Gateway Slander

Fair is fair and in this instance Missouri State Police Capt. Ron Johnson is being treated very unfairly. I have been very critical of the Ferguson Police Department and the St. Louis County Police but I have never resorted to selective video editing to make a point. Gateway Pundit posted a still photograph of Capt. Johnson with his gun drawn accompanied by the following text.

Now there’s this photo of Captain Johnson pulling a gun on white kids…
This photo was from the “Ride of the Century” stunt bikers event in 2013. There was No reason for a gun to be drawn. The kids were doing bike stunts and the highway was clearly already shut down at this point.

What Gateway Pundit was not telling his readers is the reason the highway " was clearly already shut down" was because it was a roadblock. Yes, the bikers, some of whom were "white kids" and some a great deal older staged their stunt bike event on public highways. Looking beyond Johnson one can see a long line of "white kids" on bikes. This was the midwest version of the hooligan bike gang that pulled Alexian Lien from his SUV and beat him mercilessly in Manhattan about a year ago. Among the "white kids" in that gang were two undercover NYC cops.
A quick search of YouTube produced this 24 second video that indeed does show Johnson drawing his gun.



A longer video puts things in perspective. It is not evident what caused Johnson to draw his weapon so it's impossible to tell if he was justified in doing so. It is clear that he is dealing with a lawless gang of thugs. Shame on Gateway Pundit.