"What transpired in the streets appeared to be a kind of municipal
version of shock and awe; the first wave of flash grenades and tear gas
had played as a prelude to the appearance of an unusually large armored
vehicle, carrying a military-style rifle mounted on a tripod. The
message of all of this was something beyond the mere maintenance of law
and order: it’s difficult to imagine how armored officers with what
looked like a mobile military sniper’s nest could quell the anxieties of
a community outraged by allegations regarding the excessive use of
force. It revealed itself as a raw matter of public intimidation."
What I Saw in Ferguson - The New Yorker
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