Looting in Missouri after cops shoot 18 year old (2 Viewers)

[GoBirds]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

This statement is one of the worst ever.

Sorry I just don't get the shock if you break the law and when confronted by police for that you attack them anything could happen.

 

[mcintyre1]

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/25/7285265/darren-wilson-grand-jury

 

[SproutDaddy]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

 

[SIDA!]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

http://notalwaysfriendly.com/stupider-than-average/33896

 

[mcintyre1]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

When did you decide to lump protesters in as sub-human? If they can't riot, loot, OR peacefully protest, what exactly is their option for expressing their discontent?

 

[Sinn Fein]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

racist

 

[lod01]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

Seek counseling. I'm serious.

I remember being pulled over back in the late 70s for open containers. Cop put the booze in his trunk and took it home for Sunday football. We laughed and went and bought more.

 

[GoBirds]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

I don't care for them much either but would never try to hit them or take their gun. In college on a blackout night we got stopped by 2 cars for being too loud so I tried the Tommy Boy killer bees attack to get out of it. That was the best I had....didn't work.

 

[Bucky86]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

When did you decide to lump protesters in as sub-human? If they can't riot, loot, OR peacefully protest, what exactly is their option for expressing their discontent?

He was doing that all last night.

 

[GoBirds]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

Seek counseling. I'm serious.I remember being pulled over back in the late 70s for open containers. Cop put the booze in his trunk and took it home for Sunday football. We laughed and went and bought more.

I heard open containers were encouraged in the 70's?

 

[SIDA!]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

LMAO

You wanted to punch a cop in the face because he made you pour out some beer, but someone says they are willing to kill to protect their life's work from looters and they have a small ****, are crazy, playing Rambo, etc?

Beer and ##### obviously is serious business. My business and the livelihood of my family. Not so much...

 

[lod01]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

When did you decide to lump protesters in as sub-human? If they can't riot, loot, OR peacefully protest, what exactly is their option for expressing their discontent?

Discontent for the just verdict of the Grand jury? Exactly what are they protesting. Yeah, they are idiots.

 

[whiskey7]

A protester was hit by a car in Minneapolis about an hour ago:

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/283891941.html

Yep. People all over going to get in on the fun now. Go to class? Go to work? Hell nah. Let's go out and "protest" and get some selfies of ourselves raging against the injustice! We were there, damn it!!Someone should go start interviewing these people and ask them questions about the case, what they hope to accomplish by demonstrating, etc. Bet there would be some interesting answers.

 

[Bucky86]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

LMAO

You wanted to punch a cop in the face because he made you pour out some beer, but someone says they are willing to kill to protect their life's work from looters and they have a small ****, are crazy, playing Rambo, etc?

Beer and ##### obviously is serious business. My business and the livelihood of my family. Not so much...

What if he also sold beer for a living?

 

[Gary Coal Man]

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/25/7285265/darren-wilson-grand-jury

From the article: How Wilson shd have been cross-ex'd: how did Brown solidly, "full force" punch you 2x in face, & yet you have no injuries to reflect that?

I understand that the pictures of Darren Wilson taken at the hospital after the interaction don't show significant injuries, but it's untrue to say that they show "no injuries". You can see redness/purpleness which looks like the early stages of bruising.

 

[Mister Martie]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

There is an explanation for it and we all know what it is.

Well, what is it?

 

[Parrothead]

Protests growing across America. For what? I told you all that the idiots have been multiplying faster than the humans.

Yeah, clearly they must all be dumb, wrong, and irrational. There couldn't possibly be some other explanation for why thousands of people across the country completely unrelated to the event are protesting the result.

Yeah. They are.

When did you decide to lump protesters in as sub-human? If they can't riot, loot, OR peacefully protest, what exactly is their option for expressing their discontent?

Dear Abby down?

 

[SproutDaddy]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

Seek counseling. I'm serious.

I remember being pulled over back in the late 70s for open containers. Cop put the booze in his trunk and took it home for Sunday football. We laughed and went and bought more.

So it's cool to want to shoot unarmed looters, but I need counseling for wanting to punch a cop for being an ahole?

You're an idiot! #### cops! I proudly still say that at 38!

 

[rockaction]

rockaction, regarding your last two posts, I have a theory which I know I'll get criticized for and don't really care.

Anyway, I believe the agitators intentionally choose losing cases. In the span of the Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown cases, beside the cases you mentioned, there have been numerous cases of white men shooting killing innocent black teens that resulted in easy convictions (white guy shot black teens for loud rap in Florida & white guy shot black chick banging on his door after traffic accident, etc). The Martin and Brown cases, however, based on their facts, were difficult cases to prove with strong exculpatory evidence. Namely, injuries to both defendants which suggested an attack or fight. Despite this evidence, the agitators and media pushed those two cases as prima facie evidence of racism. I think the agitators knew they could frame those cases a certain way, get an emotional response, and when they inevitably lost it would, to their masses, further support the idea of the crooked, racist justice system. Keep the narrative of white racism alive so it can continued to be milked for monetary and political gain. An easy victory victory may get people to grow complacent and less agitatable.

I just fully appreciated your point. I don't necessarily agree, but it does seem like a way to shove people's faces in a rorschach test and describe the inkblot until the typical race hustlers, agitators, leftists, and media are satisfied that you've fully grasped your privilege. Even when the narrative doesn't fit, like Zimmerman being Latino.

 

[SproutDaddy]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

I don't care for them much either but would never try to hit them or take their gun. In college on a blackout night we got stopped by 2 cars for being too loud so I tried the Tommy Boy killer bees attack to get out of it. That was the best I had....didn't work.

I'd never try to hit them or take their gun either. I never said I would.

 

[timschochet]

rockaction, regarding your last two posts, I have a theory which I know I'll get criticized for and don't really care.

Anyway, I believe the agitators intentionally choose losing cases.

I'm not going to criticize your theory but it's wrong. I'm not sure why people are so insistent upon seeing patterns when there are none there. You want to know why this incident, out of dozens like it, got national attention? There is no reason. Or, to be more precise, for the same reason certain pop singles become massive hits while others which are just as good or better don't sell at all. It's all random chance. It can't be explained. Those of you who keep saying that this was a foolish case for the "agitators" to choose; they didn't choose it. Nobody did. And the agitators are far less organized than you give them credit for. To paraphrase Billy Joel, they didn't start the fire. They're simply attracted to its flame.

 

[lod01]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

Seek counseling. I'm serious.

I remember being pulled over back in the late 70s for open containers. Cop put the booze in his trunk and took it home for Sunday football. We laughed and went and bought more.

So it's cool to want to shoot unarmed looters, but I need counseling for wanting to punch a cop for being an ahole?

You're an idiot! #### cops! I proudly still say that at 38!

Just make sure my fries are hot when I roll thru the drive thru.

Judging by your comment the cops probably didn't start it but they did finish it which any cop would with your #### attitude.

 

[SproutDaddy]

You wanted to punch a cop in the face because he made you pour out some beer, but someone says they are willing to kill to protect their life's work from looters and they have a small ****, are crazy, playing Rambo, etc?

Yes. I never said I wanted to kill someone. Anything else you're not picking up on, Einstein?

 

[SproutDaddy]

I don't really see how there's any type of debate. The Officer clearly was struck in the face at some point, if you hit a Police Officer you are at risk of being shot.

Period.

That's what's really sad about our society. This kid stole, then walks down the middle of the street, then hits a police officer multiple times and that's all totally ignored.

Well, to be honest I've seriously wanted to punch a few cops in the face in my time. Cops, for the most part, are pretty much #####. I don't enjoy confrontation with them. It's very easy to get my blood boiling in dealing with them. I've been harassed numerous times without it being warranted. I remember being 20 with an older girl in my car being pulled over. There was beer in the car.........no open containers. We were going back to my place. Three cops gave me a bunch of #### and made me pour all of the beer out even though she was of age. Then they continued to attempt to embarrass me in front of her. All of that was uncalled for. No laws were broken. It is not the worst run in by any means. I still wanted to punch them in the nose.

Seek counseling. I'm serious.

I remember being pulled over back in the late 70s for open containers. Cop put the booze in his trunk and took it home for Sunday football. We laughed and went and bought more.

So it's cool to want to shoot unarmed looters, but I need counseling for wanting to punch a cop for being an ahole?

You're an idiot! #### cops! I proudly still say that at 38!

Just make sure my fries are hot when I roll thru the drive thru.

I'll leave an extra turd on the floor for you to mop up tonight.

 

[Wrigley]

Why is there protesting all over the country again?



I'm assuming 90% of these protestors don't know either

 

[Limp Ditka]

..... It was just a matter of time before SproutDaddy started showing his true colors.

 

[rockaction]

rockaction, regarding your last two posts, I have a theory which I know I'll get criticized for and don't really care.

Anyway, I believe the agitators intentionally choose losing cases.

I'm not going to criticize your theory but it's wrong. I'm not sure why people are so insistent upon seeing patterns when there are none there.You want to know why this incident, out of dozens like it, got national attention? There is no reason. Or, to be more precise, for the same reason certain pop singles become massive hits while others which are just as good or better don't sell at all. It's all random chance. It can't be explained. Those of you who keep saying that this was a foolish case for the "agitators" to choose; they didn't choose it. Nobody did. And the agitators are far less organized than you give them credit for. To paraphrase Billy Joel, they didn't start the fire. They're simply attracted to its flame.

No, at first the nation was aghast at a suburb engulfed in paramilitary fatigues and what looked like a war zone against about ten protestors. The nation wasn't aghast at the shooting, and certainly not after the video of Brown surfaced.

Then, as time moved on, the agitators and hustlers and media got all over the case, and waved a 10,000 thousand ton palm leaf to stoke whatever smoke was there.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

One thing I have taken from the media coverage is the clear spectrum of where the major cable news channels stand - not that I needed more proof - but it is abundantly clear in the coverage. Fox is way right - probably thinks Michael Brown's buddy should have been shot too. CNN is fairly middle ground. MSNBC wants Wilson to get the death penalty.

Now, I knew about Fox right and MSNBC left, but I have gained more respect for CNN.

 

[SproutDaddy]

..... It was just a matter of time before SproutDaddy started showing his true colors.

I've never been one to fake the funk.

 

[lod01]

Why is there protesting all over the country again?



I'm assuming 90% of these protestors don't know either

Ask mcintyre1 or Bucky86 even though I clearly explained it to them.

Just announced on CNN: Sit in on an Atlanta highway. Yeah. They are idiots of the highest magnitude.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Just got caught up on the media coverage - so Michael Brown's friend is still sticking to the story he was shot running away? Wouldn't that be pretty cut and dried from a forensics perspective? And, if it was wouldn't the grand jury be privy to that?

 

[Billy Bats]

So this was passed out before today's protest in Philly. (Nsfw-language)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7567/15257608464_aee5b96f08_n.jpg

 

[Bucky86]

Why is there protesting all over the country again?



I'm assuming 90% of these protestors don't know either

Ask mcintyre1 or Bucky86 even though I clearly explained it to them.

Why don't you explain it again?

 

[TheAristocrat]

Why is there protesting all over the country again?



I'm assuming 90% of these protestors don't know either

IMO, there's a segment of the population that are "professional" protesters that protest for the sake of protesting. The Occupy movement showed us a great many of these people.

 

[timschochet]

Why is there protesting all over the country again?



I'm assuming 90% of these protestors don't know either

of course they know. They are protesting because they believe that Michael Brown was wrongly killed by a police officer, the justice system allowed the police officer to get away with it, and that this is representative of the unfair treatment young black men receive at the hands of the police all around the country. Disagree with this perspective all you want but don't try to pretend that the protestors don't know why they are there.

 

[GoBirds]

So this was passed out before today's protest in Philly. (Nsfw-language)https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7567/15257608464_aee5b96f08_n.jpg

Nice.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Just got caught up on the media coverage - so Michael Brown's friend is still sticking to the story he was shot running away? Wouldn't that be pretty cut and dried from a forensics perspective? And, if it was wouldn't the grand jury be privy to that?

It'll get eaten up by anyone still not wanting to believe the facts.

 

[rockaction]

So this was passed out before today's protest in Philly. (Nsfw-language)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7567/15257608464_aee5b96f08_n.jpg

And ten-to-one it's outside agitation, or local agitation by communist or anarchist groups.

eta* or punky leftists/socialists. The gamut.

 

[lod01]

2 clowns getting taken to school right now on CNN.

 

[timschochet]

Why is there protesting all over the country again?



I'm assuming 90% of these protestors don't know either

IMO, there's a segment of the population that are "professional" protesters that protest for the sake of protesting. The Occupy movement showed us a great many of these people.

lol- you think the Occupy movement was professional?

 

[CowboysFromHell]

They don't trust the system because of the behavior of the police starting from the moment Brown's body dropped (and they left it rotting in the street for hours), and probably in the years preceding the shooting as well.

I keep hearing people harp on this, but didn't we already establish that there were very good reasons for why it took 4+ hours? It was not out of disrespect, but rather dealing with an explosive situation, unruly crowd that gathered immediately, etc...

 

[SproutDaddy]

So this was passed out before today's protest in Philly. (Nsfw-language)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7567/15257608464_aee5b96f08_n.jpg

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Who the heck uses the term "coloreds?" It's the most wishy-washy racist term I could think of, next to Orientals.

True, same with those who say "people of color". Ridiculous.

I actually heard a local news anchor (black btw) say "colored people" one night on the news, I looked around in disbelief, like did that happen? I thought he would get thrown off the air. But no one noticed or cared apparently.

 

[SIDA!]

You wanted to punch a cop in the face because he made you pour out some beer, but someone says they are willing to kill to protect their life's work from looters and they have a small ****, are crazy, playing Rambo, etc?

