{"id":137018,"date":"2014-08-15T13:27:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=137018"},"modified":"2014-08-15T13:27:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T13:27:54","slug":"stirring-pot-doj-sends-marshals-coach-protesters-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/stirring-pot-doj-sends-marshals-coach-protesters-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Stirring The Pot: DOJ Sends \u2018Marshals\u2019 To \u2018Coach\u2019 The Protesters In Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Snyder\u00a0<\/em>
\nRINF Alternative News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Is the Obama administration looking to stir up more trouble in Ferguson? \u201cProtest marshals\u201d from the same Department of Justice division that organized protests against George Zimmerman in the aftermath of the shooting of Trayvon Martin have been deployed to the troubled city. It is being reported that these DOJ agents will be \u201cconducting training<\/a>\u201d for Ferguson protesters that will focus on \u201cbest practices for participating in protests\u201d. Local officials in Missouri hope that this will help defuse the situation, but if history is any guide it may end up doing just the opposite. According\u00a0to the head of Judicial Watch<\/a>, the Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice \u201chas a record of racially inflammatory rhetoric that is extreme in ideology and cynical in its politics\u201d. Could these Ferguson protests ultimately be used to take us to the next level in the inflammation of racial tensions in America?<\/p>\n

What we have seen play out in Ferguson over the past few days demonstrates so much of what is wrong in this country.<\/p>\n

The initial rioting and looting in the city was a prime example of the extreme social decay that is eating away at the foundations of our nation. And it showed how rapidly the streets of our major cities could potentially\u00a0descend into chaos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And then the absolutely brutal response by the police\u00a0was a perfect example<\/a>of how our society is rapidly being transformed into a heavily militarized police state.<\/p>\n

Now that the Obama administration is getting involved, who knows what is going to happen next. According to\u00a0the Daily Caller<\/a>, two \u201cprotest marshals\u201d have already been deployed to Ferguson so far\u2026<\/p>\n

Two Department of Justice \u201cprotest marshals\u201d are in Ferguson, Mo., to help train people taking part in demonstrations over the fatal police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to Ferguson mayor James Knowles, who spoke with The Daily Caller Wednesday evening.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We are being told that they will be \u201cconducting training for the groups on best practices for participating in protests\u201d.<\/p>\n

That sounds good, but as Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch has pointed out, this particular Department of Justice division has\u00a0a troubled history<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

Responding to news that the Justice Department has dispatched its Community Relations Service to the scene of racially charged unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, the head of the Washington watchdog group Judicial Watch says it\u2019s time for a civil rights investigation of Attorney General Eric Holder\u2019s agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cEric Holder\u2019s Justice Department is unfortunately not to be trusted on racial matters,\u201d said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in an interview with WND.<\/p>\n

Under Holder\u2019s leadership, he said, the department \u201chas a record of racially inflammatory rhetoric that is extreme in ideology and cynical in its politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that this Justice Department could be trusted to mediate is highly suspect,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So precisely what kind of \u201ccoaching\u201d and \u201ctraining\u201d will these protesters be receiving?<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0previous article<\/a>, I discussed how Judicial Watch has documented the fact that the Community Relations Service helped \u201corganize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman<\/a>\u201d back in 2012. This assistance also included spending quite a bit of money, arranging meetings between the NAACP and local leaders, and even providing police escorts for protesters.<\/p>\n

Let us certainly hope that the DOJ does not choose to inflame the situation, because Ferguson is already essentially a war zone at this point.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, police used smoke bombs, tear gas, flash bang grenades, rubber bullets and LRAD sound cannons against protesters. You can see footage of some of the police brutality\u00a0in the video posted below<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

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