It’s been approximately one year since the Ferguson protests began. Protests have resumed and the police crackdown is just as fierce as ever. Armed “Oath Keeper” militia members showed up and weren’t bothered by police at all. John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Four white men armed with assault rifles and pistols said they contacted police prior to walking the streets of Ferguson early Tuesday morning.
A police officer told The Daily Beast that he understood that the men belonging to a right-wing militia group contacted high-ranking officials within the St. Louis County Police Department before appearing next to cops at 2 a.m. A spokesman for the department told The Guardian that Oath Keepers “did not ask for or receive permission” to attend.
Oath Keepers was formed in the early days of the Obama presidency to protect “our constitutional republic [from being] destroyed!” The group said it was in Ferguson on Tuesday to guard a two-man crew from Alex Jones’ Info Wars.”*
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