As Twitchy reported earlier, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, who has served in that capacity since 2001, has sent a letter to area aldermen agreeing to many of the demands drawn up by the protester group Don’t Shoot Coalition. Protesters will enjoy safe houses that are off-limits to police; police will forgo riot gear if necessary in favor of regular dress. Obstructing traffic will apparently be allowed on a case-by-case basis.
Former St. Louis resident Dana Loesch, author of “Hands Off My Gun” and host on TheBlaze TV, remembers a time when the city wasn’t so accommodating of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech.
The STL mayor has ALWAYS coddled agitators. When occupy vandalized city employee homes they and media went quiet.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
Tea partiers were called "violent," had SWAT called on them, were threatened with fines if we didn't have port-a-potties at rallies.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
Same tea partiers were listed as "potential domestic terrorists" by MO Gov Nixon and Highway Patrol. No outcry. Suddenly now ppl concerned.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
MO gave conservatives holy hell whenever we assembled. Media and elected officials attacked. Local news defamed us on air.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
I remember when STL tried to bully us out of an assembly downtown. Threatened with fines. But they coddle throwing things at cops.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
Throwing things at cops? That’s a “minor crime” to be tolerated by police officers after the Ferguson grand jury decision is announced. Rules of engagement, you know.
Difference: protest for govt accountability in MO and you're put on a terror watch list. Throw molotov cocktail at cops and mayor coddles u
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
The STL city chief went from telling me to get CCW in 2010 to protesting w Bloomberg groups who want to disarm city residents.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
STL leadership gave us hell every. time. we. assembled. I took to yelling thru a bullhorn in front of city hall. Red carpet for agitators!
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
The people yelling about a police state were curiously absent in 2009. Oh, because they enjoyed it against people of opposite thought.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
Local media named tea partiers and defamed them so badly (city leadership cheered) networks were begrudgingly forced to apologize on air.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
The storm that erupts is on the hands of STL city leadership. They've encouraged and cheered on Ferguson tactics towards others.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
Nat'l media ignores Ferguson praying, clean up. If they don't have an angry mob their cameras don't roll. Doesn't fit their narrative.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
Nat'l media napped thru frats cleaning up the QT. They napped thru neighborhood evangelism. Give them an angry mob, they'll send 20 trucks.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
(The QT is the QuikTrip gas station that was looted and burned down by rioters. Not demonstrators; rioters.)
As I said earlier, Ferguson is mad, not mad enough to vote and stop McCulloch last election. No energy for write in? https://t.co/0kWLL2txTU
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 19, 2014
Bob McCulloch, the main target of #Ferguson RAN UNOPPOSED. 95% of vote. #Ferguson had a chance for real change and missed.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 18, 2014
Editor’s note: We corrected a typo in our headline.
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