Statement: Photographer Scott Olson released

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https://twitter.com/GettyImages/status/501549298316623872/photo/1

[HooptieWagon]

1. I hope Getty and Olsen sue the crap out of Ferguson.

[RufusTFirefly]

2. And the PTB will get just what they want:

Not simply a run-of-the-mill goon squad, but a privatized, non-union goon squad.
I tell you, it's a win-win for the fat cats.

[HooptieWagon]

3. I imagine the DoJ will be keeping an eye on them in the future.

Not to mention the media. They done pissed off people who buy ink by the tankercar.

[RufusTFirefly]

4. Yes, but when they get sued and have no money left...

... the city will be wooed by private firms that claim to be able to do the job cheaper and more efficiently. If so, good-bye public accountability, and good-bye unions.

It's the same page from the playbook that charter schools have been using for quite some time.

[HooptieWagon]

5. I doubt it works like schools.

I don't know about MO, but in FL when a small municipality decides to shut down PD, FD or EMS, they contract with a neighboring muni or county to provide the service. Some EMS are private, though.