OH, THIS IS REALLY BRILLIANT – AT 10:32 A.M. ET:  The liberal media has been hailing the new, intelligent, so sensitive approach to the tension in Ferguson, Missouri.  Yeah, right.  Here is the result of this new approach.  From Fox: 

Looters in Ferguson, Mo., were met with little police resistance Friday night and store owners say they were forced to protect their businesses with their own guns, Fox2Now.com reported.

"I think the first message is to remind all law enforcement that they are hired to serve and protect and if they’re going to sit back and watch looting, they're not serving us; they’re not protecting us," Pastor Robert White told the station.

A reporter from the station tweeted that police cars were seen driving past some of the stores being looted and did not respond. It rained in Ferguson Friday night and protesters could be seen outside until 6 a.m.

Two store owners, standing outside their business holding guns, told Fox2Now.com that when they called 911, they were sent from one police agency to another, and got no response.

One of the owners, with a large black gun resting on his shoulder, told the station that police were lined up blocks from the looting, and did not engage looters making off with large boxes from these stores.

"There's no police," he said. "We trusted the police to keep it peaceful; they didn't do their job."

Just before midnight, some in what had been a large and rowdy but mostly well-behaved crowd broke in a convenience store that police accused 18-year-old Michael Brown of robbing minutes before he was fatally shot by an officer, and began looting it, said Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson.

Some in the crowd of about 200 began throwing rocks and other objects at police, Johnson said. One officer was hurt but details on the injury were not immediately available.

Johnson said police backed off to try and ease the tension. No arrests were made.

"We had to evaluate the security of the officers there and also the rioters," Johnson said. "We just felt it was better to move back."

COMMENT:  Maybe it's time for the authorities to do their jobs, and stop playing to CNN which, between its Gaza reporting and Ferguson reporting, has re-established itself as a liberal TV network, as if there were any doubt. 

Captain Johnson cuts a great image and is a thoughtful officer.  But he's forgetting the truth of what Pastor White said – the police are there to serve and protect.  Johnson's strategy reminds me of the approach of David Dinkins, the first black mayor of New York City, who once ordered police to let black protesters "vent," leading to chaos.  He was voted out of office, replaced by Rudy Giuliani.

August 16,  2014