11-25-2014, 09:06 PM
I think the looting might have been staved off for a few hours if the announcement had been made during the day.
Perhaps it could have been prevented entirely if the National Guard had been in place by nightfall (regardless of what time the announcement was made).
It's my understanding that the timing of the public announcement had to do with schools and traffic. Given the massive anticipation and frustration surrounding this decision, that would have made sense to me if the guards were in place at the time of the announcement. I don't understand why they weren't in place, unless authorities overestimated the depth of the calm achieved over the last couple of months and wanted to display trust in the citizens of Ferguson?
Perhaps it could have been prevented entirely if the National Guard had been in place by nightfall (regardless of what time the announcement was made).
It's my understanding that the timing of the public announcement had to do with schools and traffic. Given the massive anticipation and frustration surrounding this decision, that would have made sense to me if the guards were in place at the time of the announcement. I don't understand why they weren't in place, unless authorities overestimated the depth of the calm achieved over the last couple of months and wanted to display trust in the citizens of Ferguson?