Police Release Video Showing More Than 180 Looters After Ferguson Decision

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

The St. Louis County Police Department on Wednesday released footage of more than 180 people looting a small market following a grand jury's November decision not to indict a white Ferguson, Mo., police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, CNN reported.

The surveillance video showed dozens of people pouring through a smashed display window into the family-owned Dellwood Market near Ferguson, many of them leaving with stolen goods. Owner Jan Lalani told CNN that the business sustained an estimated $300,000 in losses.

The police department also released nearly 200 still images captured by security cameras in the building, St. Louis television station KTVI reported.

Dellwood Market was one of several businesses targeted the night of Nov. 24, when a St. Louis County grand jury announced that it would not indict the officer in the shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Some 20 buildings and 12 vehicles in the area were torched, and dozens of people were arrested. (Area protests grew more peaceful as the week progressed.)

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[Roy Rolling]

1. Really?

I'd like to see the exterior of the store, and where were the hundreds of police and National Guard troops on full riot gear and military vehicles.

A store is demolished, hundreds of police on the street to protect property, but not a single arrest here? I don't get it.

[7962]

2. Apparently there werent as many cops out there as thought

Because these people were at this store for several minutes and nothing happened. Obviously they werent EVERYWHERE
Those guys in the masks were freaky looking!

[Bandit]

3. Talk about how to destroy any forward progress in race relations..

One would think there would be some good people in that community that would fight against this stuff. No body wants to help those that won't help themselves, and I don't mean help themselves to stolen goods...

[Blue_Tires]

5. Talk about how to destroy any forward progress in race relations..

One would think there would be some good people in that police department that would fight against this stuff. No body wants to help those that won't help themselves, and I don't mean help themselves to summary executions, racial profiling and other heavy-handed tactics...

FIFY

[azmom]

7. Talk about how to destroy any forward progress in race relations

Your post just did a little of that.

[Nye Bevan]

11. Did you watch the video?

Any "good person" would have to be very, very brave to stand up to a mob like that. They had the scent of free stuff and were going to get it, come what may. I certainly would not have tried to stop them.

[L0oniX]

4. Oddly enough these people are also looting the country.

[azmom]

6. Yep. Thank you.

[Nye Bevan]

8. How are floor brokers who execute stock trades for clients "looting the country"? (nt)

[L0oniX]

9. $$$

[Nye Bevan]

10. The average salary for NYSE floor brokers is $59,000.

http://www.simplyhired.com/salaries-k-floor-broker-nyse-jobs.html

And those folks certainly do not do "absolutely nothing".

[hopemountain]

12. my 2 cents:

the recent nyt article reporting the supposed "no evidence" decision to not indict wilson by the feds - per the comments of 3 fergueson law enforcement personnel, in addition to the release of this video footage are choreography to manipulate the citizenry to anger.
in other words, bullshit.
the decision will be made by holder - and until then, justice has not been decided neither one way nor the other.

[Historic NY]

13. One less business....that won't come back to Ferguson

do you blame the owner.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

14. No, I wouldn't blame the owner for setting up shop somewhere else.