Crowds in Ferguson protest are growing. People are coming from out of town.

[applegrove]

Vibes that nobody gets hurt tonight. Vibes that the people get heard tonight.

[Live and Learn]

1. Captain Johnson sounds pretty good.

Promising lots of changes.

[applegrove]

6. Yes I just heard him on CNN.

[randys1]

2. The new man in charge, an African American, and the state highway patrol, may

calm this down, but that solves nothing.

Thank god there will now likely NOT be any protesters killed, but we still have nothing but problems all over the country,

and as long as rightwing racist terrorist teaparty is in control of the house and maybe soon the senate, we will go backwards and not forwards.

[Live and Learn]

8. Well, at least there are no armored vehicles with trigger happy officers

manning machine guns on the street right now. I'd call that a small victory!

[etherealtruth]

20. Agreed

I kept "praying" for some intervention ... someone to protect the populace FROM the police

[Brigid]

22. Just like in Chicago 1968,

It is the cops doing the rioting.

[LoisB]

30. Yes.

[Cha]

3. Positive vibes for the same, apple~ :(

[tblue37]

4. I wish I had the means to go there to join the protests! nt

[arcane1]

5. I wish I was there too!

[LuvNewcastle]

14. Me too.

[rhett o rick]

7. The revolution is waiting for a spark. Just sayin'. nm

[applegrove]

9. I think the spark has already happened. Why so many are there tonight. I just

hope people feel heard, and police chiefs across the country rethink how they respond and train their forces.

[Historic NY]

12. exactly

[Lurks Often]

10. Odd, one hears the same thing from the far right too

Personally I'd just as soon avoid a second Civil War, when you go down that path who knows who is going to end up on the winning side.

[applegrove]

11. Yeah. I hope the message has been received and tonight's protest

does not result in violence or anybody getting hurt.

[rhett o rick]

13. I agree that violence will bring a worse outcome.

As far as the far right goes, they are not any happier than us. They just blame the wrong people.

[freedom fighter jh]

27. Revolution doesn't have to be violent.

If it's peaceful, there is a better chance that peace-loving people will win.

[Lurks Often]

29. Depends on who is on the other side and what they have to lose

[socialist_n_TN]

31. Yeah, I agree with you.........

And in a socialist revolution the other side has wealth, power, and influence to lose. I'm not optimistic that they are going to give up those things without a fight.

[liberalhistorian]

15. I so desperately wish I could afford

to go there and join them. And I'm a white gal living on a South Dakota Indian reservation and I know there are plenty of native americans who would gladly come along with me, as this is also what they deal with from police outside of the reservation and sometimes even on the rez itself.

[Sunlei]

16. a total difference today with police, they dumped their military at war costumes.

The local police are allowed to mingle again.

[Skidmore]

17. Good. Peaceful assembly.

I would love to go down but we are going north Saturday to check on an older relative. With the Ferguson citizens in spirit though.

[Robbins]

18. If your watching MSNBC

There are some white people there at this protest showing it's not a Black VS White Issue.And it's a far cry from last night.

It's totally different now that control Is under Missouri Highway Patrol and away from St Louis County.

[Brigid]

21. Yep, I see white people.

One black woman said that whites in the area have been standing with them all along. I guess whites in the area have "history" with the cops too.

[Robbins]

26. That's good

It sends a signal to world.

[Brigid]

19. Chris Hayes just mentioned that.

And that a large amount of local revenue comes from traffic stops.

I find the absence of dashcams in the police cars fascinating too. With those, the murdering cop may have been identified by now, and hopefully would not have felt so free to open fire in the first place.

[etherealtruth]

23. You make a good point ....

"would not have felt so free to open fire in the first place."

[littlemissmartypants]

24. He fell and died for us.

We should stand for him.

[littlemissmartypants]

25. Thanks for your post.

~Love you, applegrove.
Lmsp

[flamingdem]

28. K+R

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