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November 12, 2014

Missouri Gov. Threatens to Deploy National Guard After Grand Jury Decision 
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he is prepared to redeploy the National
Guard after a grand jury reaches its decision in the Michael Brown case.
On Tuesday, Nixon said Guard members will be on standby should protests
erupt.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon: "Officers from the Missouri State Highway
Patrol, St. Louis County Police and St. Louis City Police will operate
as a unified command to protect the public. The National Guard has been
and will continue to be part of our contingency planning. The Guard will
be available when we determine it is necessary to support local law
enforcement. Quite simply, we must and will be fully prepared."

According to Nixon, more than 1,000 officers have recently undergone
some 5,000 hours in training on crowd control. The deployment of the
National Guard in the protests that followed Brown's killing in August
helped fuel criticism of the state's militarized crackdown. Leaks in the
case have suggested Darren Wilson, the officer who killed Brown, will
not be indicted. Prosecutors say they expect a grand jury decision later
this month.

 

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