The Ferguson indictment (or non-indictment) is evidently coming down at 8 PM tonight. Why the night rather than the day, and why now rather than during the next polar vortex, I couldn’t tell you. It’s almost like somebody somewhere wants a riot.
Police presence is described as “extremely heavy.” Shops have boarded up their windows. Barricades are already up in the courthouse, and heavy Homeland Security presence there has already been reported.
Descriptions of the “protestors” on site doesn’t sound terribly encouraging:
Protester tells me he has a gun and he has every right to use if the police put their hands on him. Then flashes me the gun. #Ferguson
— Lawrence B.Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) November 25, 2014
As for what the night may hold if things go bad, well, here’s the Dead Kennedy’s “Riot”:
“Tomorrow you’re homeless/tonight it’s a blast…”
Update: No indictment.
Update 2: And now the expected riot has come to pass. Happy, mainstream media? You built that.