Looting in Missouri after cops shoot 18 year old (4 Viewers)

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

So arresting and imprisioning more people people per capita than any nation on this planet, more than all those other nations we're taught to hate, in the supposed land of the free isn't that desperate? I disagree.

Free people have the freedom to abuse their gifts and end up being arrested. Oppressed people are already incarcerated, what good arrest when you have no freedom to begin with.

As for protesting and inconveniencing others, the Constitution gives us the right to speak, it does not guarantee that we will be interesting enough to capture an audience. Trying to detain people to force them to hear and appreciate your message is doing violence to those people and to the very concept of freedom. If you detain me against my will I will not be harkening to your message, I will be seeking a way to extricate myself from the violence you are doing to me. With you having violated any social compacts we may have I will fell free to do so as well. You may not like me when I do not retrain myself to accepted social norms. My nature is rather uncivilized.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

So arresting and imprisioning more people people per capita than any nation on this planet, more than all those other nations we're taught to hate, in the supposed land of the free isn't that desperate? I disagree.

Free people have the freedom to abuse their gifts and end up being arrested. Oppressed people are already incarcerated, what good arrest when you have no freedom to begin with.

As for protesting and inconveniencing others, the Constitution gives us the right to speak, it does not guarantee that we will be interesting enough to capture an audience. Trying to detain people to force them to hear and appreciate your message is doing violence to those people and to the very concept of freedom. If you detain me against my will I will not be harkening to your message, I will be seeking a way to extricate myself from the violence you are doing to me. With you having violated any social compacts we may have I will fell free to do so as well. You may not like me when I do not retrain myself to accepted social norms. My nature is rather uncivilized.

Tea Party zealot.

 

[Henry Ford]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

I'm not up on your current position, but do you simultaneously believe that young black men are illegally gunned down in the street by police officers with impunity and have been for decades and that it's not a good enough reason to block traffic?

 

[Mello]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

So arresting and imprisioning more people people per capita than any nation on this planet, more than all those other nations we're taught to hate, in the supposed land of the free isn't that desperate? I disagree.

Free people have the freedom to abuse their gifts and end up being arrested. Oppressed people are already incarcerated, what good arrest when you have no freedom to begin with.

I'm not quite sure what you are getting at. Freedom is a spectrum, not an absolute. There are few men on this planet that are truly free. Even people in North Korea have the "freedom" to live about their lives under the laws of their state. It's the laws of that state and the degree of punishment for those laws that determines how free you are. And we've been getting less and less free by the year as more and more laws are added with harsher and harsher sentences (and many more blackmailed plea bargins) and more zealous enforcement. It's my opinion that it's got so bad that people are jutified in breaking rules and harming others to fix these problems for the greater good of soceity and our nation.

As for protesting and inconveniencing others, the Constitution gives us the right to speak, it does not guarantee that we will be interesting enough to capture an audience. Trying to detain people to force them to hear and appreciate your message is doing violence to those people and to the very concept of freedom. If you detain me against my will I will not be harkening to your message, I will be seeking a way to extricate myself from the violence you are doing to me. With you having violated any social compacts we may have I will fell free to do so as well. You may not like me when I do not retrain myself to accepted social norms. My nature is rather uncivilized.

And this is why the anti-federalists were right in that codifying a Bill of Rights would end up getting twisted legally to mean that is a list of the only rights you have. And the 9th and 10th Amendements obviously have failed in protecting against that. Freedom of Speech is meaningless if no one hears you. Protests sometimes have to get obstructive to point out injustice. And I think comparing getting stuck in traffic to an illegal detention is stretching things. I'm not detained in the gridlock on my ride in to work in the morning. I'm not being detained if I'm waiting in line somewhere and some yahoo makes a scene and holds the line up. And bring on that uncivilized nature if you're going to support this sham of a system that harms millions. I'll give it right back. Somehow other western nations get away with imprisioning a small fraction of the people and aren't wrecked by crime.

 

[Mario Kart]

The meme's have to be good about this Black Friday Ferguson boycott, no?

"Willing to rob, burn and loot for free. Unwilling to pay for on sale items."

"Doorbusters aren't free?"

 

[The General]

I'm surprised the white people didn't run the black people over, and claim that they felt their lives were in danger. I mean really, what's a few more dead black folks right?

Your issues here sound like a YOU problem, not an everyone else/USA problem.

You are the guy who jacked off in your daughters bed, right?

Wait, what?

 

[Drunken Poster]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

Says you. One man's Stamp Act is another man's Ferguson.

 

[Drunken Poster]

I'm surprised the white people didn't run the black people over, and claim that they felt their lives were in danger. I mean really, what's a few more dead black folks right?

Your issues here sound like a YOU problem, not an everyone else/USA problem.

You are the guy who jacked off in your daughters bed, right?

Wait, what?

In his defense, he was really wasted

 

[rockaction]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

So arresting and imprisioning more people people per capita than any nation on this planet, more than all those other nations we're taught to hate, in the supposed land of the free isn't that desperate? I disagree.

Free people have the freedom to abuse their gifts and end up being arrested. Oppressed people are already incarcerated, what good arrest when you have no freedom to begin with.

I'm not quite sure what you are getting at. Freedom is a spectrum, not an absolute. There are few men on this planet that are truly free. Even people in North Korea have the "freedom" to live about their lives under the laws of their state. It's the laws of that state and the degree of punishment for those laws that determines how free you are. And we've been getting less and less free by the year as more and more laws are added with harsher and harsher sentences (and many more blackmailed plea bargins) and more zealous enforcement. It's my opinion that it's got so bad that people are jutified in breaking rules and harming others to fix these problems for the greater good of soceity and our nation.

As for protesting and inconveniencing others, the Constitution gives us the right to speak, it does not guarantee that we will be interesting enough to capture an audience. Trying to detain people to force them to hear and appreciate your message is doing violence to those people and to the very concept of freedom. If you detain me against my will I will not be harkening to your message, I will be seeking a way to extricate myself from the violence you are doing to me. With you having violated any social compacts we may have I will fell free to do so as well. You may not like me when I do not retrain myself to accepted social norms. My nature is rather uncivilized.

And this is why the anti-federalists were right in that codifying a Bill of Rights would end up getting twisted legally to mean that is a list of the only rights you have. And the 9th and 10th Amendements obviously have failed in protecting against that. Freedom of Speech is meaningless if no one hears you. Protests sometimes have to get obstructive to point out injustice. And I think comparing getting stuck in traffic to an illegal detention is stretching things. I'm not detained in the gridlock on my ride in to work in the morning. I'm not being detained if I'm waiting in line somewhere and some yahoo makes a scene and holds the line up. And bring on that uncivilized nature if you're going to support this sham of a system that harms millions. I'll give it right back. Somehow other western nations get away with imprisioning a small fraction of the people and aren't wrecked by crime.

It was a concern, but the Anti-Feideralists were overwhelmingly in favor of passing the BoR, IIRC my American History. That was a negotiating tactic to reduce the scope of the Constitution, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Jim11]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Brown’s juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Brown’s juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

 

[Hilts]

I'm surprised the white people didn't run the black people over, and claim that they felt their lives were in danger. I mean really, what's a few more dead black folks right?

Your issues here sound like a YOU problem, not an everyone else/USA problem.

You are the guy who jacked off in your daughters bed, right?

Wait, what?

It's true. Or really weird shtick he was pulling.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Anyone that thinks blocking a stranger from doing the tasks they set out to do is helping their cause could be brain dead, this isn't complicated .

The video above which shows the black man yelling at the protesters is a perfect example. He might be open to hearing a message, but certainly not when it delays him from getting to work. I'd imagine each and every person who is now sitting in that traffic feels angry like he does. Kudos from discouraging anyone to join you, no matter the cause.

ETA: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/michael-brown-protesters-urge-shoppers-boycott-black-friday-n257881

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/28/crowd-protests-grand-jury-decision-black-friday-st-louis/19624337/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/11/29/ferguson-protesters-move-from-streets-to-stores-on-black-friday/

This is how you win the public over,

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

So arresting and imprisioning more people people per capita than any nation on this planet, more than all those other nations we're taught to hate, in the supposed land of the free isn't that desperate? I disagree.

Our high number of per-capita arrests and imprisonment is driven directly by the war on drugs. Based on prior threads, I'm guessing that 95% of the people posting on both sides in this thread agree that our drug policy should be significantly liberalized.

 

[fatness]

Pregnant St. Louis woman loses left eye after police officer shoots non-lethal round at car

Conners, who was angry about the grand jurys decision, and her boyfriend, DeAngelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, DeAnglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back, Conners told the CBS affiliate.

Thats when an officer fired the bean bag round because he feared for his safety, police said.

Conners found another officer who could help her get medical attention.

Dornellas father, Donnell Conners, says he understands that the cops have a difficult job to do but there was no excuse for what happened to his daughter.

Im very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation, he told KMOV. I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.

Conners says her left eye was so badly damaged that it needed to be removed and reports blurriness in her right eye but is thankful she can still see the world at all.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Pregnant St. Louis woman loses left eye after police officer shoots non-lethal round at car

Conners, who was angry about the grand jurys decision, and her boyfriend, DeAngelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, DeAnglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back, Conners told the CBS affiliate.

Thats when an officer fired the bean bag round because he feared for his safety, police said.

Conners found another officer who could help her get medical attention.

Dornellas father, Donnell Conners, says he understands that the cops have a difficult job to do but there was no excuse for what happened to his daughter.

Im very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation, he told KMOV. I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.

Conners says her left eye was so badly damaged that it needed to be removed and reports blurriness in her right eye but is thankful she can still see the world at all.

Interesting that you edited out the two sentences that follow:

Police say they arrested 16 suspects at the station after gunshots were reportedly fired.

Authorities have issued a warrant for Lee’s arrest, according to reports.

 

[Guest]

I was in the sauna at the gym. A couple guys I know were there, as were a white guy I didn't know and a black guy. Current events came up and I voiced my opinion of how I could understand a national argument about inequality, but that any point that may seem legitimate is buried by the shoehorning of facts to support the actions of someone who, as time has passed, appears to be a thug... And that attempts to bend that narrative come across as disingenuous at best, and more purely ignorant. I stepped out and continued the conversation with one of the guys I know, when the white guy I didn't stepped out and said in a hushed tone that he couldn't believe I talked about the subject with a "coon" present. I rebuked the guy and said it would be racist if I wasn't willing to discuss how I felt openly. (I didn't go MOP on him about the slur, which I maybe should have).

Anyway, goes to show you that racism certainly is alive and well -and maybe suggests that any productive discourse seems to be obscured by the seeming need for our culture to promote only sides and no open dialogue. It's sad. Maybe the black guy disagreed. He didn't seem to react or care. But the minute either blacks or whites reserve their true opinions only for venting amongst each other, is the minute the opportunity for discussion is squelched.

 

[MaxThreshold]

I'm surprised the white people didn't run the black people over, and claim that they felt their lives were in danger. I mean really, what's a few more dead black folks right?

Your issues here sound like a YOU problem, not an everyone else/USA problem.

You are the guy who jacked off in your daughters bed, right?

Wait, what?

It's true. Or really weird shtick he was pulling.

Maybe he should rename his login to Master Bateman?

 

[timschochet]

Mello, protestors who block traffic ARE doing harm, however worthy their cause might be. Bill Walton always tells of when he was at UCLA and was arrested for taking part in a student protest of the Vietnam War which blocked Wilshire Boulevard. John Wooden bailed him out of jail, and as they were driving home, Wooden said, "Bill, did you ever stop and think about if somebody needed to get to a hospital, or had some other serious emergency, and was prevented by your protest?"

Walton had no good answer to this. I suspect you don't either. The public thoroughfares are not for protest unless the protestors have special permission in a designated area. Anyone who violates this should be arrested. There are societies where things are so desperate that those who protest have no choice but to break the rules. Thankfully we don't live in one of those societies.

I'm not up on your current position, but do you simultaneously believe that young black men are illegally gunned down in the street by police officers with impunity and have been for decades and that it's not a good enough reason to block traffic?

No. I didn't mean, earlier to write that young black men are gunned down all the time. I meant to write that they are treated worse by police, that there is institutionalized racism in this country. Blacks are not, obviously , gunned down with impunity. Sorry about the confusion. Institutionalized racism exists; it's a real problem; I've been making that argument before this incident and will continue to do so. Stopping traffic, however, isn't a smart way to combat it.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Funny that nobody has called out Dyson for his false equivalency. Why is he comparing white cops to black citizens? Isn't the actual equivalency between white cops that shoot and kill citizens compared to black cops that shoot citizens? How often are black cops that shoot and kill black citizens prosecuted?

 

[BustedKnuckles]

I was in the sauna at the gym. A couple guys I know were there, as were a white guy I didn't know and a black guy. Current events came up and I voiced my opinion of how I could understand a national argument about inequality, but that any point that may seem legitimate is buried by the shoehorning of facts to support the actions of someone who, as time has passed, appears to be a thug... And that attempts to bend that narrative come across as disingenuous at best, and more purely ignorant. I stepped out and continued the conversation with one of the guys I know, when the white guy I didn't stepped out and said in a hushed tone that he couldn't believe I talked about the subject with a "coon" present. I rebuked the guy and said it would be racist if I wasn't willing to discuss how I felt openly. (I didn't go MOP on him about the slur, which I maybe should have).

Anyway, goes to show you that racism certainly is alive and well -and maybe suggests that any productive discourse seems to be obscured by the seeming need for our culture to promote only sides and no open dialogue. It's sad. Maybe the black guy disagreed. He didn't seem to react or care. But the minute either blacks or whites reserve their true opinions only for venting amongst each other, is the minute the opportunity for discussion is squelched.

Coon? I had no idea that members of the KKK use such things like saunas ...interesting

 

[Da Guru]

From the commentary of the Slate article:

"Hes right; most black people who commit crimes are arrested and convicted. Most cops who kill innocent people arent charged, much less criminally liable, as the world was reminded on Monday night as it watched a grand jury fail to decide that officer Darren Wilson should stand trial for killing Michael Brown."

I actually agree with your point -- the "but black-on-black violence is so much more common so why isn't there more outcry about that?" is a dodge. But that said, why the hell are you quoting something from the comments section on another website?

Milwaukee police chief talks on that topic.

 

[fatness]

Pregnant St. Louis woman loses left eye after police officer shoots non-lethal round at car

Conners, who was angry about the grand jurys decision, and her boyfriend, DeAngelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, DeAnglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back, Conners told the CBS affiliate.

Thats when an officer fired the bean bag round because he feared for his safety, police said.

Conners found another officer who could help her get medical attention.

Dornellas father, Donnell Conners, says he understands that the cops have a difficult job to do but there was no excuse for what happened to his daughter.

Im very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation, he told KMOV. I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.

Conners says her left eye was so badly damaged that it needed to be removed and reports blurriness in her right eye but is thankful she can still see the world at all.

Interesting that you edited out the two sentences that follow:

Police say they arrested 16 suspects at the station after gunshots were reportedly fired.

Authorities have issued a warrant for Lee’s arrest, according to reports.

I also didn't quote part of the beginning of the article.

The woman wasn't arrested. She lost an eye.

 

[HellToupee]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Browns juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Browns juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

why do you have to hate on Big Mike ?

 

[otello]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Brown’s juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Brown’s juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

This issue appears to have already been adjudicated:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-denies-request-for-michael-brown-s-juvenile-records/article_43dfd98b-32ec-550d-b399-750133f69203.html

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/juvenile-court-michael-brown-had-no-most-serious-felony-convictions/article_43c9bbbb-356f-5ea6-b9e2-7dde7e3e5c83.html

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Pregnant St. Louis woman loses left eye after police officer shoots non-lethal round at car

Conners, who was angry about the grand jurys decision, and her boyfriend, DeAngelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, DeAnglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back, Conners told the CBS affiliate.

Thats when an officer fired the bean bag round because he feared for his safety, police said.

Conners found another officer who could help her get medical attention.

Dornellas father, Donnell Conners, says he understands that the cops have a difficult job to do but there was no excuse for what happened to his daughter.

Im very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation, he told KMOV. I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.

Conners says her left eye was so badly damaged that it needed to be removed and reports blurriness in her right eye but is thankful she can still see the world at all.

Interesting that you edited out the two sentences that follow:

Police say they arrested 16 suspects at the station after gunshots were reportedly fired.

Authorities have issued a warrant for Lee’s arrest, according to reports.

I also didn't quote part of the beginning of the article.

The woman wasn't arrested. She lost an eye.

Right. The way you doctored the article made it sound as if she was just sitting in her car minding her own business, when all the sudden the police rolled up and started blasting away at her vehicle for no reason.

The information you cut out provides a little more context. We don't have enough facts to draw any firm conclusions, but it sounds as if she was hanging out with people who were firing off gunshots, possibly including her now-fugitive boyfriend who was fleeing the scene when officers showed up. If we change this story from "Innocent woman minding her own business blinded by police for being black" to "Riot participant gets injured" it sort of undercuts the point you were hoping to make, no?

 

[Da Guru]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Browns juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Browns juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

why do you have to hate on Big Mike ?

Somebody was on last night saying Brown been involved in a murder and assaults in his younger days. Should be released so we can know some history other than the theft and pushing the little clerk.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Pregnant St. Louis woman loses left eye after police officer shoots non-lethal round at car

Conners, who was angry about the grand jurys decision, and her boyfriend, DeAngelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, DeAnglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back, Conners told the CBS affiliate.

Thats when an officer fired the bean bag round because he feared for his safety, police said.

Conners found another officer who could help her get medical attention.

Dornellas father, Donnell Conners, says he understands that the cops have a difficult job to do but there was no excuse for what happened to his daughter.

Im very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation, he told KMOV. I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.

Conners says her left eye was so badly damaged that it needed to be removed and reports blurriness in her right eye but is thankful she can still see the world at all.

Interesting that you edited out the two sentences that follow:

Police say they arrested 16 suspects at the station after gunshots were reportedly fired.

Authorities have issued a warrant for Lees arrest, according to reports.

I also didn't quote part of the beginning of the article.

The woman wasn't arrested. She lost an eye.

Right. The way you doctored the article made it sound as if she was just sitting in her car minding her own business, when all the sudden the police rolled up and started blasting away at her vehicle for no reason.

The information you cut out provides a little more context. We don't have enough facts to draw any firm conclusions, but it sounds as if she was hanging out with people who were firing off gunshots, possibly including her now-fugitive boyfriend who was fleeing the scene when officers showed up. If we change this story from "Innocent woman minding her own business blinded by police for being black" to "Riot participant gets injured" it sort of undercuts the point you were hoping to make, no?

Correct

 

[timschochet]

Turning Michael Brown into a really bad guy is just as wrong, IMO, as turning him into some kind of hero. I think Michael Brown was a stupid thug. But he was only a teenager and his death is a tragedy, because he might have grown up into something better. Who knows?

Everybody seems to want their stories tied into nice neat bows, good and evil. If you believe that Michael Brown was wrongfully killed, then you need Brown to become pristine, a great guy who never did anyone any harm. If you believe that Wilson was justified, then you need to turn Brown into something evil under a rock. Real life is never that smooth; it's murky.

 

[timschochet]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Browns juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Browns juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

why do you have to hate on Big Mike ?

Somebody was on last night saying Brown been involved in a murder and assaults in his younger days. Should be released so we can know some history other than the theft and pushing the little clerk.

Why? He's dead.

Suppose Brown had been an Eagle scout in his younger days- would that have changed your mind about this incident? If not, then why should previous bad acts change peoples' minds?

 

[TheAristocrat]

The good guys are the ones strong-arm robbing convenience stores, guys.

 

[avoiding injuries]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Browns juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Browns juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

why do you have to hate on Big Mike ?

Somebody was on last night saying Brown been involved in a murder and assaults in his younger days. Should be released so we can know some history other than the theft and pushing the little clerk.

Why? He's dead.Suppose Brown had been an Eagle scout in his younger days- would that have changed your mind about this incident? If not, then why should previous bad acts change peoples' minds?

In this situation, I agree. There's enough evidence that what he did on August 9th is the reason for him getting killed. Previous actions, good or bad, won't change that. It also won't change the mind of anyone who is protesting. They are too dug in.

All it would do is create an "aha" moment for Wilson supporters to ridicule the Brown supporters even more.

 

[GrandpaRox]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

 

[Courtjester]

Pregnant St. Louis woman loses left eye after police officer shoots non-lethal round at car

Conners, who was angry about the grand jurys decision, and her boyfriend, DeAngelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, DeAnglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back, Conners told the CBS affiliate.

Thats when an officer fired the bean bag round because he feared for his safety, police said.

Conners found another officer who could help her get medical attention.

Dornellas father, Donnell Conners, says he understands that the cops have a difficult job to do but there was no excuse for what happened to his daughter.

Im very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation, he told KMOV. I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.

Conners says her left eye was so badly damaged that it needed to be removed and reports blurriness in her right eye but is thankful she can still see the world at all.

Interesting that you edited out the two sentences that follow:

Police say they arrested 16 suspects at the station after gunshots were reportedly fired.

Authorities have issued a warrant for Lee’s arrest, according to reports.

I also didn't quote part of the beginning of the article.

The woman wasn't arrested. She lost an eye.

I guess I don't understand the outrage, she is riding in a car where her boyfriend attempts to run down and kill officers, who are reporting to a shots fired call. They use non lethal force and she is struck In a what is a fluke accident when glass and pellets strike her in the face. There is now an arrest warrant out for her boyfriend I could maybe see if the officers riddled the car with real bullets, people being mad, but come on--how many times does it have to be said, don't try and attack/kill a police officer and do what you are told and you will 99% of the time be okay..

And don't say innocent until proven guilty--read the facts--the officers immediately provided medical attention to the girl and what did the boyfriend, who was obviously so concerned for the welfare of his pregnant girlfriend, do?? He fled the scene, leaving her behind--injured and is now wanted on a $50,000 bond. His actions show he knows he did something wrong.

But let's all try and be mad at the police instead of the person who, had he just done what the cops told him to do, caused this whole event.

 

[GrandpaRox]

I'm surprised the white people didn't run the black people over, and claim that they felt their lives were in danger. I mean really, what's a few more dead black folks right?

Are you making a speed bump joke?

 

[timschochet]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

A few deserve ridicule. Most don't. None deserve hate.

(By the way, a "Brown supporter" is apparently somebody who believes that he shouldn't have been killed. Hard to see how that makes one a "supporter".)

You don't deserve hate either. But you have been the subject of plenty of ridicule in this thread, and all of it has been richly deserved.

 

[timschochet]

I'm surprised the white people didn't run the black people over, and claim that they felt their lives were in danger. I mean really, what's a few more dead black folks right?

Are you making a speed bump joke?

He's trying to pretend he's you except for the other team.

 

[Da Guru]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Browns juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Browns juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

why do you have to hate on Big Mike ?

Somebody was on last night saying Brown been involved in a murder and assaults in his younger days. Should be released so we can know some history other than the theft and pushing the little clerk.

Why? He's dead.

Suppose Brown had been an Eagle scout in his younger days- would that have changed your mind about this incident? If not, then why should previous bad acts change peoples' minds?

The public should know Wilson`s and Browns history. If Wilson has been a renegade cop that has been reprimanded before the public should know, just as if Brown has a history of assaults and bad behavior. If both are clean that should be known as well.

 

[GrandpaRox]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

A few deserve ridicule. Most don't. None deserve hate.

(By the way, a "Brown supporter" is apparently somebody who believes that he shouldn't have been killed. Hard to see how that makes one a "supporter".)

You don't deserve hate either. But you have been the subject of plenty of ridicule in this thread, and all of it has been richly deserved.

Truth hurts, when lies are all you have then attack. Typical Obama philosophy.

 

[Jim11]

Here's your chance to help the rioters, errrrrr, I mean the protesters, financially.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/11/28/Ferguson-Protestors-Need-Money-for-Jail-Bail-Life-95K-Raised-in-Crowdfunding-Campaign?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A crowdfunding campaign advertising itself as the Ferguson Legal Defense Fund has been running a campaign since October that boasts a goal of raising $250,000 for protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, seeking “money for jail, bail & life.”

 

[GrandpaRox]

Here's your chance to help the rioters, errrrrr, I mean the protesters, financially.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/11/28/Ferguson-Protestors-Need-Money-for-Jail-Bail-Life-95K-Raised-in-Crowdfunding-Campaign?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A crowdfunding campaign advertising itself as the Ferguson Legal Defense Fund has been running a campaign since October that boasts a goal of raising $250,000 for protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, seeking “money for jail, bail & life.”

Not a penny for the small business owners who lost their lively hoods over these same people. Hey it will give Tim and his ilk a reason to make themselves feel better.

 

[lod01]

Here's your chance to help the rioters, errrrrr, I mean the protesters, financially.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/11/28/Ferguson-Protestors-Need-Money-for-Jail-Bail-Life-95K-Raised-in-Crowdfunding-Campaign?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A crowdfunding campaign advertising itself as the Ferguson Legal Defense Fund has been running a campaign since October that boasts a goal of raising $250,000 for protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, seeking “money for jail, bail & life.

