MO National Guard Calls Ferguson Protestors ‘Enemy Forces,’ ‘Adversaries’

Last year, when Missouri governor Jay Nixon deployed the National Guard, at first, many were pleased with the development. After all, police departments from Ferguson and surrounding areas had failed miserably in peacekeeping efforts. Community activists openly blamed the multi-jurisdictional police force for intentionally sowing seeds of unrest.



FergusonCopsIn the end, the detachments from the state’s National Guard left ten days later, having forged no greater level of trust than the Missouri Highway Patrol. Armed in riot gear and rolling tanks through neighborhoods, the guardsmen and -women left a sour taste in the mouths of residents.

Now comes a leaked report that details exactly how protestors were portrayed by National Guard leadership. Called “enemy forces” and “adversaries” in documents obtained by CNN, it is clear the units did not see protestors as American citizens exercising their ferguson protest ferguson protest constitutionally protected rights.

In a statement released by the command, the National Guard defended its references. “The document referenced uses a generic military planning format utilized in a wide range of military missions, so the term ‘enemy forces’ would better be understood as ‘potential threats.’ Often in Guard operations, threats would include inclement weather, heat, failing levees, etc.”

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I call bullshit to the National Guards statement. Ferguson was NOT a military operation, though you made it one. The protesters were not your enemy, yet you made them one.