either. Most people are nice, but then again you have some people who are ******* (fill in the blank).

[Rhinodawg]

32. True.

Too bad they see what they want to see.

[pinboy3niner]

26. Training for protesters often includes tactics for isolating disruptors

And for highlighting them to police, who may arrest or remove them. There is little tolerance for those intent on disruption and violence.

[flamingdem]

27. Chris Hayes just identified some who were on camera with shirts over their faces

Ah but one never knows motivation.

For all we know they are students of Marx, Lenin and Ghandi and know exactly what they want to do out there... then again they were possibly the same group that was throwing rocks at Chris Hayes..

[pinboy3niner]

29. We saw the same thing at OWS

Tim Pool ran into masked people vandalizing police vehicles and had a few tense moments when they demanded he stop livestreaming.

[flamingdem]

31. They seem to show up everywhere

and wreck it for everyone. Then again it gets media coverage.

Used to be the black block got blamed but I think people have just learned their attitude
and don't even know what anarchist means.

London too, they destroyed things and made people hate them.

[deathrind]

28. The police are in a no win situation...

They should just leave the area. Because all they are doing by their presence is increasing the tension. These are peaceful protestors let them stand out there and say chants and protest peacefully all they want.

[pinboy3niner]

33. That won't work

Cpt. Johnson actually tried that, minimizing the police presence and just staging tactical response units some distance away.

But disruptors know that all it takes is a few gunshots, or a break-in, or a fire, or even a phony 911 call to create a situation where police must respond. The authorities can't just turn off 911 and refuse to respond to emergencies.

[oldandhappy]

30. earlier in the evening

there was an interview with a protestor walking the street and that person said there were maybe fewer than two dozen bad apples and that the other protestors were trying to wall the bad guys off from doing anything. That was probably two hours ago. I have been sort of glued to the TV rather than being here. Things have gotten a lot worse since that interview.

[Rhinodawg]

34. Captain Johnson called them "criminals" and "agitators"

"They throw "malatov cocktails" and "shoot people".

Sorry...these criminals should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and I don't give a sh*t what or who they are.