Anti-Police Rioters Storm Police Headquarters in St. Louis

Posted on | January 1, 2015 | 166 Comments

“Protesters”? No, this is what a riot looks like:

In what was slated as a peaceful “March to the Arch” by Ferguson demonstrators, more than two dozen people were arrested and pepper spray was used by police. The melee unfolded as protesters tried to storm the St. Louis Metropolitan Police headquarters building.
About seventy-five people marched through the downtown area and eventually went to police headquarters. There, with the building on lockdown, the group took the opportunity to rush an open door. Several people pushed in.
Upon entry, protesters read a list of demands to department officials. Those demands included a meeting with Chief Sam Dotson, Mayor Slay and Board of Aldermen President, Lewis Reed. They also requested an immediate termination of Officer’s Hayes and Flannery. They want amnesty for protesters who have been charged with non-violent offenses, the creation of a diverse Citizens Review Board with subpoena power and a seven day release of all information regarding police shootings, not limited to transparent release of all unedited videos and audio.

(Via Memeorandum.) These “protesters” are anti-democratic, pro-criminal anarchists. The city of St. Louis has an elected government, and the police are hired by that government to enforce law in the city. If a majority of the citizens are dissatisfied with their government, their laws or their police, they may make their grievances known at public meetings, or they may elect a new government.

What these “protests” are about is a lawless minority, who are in fact supporters of the city’s criminal element, attempting to impair law enforcement by creating public disturbances. Their liberal sympathizers in the media are enabling these advocates of anarchy by depicting the rioters as representatives of legitimate interests.

UPDATE: Daily Caller reports:

Mckesson’s videos show protesters walking in chanting, “Hands up, don’t shoot.” Later, they can be seen sitting on the floor, hands raised chanting, “No justice, no peace.” One video shows protesters fighting with officials to get through the doors while chanting, “This is what democracy looks like.”

No, this is what anarchy looks like.

This is what incipient fascism looks like. These are brownshirt tactics, representing a menace to public safety by dangerous people whose real goals have nothing to do with either “justice” or “peace.”

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Political Rift » Anti-Police Rioters Storm Police Headquarters in St. Louis
January 1st, 2015 @ 8:04 am

[…] Robert Stacy McCain “Protesters”? No, this is what a riot looks like: In what was slated as a peaceful “March to […]
Jim R
January 1st, 2015 @ 8:16 am

1. These people are idiots. Maybe next time they can “protest” a biker gang or klan meeting or big drug deal

2. If the cops were a hundreth part as brutal and RAAAAACIST as these clowns claim, many of them would be dead and the rest would be nursing busted skulls in a cell. But, I guess that’s doublethink in action

It bears repeating over and over: we are so, so lucky in our country that, so long as you behave yourself, you can protest ’till your voice is gone and you can’t hold up a sign anymore, and the police will actually keep you safe while you do it. How different from so many other places around the world!
Adobe_Walls
January 1st, 2015 @ 8:35 am

I’m surprised the police aren’t using power sprayers to ”dispense” pepper spray. I’m reminded of that video at a college, in California I think, where the occupy protesters were sitting blocking the sidewalk. They refused to clear the thoroughfare and one officer showed them a canister about the size of a small fire extinguisher they still didn’t move so he just started hosing them. Good times. I also recall that the occupods were all white.
ericdondero
January 1st, 2015 @ 8:42 am

Actually Stacy, this is what anarcho-communism looks like. Anarcho-capitalism is not such a bad thing. I prefer a libertarian society. But I’d be just fine living under true anarcho-capitalism. Let’s not paint all anarchists with the same brush.
Adobe_Walls
January 1st, 2015 @ 8:45 am

How bout with a pepper spray sprayer?
robertstacymccain
January 1st, 2015 @ 8:50 am

The Rule of Law is necessary to a free society, and these anti-police mobs are against the Rule of Law.
smitty
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:17 am

At least we have a Democrat administration. Why, if this were a Republican President, this unrest would be be an immanentization of the eschaton.
NeoWayland
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:18 am

“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

While I believe that these people have been manipulated, the rule of law is not absolute and beyond question. There are some real issues here that we all need to examine, starting with the militarization of police forces and why we keep expecting police to enforce so many procedural laws.

No, this wasn’t the best way to air their grievances. But some laws have been written so that the politicos can ignore their grievances.
Fail Burton
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:27 am

Madame Defarge wants a diverse citizens review board.

America continues to produce some of the stupidest people in the world.
Fail Burton
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:34 am

Let them go occupy a crack house in Gary or Detroit.
McGehee
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:34 am

It’s a standard thug stratagem: accuse the intended victim of being far more brutal than themselves, so they can claim the victim “deserved it.”
Jeanette Victoria
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:49 am

The problem is the default these days is progressive idiocy
Jeanette Victoria
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:50 am

Nailed it!!!
Jeanette Victoria
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:55 am

There are REAL problem with the police today. MSM-created non-issue of police brutality against nonwhites None of which is really being addressed by these rioting looting thugs or the power that be.
Jeanette Victoria
January 1st, 2015 @ 9:57 am

Police Turn Their Backs On De Blasio—But They’d Already Turned Their Backs On The White Working Class http://www.vdare.com/articles/police-turn-their-backs-on-de-blasio-but-theyd-already-turned-their-backs-on-the-white-working-class
NeoWayland
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:07 am

This isn’t about racism.

