Ferguson protests a platform for unhelpful voices: James Varney
Protesters defy police, take to the streets of Ferguson Against
a backdrop of flood lights from police tactical vehicles,
protesters stand their ground in the middle of West Florissant
Avenue in Ferguson. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert
Cohen) Email the author | Follow on Twitter on August 21, 2014
at 11:17 AM, updated August 21, 2014 at 5:16 PM  Shortly after
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced "vigorous prosecution" was in
order for the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed a
black teenager there the police organizations swung into action.
The president of the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police,
interviewed on Fox News, said Nixon's remarks left him "very
disappointed."  The FOP is "open for a very thorough
investigation, but we're very concerned about the due process
rights of Darren (Wilson)," Sergeant Kevin Ahlbrand said.
"Justice needs to go both ways."  That strikes me as a sound
sentiment, but a bit tone deaf to what's hap