Random Musings: Next up in Ferguson: Resurrecting Bull Connor?

When the police in Ferguson, Missouri (Ferguson PD and St. Louis County PD) forsook their oaths to serve and protect on Monday, they left the people of Ferguson to the tender mercies of a group of armed white men named the Oath Keepers. Who they are -

- Oath Keepers Rally Reveals Radical Politics of Group

- Oath Keepers Descend Upon Oregon with Dreams of Armed Confrontation over Mining Dispute

- Oath Keepers Head: Government Planning To Unleash ISIS Attacks, Race War, Economic Collapse In Order To Impose Martial Law

- Stewart Rhodes Defends 'Hang McCain' Comment, Says Senator Is Like Adolf Hitler

- St. Louis County cop suspended when racist, sexist rant goes viral after patrolling unrest in Ferguson, Mo.

Officer Dan Page is off the streets after the vile, hour-long rant he made during an April Oath Keeper's meeting went viral. The officer on Monday was spotted pushing and restraining CNN's Don Lemon, who is black, as the host did a live spot in broad daylight in Ferguson.

And the police there knew exactly what the Oath Keepers were doing (apparently, "subtle" is not part of their ideology) -

Pic courtesy the Washington Post

The "best" part of this:

While the police in Ferguson were gleefully (and falsely) arresting dozens of African-Americans on suspicion of possessing firearms, the heavily-armed (and white) Oath Keepers were given free passes.

Perhaps this article praising the Oath Keepers, from Police Magazine, explains the preferential treatment.

Oath Keepers Head: Government Planning To Unleash ISIS Attacks, Race War, Economic Collapse In Order To Impose Martial Law - See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/oath-keepers-head-government-planning-unleash-isis-attacks-race-war-economic-collapse-order-#sthash.Vkt2Iavg.dpuf