The Michael Brown Shooting Official Thread

[SMOKE 1,426]

Check my most recent thread.

no need. that was funny

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

no need. that was funny

It's amazing that some here are quick to pounce on any negativity when it comes to black people, but when something positive is being done, all that's left is crickets.

Disclaimer: I know how you are, so that's not aimed at you.

[Karee 4,190]

No, what I've done is shown how black people are viewed in this country.

Ask yourself. Do you really think if they showed up to the police station they'd be restraint in terms of how they deal with the protestors? There are rules of escalation that don't get followed all the time. Same logic when people ask why they tear up their own neighborhoods instead of the burbs.

Fixed for you.

You've actually repeated the same thing you repeated in the previous post, and then added a little "they'll get shot because they're black" sprinkled in. So you really didn't fix anything.

Seems like you're agreeing with me that they wont go cause trouble at the police station for fear of being shot, but yet don't have this fear when their burning and looting private businesses.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

You've actually repeated the same thing you repeated in the previous post, and then added a little "they'll get shot because they're black" sprinkled in. So you really didn't fix anything.

Seems like you're agreeing with me that they wont go cause trouble at the police station for fear of being shot, but yet don't have this fear when their burning and looting private businesses.

Am I lying though? Look at the Rodney King Riots and the Watts Riots, why did they tear up their own neighborhoods instead of taking it somewhere else?

[GandD 5,966]

It's amazing that some here are quick to pounce on any negativity when it comes to black people, but when something positive is being done, all that's left is crickets.

Disclaimer: I know how you are, so that's not aimed at you.

How does one go about saying something negative about one specific black person? I need to know how it works. Because it looks like Michael Brown sucked as a person. Black or no.

[Karee 4,190]

Am I lying though? Look at the Rodney King Riots and the Watts Riots, why did they tear up their own neighborhoods instead of taking it somewhere else?

I assume you're agreeing with me then that the reason they didn't take it somewhere else, is because they might end up dead if the pulled that somewhere else. If I'm not getting this right, please correct me. I'm having a hard time understanding if you're agreeing with me or disagreeing with me.

[decocker 7,198]

How does one go about saying something negative about one specific black person? I need to know how it works. Because it looks like Michael Brown sucked as a person. Black or no.

that's the thing about being 18, you're probably pretty sh tty as a person, faking 'adult' status and only vaguely aware of it.

Edited August 20, 2014 by val erie

[GandD 5,966]

that's the thing about being 18, you're probably pretty shitty as a person, faking 'adult' status and only vaguely aware of it.

True. But there are levels. I actually managed to be 18 and not rob convenience stores or fight police officers.

[decocker 7,198]

I fond it odd that they cause trouble in their own neighborhood.

i don't. if you look at the socioeconomic history of ferguson you'll see that they've gone from steady middleclass to mostly below poverty level, fairly quickly. generally speaking, poor, uneducated people rarely leave the city they live in for any reason. not even vacation.

[decocker 7,198]

True. But there are levels. I actually managed to be 18 and not rob convenience stores or fight police officers.

sure.

when i was 15-16 i stole maddog on pretty much a weekly basis. i got in a couple heated verbal arguments with a couple different store's employees when followed and questioned. i also had a couple sketchy dealings with local police. i'm lucky i guess that i was never 'caught', i escaped my teenage years without so much as a parking ticket. i'm lucky. and also white.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

True. But there are levels. I actually managed to be 18 and not rob convenience stores or fight police officers.

That's because you weren't trying hard enough.

sure.

when i was 15-16 i stole maddog on pretty much a weekly basis. i got in a couple heated verbal arguments with a couple different store's employees when followed and questioned. i also had a couple sketchy dealings with local police. i'm lucky i guess that i was never 'caught', i escaped my teenage years without so much as a parking ticket. i'm lucky. and also white.

So you've been a troublemaker for quite a while.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Very important points. If the kid went for the cops gun and/or the cop had injuries from Brown, there goes the innocent guy shot by racist cop while minding his own business theory. Or if the opposite is proven, the cop is guilty of murder.

I think at this point it will not matter, if a video comes out of him grabbing the officers gun and beating him in the face

[Karee 4,190]

i don't. if you look at the socioeconomic history of ferguson you'll see that they've gone from steady middleclass to mostly below poverty level, fairly quickly. generally speaking, poor, uneducated people rarely leave the city they live in for any reason. not even vacation.

I assume the police station is in their neighborhood. Why don't they go there and loot or burn that place? It seems the problem they have is with the cops. I'm guessing they wont do that out of fear of being shot. The point I'm making is that if the police can't protect you from these criminals, than it seems you should arm yourself and protect your property. Seems to work for the police.

[decocker 7,198]

So you've you haven't been a troublemaker for quite a while.

that was like 20 years ago.

[SMOKE 1,426]

I think at this point it will not matter, if a video comes out of him grabbing the officers gun and beating him in the face

you're right it won't matter