Mo. Gov. Who Set Curfew Blames Ferguson Police Chief For Violence

It rained last night, which is like nature's curfew

The governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon, on Sunday effectively blamed the local police chief in Ferguson for the renewed violence in the city at the weekend after the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager by a patrol officer a week earlier.

Nixon condemned the release by the local Ferguson force on Friday ofsecurity camera footage and a police report that implicated Michael Brown, 18, in a petty theft at a convenience store a few minutes before he was shot dead. The US Department of Justice, which is leading a civil-rights investigation into the killing, also made it clear at the weekend that it had opposed publication of the pictures.

Comments

[XM]

"Democrat governor tells black people that he's their friend, effectively tells them that rioting is OK"

[Sean Mack]

It was not a petty theft. It was a confrontation robbery, which is a crime against persons. Theft is purely a property crime. Robbery is a Part I violent crime.

Don't embarrass yourself, Reason.

[sasob]

Don't embarrass yourself, dude. The copy is from The Guardian - not Reason. Check out the full article at the link following the last paragraph.

[Acosmist]

Reason posted it, so...

[Scarecrow Repair]

And they post your asinine comments too, so ...

[Sean Mack]

Reason posted it without comment.

It's fine to use the site as a pass through for news from other sources, but when the quoted text contains an obvious howler like that, one should either just post the link, or post the text with some clarifying comment added.

[mrvco]

As if things weren't already bad enough...