Lon
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Which makes your involvement here on TOL a waste of both your and our time. It isn't a fact, it is your poorly biased prejudism. Some of the highest IQ's in world come from this community as any other.
Grand Jury decision for Michael Brown case
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Which makes your involvement here on TOL a waste of both your and our time. It isn't a fact, it is your poorly biased prejudism. Some of the highest IQ's in world come from this community as any other.
IMJerusha
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We had a bunch of protestors show up in Cincinnati from out of town. I wouldn't be surprised if a large number of them were Oath Keepers, using this situation to support their agenda. They sent an open letter to the residents of Ferguson pushing them to protest. And I just got the biggest hoot out of this from their open letter:
"Now, it is true that television networks profit from coverage of riots. So do extremist voices, often from out of town..." Hmm....really!
"Now, it is true that television networks profit from coverage of riots. So do extremist voices, often from out of town..." Hmm....really!
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Not a bit surprising. The news media was telling us how we were going to react for weeks leading up to it, on both sides. This whole thing is too on-script for me.
I can understand why black people feel like their lives aren't being treated as worth as much as everyone else. Especially as there have been a lot of high-profile cases of black teenagers shot to death in the last few years.
But this isn't Rodney King, and it isn't even Trayvon Martin. There's pretty good corroboration of the officer's description of what happened, and it's hard to see how he did anything that was unreasonable to the extent of being a crime. And if no crime occurred, the grand jury can't indict.
"Understanding why" does not justify the feeling you ascribe to them.
annabenedetti
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Could it be a fact that there are some bizarre, non-thinking, and dishonest Christians here? I think so, and right here on this thread.
Jose's opinion got him an infraction even though his comment followed similar ones about liberals - but I'm aware some animals are more equal than others.
Really? In the world? I had no idea I was breathing such rarefied air.
Yes, the first night especially struck me as somewhat choreographed.
I completely agree.
As the evidence gets picked apart I have a sinking suspicion we'll come across more and more questions. Bottom line, no one's ever going to know exactly what happened except Wilson.
And by the way: This guy's a complete PR disaster. Way to throw fuel on the fire, pal.
So you honestly think in a situation like this "just shoot one" is a) feasible, b) likely, c) and something that will help the situation.:chuckle:
Yeah, okay then...
I believe that I must guard my thinking so that I do not descend to the level of brutish behavior, which I detest, in retaliation for brutish behavior.
BUT!!!
I do intend to protect myself from the brutish behavior of others to the best of my abilities.
OFTEN,
that means being proactive in planning.
Michael Brown's step father shows his heart. If he had said it regarding injustice, I would not have a problem with it. But since justice was in fact served, and he is evil, he is mad that justice was served.
http://news.yahoo.com/michael-brown-stepfather-burn-this-down-ferguson-video-182317962.html
Louis Head said:
http://news.yahoo.com/michael-brown-stepfather-burn-this-down-ferguson-video-182317962.html
Think, then act.
The decision was just, there were three blacks on the jury & the decision was unanimous, what decision would you want to see? a lynching of this officer? It is sad this kid was shot but in the end Brown brought it on himself bringing violence towards a police officer...end of story.
They not only saw it coming but, incited the current violence, and want to keep this narrative alive...for political reasons of course.
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Was it unanimous? I thought the prosecutor said that the actual breakdown of the vote wasn't known and couldn't legally be disclosed. I haven't seen that it was unanimous reported anywhere yet. May have missed it.
There was a time when police regarded themselves and were seen as peacekeepers, not law enforcers. With the results that we see all the time.
The prosecutor in his lengthy dissertation said that it was unanimous decision. Maybe I misunderstood...
What is an officer to do when attacked in his car by a thug? The fact that this 6'4" 250+pd. kid was teenager, he brought this action on himself. The fact that he was black & the officer was white is the only reason this story has legs to begin with.
Not so...he specifically said at least twice that I recall that he couldn't disclose the breakdown of the vote. We'll probably never know for sure, but it's a mistake to say the decision was unanimous--we simply don't know.
Better question: Why did it come to this in the first place?
Wilson isn't exactly a small dude, just for the record.
The story has legs for multiple reasons. Race is one. The militarized response is another. Then there's the cheapness of black life and the fact that the police can (and do) kill with impunity. Lots of issues at work here.
Some things never change.
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lebron-james-destroy-this-mad-brute-350_7118.jpg
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lebron-james-destroy-this-mad-brute-350_7118.jpg
Yes. A violent black man attacked a white officer because he was white. As bad as you want it to be different, that is how it is. And the lives of black colored people are not cheap despite your claim to the contrary.
"Black colored"? What is this, the Forties?
His color is "black", you big dummy. It is how he wants to be identified. Whereas I want to be identified as an American. As embarrassing as that has been since 2009.
"Colored" speaks for itself. And since when are you a mind reader slash psychic when it comes to Michael Brown? How "he wants to be identified"? He's dead last time I checked, smart guy.:yawn:
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