article_snippet.sent: The National Guard was first activated in Ferguson in August after Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency when riots and looting broke out amid peaceful demonstrations over police brutality.
article_snippet.sent: The National Guard soldiers secure the police command center in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 27 last year.
article_snippet.sent: Daily Mail Online was awaiting a response from the Missouri National Guard on Friday.
article_snippet.sent: At the time of the Missouri National Guard's deployment in November, St Louis Mayor Francis Slay said St Louis Mayor Francis Slay supported Nixon's decision to activate the Missouri National Guardthe Missouri National Guard. '
article_snippet.sent: The way we view this, the Missouri National Guard the Missouri National Guard is not going to be confronting the protesters and will not be on (the) front line interacting directly with demonstrators,' St Louis Mayor Francis Slay said.
article_snippet.sent: Missouri's governor ordered hundreds more the Missouri National Guard troops to the St Louis suburb following Nixon's decision to activate the Guard .