There have been generations of people who’ve been taught that they were born victims and all they had to do was shut up and vote Democrat, then things would get better. Police have become the most visible sign of government oppression.

You’re fighting the perception here. For politics built on revolution, there always needs to be a “good fight.” The Democrats are the ones who need victims, but the image of “The Man” has always been been conservative and pale-skinned.

I give the Republic’s chance of survival about one in three. That’s if everyone has “skin” in the game.
Jim R
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:16 am

Hear him! Hear him!
Jim R
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:20 am

I agree with RSM: rule of law, contradictory as it may seem, is necessary to a free society. I further suggest that anarcho-capitalism is effectively no different from rule by organized crime.
James Crockett
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:36 am

In a way they’re right – that is what “democracy” looks like.
James Crockett
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:37 am

If only.
James Crockett
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:38 am

Dostoyevsky pretty well articulated the connection of absolute freedom to absolute despotism.

Do you see the connection?
Evi L. Bloggerlady
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:39 am

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vq6bVwXwmtA/VKVa5XZ5yNI/AAAAAAAApsM/9W42uSCw__M/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-01%2Bat%2B6.32.28%2BAM.png
James Crockett
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:39 am

Speaking of manipulation, it’s not coincidence that Saul Alinsky used and abused blacks to advance his revolutionary agenda.

And it appears he got away with it without ever being called out on it.
AnnS
January 1st, 2015 @ 10:59 am

This is also the same methods used by the old KGB: Article by a Manning Johnson, black communist dissenter who was head of the CPUSA in NYC:

Color, Communism and Common Sense

http://manningjohnson.org/book/CCCS_1.html
NeoWayland
January 1st, 2015 @ 11:04 am

Yes.
AnnS
January 1st, 2015 @ 11:06 am

If you do some research you might find that the libertarian movement had some very dark and shady beginnings; actually aligning them selves with the likes of communist Emma Goldman, the old black panther party and even the Feds and New World Order people they love to hate. Don’t understand why the libertarians are so against governmental control and then side with those very political entities that have the highest form of dictator and government control the world has ever known. They do speak in forked tongues.
AnnS
January 1st, 2015 @ 11:23 am

I was in LA during the Rodney King trial;; the rioting ended after soldiers from the California Army National Guard, the 7th Infantry Division, and Marines from 1st Marine Division were called;a dawn to dusk curfew, business owners and employees armed themselves to protect their business. The chaos was over in 7 days. Case closed
robertstacymccain
January 1st, 2015 @ 11:38 am

But the point of the Declaration of Independence was that the British government had deprived the American colonists of the basic protections of the Common Law, which the list of colonial grievances (seldom mentioned by those who quote the Declaration’s preamble out of context) was intended to demonstrate. The American colonists did not believe that their rights as English freeman had been abrogated by their immigration to America. That is to say that these rights, which the colonists had inherited, had followed them to America, as their lawful heritage. The government, however, sought to deprive them of those rights, treating them as if they were second-class citizens, inferior to their kindred who remained in Britain.

Would any British subject ever have agreed to settle in America, had he believed that his emigration to a distant wilderness would deprive his descendants of the liberty that was their lawful inheritance as freemen? Of course not.

The only reason Britain had colonies in America was because the colonists believed (as the charters of the colonies gave them every reason to believe) that the protections of British law extended to these new settlements. Unwisely, the king’s government ignored this obvious truth and attempted to act as if these free British citizens were an inferior sort of people, despicable foreigners who might be treated as undeserving of liberty. The king was mistaken, and lost Britain’s American colonies as a result.
JeffS
January 1st, 2015 @ 11:59 am

Indeed, this is not democracy. It’s anarchy, but it’s being used by bona fide fascists to break down trust in the government, and leverage their way into power.

And I have to say, reluctantly, sometimes the police do not help the matter. That thin blue line can be a circle, drawn to protect individual police officers, whether they deserve said protection or not. The police unions (which are sometimes run by thugs as well) foster this attitude, and politicians in uniform do the same.

And there ARE bad cops out there. It’s inevitable, police forces are comprised of human beings, after all. When they are protected because of that thin blue line, it hurts us all.

The solution? I don’t see an easy one. I’m just pointing out that the anarchists will freely use any ammunition they can.
Jack Strawb
January 1st, 2015 @ 1:13 pm

Your hysteria is amusing. “Brownshirts”? A couple dozen unarmed protestors rush a building in order to occupy it, willing to be arrested in order to be heard?

Read some history. The real Brownshirts have something to teach you.

