He was pretty much surrounded by press, barely any protesters there.

It's not the Ferguson Police, nut in the video was St.Ann PD, and the majority of police out there are St.Louis County PD.

Well, actually it's always right of assembly until, and the ppl he was point the rifle at were mostly all press.

The people he was point the gun at were pretty much all press, probably all from out of town.

Barely a protester in the crowd, it was pretty much all press, he was on the tail end of the police force that had just cleared the area.

Those were St.Louis County Police making him stop, he's a St.Ann officer, St.Ann does not have a good reputation around here.

To be honest, I doubt even the hardest of the hard would be able to deal with the bedlam without eventually breaking.

Don't think this asshole is indicative of the whole thing, I knew he was fucking up while watching the KSDK footage that night, he's a St.Ann officer from a tiny department that pretty much exists solely to run a speed trap. There's worlds of difference between him and St.Louis County Police in terms of training.

The St.Louis County PD is pretty much spent at this point, they've been doing 12-16 hour shifts everyday since this started, they can't go home, it was only a matter of time before one of them broke.

He was threatening mostly all press who were egging him on, you can see it in the wide shot KSDK footage, pretty much not a real protesters in sight.

Well, it's a number of Departments involved, St.Louis County PD being the largest, St.Louis Metro PD being the second, St.Louis County municipal PDs, and the Missouri Highway Patrol.

It was pretty much exclusively press taunting him, you can see in the KSDK Footage.

That's exactly the problem, he's a St.Ann cop, the whole St.Ann police department exists pretty much solely to be a speed trap force. They are not in any way shape or form comparative in training to St.Louis County PD.

Take a look at the wideshot video from this, he's surrounded by press being assholes.

Yeah, if you look at the wideshot KSDK video you can see they are all press, and this is an area the police had already cleared of protesters.

A lot people look like cornered animals when surrounded by press.

Well, to be fair a lot the police there have been working 12-16 hours days without the ability to go home. Being outside in humid Missouri weather in shorts and t-shirt is bad enough, imagine a bulletproof vest and pants. The Police are pretty damned fatigued at this point, and we will see more break mentally if…

That guy even freaked out the nearby St.Louis County PD which is why they made him lower his gun and walk away.

It's not ferguson SOP, it's St.Louis County SOP. And the officer is from St.Ann police, not the most professional in the area.

If you watch the video, I think he was freaking out the St.Louis County Police near him, they made him put his gun down and leave. The Nut is from St.Ann PD, who basically exist to be a speedtrap.