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Anniversary of Michael Brown's death – Ferguson blows up

<p>On the anniversary of Michael Brown&&num;8217&semi;s death in Ferguson Missouri&comma; three nights of protest demonstrations&comma; have turned into gunfire&comma; muggings&comma; looters and protestors chanting &&num;8220&semi;F&ast;ck Police&&num;8221&semi;&comma; in a violent night that ended with multiple injuries and multiple arrests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police Chief Belmar estimated there were at least 6 shooters who unleashed a &&num;8220&semi;remarkable&&num;8221&semi; amount of gunfire in about 45 seconds&period; &nbsp&semi;Shortly thereafter one of the shooters approached a police cruiser and opened fire&period; Four officers gave chase and shot the man who is now in critical condition&period; &nbsp&semi;The police suffered minor injuries and were put on administrative leave&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The shooter was later identified as Tyrone Harris&comma; 18&comma; allegedly a good friend of Michael Brown&period; &nbsp&semi;Tyrone Harris is reported to have earlier tweeted&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ll do the hit myself&&num;8221&semi; and is now charged with 4 counts of assault on a police officer&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Black Lives Matter mob shut down Interstate 70 in Missouri&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Looters looted at least three businesses&comma; and a local reporter was mugged&period; &nbsp&semi;Protesters threw rocks and frozen water bottles at police &lpar;one politically correct reporter suggested the protesters were throwing frozen bottles of water &&num;8220&semi;to&&num;8221&semi; police&&num;8230&semi;&rpar;&period; &nbsp&semi;Networks have taken to sending only black reporters to avoid racially based attacks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Author&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi; This is a mess&comma; more people will get hurt before its over&period; The police in this case are very limited and the mob knows it&period; &nbsp&semi;The mob knows if they continue to protest they will get national attention&comma; and perhaps Obama will even direct money or resources toward their cause&period; &nbsp&semi;And they are probably right&period; &nbsp&semi;In fact&comma; it may be the most exciting times of their lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the protests earlier this year&comma; after a jury determined the police officer who shot Michael Brown was not guilty of any wrongdoing&comma; the knee-jerk attention from the White House and the Attorney General just poured gasoline on the fire of protests&comma; looting and violence&period; &nbsp&semi;In this author&&num;8217&semi;s opinion&comma; Obama&&num;8217&semi;s handling of this led to the violence in Baltimore and the current resurgence in Ferguson&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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