eyewall41 All American 2262 Posts user info edit post |
Actually I was wrong the twitter witness said the first two shots were fired with his back turned then he faced the cop for the remaining 5 shots: https://twitter.com/7im/timelines/499639344613695488 8/16/2014 11:58:10 AM |
roddy All American 25834 Posts user info edit post |
Nevermind
[Edited on August 16, 2014 at 12:15 PM. Reason : x] 8/16/2014 12:11:09 PM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
Why would you shoot a looter. Do they not have insurance? 8/16/2014 12:12:46 PM |
Dentaldamn All American 9974 Posts user info edit post |
^^ is it news that people who eat breakfast in a McDonald's might be unhinged? 8/16/2014 12:15:11 PM |
roddy All American 25834 Posts user info edit post |
Just like health insurance..you dont have to have..wait, nevermind. 8/16/2014 12:16:45 PM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Store owners are arming themselves to shoot looters: " |
fuck ya put those baboons 6ft under8/16/2014 12:58:41 PM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/16/michael-brown-shooting-ferguson-missouri-police/14152447/
Quote : | "Robinson's disappointment motivated him to help fend off looters from vulnerable stores. Others like him pleaded with looters to stop taking merchandise while police silently watched.
Christopher Scott, 24, of Northwoods, Mo., stood in front of Ferguson Market and Liquor blocking the door's shattered front glass door and sharing his feelings with looters. He, along with about ten other men, physically pushed back a crowd of young men who were trying to make their way into the convenience store." |
Police are happy to fire on crowds of nonviolent protesters, but when it comes to actually doing their job, they silently watch.8/16/2014 1:06:53 PM |
Krallum 56A0D3 15294 Posts user info edit post |
I hope we can wrap this thread up and end racism soon before anyone else dies
I'm Krallum and I approved this message. 8/16/2014 1:14:11 PM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/16/there-are-no-police-ferguson-store-owners-guard-businesses-with-own-guns-lack/
Seemingly pro-protester article on fox 8/16/2014 1:25:52 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23027 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Police are happy to fire on crowds of nonviolent protesters, but when it comes to actually doing their job, they silently watch." |
Don't you think there really isn't much they can do at this point? They know that if there is any more violence coming from their side, the media is going to pounce. It's a lose-lose situation all around, and I feel really bad for the store owners.8/16/2014 1:30:51 PM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
I don't think people would pounce for them doing their jobs.
However, they've made so many missteps so far, they are in a precarious position, but this is their own fault. I don't think continually doing the wrong thing is going to help them. So far, I haven't seen anyone apologize for the actions of the police, which is really sad. If they showed some sense of humility or taking responsibility for their own actions, that would go a long way. 8/16/2014 1:45:05 PM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
Interview with one of the shop owners, local residents were out helping them clean up.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/michael-brown-shooting-ferguson-cleans-after-another-night-unrest-n182291 8/16/2014 2:12:01 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23027 Posts user info edit post |
The governor just instituted a curfew. Seems like another possible misstep to me. Do the really need an excuse to arrest/heckle anymore people? 8/16/2014 4:43:17 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23258 Posts user info edit post |
I was just telling my buddy that a curfew is about the DUMBEST thing they can do.
That just means the police will be cruising up and down the street...LOOKING for trouble.
Seems like a terrible idea...but I guess it gives them a reason to arrest people if they are out.
So there is your probable cause. 8/16/2014 4:57:25 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41753 Posts user info edit post |
protecting people's rights by prohibiting them from leaving their home their homes? 8/16/2014 5:03:47 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
A curfew is going to piss everyone off. That town will burn tonight.
They had a chance to save it, but they blew it.
I wonder who will be replacing the State Troopers once people start dying tonight. National Guard? Feds? 8/16/2014 5:22:51 PM |
dmspack oh we back 25535 Posts user info edit post |
I imagine the curfew will keep the peaceful protesters to a minimum. But if people are looking for trouble (looters, etc) why in the hell would a curfew stop them?
I don't see this curfew ending well at all. 8/16/2014 5:32:08 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
The press is to be confined to a small zone tonight. Yikes.
That governor has completely lost control. At this point nothing short of a personal presidential visit and intervention will prevent all-out war.
[Edited on August 16, 2014 at 5:44 PM. Reason : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQebFkVQmqE] 8/16/2014 5:44:20 PM |
scotieb24 Commish 11088 Posts user info edit post |
^ That video is pretty crazy. They won't even let him speak. I get the frustration but he can't answer when they talk over him the whole time. 8/16/2014 5:52:06 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
He gave a 15 minute speech before this uninterrupted. He's not much of an orator, to be honest. The room exploded after he announced martial law. 8/16/2014 5:55:43 PM |
scotieb24 Commish 11088 Posts user info edit post |
^ah got it 8/16/2014 6:27:43 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "A curfew is going to piss everyone off. That town will burn tonight. " |
I figured that was their intention with the curfew. Lawful protesters abide by the curfew, rioters go apeshit. They need this situation to turn ugly so that it will lose support from the rest of Americans.
