Ferguson police response ‘a municipal version of shock and awe’ – Boing Boing

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Ferguson police response ‘a municipal version of shock and awe’

Eyewitness Jelani Cobb, reporting for the New Yorker: “What transpired in the streets appeared to be a kind of municipal version of shock and awe; the first wave of flash grenades and tear ga…

via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/ferguson-police-response-a-m.html

What transpired in the streets appeared to be a kind of municipal version of shock and awe; the first wave of flash grenades and tear gas had played as a prelude to the appearance of an unusually large armored vehicle, carrying a military-style rifle mounted on a tripod