article_snippet.sent: The National Guard referred to Ferguson protesters as 'enemy forces' during demonstrations last year, according to a new report.
article_snippet.sent: Activists in the Missouri suburb, protesting over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown Michael Brown by a white cop, were also known as 'adversaries', according to internal briefings seen by CNN this week.
article_snippet.sent: An internal report has revealed that The National Guard referred to  protesters as 'enemy forces' The guard were activated again in November ahead of the November 24 decision by a St Louis grand jury who decided not to indict the officer, Darren Wilson, who shot Brown.
article_snippet.sent: Many in the community accused The National Guard of making an already tense situation worse.
article_snippet.sent: Guardsmen were seen rolling through the streets of the suburb in tanks wearing combat gear and carrying assault rifles.
article_snippet.sent: The National Guard described some  on the streets as 'enemy forces' including the KKK, the RgB Black Rebels and the New Black Panther Party -  but also the 'general protesters'.
article_snippet.sent: According to CNN, The National Guard supervisors were worried about how National Guard supervisors were being viewed by the public and asked guardsmen to tone down the heavily militarized language.
article_snippet.sent: Officers were told by superiors to change references to 'enemy' to 'criminal elements' instead.
article_snippet.sent: Brown's shooting stirred long-simmering racial tensions in the St. Louis suburb, where two-thirds of the residents are black but the police force is almost entirely white.
article_snippet.sent: Rioting and looting a day after Brown's shooting led police to respond to subsequent protests with a heavily-armored presence that was widely criticized for continuing to escalate tensions.
article_snippet.sent: At times, protesters lobbed rocks and Molotov cocktails at police, who fired tear gas, smoke canisters and rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse crowds.
article_snippet.sent: Protesters flip over a Ferguson police car on November 25, 2014.
highlights_snippet.sent: Activists in the Missouri suburb, protesting over the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown, were also known as 'adversaries'
  The National Guard was first activated in Ferguson in August after Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency when riots broke out .