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Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?

Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?


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Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?


I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.
 
Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?


I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.

Honestly, twenty four news channels will be the downfall of American society. They have too much time to fill and to fill it they repeat anything from minutiae to nonsense to issues like Travon Martin and Brown that used to be local issues and they turn them into national causes. Yes, the media is complicit in exacerbating the Ferguson issue. That and many more.
 
Honestly, twenty four news channels will be the downfall of American society. They have too much time to fill and to fill it they repeat anything from minutiae to nonsense to issues like Travon Martin and Brown that used to be local issues and they turn them into national causes. Yes, the media is complicit in exacerbating the Ferguson issue. That and many more.

..and, can bury things that should be national causes.
 
We shouldn't dismiss that the Ferguson community has legitimate grievances, boiling over at the unfortunate death of this young man. What could have been a catalyst for the community to come together turned into a media circus. Soon the media whores came running to fuel the fire, just to go away and leave a community in shambles. Rioters distracted from the real issues at hand, and hatred and distrust and misgivings have ripped this town only further apart.
Had the media not been there, would the hate mongers have come? I am not sure. The age old question must be asked, "what came first, the chicken or the egg".
 
Yes I can understand that..but this issue must be investigated..Why are so many young black men being shot dead by white officers?

Bustle

There is something wrong.

Yes there is something wrong. The attempt to blame it on racist cops chief among them.

As long as the light can be diverted away from the cause and onto false narratives, the problems will remain.
 
What I see is complete over reaction by an over-militarized police and the ensuing images of heavily armed, tank or military vehicle response teams that look like Tiananemen Square in China. I think citziens in general are beginning to fear the police and I think the fear is often justified. In the Occupy protests the police were working for big business and that seems to be where their allegiance lies everywhere. I don't like that and don't think it is right. The Press has not been muted in the Police issue like it is in National, terrorist, geo-political events. It's hard to distort the press when it is happening all around us.
 
Yes there is something wrong. The attempt to blame it on racist cops chief among them.

As long as the light can be diverted away from the cause and onto false narratives, the problems will remain.

Since black people only make up about 13 per cent of the US population, and nearly 63 per cent of Americans are white, blacks are disproportionately likely to be killed.

Has a black cop ever shot a black man?
 
What I see is complete over reaction by an over-militarized police and the ensuing images of heavily armed, tank or military vehicle response teams that look like Tiananemen Square in China. I think citziens in general are beginning to fear the police and I think the fear is often justified. In the Occupy protests the police were working for big business and that seems to be where their allegiance lies everywhere. I don't like that and don't think it is right. The Press has not been muted in the Police issue like it is in National, terrorist, geo-political events. It's hard to distort the press when it is happening all around us.

I agree. The police should not be equipped like they are on the battlefield. People should be concerned.
 
Since black people only make up about 13 per cent of the US population, and nearly 63 per cent of Americans are white, blacks are disproportionately likely to be killed.

Has a black cop ever shot a black man?

I don't know whether to take your question seriously.

Again, as long as people push the racist cop meme as the reason, the problem will never be addressed.
 
Yes I can understand that..but this issue must be investigated..Why are so many young black men being shot dead by white officers?

Bustle

There is something wrong.

Ask yourself this, why do white referees in the NBA call more fouls on black players than white? It's the same thing. Lets be honest. Attitudes about crime, gun violence and policing are different in poor, black communities. It's a no win situation. There is no police officer in America who gets up in the morning and thinks, "maybe I can shoot a black guy today." Until and when blacks change their culture there will be more death and police intervention in their neighborhoods. If Michael Brown would have moved to the sidewalk when officer Wilson asked him to, he's be free today to knock off another 7-11.
 
We have police shooting unarmed kids and teens in the street. That is a problem that should be addressed.
 
I don't know whether to take your question seriously.

Again, as long as people push the racist cop meme as the reason, the problem will never be addressed.

Do take it seriously...it would be interesting to see any statistics..

I understand the policeman in question has now resigned.
 
Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?


I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.


Mornin JR. :2wave: Didn't Anderson Cooper and a few other Reporters run into the Gas? Get that scoop as to what its like?
 
Do take it seriously...it would be interesting to see any statistics..

I understand the policeman in question has now resigned.

:shock:

You wonder if a Black cop has ever shot a Black kid?

Perhaps you should do some investigating on your own before going much further.

Under threat of death and harm to his family and the community, Officer Wilson has resigned. Again, the light is shown on something other than the problems that are destined to never be addressed.
 
Honestly, twenty four news channels will be the downfall of American society. They have too much time to fill and to fill it they repeat anything from minutiae to nonsense to issues like Travon Martin and Brown that used to be local issues and they turn them into national causes. Yes, the media is complicit in exacerbating the Ferguson issue. That and many more.

Mornin' Sawdust you are correct. :2wave: Time Magazine was the First to come out with Defending Rioting in Ferguson.


