I agree. Violence whether its right or wrong is one method to get what you want and it is human nature.

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11/25/2014 5:17:54 PM

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/7281165/darren-wilsons-story-side

11/25/2014 5:20:45 PM

AThis particular riot is the language of the unhearduneducated.

People here are resorting to violence when they can't use their words effectively or if the words are falling on deaf ears. In this case, with looting and senseless destruction of property, I'm going to go with the inability to form a decent argument to represent what they're trying to say. Apparently there just hasn't been a compelling enough rhetoric to get their point across.

Here's an example:
Q: "who are you mad at?"
A: "the police"

Q: "what will you do then?"
A: "burn that car dealership down"

Logical disconnect in effect.

11/25/2014 5:22:01 PM

"It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard."



-Martin Luther King. March, 1968

[Edited on November 25, 2014 at 5:24 PM. Reason : ]

11/25/2014 5:23:11 PM

Oh wow, now we're validating this violent behavior. This thread has officially turned into a militant liberal high five fest.

Next up, join the Jihad? Show those evil Christians who not to mess with?

11/25/2014 5:23:20 PM

^^^what would you suggest they do? have a sit-down with the police? do you think that would be an effective way to come to a solution?

[Edited on November 25, 2014 at 5:23 PM. Reason : ]

11/25/2014 5:23:40 PM

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"Next up, join the Jihad? Show those evil Christians who not to mess with?"

I wish I could agree with you but I don't see a difference between Jihad and Manifest Destiny.

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11/25/2014 5:24:49 PM

DoubleDown would likely have compared MLK to the VietCong had he been around in the 1960s.

11/25/2014 5:27:00 PM

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"what would you suggest they do? have a sit-down with the police? do you think that would be an effective way to come to a solution? "

Theres an obvious disconnect between the black community in Ferguson and the police department. Might not be a bad start. Would definitely be better than burning down half the town, but hey, I don't know anything because I'm not black.

11/25/2014 5:30:10 PM

People saying the riots are evidence of the poorly educated residents.

THATS PART OF THE WHOLE PROBLEM. These people were robbed of any chance at education.

the schools which were garbage in the first place were closed today because government officials decided to use them as leverage against the protesters...before anyone ever protested.

11/25/2014 5:30:47 PM

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"this constant bullshit / needling is why you and your ilk will never make the point youre trying to make take that to heart, seriously "

Haha, i didn't realize you were such a delicate flower.
Anyway...

11/25/2014 5:31:47 PM

^^THIS



I'm not angry AT ALL about this death. If you're black you should be smart enough to not fuck with the cops EVER. I am appalled at the statistics and the implications, because I grew up seeing this happen around me. I was fortunate enough to go to a private school for most of my life but I saw this shit first hand. It is real and happened to many kids that grew up on my street.

What do you guys think "Handcuffed in the back of a bus, fourty of us, life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough" means?

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11/25/2014 5:32:06 PM

No, just one of them was robbed of their chance. The rest could try another approach than this expected response.

11/25/2014 5:35:04 PM

^...unless they were systematically suspended and kicked out of the system from an early age

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11/25/2014 5:36:21 PM

^^^^it doesnt have anything to do with being a delicate flower, but what the fuck do you know anyway

two words: baja california

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11/25/2014 5:36:29 PM

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" Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he was sorry for the loss of life when he shot unarmed teen Michael Brown last August but that his conscience is clear because he was simply doing his job."

What's that quote about Nazis only doing their job?

11/25/2014 5:37:00 PM

earlier he apologized but said if he didnt kill brown he would have likely been killed

11/25/2014 5:38:20 PM

The loss of life is apparently no big deal.


The loss of property, though.....WILL. NOT. STAND!

11/25/2014 5:38:37 PM

"It was him or me" kind of seems to be par for the course when explaining why you had to kill someone.

Really, what else would you expect someone to say?

11/25/2014 5:41:35 PM

yeah the "only doing my job" bit sorta runs out of steam when it involves knowingly dealing out human suffering.

also fuck john stuart

motherfucker knows hard work as breaking into a sweat putting fake wear patterns on $300 jeans

11/25/2014 5:42:14 PM

but hes funny

11/25/2014 5:43:04 PM

In 4th grade I got suspended for beating up a white kid and bullying 2 others that I'd not said a word 2 in months. Years later in high school the girl involved was laughing about it, while offering up the cooch....merrica.

11/25/2014 5:47:00 PM

ppl are actually defending the riots itt? what?

don't get me wrong, im all for targeted violent protest. random acts of malice, no.

11/25/2014 5:47:25 PM

^you can't actually argue it's "random" in this case

11/25/2014 5:47:58 PM

In engineering terms "its a trade-off"

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11/25/2014 5:49:20 PM

I'm not defending riots. I just quoted a prominent civil rights leader who understood the cause of riots.

11/25/2014 5:51:07 PM

MLK quotes and nazi comparisons on the same page? Is Glenn Beck on here?

11/25/2014 6:19:14 PM

So....any projections on what is going to happen tonight?

11/25/2014 6:23:12 PM

I think the Warriors are gonna take it to the heat.


Bulls should handle the Nuggets.

