[RealJustme]

After days of unrest in Ferguson, following the police shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon finally stepped in and promised a "change in tone" under new leadership. By replacing the St. Louis County Police Department with the Missouri State Highway Patrol — led by Capt. Ron Johnson — he seems to have delivered on that promise.


Johnson is both a Ferguson native and, like the majority of the city's population, black. St. Louis Public Radio reports that Johnson marched with protesters to the burned and looted QuikTrip on Thursday and said, "I am a black man with black sons." Compare that to images of the mostly white officers of the St. Louis County police in heavily armored camo gear.

"This is my community, these are my friends, this is my family, and I’m making new friends tonight," Johnson said. "We're all a part of this together." According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Johnson has been part of the Highway Patrol since 1987. He currently leads 147 uniformed officers and 157 civilian employees in Troop C, covering the 11 counties in the St. Louis area. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson told the Post-Dispatch he'd worked with Johnson "for many years, even before I was chief ...You couldn’t have a better partner for the region. He’s smart, he’s professional, he comes from the area."

And the leadership change hasn't just been about improved press — with Johnson there's been a complete change in the way the protests have been handled. "You can stay out here all night," he said, according to SLPR. "The only thing that I ask is that you pull back a little bit so that our family members, and our friends can travel up and down West Florissant. They can come by, yell out the window, blow their horn and give you support, but you've got to move back on the sidewalk."

As The Washington Post noted, Johnson also promised not to blockade streets, to set up a media staging center, and to let people protest at any time of day. All the military-grade gear was gone. One resident told The New York Times the Thursday night protests were calmer “because they’re not tear gassing us tonight.”

Well, well, well after just one day of pulling back and letting the rioters, riot, loot and destroy by CPT Johnson the lawful citizens of Ferguson declared if the police didn't protect them and their property they would do it themselves, yesterday CPT Johnson was overridden when rioters came out for a 7th night, police started back making arrest after at least one of the rioters shoot at police and shoot a citizen. Things are now worse than when they brought CPT Johnson in to appease the rioters.

Carlos

[sillydaddy]

Business owners have had enough and have armed themselves. A store owner with armed guards carrying assault rifles was filmed by the media. A curfew was set up because it will be only a matter of time before the "friends of Michael Brown" join him if law isn't restored to the streets of Ferguson.

[johnforbes]

That's the problem with pandering -- it doesn't work.

It was great for the cpt who got essentially a promotion based on race, but it was hardly the proper thing to do.

The deeper problem is the idea that blacks can break the law out of moral entitlement because of the history of slavery.

Hispanics are presumed to have a special right to break the immigration law and use fake SSNs and not pay taxes, but why? Well, just because.

For America to survive and prosper, the notion that blacks and Hispanics can break the law when they feel like it, well, that has to end.

[RealJustme]

Apparently Capt. Ron Johnson made his promotions through affirmative action since he sure and the hell doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to law enforcement. He like Obama thought talk and appeasement was the solution and when that didn't work he fell apart, he had no plan the Governor had to override him and order the police to stop ignoring the rioting and looting before victim citizens started enforcing the laws themselves.

[elklindo69]

Has it gotten so bad that you have to make it up as you go along???

:lol:

[johnforbes]

Pandering doesn't work.

It was great for the cpt who got essentially a promotion based on race, but it was hardly the proper thing to do.

The deeper problem is the idea that blacks can break the law out of moral entitlement because of the history of slavery.

Hispanics are presumed to have a special right to break the immigration law and use fake SSNs and not pay taxes, but why? Well, just because.

For America to survive and prosper, the notion that blacks and Hispanics can break the law when they feel like it, well, that has to end.

[elklindo69]

Keep on C&Ping.

The more you do it, the more valid it becomes.........

:lol: