A menagerie of armed state and federal agents have filtered in and out of Ferguson, Missouri for more than a week as unrest has grown there, and now even a private military company is joining the mix. Asymmetric Solutions, a PMC that claims to be "capable of deploying highly qualified former special operations personnel" to "anywhere on the globe in a moments notice" will be providing a security detail to an unnamed individual visiting Ferguson.
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It's not unusual for private individuals and firms to hire private security in the United States, but we haven't seen private military contractors, best known recently for their role in Iraq, operating security missions at home. At least one media company operating in Ferguson already uses private security, but it's not the kind that advertises their deep bench strength of special ops soldiers.
The Verge
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