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Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.
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Re: Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.
Right you are Scoob. Doesn't fit the narrative does it?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/femrica">@femrica</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/blackrepublican">@blackrepublican</a> Assaulting a cop is usually a good reason to get shot. A black cop would have shot <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelBrown?src=hash">#MichaelBrown</a> too.</p>— APO_AE_09173 (@APO_AE_01973) <a href="https://twitter.com/APO_AE_01973/status/537006989529079808">November 24, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Right you are Scoob. Doesn't fit the narrative does it?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/femrica">@femrica</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/blackrepublican">@blackrepublican</a> Assaulting a cop is usually a good reason to get shot. A black cop would have shot <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelBrown?src=hash">#MichaelBrown</a> too.</p>— APO_AE_09173 (@APO_AE_01973) <a href="https://twitter.com/APO_AE_01973/status/537006989529079808">November 24, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.
People who are concerned about the increasing police state would try and get the media interested and none of them would be.
There are (at least) two major angles on this: race and state coercion. The media studiously ignores the latter -- why this might be I leave as an exercise for the reader.
Oh heck, no I don't: they concentrate on the former because there people can argue about whether a problem that everyone agrees is bad -- racism -- is present in the case. That's safe. Start people wondering whether the cops should be armed to the teeth and killing people apparently at will and you start questioning the coercion that keeps the whole game going, and that is the last thing network owners want aired. In a world where so few own so much, they really need the cops armed to the teeth and on their side for when sh*t gets real.
People who are concerned about the increasing police state would try and get the media interested and none of them would be.
There are (at least) two major angles on this: race and state coercion. The media studiously ignores the latter -- why this might be I leave as an exercise for the reader.
Oh heck, no I don't: they concentrate on the former because there people can argue about whether a problem that everyone agrees is bad -- racism -- is present in the case. That's safe. Start people wondering whether the cops should be armed to the teeth and killing people apparently at will and you start questioning the coercion that keeps the whole game going, and that is the last thing network owners want aired. In a world where so few own so much, they really need the cops armed to the teeth and on their side for when sh*t gets real.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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Or, rather than try to manufacture this into a branch of class warfare, which it clearly is not, they correctly ignore it because the instances where an innocent person is shot by an armed officer is a tiny, infinitesimal fraction of the day to day interactions between police and the public in this country.
trixR4kids
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There would be an outcry over police abusing their power but he problem is Ferguson has next to zero black officers.
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What you'll see on Faux "News"
This was an angry black man who broke the law. He charged the officer, broke his orbital bone, tried to grab his gun and the brave officer had no recourse but to shoot the thug.
What you'll see on MSNBC
This was a misunderstood black youth who volunteered in nursing homes and helped little old ladies cross the street and wouldn't hurt a fly, who was shot in cold blood by a racist white cop and left on the street like a dog.
What you'll see on CNN
The Ferguson Grand Jury is an abject failure because they did not find the plane.
I would bet no fewer than five talking heads on broadcasts tonight will call this a trial (it's not) and refer to the decision as a verdict (it's not). The media will say that the Brown family has requested 4.5 minutes of silence before the protests (a minute for each hour he was left in the street) but will not mention the numerous times they have begged people not to protest at all.
If I lived and Ferguson and had the means, I would be heading for a vacation in Branson or getting an early start on my Thanksgiving travels.
What you'll see on Faux "News"
This was an angry black man who broke the law. He charged the officer, broke his orbital bone, tried to grab his gun and the brave officer had no recourse but to shoot the thug.
What you'll see on MSNBC
This was a misunderstood black youth who volunteered in nursing homes and helped little old ladies cross the street and wouldn't hurt a fly, who was shot in cold blood by a racist white cop and left on the street like a dog.
What you'll see on CNN
The Ferguson Grand Jury is an abject failure because they did not find the plane.
I would bet no fewer than five talking heads on broadcasts tonight will call this a trial (it's not) and refer to the decision as a verdict (it's not). The media will say that the Brown family has requested 4.5 minutes of silence before the protests (a minute for each hour he was left in the street) but will not mention the numerous times they have begged people not to protest at all.
If I lived and Ferguson and had the means, I would be heading for a vacation in Branson or getting an early start on my Thanksgiving travels.
Slap Shot
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Re: Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.
You think your posting history suggests you'll agree with no indictment?
You think your posting history suggests you'll agree with no indictment?
trixR4kids
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Re: Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.
I never said I'd agree with it. Doesn't mean the grand jury (members) is corrupt, the prosecutor's history and his handling of the case make bribery/coercion or whatever it is you're implying completely unnecessary.
You think your posting history suggests you'll agree with no indictment?
I never said I'd agree with it. Doesn't mean the grand jury (members) is corrupt, the prosecutor's history and his handling of the case make bribery/coercion or whatever it is you're implying completely unnecessary.
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The police chief just told CNN "it looks like the night before Christmas out there" in reference to the gathering protesters outside the police station...um...not sure that's the description I'd use....
The police chief just told CNN "it looks like the night before Christmas out there" in reference to the gathering protesters outside the police station...um...not sure that's the description I'd use....
dxmnkd316
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CNN is reporting there will be no indictment. CNN is also reporting that water is wet.
CNN is reporting there will be no indictment. CNN is also reporting that water is wet.
Re: Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.
Why TF are they doing this at night? Seems like the right time for this announcement would be 5:30 am. This is going to be a bonfire.
Hammer
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I remember being in college and locking ourselves in our rooms when the OJ verdict came down. Anyone within 50 miles of St. Louis might want to consider the same this evening.
I remember being in college and locking ourselves in our rooms when the OJ verdict came down. Anyone within 50 miles of St. Louis might want to consider the same this evening.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.
Which had a bigger audience than Ike's inauguration.
Which had a bigger audience than Ike's inauguration.
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