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Darren Wilson’s first job was on a troubled police force disbanded by authorities

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The small city of Jennings, Mo., had a police department so troubled, and with so much tension between white officers and black residents, that the city council finally decided to disband it. Everyone in the Jennings police department was fired. New officers were brought in to create a credible department from scratch.
(Racial tension was endemic in Jennings, said Rodney Epps, an African American city council member.
Police faced a series of lawsuits for using unnecessary force
“There was a disconnect between the community and the police department. There were just too many instances of police tactics which put the credibility of the police department in jeopardy. Complaints against officers.)

Wilson got a job in the police department in the nearby city of Ferguson.

People who know him describe him as someone who grew up in a home marked by multiple divorces and tangles with the law. His mother died when he was in high school. ( I read in a different article that she was a con-woman who killed herself) A friend said a career in law enforcement offered him structure in what had been a chaotic life.

Wilson has had some recent personal turmoil: Last year, he petitioned the court seeking a divorce from his wife, Ashley Nicole Wilson, and they formally split in November, records show

when Wilson was a freshman in high school, his mother pleaded guilty to forgery and stealing. She was sentenced to five years in prison, although records suggest the court agreed to let her serve her sentence on probation.

Darren Wilson

So why wasn't this story released like the story was suppose to be so incriminating and telling about MBs "character"? What does this tell you about officer Wilson?

Frankly, I'm just as appalled by the release of this kind of information about this officer as I am by the blatant attempts at manipulating the narrative by the release of personal information about MB. Can we all agree to ignore this kind of crap?
 
opendebate said:
The small city of Jennings, Mo., had a police department so troubled, and with so much tension between white officers and black residents, that the city council finally decided to disband it. Everyone in the Jennings police department was fired. New officers were brought in to create a credible department from scratch.
(Racial tension was endemic in Jennings, said Rodney Epps, an African American city council member.
Police faced a series of lawsuits for using unnecessary force
“There was a disconnect between the community and the police department. There were just too many instances of police tactics which put the credibility of the police department in jeopardy. Complaints against officers.)

Wilson got a job in the police department in the nearby city of Ferguson.

People who know him describe him as someone who grew up in a home marked by multiple divorces and tangles with the law. His mother died when he was in high school. ( I read in a different article that she was a con-woman who killed herself) A friend said a career in law enforcement offered him structure in what had been a chaotic life.

Wilson has had some recent personal turmoil: Last year, he petitioned the court seeking a divorce from his wife, Ashley Nicole Wilson, and they formally split in November, records show

when Wilson was a freshman in high school, his mother pleaded guilty to forgery and stealing. She was sentenced to five years in prison, although records suggest the court agreed to let her serve her sentence on probation.

Darren Wilson

So why wasn't this story released like the story was suppose to be so incriminating and telling about MBs "character"? What does this tell you about officer Wilson?

Frankly, I'm just as appalled by the release of this kind of information about this officer as I am by the blatant attempts at manipulating the narrative by the release of personal information about MB. Can we all agree to ignore this kind of crap?
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Personally, I would have preferred such; but apparently you did not.. and I read it...

My misfortune it seems

Thom Paine
 
Somehow, liberals think that showing someone actually committing a crime a few weeks ago is "character assassination" but talking about someone's dead mother isn't.
 
Smear job.
 
opendebate said:
There all smear jobs. How can you not see that?
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We aren't talking about "all" here; we're talking about one, and I can't believe you posted it. Your disseminating such scurrilous stuff (his parents and his divorce especially) makes you part of the problem.

Two wrongs or all wrongs are never going to make a right.
 
nota bene said:
We aren't talking about "all" here; we're talking about one, and I can't believe you posted it. Your disseminating such scurrilous stuff (his parents and his divorce especially) makes you part of the problem.

Two wrongs or all wrongs are never going to make a right.
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You have c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e-l-y missed my point
 
TobyOne said:
Somehow, liberals think that showing someone actually committing a crime a few weeks ago is "character assassination" but talking about someone's dead mother isn't.
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not the point. it is ALL irrelevant.
 
opendebate said:
The small city of Jennings, Mo., had a police department so troubled, and with so much tension between white officers and black residents, that the city council finally decided to disband it. Everyone in the Jennings police department was fired. New officers were brought in to create a credible department from scratch.
(Racial tension was endemic in Jennings, said Rodney Epps, an African American city council member.
Police faced a series of lawsuits for using unnecessary force
“There was a disconnect between the community and the police department. There were just too many instances of police tactics which put the credibility of the police department in jeopardy. Complaints against officers.)

Wilson got a job in the police department in the nearby city of Ferguson.

People who know him describe him as someone who grew up in a home marked by multiple divorces and tangles with the law. His mother died when he was in high school. ( I read in a different article that she was a con-woman who killed herself) A friend said a career in law enforcement offered him structure in what had been a chaotic life.

Wilson has had some recent personal turmoil: Last year, he petitioned the court seeking a divorce from his wife, Ashley Nicole Wilson, and they formally split in November, records show

when Wilson was a freshman in high school, his mother pleaded guilty to forgery and stealing. She was sentenced to five years in prison, although records suggest the court agreed to let her serve her sentence on probation.

Darren Wilson

So why wasn't this story released like the story was suppose to be so incriminating and telling about MBs "character"? What does this tell you about officer Wilson?

