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St. Louis Orchestra Applauds As Protestors Interrupt With 'Requiem For Mike Brown'

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Audience members at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra interrupted its concert on Saturday night with a song of their own to protest Michael Brown's death, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Michael Brown was the unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo.
The protestors began singing the civil rights song "Which Side Are You On?" which was described as a "Requiem For Mike Brown" on Saturday following intermission at the Powell Symphony Hall, the Post-Dispatch reported. According to the paper, two members of the audience started singing and were joined by other protestors spread throughout the concert hall.
The protestors unfurled three hand-painted banners, which they reportedly hung from the balcony. The Post-Dispatch noted that one of the banners listed Brown's date of birth and the date he was killed.
Video of the protest showed the orchestra went silent as the singing took place. Afterward, members of the orchestra and chorus applauded, as did some in the audience. According to the paper, the protestors scattered red paper hearts over the balcony before they filed out of the hall, chanting: "Black lives matter."


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Beautiful.
 
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Oh yes, so beautiful for them to interrupt a paid for symphony where the musicians practiced hard to bring much better music. So so beautiful. Surely there could not have been a better venue for such an auspicious performance such as in front of a police station or a court house or even a park!

/sarcasm

I am so sick of these protestors that won't even wait for the GJ to render their verdict and then if it goes on to a court trial to see the actual evidence. Of course I'm convinced that it won't matter what the verdict is. These clowns will continue to be idiots.
 
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:lamo

"Black lives matter!"

Well...the ones that are lost due to police action. THEY matter. The 10s of thousands of black lives lost at the hands of other blacks...well...**** them...thats life in the big ci-tay.
 
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Oh yes, so beautiful for them to interrupt a paid for symphony where the musicians practiced hard to bring much better music. So so beautiful. Surely there could not have been a better venue for such an auspicious performance such as in front of a police station or a court house or even a park!

/sarcasm

I am so sick of these protestors that won't even wait for the GJ to render their verdict and then if it goes on to a court trial to see the actual evidence. Of course I'm convinced that it won't matter what the verdict is. These clowns will continue to be idiots.


THis is what I find amusing about this whole thing.These people are trying take a martyr out of someone who might be scumbag who assaulted a cop and or attempted to take the cop's life. They are going to look pretty stupid in the eyes of most Americans if the grand jury decides that there is not enough evidence to go to trial or even a court trial finds that the officer was justified. They should wait until the verdict is in.

I understand family and close friends stick up for their loved one. In the history of tv interviews I do not think a scumbag's loved ones ever said "yeah I knew he would do something like this". It's always "I am shocked", or "he never did anything like this before" or "he was such a nice person".
 
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THis is what I find amusing about this whole thing.These people are trying take a martyr out of someone who might be scumbag who assaulted a cop and or attempted to take the cop's life. They are going to look pretty stupid in the eyes of most Americans if the grand jury decides that there is not enough evidence to go to trial or even a court trial finds that the officer was justified. They should wait until the verdict is in.

I understand family and close friends stick up for their loved one. In the history of tv interviews I do not think a scumbag's loved ones ever said "yeah I knew he would do something like this". It's always "I am shocked", or "he never did anything like this".

I agree. I guess the St. Louis Symphony forgot that this kid picked up a store owner by his throat while he robbed him. :roll:
 
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Shouldn't they wait until a verdict has been decided? What if the police officer's accounts are correct? That would make these protesters idiots for trying to turn a scumbag into martyr. Shouldn't they also do these protests at related places like maybe in front of the police station or the place where the incident happened? You wouldn't go in front of a hospital to do a "save the whales" protest or go to Antarctica to do a "stop deforestation" protest or some other place that has absolutely nothing to do with what you are protesting.
 
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Honestly, I am getting so tired of hearing "black lives matter." ALL lives matter.
 
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I agree. I guess the St. Louis Symphony forgot that this kid picked up a store owner by his throat while he robbed him. :roll:

Or they were afraid of expressing a dissenting opinion.
 
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Or they were afraid of expressing a dissenting opinion.

Resulting in them looking like racists. SMH.
 
