Ferguson Unrest

[Brandon]

Looting the Laundry store?  I'm assuming laundrymat.  But WTF is there to steal there?  It's not like they are going to walk out with a washer and dryer.

 

Don't put it past these mooks.

 

I saw people looting the liquor store and coming back for more, but the second time bringing in crates to steal more stuff.

 

I feel bad for the small business/mom and pop type places that got hit and have to deal with putting the pieces back together and moving forward.

[Tank]

local news here said that liquor store was the same one that michael brown robbed on that fateful day.

[bakunin]

This is a chimp out on a grand proportion. I feel like Charlton Heston on the beach on Planet of the Apes. I can't believe I belong to the same nation as the people I am watching on the television. This isn't mine. My nation is gone. Forever. Must secede before I ****ing lose my mind 

Edited November 25, 2014 by bakunin

[Brandon]

This is a chimp out on a grand proportion. I feel like Charlton Heston on the beach on Planet of the Apes. I can't believe I belong to the same nation as the people I am watching on the television. This isn't mine. My nation is gone. Forever. Must secede before I ****ing lose my mind 

 

 

I like the subtle racist jokes.

[bakunin]

The first one wasn't meant to be subtle. But the the Planet of the Apes was just a coincidence. Also, the Apes in Planet of the Apes built empires and seized power. Black people don't do either of those things. 

[bakunin]

 

I'm going rioting. Who's with me? 

[nate]

What was more predictable, that people would riot in Ferguson or that law enforcement wouldn't be able to stop it?

[Glen]

I like the subtle racist jokes.

 

 

Subtle?

[Tank]

cnn reporting that the physical evidence supported the eyewitness accounts that mike brown was shot, turned around, and went back towards the officer ( a distance of 21.5 ft).

[TobiasFunke]

This thread has made me sick

[nate]

By the way, if you read the grand jury testimony, it is pretty obvious why he wasn't indicted.

 

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/11/24/darren-wilson-testimony-snippet.pdf

[Tank]

michael brown's family attorney stated that no one has had to take responsibility for shooting the boy. what about michael brown for charging back towards a police officer? why didn't this kid comply when told to stop? one of the greatly disturbing aspects of all the protests is that the protestors don't seem to think brown bears any responsibility in any of this (which goes back to my oversimplification point).

 

if i've learned nothing else over the years, i've learned that if/when a police officer tells me to stop, i'm going to stop.

[InsideThePark]

The prosecutor didn't seem to want an indictment. I think he knew he didn't have a chance in hell of getting a conviction if it had went to trial.

[sneaky_flute]

By the way, if you read the grand jury testimony, it is pretty obvious why he wasn't indicted.

 

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/11/24/darren-wilson-testimony-snippet.pdf

He wasn't indicted because cops involved in shootings usually aren't indicted. 

[Stradling]

He wasn't indicted because cops involved in shootings usually aren't indicted.

Or because it was a justified shooting

[mtangelsfan]

Just like that beating in Fullerton was a justified beating?

[Stradling]

No of course the beating wasn't justified.

[tdawg87]

Unfortunately, the police have to use deadly force from time to time. It isn't always justified (and many times it arguably is not), but it appears that in this case it absolutely was.

 

I don't like that someone was killed, but looking at a lot of the evidence being presented, it looks like the officer had no choice.

[Kevin]

The Fullerton incident was a murder committed by the cops.

Michael Brown took his own life in what appears to be a justified shooting by a cop. The two aren't related mt.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I would love to see a prominent black leader come out and be critical of these idiots. Has anyone stepped up yet ?

[wopphil]

Just like that beating in Fullerton was a justified beating?

What a terrible analogy. The two had nothing to do with one another.

[sneaky_flute]

The jury's decision doesn't mean the shooting was justified. It's part of a disturbing trend in the U.S. 

[Kevin]

I would love to see a prominent black leader come out and be critical of these idiots. Has anyone stepped up yet ?

Bill Cosby would but he has something else on his mind right now.

[tdawg87]

The jury's decision doesn't mean the shooting was justified. It's part of a disturbing trend in the U.S.

You obviously haven't even attempted to read any of the evidence being presented this morning.

Also, assuming the jury and evidence are false is your own prerogative.

[Glen]

I would love to see a prominent black leader come out and be critical of these idiots. Has anyone stepped up yet ?

Like who?