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Originally Posted by STL240SXDRIFT
Exactly...Ferguson has been leveled, businesses destroyed, looting, riots, cops shot, 2 dead guys thus far, over a hundred arrests, cop cars burned, firemen being shot at for trying to put out fires, 2 FBI agents shot, news crews/press being assaulted...etc.
Schools were canceled, businesses shut down, Thanksgiving Day Parade canceled, concerts canceled, mom and pop shops losing $, employees losing pay needed for holidays...major impacts. Not to mention the property values of every home in Ferguson just plummeted.
Tonight will mark the 3rd night in a row. National Guard came in and helped a little last night, so hopefully with them around tonight, not much will happen. Scanners have been pretty eye opening to what Ferguson PD and all the other departments that have officers helping out, have to deal with.
It's pretty intense to hear 8-10 reports of "...shots fired..." per hour.
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I was listening to the radio last night and a woman made a very good point, the economic destruction these actions will have on the Ferguson economy will last for a very long time. The surrounding areas prices will rise because they have no competition, local business is going to take a while to rebuild. People who work at these places just lost their jobs. Feel so bad for the innocents who had nothing to do with any of this, now bearing the brunt of it all. So sad
Side note, found it ironic how the first time this happened everyone was complaining about the militarization of police. So now they take a step back, don't wear riot gear, don't show force, and the city burns and everyone's all like, "OMG WHERE ARE THE POLICE?!?!?!? WHY ARENT THEY STOPPING THIS?!?!?!"