If the cops turn their back on the situation and store owners take up arms like they did in LA, this could really get bad.8/16/2014 7:10:20 PM |
acraw All American 9257 Posts user info edit post |
It's not a school night for these kiddos....anything can happen. 8/16/2014 10:11:03 PM |
eyewall41 All American 2262 Posts user info edit post |
From the livestream it seems like most will obey it. 8/16/2014 11:02:25 PM |
Slickery All American 2031 Posts user info edit post |
8/17/2014 3:07:45 AM |
0EPII1 All American 42541 Posts user info edit post |
Yay, finishing off the blacks one shooting at a time!
5 Shootings of Unarmed African American Men by Police in August So Far. Why? http://bluenationreview.com/shooting-of-unarmed-african-american-men/ 8/17/2014 5:23:28 AM |
rjrumfel All American 23027 Posts user info edit post |
The curfew, as predicted, did not work out very well, and now it has been lifted. 8/17/2014 7:52:34 AM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
White kid shot by cops...
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/what-i-did-after-police-killed-my-son-110038.html#ixzz3AejLc4l6
... 10 years ago. 8/17/2014 12:39:08 PM |
eyewall41 All American 2262 Posts user info edit post |
I think the rain prevented it from even being worse last night (not that it wasn't ugly anyway with a protester being shot by someone else in the crowd etc.). 8/17/2014 1:47:43 PM |
ctnz71 All American 7207 Posts user info edit post |
They made it rain last night! 8/17/2014 2:02:07 PM |
acraw All American 9257 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/revealed-first-photos-cop-who-shot-michael-brown-emerge-n182516
8/17/2014 4:36:11 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41753 Posts user info edit post |
I think everyone should stop protesting until the investigation is over.
The video from the gas station shows the "victim" was fully capable of being involved in a physical altercation while committing a crime. Cant really put it past him to rough a cop up, that cop like half the dudes size too. 8/17/2014 4:53:27 PM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50085 Posts user info edit post |
Lol not gonna happen. And there is certainly a chance that Brown escalated the situation to the point the cop feared for his life... but that's no excuse to unload 7 shots (allegedly) into him and then for the PD to militarize the city... which is what this is really all about.
[Edited on August 17, 2014 at 4:57 PM. Reason : dumb tablet] 8/17/2014 4:57:17 PM |
JesusHChrist All American 4458 Posts user info edit post |
No, no. No paperwork. Just sprinkle some crack on him, and let's get out of here. 8/17/2014 5:32:19 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/500981295359741952/photo/1 8/17/2014 5:42:02 PM |
Restricted All American 15537 Posts user info edit post |
Earplugs yo 8/17/2014 5:59:17 PM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50085 Posts user info edit post |
How is it basically a non-story that a motherfucker got shot last night??? 8/17/2014 7:47:09 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
It happens every day, it's rarely a story 8/17/2014 8:38:26 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
If it was a cop, it would be a huge story. 8/17/2014 8:42:47 PM |
Slickery All American 2031 Posts user info edit post |
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, tasked with overseeing law enforcement efforts in Ferguson, impassionedly spoke about how the incident has affected him. “When this is over, I’m going to go into my son’s room, my black son, who wears his pants sagging, wears his hat cocked to his side, got tattoos on his arm, but that’s my baby,” he said to standing applause. “And we all need to thank the Browns for Michael, because Michael is going to make it better for our sons so they can be better black men.”
http://www.wral.com/calls-for-justice-echo-in-raleigh-ferguson-/13901246/#oJzqA4VrWEeSctHJ.99
uhhhh what? 8/17/2014 10:05:11 PM |
xvang All American 3468 Posts user info edit post |
^ You heard the man. Be thankful for political fodder. 8/17/2014 10:21:39 PM |
0EPII1 All American 42541 Posts user info edit post |
This is terrible.
Every American should see this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/media-black-victims_n_5673291.html
8/17/2014 10:26:03 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53063 Posts user info edit post |
I, too, can cherry-pick headlines to make a point. 8/17/2014 10:39:28 PM |
0EPII1 All American 42541 Posts user info edit post |
Find some counter-examples, then! 8/17/2014 10:58:39 PM |
elkaybie All American 39626 Posts user info edit post |
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=2&referrer=
Six times. Two head shots. From the front. 8/17/2014 11:43:53 PM |
stategrad100 All American 6606 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on August 17, 2014 at 11:46 PM. Reason : ]
8/17/2014 11:45:09 PM |
acraw All American 9257 Posts user info edit post |
,
[Edited on August 17, 2014 at 11:46 PM. Reason : m] 8/17/2014 11:45:58 PM |
Ultraspank All American 626 Posts user info edit post |
lol..
all those eye witnesses that saw him just running away and giving up.
Also, I didn't see this video on here yet:
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/168698-eyewitness-recalls-important-detail-background-video-mins-ferguson-shooting/ 8/17/2014 11:52:53 PM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
^ 1) that, so far, isn't the same as what the police have officially stated has happened 2) the video is consistent with what the witnesses have been saying that he had his hands up yelling he was unarmed 3) if he was in fact running towards the cop, that could be a game changer, but no official has claimed this yet
[Edited on August 18, 2014 at 12:13 AM. Reason : ] 8/18/2014 12:11:50 AM |
Ultraspank All American 626 Posts user info edit post |
^
I forgot to mention that I was being facetious due to the autopsy report having all wounds from the front, even though everyone and their momma saw him running for his life as the cop gunned him down and executed him in broad daylight. 8/18/2014 12:15:50 AM |