But I do worry that the state of emergency called for by the governor has escalated the situation and has invited folks from other places to come under the belief that this is where the revolution is going to happen or something like that.
French expresses concern that the governor's state of emergency has escalated tensions and attracted outside influences.
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I am disappointed, though. The prosecutors felt they had a strong case, especially given video evidence, the audio evidence, the DNA evidence. And so we were hopeful that the system would work this time.
The National Guard is called in when policing has failed. Military presence in my city will mark an historic failure on the part of government.
I am. It's already a noticeable difference in tone. Really it has been the police presence, the heavy-handed presence which has escalated the situation and I think led to the violence each night.
the system did not work. And, while it was careful to point out the faults of the young man who was killed, Anthony Smith, this officer also we need to agree was a bad cop.
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