I thank them for 'standing up for my freedom'. Bunch of stupid saps.

Does anyone on here actually know any idiot 'protesters'? I'd really like to know how their brains can be so out of whack with reality.

 

[squistion]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

(By the way, a "Brown supporter" is apparently somebody who believes that he shouldn't have been killed. Hard to see how that makes one a "supporter".)

Exactly.

 

[HellToupee]

The gentle giant.

http://www.youngcons.com/explosive-new-lawsuit-filed-in-st-louis-claims-michael-brown-was-a-suspect-for-second-degree/#OdV20px9rIXbXfUj.99

Charles Johnson, Editor-in-chief of GotNews, filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking the release of Michael Browns juvenile criminal record, claiming they no longer need to be kept private. Johnson says law enforcement told him that Browns juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.

why do you have to hate on Big Mike ?

Somebody was on last night saying Brown been involved in a murder and assaults in his younger days. Should be released so we can know some history other than the theft and pushing the little clerk.

oh c'mon he was a gentle giant. Everyone has read the fable

 

[Sand]

Why? He's dead.


Suppose Brown had been an Eagle scout in his younger days- would that have changed your mind about this incident? If not, then why should previous bad acts change peoples' minds?

Would the same thing have been said about the officer? Would people have looked at this differently if he had a couple excessive force violations on his internal record? And you can bet the first thing the racial antagonists here wanted was a look into the service record.

And yes, if Brown was an eagle scout it would have changed the way I view things. If he was a crip it would change the way I look at this. People act as they have historically acted, in general. We are creatures of habit.

What's good for the goose...

 

[avoiding injuries]

Savages, bruh

https://vine.co/v/On1x6iUuwxK

 

[lod01]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

(By the way, a "Brown supporter" is apparently somebody who believes that he shouldn't have been killed. Hard to see how that makes one a "supporter".)

Exactly.

Why don't you pick a better example, instead of a thug with past criminal behavior. You know, one that didn't assault a cop. You might garner some support. This guy got exactly what he deserved.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Here's your chance to help the rioters, errrrrr, I mean the protesters, financially.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/11/28/Ferguson-Protestors-Need-Money-for-Jail-Bail-Life-95K-Raised-in-Crowdfunding-Campaign?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A crowdfunding campaign advertising itself as the Ferguson Legal Defense Fund has been running a campaign since October that boasts a goal of raising $250,000 for protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, seeking “money for jail, bail & life.”

Not a penny for the small business owners who lost their lively hoods over these same people. Hey it will give Tim and his ilk a reason to make themselves feel better.

I've seen other crowd funding campaigns for the small business owners who were damaged, but don't let facts get in the way of your ignorant rants.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

(By the way, a "Brown supporter" is apparently somebody who believes that he shouldn't have been killed. Hard to see how that makes one a "supporter".)

Exactly.

Why don't you pick a better example, instead of a thug with past criminal behavior. You know, one that didn't assault a cop. You might garner some support. This guy got exactly what he deserved.

He "deserved" to be killed?

Even if you believe that Wilson's actions were reasonable under the circumstances, you're a complete piece of #### for suggesting an unarmed 18 yr old "deserved" to die for a few bad decisions.

 

[MaxThreshold]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

(By the way, a "Brown supporter" is apparently somebody who believes that he shouldn't have been killed. Hard to see how that makes one a "supporter".)

Exactly.

Why don't you pick a better example, instead of a thug with past criminal behavior. You know, one that didn't assault a cop. You might garner some support. This guy got exactly what he deserved.

Because the left so desperately wants their Civil Rights MomentTM. Doesn't matter if it was Charles Manson, Brown or Joe Blow...if a cop looked at someone the wrong way then that calls for OUTRAGE!

 

[MaxThreshold]

Brown supporters deserve all the ridicule and hate they are getting.

(By the way, a "Brown supporter" is apparently somebody who believes that he shouldn't have been killed. Hard to see how that makes one a "supporter".)

Exactly.

Why don't you pick a better example, instead of a thug with past criminal behavior. You know, one that didn't assault a cop. You might garner some support. This guy got exactly what he deserved.

He "deserved" to be killed?

Even if you believe that Wilson's actions were reasonable under the circumstances, you're a complete piece of #### for suggesting an unarmed 18 yr old "deserved" to die for a few bad decisions.

Boo Hoo. Don't assault a police officer.