Yes. I never said I wanted to kill someone. Anything else you're not picking up on, Einstein?

Where did I say I wanted to kill anyone, Einstein?

I would much rather live and peace and not have to worry about dirtbags trying to riot in the streets. But, I am glad you have your priorities straight. Beer and a little snatch.

And for you to suggest that looters in a riot are unarmed is comical and so pathetically naive. Apparently, windows break themselves, buildings spontaneously combust and guns get fired by Alabama leprechauns that migrated up into Ferguson to get in on the action.

I guess you missed the hours of coverage last night...where rocks and baseball bats were used to break windows and others poured lighter fluid on buildings and cars. And I guess you didn't hear about how the members of the media embedded with the crowd warned the officers that there were many individuals armed with guns.

Just boy scouts and choir boys looking to roast marshmallows while they wait for a Sunday Service....

 

[lod01]

You wanted to punch a cop in the face because he made you pour out some beer, but someone says they are willing to kill to protect their life's work from looters and they have a small ****, are crazy, playing Rambo, etc?

Yes. I never said I wanted to kill someone. Anything else you're not picking up on, Einstein?

Where did I say I wanted to kill anyone, Einstein?

I would much rather live and peace and not have to worry about dirtbags trying to riot in the streets. But, I am glad you have your priorities straight. Beer and a little snatch.

And for you to suggest that looters in a riot are unarmed is comical and so pathetically naive. Apparently, windows break themselves, buildings spontaneously combust and guns get fired by Alabama leprechauns that migrated up into Ferguson to get in on the action.

I guess you missed the hours of coverage last night...where rocks and baseball bats were used to break windows and others poured lighter fluid on buildings and cars. And I guess you didn't hear about how the members of the media embedded with the crowd warned the officers that there were many individuals armed with guns.

Just boy scouts and choir boys looking to roast marshmallows while they wait for a Sunday Service....

Easy on him. He's cooking my fries right now.

 

[timschochet]

Who the heck uses the term "coloreds?" It's the most wishy-washy racist term I could think of, next to Orientals.

True, same with those who say "people of color". Ridiculous.

I actually heard a local news anchor (black btw) say "colored people" one night on the news, I looked around in disbelief, like did that happen? I thought he would get thrown off the air. But no one noticed or cared apparently.

Colored people is considered disrespectful. People of color is not considered disrespectful.

 

[rockaction]

They don't trust the system because of the behavior of the police starting from the moment Brown's body dropped (and they left it rotting in the street for hours), and probably in the years preceding the shooting as well.

I keep hearing people harp on this, but didn't we already establish that there were very good reasons for why it took 4+ hours? It was not out of disrespect, but rather dealing with an explosive situation, unruly crowd that gathered immediately, etc...

I hear it's always smart to give people a nice, visceral look at what is causing their anger. Helps tons.

 

[TheAristocrat]

Why is there protesting all over the country again?



I'm assuming 90% of these protestors don't know either

IMO, there's a segment of the population that are "professional" protesters that protest for the sake of protesting. The Occupy movement showed us a great many of these people.

lol- you think the Occupy movement was professional?

No. I think it was a bunch of people protesting for the sake of protesting and a small minority with an agenda. I used the term "professional" to mean that I believe that they think it is their job to hold signs, yell and scream, and basically do the LOOK AT ME schtick.

 

[Mark Davis]

So now all of a sudden Jeff Toobin on CNN is admitting the context of Mike Brown having just committed a strong arm robbery is valid in determining his aggressiveness. He hasn't said that in all the analysis before that I can recall. I think the protesters have backed the wrong case here. It seems pretty obvious now what happened based on witness testimony. Throw into that the fact that he had just committed that robbery. If you want to protest a police killing of a young black man I'd suspect you could find a much better case than this where the victim may have actually not assaulted the officer first nor just committed another crime ten minutes prior. If those protesting wanted to convince people, using Michael Brown as the example isn't the way to go.

 

[lod01]

So now all of a sudden Jeff Toobin on CNN is admitting the context of Mike Brown having just committed a strong arm robbery is valid in determining his aggressiveness. He hasn't said that in all the analysis before that I can recall. I think the protesters have backed the wrong case here. It seems pretty obvious now what happened based on witness testimony. Throw into that the fact that he had just committed that robbery. If you want to protest a police killing of a young black man I'd suspect you could find a much better case than this where the victim may have actually not assaulted the officer first nor just committed another crime ten minutes prior. If those protesting wanted to convince people, using Michael Brown as the example isn't the way to go.

Was that the guy in the lower left? I could have sworn he was screaming earlier about all the injustices done to Brown and that Wilson should be charged.