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Protests over Missouri teen's death turn violent[W:647,807]

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Bringing in the Fed and State police now.
 
Cryptic said:
My guess is that this event has all the indications of two males engaging in a "whose d-ck is bigger contest":

- Two black males are walking down the middle of the street (ours are pretty big)
- Police officer orders them, rather than asks them to get out of the middle of the street (So is mine)
- They refuse, or start to comply very slowly (Oh yeah, mine is bigger)
- Police officer then backs up and cuts very close to the two men who are still walking in the middle of street. At some point he grabs one of the men. (No, mine is the biggest)
- Man resists, and is able to break free of the officer (hell no, mine is huge)
- Police officer then shoots teenager (this settles it, mine is the biggest of them all)

A core point is that those selected to be police officers should have the maturity not to engage in those types of contests, let alone kill somebody over one.
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Pure speculation. One fact we do know is that some kind of struggle ensued inside the patrol car. So that alone makes your hypothetical of the cop getting out and grabbing him wrong period.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
"Anonymous: Officer Bryan Willman shot Mike Brown. His personal information and address will be coming."

http://newsone.com/3044496/anonymous-releases-name-of-officer-who-allegedly-killed-michael-brown/
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What possible good would that do? Do you want to see him or his family harmed? Remember the Martin case where the media released the wrong Zimmerman, and the elderly couple had to leave their house? What you are doing is irresponsible and if you release more in such fashion I will report you.
 
j-mac said:
What possible good would that do? Do you want to see him or his family harmed? Remember the Martin case where the media released the wrong Zimmerman, and the elderly couple had to leave their house? What you are doing is irresponsible and if you release more in such fashion I will report you.
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They want that guy to die.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
"Anonymous: Officer ********** shot Mike Brown. His personal information and address will be coming."
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How on Earth could you have posted that? Now you're supporting putting him, his family and anyone he knows in jeopardy? This is as irresponsible a post as I have ever seen on this board.
 
Ockham said:
Missouri police shooting of teen Michael Brown sparks protests, looting, vandalism - CBS News


The looting and violence is in response to the shooting of Michael Brown when, according to police, Brown and another man assaulted the police officer, there was a struggle and shots were fired, ultimately killing Brown. The two men in the alleged assault were not armed. However, a different account was provided by one Dorian Johnson, who says the struggle was initiated by the police officer, who assaulted Brown - Brown broke free and started to run when the police officer then shot Brown.

The point of this post is NOT justifying or dismissing the shooting which was the flashpoint of the violence (though I am resigned to the fact it will devolve into that at some point) but I'm more interested in why looting is the preferred method of showing distrust and dissatisfaction with police actions, when the owners of these stores which were broken into have absolutely NOTHING to do with the police shooting. Why is looting and destroying innocent people's livelihoods the preferred method of action in these circumstances? We see this time and time again - and I'm reminded of the 1992 So.Central LA riots.
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Looting is not venting frustrations nor is it protest. Looting is theft, and should be prosecuted as such.
 
apdst said:
They want that guy to die.
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I think in here, if TDS follows through with his threat to post the man's name, address, etc. It should be treated the same as threat against another poster.
 
j-mac said:
What possible good would that do? Do you want to see him or his family harmed? Remember the Martin case where the media released the wrong Zimmerman, and the elderly couple had to leave their house? What you are doing is irresponsible and if you release more in such fashion I will report you.
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I quoted his post but removed the information (officer's name and link). I'd suggest doing the same, j. That post really really bothers me (his). Let's not further the disgusting nature of his post.

I'm a little surprised a post like that is even allowed on this board.
 
j-mac said:
Nonsense. It's been less than a week. Give them time to investigate.
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Oh, I see. They get to arrest and manhandle the press for the first week. I was mistaken.
 
tres borrachos said:
I quoted his post but removed the information (officer's name and link). I'd suggest doing the same, j. That post really really bothers me (his). Let's not further the disgusting nature of his post.

I'm a little surprised a post like that is even allowed on this board.
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I'm on my phone, but I will make an open plea to the mods to administratively remove TDS' s link from my quote of him, it is a disgusting display.
 
j-mac said:
Pure speculation. One fact we do know is that some kind of struggle ensued inside the patrol car. So that alone makes your hypothetical of the cop getting out and grabbing him wrong period.
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He didn't say he got out and grabbed him. Wrong. Period.
 
j-mac said:
What possible good would that do? Do you want to see him or his family harmed? Remember the Martin case where the media released the wrong Zimmerman, and the elderly couple had to leave their house? What you are doing is irresponsible and if you release more in such fashion I will report you.
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Is this the same J-mac who constantly complains and moans about the Obama administration not being transparent enough for him? Is this the same J-mac who constantly complains about the Orwellian tactics of the LEOs working for the federal government? It can't be this j-mac:

http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...rters-blm-dispute-w-338-a.html#post1063255146
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...-over-illegal-grazing-118.html#post1063194635
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...appened-since-slavery-157.html#post1062660403
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...mericans-daily-w-452-a-26.html#post1061897536

Is this the same j-mac who takes every opportunity to type the word authoritarian? Oh! I guess it must only be authoritarian when the government is covering its ass on an issue he disagrees with. The cops dropped the ball on this. They drop the ball whenever a cop shoots people. However, they seem to go the extra mile in prosecuting. Even if it means prosecuting hundreds of innocents.
 
According to CNN, the police chief says that the name anonymous released is incorrect.
 
poweRob said:
Not surprising. Just saying it's very odd to have such disparaging percentages in the police force of a department where the population is soooo different. It usually reflects the community much closer.
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If a community is raised to think the police are the enemy, how many of those people will want to join with that enemy?
 
Protests over Missouri teen's death turn violent

j-mac said:
What possible good would that do? Do you want to see him or his family harmed? Remember the Martin case where the media released the wrong Zimmerman, and the elderly couple had to leave their house? What you are doing is irresponsible and if you release more in such fashion I will report you.
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You need to calm down.

Reporting news means nothing.

More irresponsible herrings one's panties in a wad for no reason.

Call the news organization - go to the source.
 
Thorgasm said:
According to CNN, the police chief says that the name anonymous released is incorrect.
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Doesn't it seem odd to you that the name of this person isn't released but ... if you killed someone, your face would be plastered the day of on the 6 o'clock news? This is why I don't trust state governments. They shown themselves to be inept and completely incapable of prosecuting local police officers.
 
Hatuey said:
Is this the same J-mac who constantly complains and moans about the Obama administration not being transparent enough for him? Is this the same J-mac who constantly complains about the Orwellian tactics of the LEOs working for the federal government? It can't be this j-mac:

http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...rters-blm-dispute-w-338-a.html#post1063255146
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...-over-illegal-grazing-118.html#post1063194635
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...appened-since-slavery-157.html#post1062660403
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...mericans-daily-w-452-a-26.html#post1061897536

Is this the same j-mac who takes every opportunity to type the word authoritarian? Oh! I guess it must only be authoritarian when the government is covering its ass on an issue he disagrees with.
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I'd ask the same of you Hatuey in the area of wanting the authorities to crack down on everyone you disagree with...;)

I am betting if this were a white conservative, TP'er against a black, or Hispanic officer you'd either say nothing, or worse applaud it.
 
Thorgasm said:
According to CNN, the police chief says that the name anonymous released is incorrect.
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Like he has any credibility at this point.
 
Hatuey said:
Doesn't it seem odd to you that the name of this person isn't released but ... if you killed someone, your face would be plastered the day of on the 6 o'clock news? This is why I don't trust state governments. They shown themselves to be inept and completely incapable of prosecuting local police officers.
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Valid point.
 
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