MO Gov. Jay Nixon speaks on violence, promises 'significant' National Guard increase

[Lady Freedom Returns]

Published on Nov 25, 2014
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon spoke at a news conference Tuesday, condemning "criminals intent on lawlessness and destruction" that "terrorized" Missouri communities Monday night in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. Nixon promised the deployment of "hundreds more" National Guard troops to Ferguson in an attempt to keep the peace.

"We must do better," Nixon said. "And we will."

[joeybee12]

1. "We must elect better Dems than Nixon...and we will." nt

[GeorgeGist]

2. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming ...

[Louisiana1976]

3. Not only is Nixon acting like a dictator, he reminds me of another Nixon.

[drray23]

4. this guy is despicable

I dont care if he is a dem, he does not act like one. he should have appointed a special prosecutor from day one and instead he supported mc cullough who has a well documented history of not investigating police abuse.

Now his first reaction is how he is outraged at the unrest. Not a word for michael brown family, not any concern towards protestors. Perhaps he should have been outraged at that miscarriage of justice instead and remove the prosecutor. He has declared state of emergency, he has the power to do so. But no, he sees that as a problem to solve with police and national guards, crack a few heads instead of adressing the real problems. I really despise this man.