Pics: Huge cloud of gas over Ferguson. News crews asked to leave. Fox2Now St.Louis

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Scary stuff - police locking and loading as media walk past with hands raised. Tear gas still coming down


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Riot police clear a street Thursday night with smoke bombs in Ferguson
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/499772415162216448/photo/1

[Rex]

1. Ferguson cops have lost their fricken minds.

WTF are they doing?

[winter is coming]

2. Why should the news crews leave? Looks like the only threat there is the cops. n/t

[HooptieWagon]

6. Are the protestors even armed?

I haven't heard of anyone shooting at the cops. Fucking pigs are out of control.

[geomon666]

7. They have molotovs

[fishwax]

3. wow

Yeah, this is scary stuff.

[freshwest]

4. WTH? People can die from this stuff. People should be ligthing up the Capitol Switchboard in D.C.

[myrna minx]

5. Disturbing. Contrast the Bundy ranch terrorism with sniper guns

pointed at law enforcement vs protesters a metro city and the full brute force of a police state and intent in clear.

[kath]

8. What about the press part of the First Amendment? The speech/aasembly parts have been on life

Support for a long time.

[BrotherIvan]

9. Speechless

I hope for everyone to please, stay safe.

[G_j]

10. how many have heard of Ferguson before now? How many other towns

have this type of military equipment? Your tax dollars...

[justiceischeap]

11. Since 9/11, most towns have this equipment

under the guise of Homeland Security.

[maced666]

12. Dont' worry. In a month it will be forgotten again.

[Calista241]

13. That looks like a Brinks truck (a banks armored car)

And cops have utilized those forever. I even saw one on an episode of Matlock back in the day.

But the fatigues, grenades, rubber bullets and terror tactics need to go. Pronto.

[Savannahmann]

15. It isn't a Brinks Truck

It's an MRAP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAP

It's armored to protect the occupants from IED's, .50 Cal Machine Guns, RPG's, and landmines. Because you know that Ferguson, and Fallujah sound so much alike.

[NutmegYankee]

16. It can't be an MRAP.

The sides don't slope in and there is a full height door on the side to the back.

[Calista241]

17. MRAPS have 3 axels, the vehicle in the picture only has 2

And I haven't seen any pictures of crew served weaponry in St. Louis yet.

In any case, MRAPS and M2's have zero utility in our police forces. The fact that they own them tells me 2 things:

1. Police forces have too big a budget if they're buying military crap they don't need and shouldn't be using.

2. Police forces have lost touch with civilian America.

[woo me with science]

14. No, this is when news crews should stay.

Good god.