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re: Ferguson, what's your opinion?
Posted on 8/22/14 at 1:44 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Posted on 8/22/14 at 1:44 pm to Vols&Shaft83
They will be tonight...
CBS Evening News ?@CBSEveningNews · 11m
We've learned the racial makeup of the grand jury in the Michael Brown case includes 9 whites and 3 blacks.
CBS Evening News ?@CBSEveningNews · 11m
We've learned the racial makeup of the grand jury in the Michael Brown case includes 9 whites and 3 blacks.
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 1:45 pm to Alahunter
its going to be riot time when this goes the way of the pd
Posted on 8/22/14 at 1:49 pm to KSGamecock
Police are out of control
Thugs are out of control
The system is badly broken
This incident and all that has surrounded it are symptoms of our sickness and failed social and economic systems.
Thugs are out of control
The system is badly broken
This incident and all that has surrounded it are symptoms of our sickness and failed social and economic systems.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 1:49 pm to the808bass
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If a police department says that they can't afford them, have a bake sale. The public will probably pay for them.
Ellisville just bought them for their entire force. $250 a camera. Total cost of about $7,000.00. My kid's team raises that much at a mouse race.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 1:51 pm to Alahunter
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We've learned the racial makeup of the grand jury in the Michael Brown case includes 9 whites and 3 blacks.
That's been known. Was peaceful last night.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:07 pm to heartbreakTiger
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this but the common cop fights against this.
I'm sure there are more than a few that don't want them but every cop I know (and I work with about 40 and know probably close to that many more) LOVE body cams. I know several that have bought their own if their agency doesn't provide them.
They aren't worried about getting caught badmouthing the boss. Nobody's going to sit around and watch video every day. They're worried about ending up in a situation exactly like the one in Missouri and they know the camera will save their arse.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:16 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Need pics of flag.
Working on it, friend. Hope you're having a good night by the way.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:25 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Working on it, friend
Likewise to you, SDAR
Doing my favorite thing when I have the house to myself: "nothing"
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:32 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Likewise to you, SDAR
Doing my favorite thing when I have the house to myself: "nothing"
That's always the best man, I had a date tonight and it went really well so I'm feeling particularly kind and amicable.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:07 am to KSGamecock
Carpet bomb the whole town with B-52 strikes and be over it.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:53 am to KSGamecock
As in post-Katrina behavior, very disappointed that we have still not progressed into a more civilized society.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:57 am to nc14
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As in post-Katrina behavior, very disappointed that we have still not progressed into a more civilized society.
There are too many who make money off of race baiting for us to progress past this kind of behavior unfortunately.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:03 am to nc14
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As in post-Katrina behavior, very disappointed that we have still not progressed into a more civilized society.
Idiocracy, bro. The smarty civilized type ain't breeding enough to make it happen.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:30 am to Pavoloco83
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Carpet bomb the whole town with B-52 strikes and be over it.
We are a broken society.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:11 pm to KSGamecock
Had the Gentle Giant not thugged up a store owner after stealing a fistful of Swisher Sweets, I would have been inclined to believe the pro-Brown side. As things currently stand, I'm inclined to believe the police side
At this point, I simply want the evidence to be conclusive and beyond dispute. Hopefully a video turns up.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:56 pm to Pavoloco83
quote:You're talking about Auburn right?
Carpet bomb the whole town with B-52 strikes and be over it.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:28 am to KSGamecock
I don't believe for one second the officer gunned the kid down in cold blood as he begged for mercy with his hands up the whole time like some claim. He was a criminal, the main witness is a criminal and the officer in question sustained multiple facial injuries.
That being said, regardless of what happened beforehand, if the kid was running away and clearly not threatening anymore the officer shouldn't have shot him if for no other reason than it would have saved everyone a ton of hassle.
I don't know how threatened the officer felt, and I certainly don't feel sorry for the idiot who got killed, but if it happened even remotely like they say (meaning he was fleeing before the officer started firing) I can't see how pursuing him with backup wouldn't have been better.
That being said, regardless of what happened beforehand, if the kid was running away and clearly not threatening anymore the officer shouldn't have shot him if for no other reason than it would have saved everyone a ton of hassle.
I don't know how threatened the officer felt, and I certainly don't feel sorry for the idiot who got killed, but if it happened even remotely like they say (meaning he was fleeing before the officer started firing) I can't see how pursuing him with backup wouldn't have been better.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:44 am to Roger Klarvin
I'm of the opinion that there's no way in hell I would be a white cop in a city with a high percentage of low income African Americans. Not that I would fear they are more dangerous, but lord help you if you have to shoot one.
Would be one in a native village either. Got a situation going on in Bethel, AK right now
Would be one in a native village either. Got a situation going on in Bethel, AK right now
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:58 am to RogerTheShrubber
The most troubling part to me is the pack mentality that members of lower socioeconomic classes, who are disproportionately minorities, have in situations like this.
Watch the video of the shooting in St. Louis this week, it is INCREDIBLE the kind of lunacy the crowd is throwing around. It's almost an animalistic display with a complete inability to behave rationally or with any civility.
Those people didn't care one bit about whether it was justified or what the person who had been shot did, all they cared about was defending the "pack".
Watch the video of the shooting in St. Louis this week, it is INCREDIBLE the kind of lunacy the crowd is throwing around. It's almost an animalistic display with a complete inability to behave rationally or with any civility.
Those people didn't care one bit about whether it was justified or what the person who had been shot did, all they cared about was defending the "pack".
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:46 pm to Roger Klarvin
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The most troubling part to me is the pack mentality that members of lower socioeconomic classes, who are disproportionately minorities, have in situations like this.
I'll go a step further. It's not really socioeconomic. It's tribal. And I don't mean that in an "African tribe" sense. A couple of my African American friends in town here are very well off, both have family incomes in the $150k+ range. And they see the shooting in much the same way as the protesters.
I don't think that's peculiar to black people. We are becoming a tribal society where the groups with which we identify are where we get our "truth." And those aren't necessarily tied to race for everyone. For some it's race, for some it's social strata, for some it's religion or lack thereof, for some it's political party, for some it's an issue-driven thing (dislike of cops or the opposite). We aren't nearly concerned with truth as we are with our tribals impulses.
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