Frankly, I'm just as appalled by the release of this kind of information about this officer as I am by the blatant attempts at manipulating the narrative by the release of personal information about MB. Can we all agree to ignore this kind of crap?
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You can try to ignore personal information. Problem is that the story is very likely intrinsically intertwined with that information and the outcome influenced by the personal history of the players.
 
opendebate said:
The small city of Jennings, Mo., had a police department so troubled, and with so much tension between white officers and black residents, that the city council finally decided to disband it. Everyone in the Jennings police department was fired. New officers were brought in to create a credible department from scratch.
(Racial tension was endemic in Jennings, said Rodney Epps, an African American city council member.
Police faced a series of lawsuits for using unnecessary force
“There was a disconnect between the community and the police department. There were just too many instances of police tactics which put the credibility of the police department in jeopardy. Complaints against officers.)

Wilson got a job in the police department in the nearby city of Ferguson.

People who know him describe him as someone who grew up in a home marked by multiple divorces and tangles with the law. His mother died when he was in high school. ( I read in a different article that she was a con-woman who killed herself) A friend said a career in law enforcement offered him structure in what had been a chaotic life.

Wilson has had some recent personal turmoil: Last year, he petitioned the court seeking a divorce from his wife, Ashley Nicole Wilson, and they formally split in November, records show

when Wilson was a freshman in high school, his mother pleaded guilty to forgery and stealing. She was sentenced to five years in prison, although records suggest the court agreed to let her serve her sentence on probation.

Darren Wilson

So why wasn't this story released like the story was suppose to be so incriminating and telling about MBs "character"? What does this tell you about officer Wilson?

Frankly, I'm just as appalled by the release of this kind of information about this officer as I am by the blatant attempts at manipulating the narrative by the release of personal information about MB.
Can we all agree to ignore this kind of crap?
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I doubt that any court that handles this case will find this police officer innocent or guilty of anything based on anything that his father, mother, brother, sister, wife or anyone beside him may have done or not done.

But I could be wrong.
 
NonoBadDog said:
I am really wondering what your point is. I am hoping it isn't what I think it is.
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I have to agree with Shrubnose on this one:

shrubnose said:
I doubt that any court that handles this case will find this police officer innocent or guilty of anything based on anything that his father, mother, brother, sister, wife or anyone beside him may have done or not done.

But I could be wrong.
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joG said:
You can try to ignore personal information. Problem is that the story is very likely intrinsically intertwined with that information and the outcome influenced by the personal history of the players.
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I believe that we can all step back from this kind of thing and not allow ourselves to be manipulated by it. Facts are facts and really are all that should matter to us as we observe
 
shrubnose said:
I doubt that any court that handles this case will find this police officer innocent or guilty of anything based on anything that his father, mother, brother, sister, wife or anyone beside him may have done or not done.

But I could be wrong.
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They shouldn't. The point is that these kinds of stories are irrelevant. This is just as irrelevant as the stories published about MB. It's all ugly.
 
opendebate said:
They shouldn't. The point is that these kinds of stories are irrelevant. This is just as irrelevant as the stories published about MB. It's all ugly.
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If this story was irrelevant, then why did you did you perpetuate its shelf-life by posting about it here?
 
nota bene said:
If this story was irrelevant, then why did you did you perpetuate its shelf-life by posting about it here?
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Why did anyone else on DP post stories about MB? Did you bother to ask that question when you saw them?
 
How about -- nobody cares about the past stories about Michael Brown or Darrell Wilson? How about we focus on the fact that a very short time before he was shot, Brown was robbing a convenience store?

Let's just focus on that. Not his past, or the officer's past. Let's just focus on what happened the day he was shot.
 
opendebate said:
Why did anyone else on DP post stories about MB? Did you bother to ask that question when you saw them?
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I haven't even bothered to read crap about Michael Brown's home life or school life, not a single "human interest" piece. I'm not interested in other than the facts in this case as they unfold. I don't know whether he has sisters or brothers or is an only child or anything. I don't care.

I also don't care about Officer Wilson's previous employment and the guilt-by-association smear or about his parents' pasts or his divorce. I want to know what happened--what he did and what Brown did.
 
nota bene said:
I haven't even bothered to read crap about Michael Brown's home life or school life, not a single "human interest" piece. I'm not interested in other than the facts in this case as they unfold. I don't know whether he has sisters or brothers or is an only child or anything. I don't care.

I also don't care about Officer Wilson's previous employment and the guilt-by-association smear or about his parents' pasts or his divorce. I want to know what happened--what he did and what Brown did.
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Well good for you then. You're in a minority (no pun intended) and this thread is not directed at you .
 
I have been divorced twice and they were two different women. Not even the same one, like both different. My first ex-wife was convicted of welfare fraud, thanks to me. SHe was also convicted of shop lifting in twice in Walmart. She was banned for life form Walmart. Who the hell gets banned from Walmart? :lamo

Maybe it was a good thing that I divorced her. I sure as hell think so. Wonder if that is going to come up if I ever do anything. I bet they just mention that I have been divorced twice and leave the rest out.
 
Superfly said:
Let's just focus on what happened the day he was shot.
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This is my point and this I will agree with. (provided it is what can be proven that happened and is not just speculation )
 
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