But what if they are such violent criminals? The media reaction to this is horseshit.

Go fuck yourself.

Because other countries have such mellow police forces.

Well, it's a big fucking difference, St.Louis county PD is a department for over 1 million residents, Ferguson PD is for 21K residents. STL county has all the modern swat equipment, Ferguson PD does not. STL county PD is without a doubt the best armed and equipped police force in the state, Ferguson county is not, …

No, they should STL county police which they are should look like that, especially during a crisis, that is their Swat team, a swat team they use to raid meth labs, so, you think they shouldnt be so well equipped? That sounds like a commie.

So, referring to the group most likely to make first contact is racist? Good to Know. BTW STL County has arrested me multiple times.

No, it's not, that is STL county tactical, they are the edge of the spear for Missouri police, why should they be less than that? You're full of shit. BTW, I'm only racist against a particular group, and that group isn't black.

Oh, so insult us as a flyover state, real fucking classy, home of McDonnell Douglas, home of the F15. Do you understand that St.Louis is home to many military equipment manufacturers, something this country is still good at? We also have one of the most violent minority populations in the country, so what should we…

Umm, for the most part St.Louis county PD has been pretty good about handling this, oh, btw those aren't "small-town" police in the photo, those are big-county police.

Oh, yeah, a city with a number of military equipment companies might just have a fairly militarized police force, big shock.

Yes, protesters which then gave way to rioters a couple nights ago.

Thank you, as a fellow STL area resident, the outright lies coming from the national media are pretty stunning.

BTW the police in the photo are from STL County tactical, a police force for a county with a population a little over 1 Million people, they are not Ferguson PD, as the article suggests.

As a fellow STL resident, I support you, the way the national media is misinforming the nation about the events here is ridiculous.

If this happened on the coast, nobody would care, but because it happened in the midwest......

Thank you, as a fellow STL resident I've been saying this exact thing to as many ppl on Gawker as I can, the way they are spinning this story is absurd.

Yeah, the misinformation coming out of the national media about this is insane. Being an STL county resident and knowing that the big bad military men in the picture are STL County PD, and not from a "small town"like Ferguson makes what's really happening much different from the tripe that's being spun and reported.

The fact they keep claiming the men in picture are Ferguson PD, and not St.Louis County PD which they clearly are irritates me to no end. As someone else living in STL it makes me sick to see my city on the news, and then have the news misinform the nation about what's really going on.

Im tired of all the national outlets twisting the facts about what is happening in my hometown.

Most police roll with the domestic version of the FN FAL in Brazil, right? That's a heavy ass weapon if there ever was one.