article_snippet.sent: Washington (CNN)As the Missouri National Guard prepared to deploy to help quell riots in Ferguson, Missouri, that raged sporadically last year,
article_snippet.sent: The National Guard's came to Ferguson to support law enforcement officers, whom many community leaders and civil rights activists accused of using excessive force and inflaming an already tense situation in protests that flared sporadically from August through the end of the year.
article_snippet.sent: the police officers' broke out after the August 9 shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by city police officer Darren Wilson.
article_snippet.sent: In an email to CNN, Quinn said the documents used in the Ferguson mission briefings were "a generic military planning format utilized in a wide range of military missions, so the term 'enemy forces' would be better understood as 'potential threats.'
article_snippet.sent: Though National Guard actions throughout the fall did not elicit the type of complaints that were directed at the police, some in Ferguson were displeased that the guardsman didn't do more to act against looters and vandals.
article_snippet.sent: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles criticized National Guard at a November 25 news conference, saying that "unfortunately, as the unrest grew and further assistance was needed, National Guard was not deployed in enough time to save all our businesses.
article_snippet.sent: Quinn, in Quinn comments to CNN, responded that it would not have been part of National Guard mission to confront those destroying businesses.
article_snippet.sent: Rather, the force would have stood guard at sites of unrest while law enforcement officers entered looted businesses and arrested suspects.
article_snippet.sent: A document titled "Operation Show-Me Protection II," which outlines National Guard mission in Ferguson, listed players on the ground deemed "Friendly Forces" and "Enemy Forces.
article_snippet.sent: Among groups characterized as hate groups were the KKK, the RgB Black Rebels and the New Black Panther Party, but also "General Protesters.
article_snippet.sent: A document titled "Operation Show-Me Protection II," which outlines the Missouri National Guard's mission in Ferguson, listed players on the ground read: "Protesters have historically used Molotov cocktails, rocks, and other debris to throw at police.
article_snippet.sent: Some elements may utilize militants [sic] tactics taught by USPER RgB Black Rebels.