April 19, 2015

National Guard called Ferguson protesters "enemy forces"

Guardian - As the Missouri National Guard prepared to deploy to the streets of Ferguson last year during protests sparked by the shooting death of Michael Brown, the troops used highly militarized language such as “enemy forces” and “adversaries” to refer to citizen demonstrators. Documents detailing the military mission divided the crowds that national guards would be likely to encounter into “friendly forces” and “enemy forces” – the latter apparently including “general protesters”.

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