With Highway Patrol, hugs and kisses replace tear gas in Ferguson

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Washington Post:

FERGUSON, Mo. — Suddenly, everything has changed.

 

The heavy riot armor, the SWAT trucks with sniper posts, the hostile glares: tonight in Ferguson they were gone.

 

A stunning change in tone radiated through the suburban streets where protests had turned violent each of the last four evenings following the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

 

But Thursday night, when more than a thousand protesters descended on the remains of QuikTrip – which was burned during riots on Sunday – they had a new leader.

 

The man at the front of the march, was Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ronald S. Johnson, a Ferguson native.

 

“I’m not afraid to be in this crowd,” Johnson declared to reporters.

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New sheriff in town?

[Valin]

 

With Highway Patrol, hugs and kisses replace tear gas in Ferguson

Until the next time this happens.