11/25/2014 6:24:42 PM

I'm talking about The Mindy Project

11/25/2014 6:26:11 PM

^^^I'm planning on playing pokemon stadium tonight

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11/25/2014 6:35:17 PM

http://www.reddit.com/live/tdrph3y49ftn/

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"4 minutes ago "The crowd of young men is growing here and one of them just told me that I had better leave if I want to leave alive.""

Well, there's your answer.

11/25/2014 6:36:53 PM

Fuck

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11/25/2014 6:39:49 PM

Being born black in ferguson is similar to being born into slavery. Worse actually. People actually care about their property.

11/25/2014 6:39:50 PM

lol at the bus on the light pole

11/25/2014 6:43:53 PM

Do you guys think President Obama should invite Officer Wilson to the White House to meet him, and thank him for his service, and apologize to him for having to suffer through this entire ordeal?

11/25/2014 6:57:12 PM

I find it a little odd Wilson hasn't addressed the protesters at all. He's thanked his supporters, but made no statement directed at the protesters, or offering any sympathy for Brown's death.

So apparently he's going on ABC to tell the world that he's not a pussy like Mike Brown said:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-george-stephanopoulos-interviews-police-officer-darren-wilson/story?id=27173861

Also of note is how crooked cop Jeff Roorda is connected to this:
https://storify.com/laurahib/shaun-king
He is the same and of the police union that Wilson called first, before his lawyer or going to the hospital, or telling this CO what happened.

[Edited on November 25, 2014 at 7:09 PM. Reason : ]

11/25/2014 7:00:02 PM

"Not all blacks in #Ferguson are poor, but the vast majority — nearly 80% — of the poor people in Ferguson are black. http://53eig.ht/1pCj9pK "

https://twitter.com/FiveThirtyEight/status/537373435878326272

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"Ferguson ... is not particularly poor. Its median household income is about $35,000, well below the national mark of about $50,000, but ahead of many neighboring communities. In the north end of the city, which features some large, handsome homes, household incomes are close to the national average. Nearly 60 percent of Ferguson residents own their own homes. Most of the city looks nothing like the tinderbox of poverty and segregation that Americans have come to know in the two weeks since Brown’s death. That Ferguson is real. The city’s southeastern corner, isolated geographically from the rest of the city, is a “suburban ghetto,” as Swanstrom and a colleague labeled it in a Washington Post column last week. Canfield Green, where Brown lived and died, is one of several dilapidated apartment complexes where poverty and crime are both common. The neighborhood’s median income is less than $27,000, making it the eighth-poorest census tract in the state; 95 percent of its residents are black.2"

11/25/2014 7:13:53 PM

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"The crowd of young men is growing here and one of them just told me that I had better leave if I want to leave alive."

I was told the exact same thing as a 12 year old, yet I'm still alive and well

11/25/2014 7:17:33 PM

#FURGESON

JUST WENT TO FOODLION AND EVERYTHING THERE WAS OK. LARGE NUMBER OF NIGGERS THERE TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WITH MY WHITENESS. FEEL I SUCCESSFULLY ATONED FOR MY ANCESTORS MOVING HERE IN THE LATE 1880's AND STEALING WHATEVER IT WAS

11/25/2014 7:23:38 PM

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"I find it a little odd Wilson hasn't addressed the protesters at all."

Lol, and just exactly what the fuck is he supposed to say?

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"I was told the exact same thing as a 12 year old, yet I'm still alive and well"

So tuff, so relevant; I wish all your stories were so super cool bro.

11/25/2014 7:27:11 PM

Lincoln tunnel shut down in NYC by protesters

11/25/2014 7:30:35 PM

well, Brown's stepfather told the protesters to "Burn this motherfucker down" and "Burn this bitch down" last night, so I'm guessing anything Wilson says would be an upgrade

11/25/2014 7:31:12 PM

since these are two teams playing against each other and all

jesus christ

11/25/2014 7:33:49 PM

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/7283327/michael-brown-racist-stereotypes


^^ just for you:

11/25/2014 7:37:30 PM

As good a commentary on why people protest as any:

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"a world in which young men like Michael Brown can’t be gunned down without consequences—won’t come from the criminal justice system. Our courts and juries aren’t impartial arbiters—they exist inside society, not outside of it—and they can only provide as much justice as society is willing to give."

http://www.fastcolabs.com/3039094/today-in-tabs/today-in-tabs-i-will-only-bleed-here

11/25/2014 7:43:16 PM

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"so I'm guessing anything Wilson says would be an upgrade"

you think the crowds will respond with anything but more anger if Wilson directly addresses them?

11/25/2014 7:53:42 PM

It was him or me. He was intent on killing me

He had super human strength. I felt like a 5 year old holding on to hulk hogan.

He had a crazed look on his face, like a demon.

I was trying to back away, and he kept coming at me

I was just trying to be calm, and this crazy guy just kept coming at me

Yessir, even though he was unarmed, he was just so menacing that I felt threatened.




Yep, par for the course when killing an unarmed person.

11/25/2014 7:57:09 PM

moron, do you even feel the least bit guilty for your people owning the majority of the world's slaves today?

if i were you, i'd feel horrible. at least my people gave up slavery 150 years ago

11/25/2014 8:01:45 PM

^^ I can't fault wilson for trying to avoid jail, but i can fault the system for not seeing through it.

Sad times we live in.

11/25/2014 8:08:21 PM