Jake Tapper Denounces Militarized Police Response In Ferguson

WATCH: Jake Tapper Goes OFF On Ferguson Police

Jake Tapper gave an impassioned monologue about the highly militarized police response he was seeing in Ferguson on Friday.

During one of his many hours covering the continued turmoil in the Missouri town, he addressed the camera and gave a frank assessment of what he was seeing:

"I want you to look at what is going on in Ferguson, Missouri, in downtown America, OK? These are armed police, with semi-automatic rifles, with batons, with shields, many of them dressed for combat. Now why they’re doing this I don’t know, because there is no threat going on here, none that merits this. There is none, OK? Absolutely there have been looters, absolutely over the last nine days there’s been violence, but there is nothing going on on this street right now that merits this scene out of Bagram. Nothing! So if people wonder why the people of Ferguson, Missouri are so upset, this is part of the reason. What is this? This doesn’t make any sense!"

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