Counter-Protesters Rally For Ferguson Cop: ‘He Was Doing His Job’

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A counterprotest sprung up in St. Louis on Sunday to express support for the white Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot a black unarmed teen, adding a new wrinkle to the ongoing turmoil of the last week.

Jon Swaine, a reporter for The Guardian who is on the ground in Missouri, reported that the protesters congregated outside the headquarters of KSDK, a St. Louis TV station on Sunday afternoon.

There were about 125 protesters, according to Swaine, and one of them was black. The officer they were supporting, Darren Wilson, allegedly shot 18-year-old Michael Brown six times on Aug. 9. The shooting has prompted the clashes between police and protesters over the last week, forcing Gov. Jay Nixon (D) to call in the National Guard Monday morning.

“He was doing his job,” a protester told The Guardian.

The pro-Wilson protest lasted about two hours, according to reporters at the scene.

Image via Jon Swaine on Twitter.

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  1. The cop’s job in Furguson is to literally extract revenue from poor blacks, Ferguson receives nearly one-quarter of its revenue from court fees! http://goo.gl/MtsZYT

  2. Gee, I wonder when THESE protesters will be tear-gassed, beaten, and arrested.
    Oh, that’s right, they are WHITE.
    They are also outside a TV station in St. Louis far, far away from the real tragedy in Ferguson.
    What brave souls they are, risking being on TV for “Free-Dum”.

  3. WrONG. THeSe ProTEsters ARen’t actiNG UPPIty liKE the OTHER proterSTERs.

  4. Who organized this derpfest? Nobody looks like they care that passionately about this. Half of them are checking their phones.

  5. Because, to this kind group of avowed non-racists, a cop’s job is to try, convict, and execute an unarmed teenager only to discover later that he was suspected of stealing a box of Swisher Sweets.

    Look for George Zimmerman to be the keynote speaker at an upcoming rally.

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