After months of fomenting strife, hate, and unrest surrounding the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, the increasingly discredited establishment press — Time magazine, in particular, but others too — has taken it to the next level. On November 25, Time published an incendiary “opinion” piece headlined “Ferguson: In Defense of Rioting.” As the title suggests, the commentary defends the perpetration of violence following a grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Wilson on charges of murder and manslaughter. But the piece goes even beyond that, calling riots “necessary” to the “evolution” of society.

In response to the tragedy, Time magazine published its pro-rioting piece by Darlena Cunha, who also serves as a contributor to a wide array of other establishment mouthpieces including the Washington Post. “The violent protests in Ferguson, Mo., are part of the American experience,” reads the sub-header for the Time “Ideas” column promoting riots and senseless violence as a proper and effective means of achieving political goals. “Peaceful protesting is a luxury only available to those safely in mainstream culture.” Cunha then goes even further: “Riots are a necessary part of the evolution of society.” To defend her thesis, she even cites the Boston Tea Party, equating it with the current mayhem enveloping Ferguson......snip~

Establishment Media Openly Defend Rioting as Ferguson Burns
 
Do take it seriously...
it would be interesting to see any statistics
.

I understand the policeman in question has now resigned.
Here's some statistics ...
In England, the black population is over-represented in frequency of arrest by 3 to 1 and in the prison population by 5 to 1.
Why is that?

As for the resignation, what do you read into that?
 
:shock:

You wonder if a Black cop has ever shot a Black kid?

Perhaps you should do some investigating on your own before going much further.

Under threat of death and harm to his family and the community, Officer Wilson has resigned. Again, the light is shown on something other than the problems that are destined to never be addressed.

I did try to investigate..no luck...

Which problems are never being investigated?

Why black people are living in poverty in the richest country in the world?

One common explanation, as William A. Darity Jr. of Duke University told Salon in 2011, is that blacks are “the last to be hired in a good economy, and when there’s a downturn, they’re the first to be released.” A 2010 article testing that “last hired, first fired” hypothesis against panel data from the Current Population Survey (from which the unemployment rate is derived) found considerable support for the “first fired” part but not for the “last hired” part: Blacks are in fact disproportionately likely to lose their jobs as the business cycle weakens, but the hiring side is more complex: Early in the business cycle, those blacks with a stronger attachment to the labor force (i.e., the unemployed) are the first hired. Blacks who are nonparticipants tend to be hired late in the business cycle when labor demand is particularly strong.”

If that is the case, I would be round the 7/11 with a gun!!
 
Here's some statistics ...
In England, the black population is over-represented in frequency of arrest by 3 to 1 and in the prison population by 5 to 1.
Why is that?

As for the resignation, what do you read into that?


I read that he and his family will probably be whisked away to a new location..and he will probably become a cop where he won't be recognised!
 
I did try to investigate..no luck...

Which problems are never being investigated?

Why black people are living in poverty in the richest country in the world?

One common explanation, as William A. Darity Jr. of Duke University told Salon in 2011, is that blacks are “the last to be hired in a good economy, and when there’s a downturn, they’re the first to be released.” A 2010 article testing that “last hired, first fired” hypothesis against panel data from the Current Population Survey (from which the unemployment rate is derived) found considerable support for the “first fired” part but not for the “last hired” part: Blacks are in fact disproportionately likely to lose their jobs as the business cycle weakens, but the hiring side is more complex: Early in the business cycle, those blacks with a stronger attachment to the labor force (i.e., the unemployed) are the first hired. Blacks who are nonparticipants tend to be hired late in the business cycle when labor demand is particularly strong.”

If that is the case, I would be round the 7/11 with a gun!!

It would seem you need better luck, or, you need to improve your research skills. It would also pay to question the sources you seem to accept as factual. These simple "studies" put out by strong agenda driven websites like Salon do nothing to address the issue.
 
I read that he and his family will probably be whisked away to a new location..and he will probably become a cop where he won't be recognised!

Makes sense, right?
It doesn't suggest culpability in any way.
But it does suggest something about others.

Now what about those British stats?
 
Makes sense, right?
It doesn't suggest culpability in any way.
But it does suggest something about others.

Now what about those British stats?

Those stats sound a little exaggerated to me, maybe he could supply the source of his information?
 
Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?


I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.

I do not think the media incited the riot, the seeds for that was sown a long time ago. Perhaps the 24 hour coverage has prolonged it and yes, made it into a national cause instead of local.
 
Since black people only make up about 13 per cent of the US population, and nearly 63 per cent of Americans are white, blacks are disproportionately likely to be killed.

Has a black cop ever shot a black man?


Plenty.....Look up Chicago Cops and their Shootings.

Also just the other day a case came up. I thought I might see Jesse Jackson run there to try and protect the Black Cop. But he was found not guilty. Self defense!


White teen killed by black cop in Alabama mirrors Ferguson.....

Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.....snip~

Read more: White teen Gilbert Collar killed by black cop Trevis Austin in Alabama mirrors Ferguson - Washington Times
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