BREAKING. This could be the tell that Darren Wilson is going to be cleared. We can now confirm that Special Operations Contractors, former military personnel, have now been hired by the media to “assist in security” for Ferguson Missouri. Contractors from Asymmetric Solutions have been hired:
SOME OF THIS “CONFIRMED” CLAIM FROM THE SOURCE http://theconservativetreehouse.com/ TURNS OUT TO BE BULLSHIT.
It was NOT the DHS according to representatives at Asymmetric, it was but a single media reporter whom they had worked with in the past requesting a private security escort. Here is the update from Asymmetric’s Facebook Page:
In response to more inquiry:
“We were recently contacted by a professional investigative journalist that some of our ranks have previously escorted into highly dangerous combat zones. This individual requested that we escort their small group into Ferguson, Missouri to view the ongoing issues for future commentary. We took this individual in and out of the area safely without incident.
We were not hired to work for the state, for the police, to work as peacekeepers, mercenaries, cops for hire, etc. We have done similar personal bodyguard and high risk logistics work with journalists who are interested in reporting from hostile areas all over the world.
We normally do not comment on this side of our work. At suggestion of our client who felt our position was unique, our public message was one of frustration that someone who would typically call upon us to escort them to Baghdad, Kabul, etc. would feel the need to ask us to take them into a suburb of St. Louis, our own wonderful city. It is tragic that things have degenerated to this point. The metro area is our home and we believe the coverage of St. Louis and this incident by major media is fueling the issue unnecessarily for their own benefit.
In our time inside the Ferguson area, we came into ancillary contact with numerous demonstrators and protestors who did not seem to have any commitment to violence or chaos, but only wanted to peacefully have their opinion heard or report on the matters at hand. It seems a few bad actors are being treated as the whole.
We strongly support The US Constitution and have sworn an oath to it. The First Amendment Rights to assemble and speak and print are not limited to only pretty, popular, or mainstream opinions. They are among the most sacred things that are to be protected by Government. A free society is not always a convenient or easy society.
Law and order is important. Rioters and looters should be arrested and prosecuted. They cannot be used an excuse for the Governor to unnecessarily detain or arrest a peaceful press or lawful demonstrators. The Government has a duty to defend those liberties with the same vigor in which they defend private property from theft and destruction.
Our brief venture into the Ferguson area was to make our resources and experience available to help ensure that necessary liberties could be practiced by the press without threat of incidental violence or misguided repression.
We hope the situation resolves soon.”
ST. LOUIS August 20, 2014 Missouri-based private security contractor Asymmetric Solutions, which employs elite former U.S. military special operators, tweeted Tuesday afternoon that the company is deploying a “high threat team in our own city”.
The highly specialized unit should be in place by tomorrow 8/21/14.
Here is a statement from the Asymmetric Facebook page:
“We have staff working to augment an outside security detail of an individual who is visiting the Ferguson, MO area from outside the state. We are not working to protect the state, police, individuals who are exercising their right to speak and assemble, or to keep peace in any way.
Normally our security services group is needed only in the most high threat of environments. We are saddened that they are required in the area. This incident is not representative of what is normally a peaceful and harmonious city full of good people. We hope it is resolved quickly.
We’ve been to Baghdad, Kabul, KL, Peshwar, etc. never would have thought we would deploy a high threat team in out own backyard.”
Asymmetric Solutions is capable of deploying highly qualified former special operations personnel with a variety of subject matter expertise, anywhere on the globe in a moments notice.
Our teams are capable of providing:
High Threat Personnel or Site Security
When responding via Twitter to a request for information, a spokesperson said “we cannot professionally hand out that information, regardless of client or location. We put a security team of former SOF personnel into the STL area at the request of a client.”
Initial source