Ferguson Police Chief: Peaceful Protesters Should Not Mingle with Violent Crowds

Ferguson Police Chief: Peaceful Protesters Should Not Mingle with Violent Crowds (National Review Online)

Responding to criticism that police in Ferguson, Mo., have arrested individuals engaged in peaceful protests, Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson parried:

If individuals are in a crowd that’s attacking the police, they need to get out of that crowd. We can’t individually go in and say, ‘Excuse me, sir, are you peacefully protesting? Are you throwing rocks? Are you throwing a Molotov cocktail?’