Originally Posted By: Faithful1

Actually Obama, Holder and Sharpton do have much to do with it. I watched the events of Ferguson from the beginning and have relatives in St. Louis. The three of them helped spread misinformation and made pre-emptive judgments on the police in Ferguson in general and Officer Darren Wilson in particular. They helped create the particular mindset that exists in Ferguson today. The article that I cited from the Daily Beast (a liberal/left publication) explains why: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...on-tragedy.html



I respect your take on issues more than the author of article you cited. I recognized the name of the author and I didn't think that he'd write an impartial piece. here is a brief bio

Ronald I. "Ron" Christie is an American government relations expert and Republican political strategist, who has also worked as a member of former Vice President Dick Cheney's staff.
also for an article where he is a stickler for FACTS...he gets FACTS about the Gates incident wrong...most notably that Gates didn't have house keys....
police report for gates arrest
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/henry-louis-gates-jr-police-report

note that the officer carefully details exactly when he realized that Gates "appeared to be a resident" of the house that was being "broken into"....how early into the incident he knew that there was in fact NO BURGLARY taking place.
I'll re examine Obama and Holder's comments during the case, but stuff quoted in the article is flimsy.

I think politicans and personalities making comments might have had an impact on people following the the story at home, but that the emotion of the protestors was a direct result of the the inconsistencies in protocol....like police report for the incident not being filed/ or released in timely manner....and conflicting eyewitness reports

Originally Posted By: Faithful1

Outside agitators also did make a difference. There were anarchists, many of whom participated at one of the recent G7 conferences where protestors engaged in vandalism and property damage. They actually trained many of the protestors in left-wing agitation. This helps to explain why as time progressed the protesting became more and more Marxist. You can read the anti-police rhetoric on this anarchist website, for example: http://anarchistnews.org/tags/ferguson
CNN also discussed anarchists in Ferguson: http://cdn.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/20...-Causing-Unrest
This site links the funding for the anarchists to a left-wing millionaire named Jack Dorsey: http://www.the-spearhead.com/2014/08/18/who-are-the-anarchists-in-ferguson-and-whos-funding-them/
The Huffington Post mentioned that the New Black Panthers came in from outside Ferguson: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/ferguson-protests_n_5689963.html

Initially I rejected the anarchist angle, because I felt that mentioning (implied) white outsiders protesting downplayed that there were Ferguson residents of all colors out there protesting.The Black community especially but people from all backgrounds.Also,I've seen the exact pattern of property damage in footage from riots from the past 4 decades based around similar issues...so I didn't think the thug element needed to be further coerced into doing what they do. I will read more about the outsiders who were protesting.I knew the NBP were out there.I'm certain that undercover agents are mixed in with the protesters too.

The shooting at cops at the point in the story that it happened does seem to point to outsiders. every area felon or criminal instantly becomes a suspect or person of interest and all types of law enforcement flood the area.

thanks for info, will review