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Even to the OP...there is a selective relevance to 'black' life.

THIS black life matters and carries 'rage'...

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But this black life...well.....

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Perhaps it was because of his message....

 
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"Which Side Are You On?"?

"Black lives matter"?

Well those are definitely words and songs meant to bring people together.

:roll:
 
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"Which Side Are You On?"?

"Black lives matter"?

Well those are definitely words and songs meant to bring people together.

:roll:
Exactly. What side am I on? The side that wants truth and justice. The defenders of Mike Brown aren't willing to wait for truth or justice, they are calling, ironically, for a lynch mob to exact their brand of justice. The cop is guilty before the facts are known largely because of the color of his skin. How troubling is it that blacks, once the victim of such injustice, are now its advocates.
 
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Exactly. What side am I on? The side that wants truth and justice. The defenders of Mike Brown aren't willing to wait for truth or justice, they are calling, ironically, for a lynch mob to exact their brand of justice. The cop is guilty before the facts are known largely because of the color of his skin. How troubling is it that blacks, once the victim of such injustice, are now its advocates.

Yup. It's obvious they picked a "side" when I didn't know the Ferguson issue was supposed to be about "sides".

Does this mean the people who cheered and hooted and hollered when OJ Simpson was acquitted of killing his white wife and her white friend were taking a "side", like it's okay to kill a white person and get away with it? Even on Oprah they were hooting and cheering.
 
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Reasons like this are why we will always, always have racism. Honestly, people marching for racial equality is folly. It will never end when you still have people dividing by color. People will never stop dividing by color (black people OR white will never stop) so stop even trying to end racism. Just understand that it is a part of life for small-minded people, and move on.
 
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"Which Side Are You On?"?

"Black lives matter"?

Well those are definitely words and songs meant to bring people together.

:roll:

Its also selective. Why do "black lives matter" only when killed by a cop? Why don't the dozens of black lives taken everyday in America's inner cities not merit this level of response? Why aren't there marches in Chicago, DC, Detroit, etc? Indifference applied to this aspect of the issue is absoutely infuriating.
 
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I wonder what idiot bought them tickets.
 
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"Black lives matter"? Really? Spend a weekend in Chicago and you will get a first hand look how much they matter to blacks themselves.
 
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All lives matter, to assert that only the lives of one race matter is racism. It appears that the vast majority of black lives "needlessly" lost are at the hands of other blacks yet "the issue" is the tiny portion that are killed by white police officers - how, exactly, is that not racist?

MB was not shot because he was black - he was shot because he decided to seriously beat on an armed person. It appears that these race hustlers will overlook all circumstances (facts?) except that the officer was white and the "victiim" was black.

If they really wished to protest the use of "excessive" force by police then leave race out of the matter and select a better poster boy than MB (see the video of the robbery MB committed only minutes earlier) and a better venue than a concert hall. Disrespecting the performers, and the wishes of the (captive?) audience to see/hear what they paid for, shows how little respect that these race hustlers possess.
 
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Was I the only one who heard them also sing that white lives matter too? Justice for us all?

I took it more as a cops vs. us rather them black vs. white or any kind of racist divisive thing. :shrug:

Maybe not an appropriate place for the protesters but I really don't see a racist thing about it.

I did enjoy some of the crowds reaction - which ranged from smiling applause to a get that camera out of my face before I smash it side eye.
 
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Was I the only one who heard them also sing that white lives matter too? Justice for us all?

I took it more as a cops vs. us rather them black vs. white or any kind of racist divisive thing. :shrug:

Maybe not an appropriate place for the protesters but I really don't see a racist thing about it.

I did enjoy some of the crowds reaction - which ranged from smiling applause to a get that camera out of my face before I smash it side eye.
I actually just heard them chanting that 'black lives matter'. I suppose I may have missed the "white lives matter chant". Maybe that was a different video.

Im sure that activists will all be rallying in St Louis near the old courthouse, especially the cute Michael Cera stand in. "ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) -Three people were shot, two of them killed, when violence broke out not far from Busch Stadium just hours before the first home Cardinal playoff game." The rally starts at 9 fellas. Rev Jackson and Al Sharpton will be there precisely at 9:30. We will be rioting down the street off of Bay at 11:30 so bring a change of clothes and something flammable.

