The Ferguson, Missouri thread

[6souls]

Map of fires set since Ferguson decision

http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local...7beb31bad5dcc7

[6souls]

Store that was looted

[Karbuncle]

Is that... a shoe store?

Edit: It is... Sells Jordans and shit. No comment.

[6souls]

Woman was having a heart attack and the police decided to gas her and shoot rubber bullets.

[Airenn]

Oh my god the humanity of that poor woman having a heart attack while rioting and or protesting in the middle of the night in what appears to be cold weather

The fucking horror.

[6souls]

Seattle (10 min ago)



Oakland (20 min ago)

[Koul]

Oh my god the humanity of that poor woman having a heart attack while rioting and or protesting in the middle of the night in what appears to be cold weather

The fucking horror.

Or y'know. Let's have a shitload of people swarm up to the cops in an insane tense situation where things are befuddled as hell. So smrt.

[Kerberoz]

Yeah, how do you calm the angry bees once you have kicked the nest? Smoke and teargas seems to work. >.>

Errr... smoke actually is how you calm angry bees.

[6souls]

LA (5 min ago)



I think this is the Walgreens that was looted/burned earlier





Closer look at the shoe store that was looted



Macklemore protesting in Seattle

[Celeras]

^lol

Bro wants street cred so bad.

[6souls]

O'Reilly Auto Parts



Times Square (Two hours ago)



Oakland (10 min ago)





Cars still burning at the Buy Riders dealership

[Sho]

Because letting them run amok burning down stores and ruining other peoples lives is the solution! How short sighted.

It's more short-sighted to assume that going in with [lethal] force will solve the situation either. Do you know how much of a shitstorm this would become if the police exacted any other level of force other than tear gas and smoke? We aren't in the 1950s~1990s where police could simply beat the ever loving shit out of belligerents, we live in an age where social media captures everything in real time.

[kuronosan]

Cop doesn't get charged by grand jury; people are surprised that others are incredibly angry.

[Sho]

Cop doesn't get charged by grand jury; people are surprised that others are incredibly angry.

Though I'm angry as well, there's really no reason to burn and fuck up your own neighborhood in retaliation. It really shows how disconnected America is on both sides of the coin. This isn't what Martin Luther King, Jr. protested for at all. Some niggas are just looking for a reason to do stupid shit.

[Tarage]

How about we just say both sides are assfucks and call it a day?

Because seriously, what did anyone hope to accomplish tonight?

[Airenn]

You know. I don't know. I truly don't. Maybe some kind of a change, because we definitely need some. Some big changes. I don't know what, I'm not a political person, but it really does seem like AMerica's been dropping the ball pretty hard lately. I mean, really, Affluence? (The kid in Texas thing) We can do better than that, America. Come the fuck on.

[Richybear]

It's pretty fucked up watching from here (inb4 "Get back to your hockey thread, Canadian.") but I got saying to my GF "So... they're gonna cause shit and provoke cops, knowing full well a cop just got away with killing a guy? Makes sense."

That being said, the shitstorm everywhere is bigger than I expected.

[Airenn]

And I do think that it's a good thing this isn't going unnoticed and people are making effort to show that. The burning and pillaging? Not sure if it's necessary but well. I'm not there and I'm not a black person so I truly don't know if it is. Maybe it is necessary for change. Maybe it's all stupid.

I mean, a good chunk of life is just moving from stupid thing to the next stupid thing, so yea. I can judge but yet I can't judge. Gonna sit here and sip my soda, get ready for raiding tomorrow, and work, and do pretty much the same things I always do. Fuck yea, life, you're the best!

[NynJa]

Gonna sit here and sip my soda, get ready for raiding tomorrow, and work, and do pretty much the same things I always do. Fuck yea, life, you're the best!

Is this where someone is supposed to say "check your privilege"?

[Airenn]

I've checked it thrice and that's why I truly don't know what it is to be the blax. But don't worry, I'm sure plenty of the blaxs on bg could fill me in on that. Double entenDRE intended. Make it a triple.

But seriously, mostly I just want people to be happy. But I know it's not possible and that sometimes major movements must happen for change to begin. Maybe this is it. Or maybe it's just stupid. Dunno. In the eyes of the world I am but a child. --Hitler