Missouri Governor Withdraws National Guard From Ferguson, Holder Warns Of “Deeper Mistrust”

Assuming Missouri Governor Jay Nixon doesn’t believe that last night’s massive storms were the cause of a quieter night in Ferguson, he has decided to withdraw The National Guard from the scene of Mike Brown’s death. It is unclear whether he realizes the error of his ways in this heavy-handed response or got a tap on the shoulder from The White House. Either way, we leave it to none other than AG Eric Holder to conclude – “History simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson,” -in other words, this is far from over…

As AP reports,

Gov. Jay Nixon is ordering the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson, where nightly scenes of unrest have erupted since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old.

Nixon announced what he called a systematic withdrawal of Guard officers on Thursday. He says they’ve effectively protected the city while other agencies worked to restore trust between law enforcement and residents.

Since the guard’s arrival Monday, flare-ups in the small section of town that had been the center of nightly unrest have begun to subside. The quietest night was overnight Wednesday and Thursday, when police arrested only a handful of people in the protest zone.

Since demonstrations began after Aug. 9 shooting of Michel Brown, authorities have arrested at least 163 people in the protest area.

But Eric Holder knows this isn’t over… (via NY Times)

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Thursday that the unrest the country has witnessed here over the past two weeks was emblematic of deeper problems that exist across the nation, where a corrosive mistrust exists in certain places between the police and the people they are meant to serve.

“History simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson,” Mr. Holder said during a news conference in Washington.

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“The national outcry we have seen speaks to a sense of mistrust” that exists beyond Ferguson, Mr. Holder said on Thursday.