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

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PeteEU said:
The police are going bat crazy there.. arresting journalists, gassing the public and probably worse.
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Typical cop mentality.
 
Thorgasm said:
How many rounds does it take to stop a sober, unarmed man?
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Well, we honestly don't know the story, but from what I have heard and seen on the news they were attacking the cop and trying to take his gun. Escalating the situation from something barely minor to a life and death struggle.
 
PeteEU said:
The police are going bat crazy there.. arresting journalists, gassing the public and probably worse.
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That's not crazy, that's just SOP for America's Militarized Police.
 
SMTA said:
Typical cop mentality.
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The mentality is due to the militarization of the Police. The donation of surplus armored cars and weapons by the US military has just made this shoot first and get away with it attitude even worse.
 
DrPepper said:
Well, we honestly don't know the story, but from what I have heard and seen on the news they were attacking the cop and trying to take his gun. Escalating the situation from something barely minor to a life and death struggle.
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It's 2014 and these cops don't have dash cams? They rough up reporters who are recording them at a McDonalds. It gives me the appearance that they are used to hiding behind the blue shield.

Once Mr. Brown broke away and was running away from the officer, it wasn't a life and death struggle for the officer. It was an execution.

The police couldn't be handling this any worse. Where is the elected leadership? We don't hear from them either. The Governor is finally going down there today. This is a complete debacle all the way around.
 
Moot said:
So why aren't they disclosing the race of the cop? Would it make a difference if the cop was black?
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Of course it wouod make a difference...you people would drop this issue like a bad habit.
 
PeteEU said:
The mentality is due to the militarization of the Police. The donation of surplus armored cars and weapons by the US military has just made this shoot first and get away with it attitude even worse.
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and on the flip side the "anti-2nd Amd." folks think that cops are the only ones who can be trusted with guns .......brilliant!
 
Those are not protestors they are lawless rioters that belong in prison.
 
PeteEU said:
The mentality is due to the militarization of the Police. The donation of surplus armored cars and weapons by the US military has just made this shoot first and get away with it attitude even worse.
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That and we don't have proper checks on police power. They are allowed to get away with pretty much anything, and once you're doing that, you'll only encourage bad behavior. And encouraging bad behavior for those with power is the best way to ensure tyranny and abuse.
 
rhinefire said:
Those are not protestors they are lawless rioters that belong in prison.
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Does this include the media and the State Senator that represents that area?
 
Deuce said:
Still dodging the underlying point. You're saying I can't criticize police actions if I ever plan to call them.
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No I am trying to highlight that you like so many others have made up your mind without having all the facts.
 
Thorgasm said:
It's 2014 and these cops don't have dash cams? They rough up reporters who are recording them at a McDonalds. It gives me the appearance that they are used to hiding behind the blue shield.

Once Mr. Brown broke away and was running away from the officer, it wasn't a life and death struggle for the officer. It was an execution.

The police couldn't be handling this any worse. Where is the elected leadership? We don't hear from them either. The Governor is finally going down there today. This is a complete debacle all the way around.
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Another basing their rhetorical attacks on only having limited facts.
 
j-mac said:
Another basing their rhetorical attacks on only having limited facts.
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The police don't want any facts getting out.
 
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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I believe it happens far more often than we remember.

The LA riots in 92 after the Rodney King verdict is an examplemost will remember. Thene there were the riots in Cincinnati in 2001 after the shooting of a man name Clarence Thomas by Officer Steven Roach. Except for the residents of Cincinnati most of the nation forgot about this one quickly expecially after the 911 attacks a few months later.

Several cities around the nation have seen this sort of event. In most cases the looting and rioting takes place before all of the facts are known concerning the incident which triggers them. Such as the current one in MO the shooting of the young man is very suspect but it is still being investigated the facts are simply not all known.

I see no excuse for this behavior it is simply scumbags exploiting a tragedy and using it to run lawless and steal whatever they can get.

I don't know about the other incidents but after the 2001 riots in CIncinnati many liberals attempted to excuse this behavior including Micheal Moore
 
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DrPepper said:
Well, we honestly don't know the story, but from what I have heard and seen on the news they were attacking the cop and trying to take his gun. Escalating the situation from something barely minor to a life and death struggle.
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Thorgasm said:
The police don't want any facts getting out.
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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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