Czernobog
Gold Member
Tear gas and pepper spray hung in the air as police in riot gear descended on Keene, New Hampshire, on Saturday night, trying to disperse a rowdy crowd that brought chaos to the city's 24th annual Pumpkin Festival, CNN affiliates reported. (the emphasis is mine)
CNN:New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival crowd sets fires, throws bottles
Huot said Keene State students bore some of the responsibility for the unruly behavior, but also suggested that some outside the community had billed the event "as a destination for destructive and raucous behavior."
So, the protestors in Ferguson, protesting the shooting of Michael Brown, are characterized as "looters and thugs", the police - who sent in fucking tanks - are chastised for responding too passively, and a curfew is imposed. When a group of rioters star throwing things, and injuring people for absolutely no reason at all, they're just college kids being "a bit unruly". That's how it works, huh?
And, lest we think this was just a one-off, let's look also at the "revelers" after West Virginia University beat Baylor, the "celebrators" took to destroying public property, setting shit on fire, and overturning vehicles. hell, even the police called it rioting. How was it reported on Fox? Not a single word.
So, what could possibly be the difference between Ferguson, and these other events?