San Diego Council Staffer On Local 'F*cking Idiot' Ferguson Protesters: 'I Wanted To Shoot Them'

San Diego Council Staffer On Ferguson Protesters: 'I Wanted To Shoot Them'
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 10: Protesters stage a 'die-in' as they demonstrate at White City Westfield Shopping Centre in London, England on December 10, 2014 during a protest after two grand juries decided not to indict the police officers involved in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and Eric Garner in New York, N.Y. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

A staffer for a San Diego city councilwoman reacted to protesters who interrupted inauguration proceedings with “hands up, don’t shoot” by referring to the disruptors as “f*cking idiots,” before adding “I wanted to shoot them,” reports KPBS.

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