Holder’s visit was announced as National Guard troops arrived to back up local and state police. On Monday night in Ferguson, an early evening calm gave way to new confrontations as some demonstrators threw bottles at heavily armed police and officers threw stun grenades and tear gas towards them.
The day was expected to be a crucial test for everybody in charge here, from local police commanders to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) — who had called out the National Guard after chaotic protests Sunday — to President Obama himself. Obama’s decision to dispatch his attorney general was an admission that the teenager’s killing had become a symbol of something enormous: a test of the American justice system and the government’s ability to police the officers who police everyone else.
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Police sources tell me more than a dozen witnesses have corroborated cop's version of events in shooting #Ferguson
— Christine Byers (@ChristineDByers) August 19, 2014◼ Caller: 'Michael Brown rushed officer' - CNN
◼ Militant protesters growing in number, many coming from out-of-state - Washington Post
◼ Tear gas and smoke hang over St. Louis suburb - Breitbart BIG Government
◼ #FERGUSON Protesters Chant “BLACK POWER!” and “Hands Up, Fight Back!” (VIDEOS) - Gateway Pundit
◼ Dead Teen's Grandfather to Obama: I Voted for You, So Come Meet Me - Breitbart BIG Government
◼ BUCHANAN: 1960s-like Riots Could Cause Voter Rebuke For President
◼ SENATOR: Protests have been 'invaded' by outsiders - Politico
◼ KURTZ: Some Liberal Outlets Creating 'Almost Lynch Mob Mentality' - Breitbart BIG Government
“Some liberal outlets [are] creating almost a lynch mob mentality around this, the Huffington Post today, screaming banner headline ‘Arrest Him.’ Now, the Huffington Post, nor you or I, knows exactly what happened” he said. And “when you cross that line into becoming an advocate and to demanding that somebody be prosecuted before the facts are in, while the investigation is going on, you’re grandstanding, you’re trying to keep the story alive and I really think it’s troubling.”
◼ MSNBC Crew Hit With Rocks During Live Coverage - Breitbart BIG Government
◼ Trayvon Martin's Mom: 'We Will Make Them Feel Us' - TIME
