Why is this Gov on my tv seem only concerned with law enforcement personal and property?

[kydo]

I mean he could have named a special prosecutor. That would have gone a long way to helping the situation. Instead it was all about law enforcement and how he was deploying troops, how the cops whatever. Its bunk!

Right there is where there is no real leadership. Gov Nixon is not doing his job, IMHO..... just saying.

[Ykcutnek]

1. 2,200 additional guardsmen headed for Ferguson.

That's more men than we have in Iraq.

This won't end well.

[kydo]

6. Thats so messed up, on so many levels

All the people want is to be heard not dismissed. This Gov is doing the exact opposite. Bringing in more guns.

[Louisiana1976]

24. Right on! The gov is acting like a dictator.

[kcdoug1]

2. because

he's an IDIOT who NEEDS to resign.

[YarnAddict]

4. The Lt. Gov. then

becomes Gov., and I think he's a Repug. Bad as Nixon is, we can't afford to lose another governorship.

[Ykcutnek]

5. The Lt. Gov told conservative bloggers that he 'thinks' Obama pressured the Guard not to act.

And now they're reporting that the President told them to stand down.

These people are fucking broken records.

[kydo]

8. I don't think he is an idiot

But I do think bringing in more people with guns is a really bad idea. It doesn't address the situation one bit, it only makes it worse.

[azmom]

3. Because that is all he cares about

Governor Wilson hates black people.

[kydo]

9. Whats Gov Wilson got to do with this?

Last I knew, Gov Nixon was the Gov that was on my tv.

[azmom]

10. Oops, I meant Nixon

[HereSince1628]

7. He serves the system of law, not the pursuit of justice

The gap that exists between those concepts can only be closed by legislation that is turned into law that better approximates justice.

Considering the voices competing to be heard in the construction of legislation, the voices of young black men are treated with stereotypic fear and are the targets of legal constraint, rather than fair consideration that broadens justice to serve something closer to -ALL-.

[jeff47]

11. No, he could not have named a special prosecutor.

MO law requires the "normal" prosecutor to recuse himself before a special prosecutor can be named.

The governor asked the DA to step down. The DA refused. Then made a big show about telling the governor to appoint a special prosecutor if the governor wanted the DA to step aside. Knowing that this was against the law.

[Ykcutnek]

12. If a state of emergency is declared, he can. nt

[jeff47]

15. No.....A state of emergency gives him the power to detain people

and a few other things. Prosecutions are not affected.

[Ykcutnek]

19. Wrong.

The emergency order also invoked a power Nixon ultimately chose not to use in defiance of strong pressure from Brown’s advocates: the authority to replace McCulloch with a special prosecutor to lead the grand jury investigation into Brown’s death.

Despite clear tension between the two men — including McCulloch’s criticism of Nixon’s move to bring in the Highway Patrol to take control of law enforcement in Ferguson — Nixon consistently declined to remove McCulloch, saying he had faith in the standing legal system.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/nixon-lifts-state-of-emergency-in-ferguson/article_cf236f51-04f9-50ff-80f4-381f7129d969.html

Nixon is a feckless POS.

[kydo]

20. That DA is more the problem then the solution too

He IMO snubbed his nose at everyone but law enforcement. I think he has gotten so used to running unopposed for so long he thinks he is above the law. Releasing all that evidence even after a judge said he can't. He is a big reason why a lot of this has happened there. Don't get me wrong, there is still racism and Wilson was wrong in killing this kid. But this DA made an already horrible situation worse.

[Mike Nelson]

13. Nobody died last night, despite all the fire and bullets...

...let's hope it's the same tonight.

[kydo]

14. much agreed

[ctaylors6]

18. tragically that might not be true

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-found-dead-in-car-near-canfield-apartments-in-ferguson/article_60822f0e-d41e-5809-83ce-2e51e611c4f4.html

[TBF]

16. Gov Nixon is doing his job

for the capitalists. Protecting private property is very important to them. I've seen numerous folks ask on Facebook "why are they destroying property?" as if this is more important than an unarmed man being gunned down in the street. This is the way capital and it's wholly owned media operates.

[kydo]

21. yeah thats what I was thinking

only I couldn't figure out how to say it. Thank you

[procon]

17. No mention of the victim.

Not one word about the systemic inequality and injustice that predicated the fatal shooting of Mike Brown. The whole focus was on solely on money and commercial property, not the people whose legitimate grievances were totally ignored.

[TBF]

22. They don't care -

about the victim. He was just a "thug".

Ferguson was burning because the national guard was protecting capital in the city of St. Louis.

Business as usual continues ...

[seveneyes]

23. Compared to Mountaineering and Alpine Rescue

Both need each other, and each have their own irrational aspects, yet one predates the other.

[Odin2005]

25. Under Capitalism private property takes precendence over human beings.