Capt. Johnson: Some of the Media Glamorizing Ferguson Violence

‘I am really grateful to the media for what they’ve done, but we have a lot of media that have not done a great job’

Capt. Johnson: ‘Some’ of the Media Glamorizing Ferguson Violence (Mediaite)

Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnsonsaid that some — and he emphasized some — of the media outlets on the ground in Ferguson were enabling the looters and criminals embedded within the otherwise peaceful protestors.

“We had a number of journalists — and not all, I want to say that now, the journalists have been on our side, they have been our partners in reporting,” he told MSNBC Tuesday morning. “I get home each morning, I look at the news and I am really grateful to the media for what they’ve done. But we have a lot of media that have not done a great job.”

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