Officer in Ferguson Calls Ron Johnson Strategy "Hug a Thug," Says He Wants to Punch Eric Holder

[Live and Learn]

Officer in Ferguson Calls Ron Johnson Strategy "Hug a Thug," Says He Wants to Punch Eric Holder

By Ben Mathis-Lilley

A St. Louis-area police officer who's been working in Ferguson falsely accused a group of protestors of shooting at police, said Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson holds a racial “double standard,” and asserted that he would like to punch attorney general Eric Holder, the St. Louis Riverfront Times reports via a survey of the officer's Twitter posts.

The Riverfront Times appears to have noticed Sgt. Mike Weston's account when Weston said that a group of individuals tear-gassed in their own backyard last week had fired gunshots at police. A Times reporter who witnessed and recorded the incident says none of the protestors were armed. Weston admitted he could not support the accusation when contacted by the reporter—and wasn't even at the scene he was describing:

"There were shots being fired some yards, maybe not this particular one."

Weston then admitted that he wasn't in the group of police officers that was marching down the street and firing tear gas into yards. He said he was in the back closer to the command center, several blocks away.

More: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/08/21/ferguson_officer_twitter_attacks_ron_johnson_eric_holder_reportedly_makes.html

[Autumn]

1. Officer, one should always strive to meet their goals. I hope you get a chance to do that.

Work on that goal.

[Live and Learn]

2. Here is a link to the original story and the Officer's name:

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/08/cop_working_ferguson_protest_falsely_accuses_protesters_of_firing_guns_leading_to_gas_attack.php

[conservaphobe]

3. And he looked no further than their skin color to determine everyone hugged was a thug.

I remember my white ass living in childhood naivety, reading about the 60's and thinking much of this bullshit was behind us.

Oh, how wrong I was.

[Stellar]

5. Exactly!

[OneGrassRoot]

4. So, we have Officer Go F*ck Yourself, the Oathkeepers racist bigot...

and this guy on record as being precisely what the Ferguson citizens have been talking about.

There was another one if I recall correctly, who posted something equally awful on Facebook.

Hope someone is keeping track of all of these "peace" officers. They prove the point Ferguson is trying to make.



EDIT TO ADD THIS ONE:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/st-louis-suspened-racist-rants-article-1.1914569

[BlueJazz]

6. "There were shots being fired some yards, maybe not this particular one."

In other news: Dr. Robert Shaw @ Mayo clinic has found the cure for cancer!
This reporter talked to Dr. Shaw this morning, who had this to say about his miraculous cure for cancer:
"My Lawn mower seems to be working fine"

[SomethingFishy]

7. Yes Officer... We understand..

A car backfiring, or some noise down the street is "shots fired". 3 people looting is a "riot". And a kid chuck a water bottle is "the crowd is throwing molotov cocktails".

[Live and Learn]

8. Oops, apparently I was late on this. It was already posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025424656