'Militaristic and intimidating': St Louis police criticized as protests stretch on

[beam me up scottie]

3. This explains a lot:

Protest leaders, encouraging use of the chant “you kill our kids, we kill your economy”, have vowed to sustain large public demonstrations in an effort to disrupt the city’s economy. While protests after the teenager Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson were largely confined to a few blocks within that small St Louis suburb, these demonstrations have targeted areas of the city with concentrated wealth and business activity.

No wonder the cops have been even more heavy handed than usual.