It’s go time…

The Missouri National Guard began staging equipment in South St. Louis City Tuesday morning.



MO NATIONAL GUARD are staging in South St. Louis!! pic.twitter.com/MWwK7C9rxo — Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) November 18, 2014

The troops were deployed to St. Louis Tuesday morning.

Breaking: MO NATIONAL GUARD Staging in South St. Louis City …, pic.twitter.com/eUhAAQbSMs — Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) November 18, 2014

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The National Guard has set up a station behind the QuikTrip on Chippewa and Gravois.



The Chicago Tribune reported the guard would be deployed today.

Troops from the Missouri National Guard prepared to deploy around Ferguson on Tuesday as the city awaits a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in August. Governor Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency in Missouri but said troops would play a backup role to police in response to any protests that develop after the decision. People around St. Louis are braced for a possible new wave of protests similar to those that followed the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, particularly if Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson is not charged.

UPDATE: St. Louis Hospital warns staff ahead of Mike Brown decision!

UPDATE——-

The Guard is staging in WEST COUNTY TOO.

MORE PHOTOS… MO National Guard at Drury Inn in Chesterfield — just now pic.twitter.com/9p4Ez4JomO — Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) November 18, 2014

Army plates…. In uniform wearing flight suits…. Has the mobile electronic observation towers pic.twitter.com/vTKQEeYsED — Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) November 18, 2014