The Ferguson, Missouri thread

[Bregor]

#justicefortrayvon

[Callisto]

After looking over the true(police) version of the story I feel a lot of sympathy for Mike Brown. He had made it all the way to adulthood before succumbing to his own blackness and no longer being able to contain his natural criminal urges. It's so shocking that a decent student with no criminal record who was two days from starting college would throw his life away by purposefully engaging a man with a gun in a fistfight, but unfortunately I guess does happen all the time. Rest in pieces.

[ronin sparthos]

After looking over the true(police) version of the story I feel a lot of sympathy for Mike Brown. He had made it all the way to adulthood before succumbing to his own blackness and no longer being able to contain his natural criminal urges. It's so shocking that a decent student with no criminal record who was two days from starting college would throw his life away by purposefully engaging a man with a gun in a fistfight, but unfortunately I guess does happen all the time. Rest in pieces.

Blax: The American Krogan. To genophage or not to genophage, that is the question.

Sometimes I wonder how long I'll make it until I succumb to the beast within and turn into a soulfla.....homicidal maniac.

[Uzor]

That's what happens when you're black in a police state. He shouldn't have chosen to be born black. I guess everyone succumbs to the devils within sooner or later, much like every man at some point becomes a rapist. Just can't help it.

[6souls]

After looking over the true(police) version of the story I feel a lot of sympathy for Mike Brown. He had made it all the way to adulthood before succumbing to his own blackness and no longer being able to contain his natural criminal urges. It's so shocking that a decent student with no criminal record who was two days from starting college would throw his life away by purposefully engaging a man with a gun in a fistfight, but unfortunately I guess does happen all the time. Rest in pieces.

Not exactly, but it does make me think of this.

[Callisto]

Shooting officer's name released, Darren Wilson, 6th year officer.

[Mina]

http://grantland.com/features/fergus...murder-police/

It's probably been said somewhere. Writer goes to Ferguson and recounts his tale.

Edit: I only got to skim through it since i'm at work.

[Stumblingdrunk]

much like every man at some point becomes a rapist. Just can't help it.

Let's not conflate the very real problem of institutionalized racism with your own victim complex.

[Charismatic]

Let's not conflate the very real problem of institutionalized racism with your own victim complex.

Should have just ignored it, instead you point it out and go out of your way to handwave it just like plenty of people do to institutionalized racism. Same shit.

[Stumblingdrunk]

Should have just ignored it, instead you point it out and go out of your way to handwave it just like plenty of people do to institutionalized racism. Same shit.

Yes, ignoring a problem that doesn't exist is the same as ignoring a problem that does.

[Uzor]

Let's not conflate the very real problem of institutionalized racism with your own victim complex.

You... really did not see that my entire statement was satire? Including - but not limited to - the part about rape?

A lot of people assume that just because someone is a muslim, or someone is a black man, that they're dangerous and/or a criminal, which is just not true. Hence my statement. I included the man and rape part to point out how incredibly ridiculous that mindset is.

[Callisto]

Cops released the name, but no incident report for the shooting. Their entire conference outside of the shooter's name was claiming that Mike Brown robbed a convenience store for a $5 pack of blunts and the officer was responding to the robbery call. Their evidence being blurry security camera stills where you can't ID subject, and a store which locals are claiming is not the one that was in the area he was shot.

Wesley Lowery tweets regarding presser:

Wesley Lowery @WesleyLowery · 10m
Police handed out 19 pages. Cover sheet, 16 page incident report on robbery, 2 pages of video still

Wesley Lowery @WesleyLowery · 21m
Not handed out: a use of force report, any police report written by Officer Wilson, any narrative of shooting

Wesley Lowery @WesleyLowery · 24m
Info handed out ONLY about alleged robbery. NO info included about interaction with Officer Wilson, the shooting.

Wesley Lowery @WesleyLowery · 28m
PHOTO HANDOUT: video stills of alleged altercation between Brown and Quick Trip worker

Wesley Lowery @WesleyLowery · 27m
More stills. From report: "Brown towers over (redacted name) appearing to intimidate him."

[Callisto]

A note about the robbery claims: Dorian Johnson, who was with Mike Brown, has not been taken into custody or charged as a robbery suspect.

[tyven]

Pretty sure Mike Brown was wearing khakis when he died. How far apart were these incidents?

[tyven]

http://grantland.com/features/fergus...murder-police/

It's probably been said somewhere. Writer goes to Ferguson and recounts his tale.

Edit: I only got to skim through it since i'm at work.

One does not simply skim a Rembert article

[Callisto]

This robbery is supposed to take place immediately beforehand I would assume, as the assertion is that this robbery is what the cop was responding to, and that Brown and Johnson were headed back from the robbery when encountered by Wilson.

[Stumblingdrunk]

You... really did not see that my entire statement was satire? Including - but not limited to - the part about rape?

A lot of people assume that just because someone is a muslim, or someone is a black man, that they're dangerous and/or a criminal, which is just not true. Hence my statement. I included the man and rape part to point out how incredibly ridiculous that mindset is.

Right... satire or not you conflated the two issues as if the problem of institutionalized racism faced by the African-American community Is on par with the nonexistent effects the beliefs of a small insignificant fringe group has on men. Had you actually said Muslim/terrorist instead of man/rapist there would be no issue

[ronin sparthos]

You... really did not see that my entire statement was satire? Including - but not limited to - the part about rape?

A lot of people assume that just because someone is a muslim, or someone is a black man, that they're dangerous and/or a criminal, which is just not true. Hence my statement. I included the man and rape part to point out how incredibly ridiculous that mindset is.

Which is hilarious considering white men have a lock on serial shootings / killings. Must be a hiccup in the superior genes or something. Why don't we fear white men? How many Charlie Mansons are we ignoring to fixate on Jamal from the block slinging loosies?

Urge to kill faceless hookers rising....

[Talint]

Anyways, it's likely no one will read all of this so I will just say right now I'm on both sides of the fence.

A few things:

1. The militarized response happened BEFORE there was any looting (which only happened on Sunday evening, and was limited in scope).
2. There were no molotov cocktails. That image of a thrower protesting one is actually a protester throwing back a tear gas canister.
3. I don't understand why I have to believe a police officer's account of the story (one individual) over a witness (to which there are many). This also assumes that the cop is telling the truth, and every witness is either lying or wrong; which goes against another truth: The cop's story does not work in his best interest (as those are the facts), whereas every single incorrect witness suddenly does.

[Kuya]

If a nigga say institutional racism, people start crying about looters. If a nigga say institutional sexism, people start crying about feminazis.