Also, try looking up “anarchy.” The dictionary has plenty to teach you, too.
Matt_SE
January 1st, 2015 @ 1:16 pm

You wouldn’t be making a Strawb Man argument, would you?
Matt_SE
January 1st, 2015 @ 1:18 pm

I have a simple solution:
Let local, armed militias deal with the protestors. That is the epitome of democracy!
I’m sure they’ll show much more restraint than those nasty, racist cops.
Matt_SE
January 1st, 2015 @ 1:23 pm

It’s been worse than this before. The 1960’s were no picnic, and we made it through that.
We’ll be fine.
IceBerg77
January 1st, 2015 @ 1:46 pm

“Sometimes” the police do not help the matter? that’s an understatement.

The police are almost 100% unaccountable for their mistakes. The act has to be so egregious like the Abner Louima case, for there to be justice for a citizen, and I guarantee some cops were still defending Volpe for sodomizing a man with a nightstick.

Amusing to hear people called “fascists” for wanting some simple oversight, accountability, and reform in their justice system. The “fascists” are the ones running the system they’re opposing.
NeoWayland
January 1st, 2015 @ 2:01 pm

The reason I brought up the DOI is because the institution of government is not infallible. The rule of law is just another tyranny if the government is corrupt.

It’s not enough to demand that law be enforced. Without a way to make a meaningful difference, people lose their rights. Why should they participate when they don’t have a choice?
NeoWayland
January 1st, 2015 @ 2:04 pm

If “racism” were the only factor, I might agree. But many things are coming to a head. Watch for a currency collapse.
Trazymarch
January 1st, 2015 @ 2:11 pm

“It’s been worse than this before. The 1920’s were no picnic, and we made it through that. We’ll be fine”
Franz von Papen one day before Night of the Long Knives 😉
Trazymarch
January 1st, 2015 @ 2:18 pm

Let’s start with the fact that “fascist” is just insult that pretty much means “evil” or “People I fervently disagree with”. Similar to various words ending with “phobia”.
JeffS
January 1st, 2015 @ 2:44 pm

Agreed. Police need loads more accountability.

But the police brutality problems stems from a small percentage of bad or stupid cops. Many of the protests tar all cops with the same brush.

if the anti-cop rhetoric.was about pulling power back from the unions, and holding law enforcement officers to the same legal standards as all of us, you’d have a point.

But it’s not. Cops are being targeted for assassination and assault. Are those targeted good or bad cops? None of the “libertarians” care.

That’s because they’re tools of fascists and/or communists, or they are fascists or communists themselves.
Jim R
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:06 pm

Like Obama, Holder, and de Blasio?

It seems to me that some of the people screaming loudest for “reform” are the people in charge. No surprise, though: politicians are usually very good at passing the buck.
Daniel Freeman
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:10 pm

It isn’t just a room in a theater, man. I say it over and over: projection is also a strategy.
Dianna Deeley
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:19 pm

It was at Davis. And the officer was fired, despite the little jerks actually saying, “Oh, yeah, go ahead.”
Fail Burton
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:24 pm

And who do you think acted as shock troops in political assassinations – normal, healthy people? Two cops were politically assassinated and spread fear throughout the country’s police force. Wake up.
Daniel Freeman
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:25 pm

I’m actually not so worried about a currency collapse. The spectacle of Feds auctioning off confiscated Bitcoins is effectively official sanction for digital currencies, which tells us everything we need to know: they’re more worried about potential deflation than currency competition.
Fail Burton
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:27 pm

Then instead of being weekend warriors they must dedicate themselves and enter that system. That is civic responsibility and duty. That is how society works.
Fail Burton
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:35 pm

Our lib warriors conveniently overlook the fact our police forces didn’t become militarized out of nowhere. We have as feral and violent an institutionalized criminal culture as any place in the world. Remember the Hollwood bank robbery where the cops were outgunned? What civilized nation has shootouts in broad daylight like that? Is an unarmed bobbie going to walk up and say “What’s all this then?” Before Andy can work his magic you have to have a Mayberry. There will always be criminals but we have a criminal culture and they are blaming their crimes on everyone else. Does anyone really believe robbers are trying to pay their rent or they do it out of despair? There are far poorer and more discriminated against people in the world who don’t act like animals.
Daniel Freeman
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:42 pm

You’re suspiciously erudite for a sidekick.
Dianna Deeley
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:54 pm

Neo, every single thing they’re “protesting” is a lie. That’s why this is so pernicious.

As to the militarization of the police, the people who have been articulating the issue aren’t the idjits shouting, “Hands up, don’t shoot!” Futher, you know that, so why are you pretending these vile riots are legitimate? They’re not, because they are based upon, propogate, and cannot exist outside of a lie!
IceBerg77
January 1st, 2015 @ 3:56 pm

You know as well as I do that without financial power you have no voice in this country. You can’t change the system from the inside. once you’re inside you become the system, and turn self serving, and careerist. The only way to change the system is really through ceaseless pressure coming from the outside.
Daniel Freeman
January 1st, 2015 @ 4:05 pm

That’s what I keep trying to tell people: chaos is unacceptable, and if it couldn’t be curtailed, then we would just try harder. You can’t blame someone for trying harder when that’s their job.