Missouri – The cost of security for protests in Ferguson and the St. Louis area following the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer is estimated to be more than $12.5 million.
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State budget director Linda Luebbering on Wednesday released updated cost estimates for the Missouri National Guard and State Highway Patrol’s work.
Nixon activated the guard and increased the highway patrol’s presence in the St. Louis area ahead of a grand jury’s Nov. 24 decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.
State figures show the guard had $7.1 million in costs, including for salaries, meals, fuel and supplies as of Wednesday.
The patrol had more than $5.3 million in expenses.
Unreal. We taxpayers are funding these non-working lowlives twice! First by paying their welfare and second footing the bill for their lawless protests! Do you realize how many truly needy mouths could’ve been fed with $12million?! What a sick country we live in where the criminal element reigns and prospers while the hard working law abiding citizens suffer!
I could understand running a zoo is not cheap
Well, a better policemen would have been able to handle the aftermath of the shooting. The policemen in Saint Louis County are not very good at their jobs.