Because...all lives ma. All live mat......:lamo......I'm sorry...I cant even say it without laughing. Not because I disagree with the sentiment but because it so very obviously does NOT matter to those pretending it does.
 
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Was I the only one who heard them also sing that white lives matter too? Justice for us all?

I took it more as a cops vs. us rather them black vs. white or any kind of racist divisive thing. :shrug:

Maybe not an appropriate place for the protesters but I really don't see a racist thing about it.

I did enjoy some of the crowds reaction - which ranged from smiling applause to a get that camera out of my face before I smash it side eye.

I didn't hear them sing that white lives matter. At what point in the video did they sing those words? The first time I heard "black lives matter" uttered was at the end of the video when you could hear the chanting (not singing) from the balcony, then the people who were in the video in seats in the audience joined in saying "black lives matter", including the young couple who was sitting very close to the person filming. I didn't hear them say "white lives matter" and then right after that, it appears the people in the balcony were leaving the theater and I saw the people in the seats begin to file out as well.

Not saying they didn't say it, but I can't hear it anywhere. I don't recall the words "black lives matter" being sung during the song itself.
 
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I didn't hear them sing that white lives matter. At what point in the video did they sing those words? The first time I heard "black lives matter" uttered was at the end of the video when you could hear the chanting (not singing) from the balcony, then the people who were in the video in seats in the audience joined in saying "black lives matter", including the young couple who was sitting very close to the person filming. I didn't hear them say "white lives matter" and then right after that, it appears the people in the balcony were leaving the theater and I saw the people in the seats begin to file out as well.

Not saying they didn't say it, but I can't hear it anywhere. I don't recall the words "black lives matter" being sung during the song itself.



I think you're right, I thought I heard it at 1:32 and 1:46 but I think it was the clapping while they were saying it that made it seem like they said white but after listening to those two parts slowly again, it does appear they say black and not white. I guess I was the only one who did hear it because I was the only one who heard it that way. :lol:

So I will take that back and instead of having to repeat that ten times after ten people quote me and tell me I was wrong, I will boldly highlight my error.


I WAS WRONG :mrgreen:
 
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I think you're right, I thought I heard it at 1:32 and 1:46 but I think it was the clapping while they were saying it that made it seem like they said white but after listening to those two parts slowly again, it does appear they say black and not white. I guess I was the only one who did hear it because I was the only one who heard it that way. :lol:

So I will take that back and instead of having to repeat that ten times after ten people I will boldly highlight my error.


I WAS WRONG :mrgreen:

Nobody's perfect and no biggie. I'm senile (and blonde) so doG knows there was a good chance I missed it. Just wanted to make sure.

But don't be surprised if half a dozen people don't read your post before correcting you. ;)
 
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But don't be surprised if half a dozen people don't read your post before correcting you. ;)

That frustrates me. When people don't bother to read the thread before commenting? I've actually inserted the word "blue" randomly in posts before, and called people on it, because they come in and comment on my post without even bothering to read it. When I asked them what was out of place in my post, they had no idea. :roll: But when you grill them on, "Did you actually read my post?" they'd be like... "Er... YES," and act all offended. :lol:
 
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That frustrates me. When people don't bother to read the thread before commenting? I've actually inserted the word "blue" randomly in posts before, and called people on it, because they come in and comment on my post without even bothering to read it. When I asked them what was out of place in my post, they had no idea. :roll: But when you grill them on, "Did you actually read my post?" they'd be like... "Er... YES," and act all offended. :lol:

I'll admit to being guilty of that faux pas sometimes. ;) If I come into a thread late I start reading along at the beginning, and when a post jumps out at me, I'll hit "reply with quote" without bothering to go through all the pages to see if someone else has responded to it or corrected it or whatever. I'm bad. People may see AW's original post (like I did) and just post the same thing I did without seeing her follow up post.

But I'm a lazy assed butt, I'll admit it. :mrgreen:
 
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