Police shooting of unarmed teen leads to protests and Riot

[AcGold]

Originally Posted by Acey

It's all about perception, isn't it

the perception of what?

[DOOM]

Just watching on CNN, Anderson Cooper said the police originally said that tear gas was not used, now they are apparently admitting that it was used.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I'm pointing out the hockey game/concert thing to prove that white people do the same stupid crap. The exact same stupid stuff.

Would the white people be out burning the town (to the extent that it currently burns) if this kid was white? Likely not, due in part to, as mentioned by PIMking, the lack of media coverage if the roles were reversed.

Originally Posted by wittynickname

Yes, black crime is awful--but the crime is a symptom of a bigger issue, and that issue is still racism.

Well is racism the prime factor that causes black on black crime? Dunno. I see how that argument could be made, but it's a somewhat pessimistic way of looking at it. Also, I don't believe I jumped to the conclusion that black people are inherently barbaric. They (and many others, you insist) are acting in a consistently barbaric fashion, and again I think it's pessimistic to attribute the whole problem to racism because at some point black people need to take care of they damn selves and stop blaming all our problems on the fact that, as Arya strangely brought up, white people hauled them in chains not long ago.

[David Struch]

Can anyone please provide another live feed?

[Roast Beef]

Originally Posted by David Struch

Can anyone please provide another live feed?

We could always hope that the guy who stole the phone fires it up again


http://www.ustream.tv/channel/heatherdemian

Just be warned, the voice is very grating.

[Arya Stark]

Originally Posted by lanny9

Guessing the spray pattern would show that at least one shot was taken in the car. Brown tried to get the weapon by all accounts, as soon as someone tries to do that you have every right to shoot to protect your own life as an officer.

Lol so if this were true and one shot was fired in the car wouldn't he be even MORE guilty?

Or is it reasonable to think he got shot in the car and started running while having being shot and then all of a sudden stopped, decided he better head back towards the cop (who just shot him) and get shot several more times?

Do people think these scenarios out? Like honestly.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by AcGold

the perception of what?

...the perception of black people being criminals or more likely to engage with law enforcement? I see the merit of engaging in some deep socioeconomic discussion about why this is the perception, but I don't think it matters much in the context of this thread. Bottom line is that PIMking's post there is the truest thing in this thread and by acknowledging it I don't feel it makes me incredibly racist, nor ignorant.

[driveway]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/som...3ANA%3AInFocus

[Acey]

Wilson's testimony is up.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ael_brown.html

pg 157:

[PIMking]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cp3bxmH84I

the iphone theft lol

[troutman]

Photos

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...wilson_in.html

@NYCityAlerts: Protestors taking over the Triboro bridge. #Ferguson Via @conorskelding http://t.co/4McyYcjQRJ

@mrbell_23: John Fogerty made it 1969 again at the Saddledome tonight. #Ferguson showed how necessary that might be.

[Muta]

Just turned to CNN to see a reporter get hit with a rock. Crazy.

[Ozy_Flame]

Not sure if it was repeat, but one of the live CNN reporters just got smoked in the head with a rock while reporting.

[troutman]

@jordanbstead: #Seattle PD respond to #Ferguson protesters trying to get on I5 freeway w/ pepper spray/flash bangs. More: @seattlepi http://t.co/lpsiznjbsM

@MattHjourno: South LA behind, protesters head north on Fig toward #dtla #Ferguson now at NE corner of USC http://t.co/mfogy5B1tY

@TheRyanParker: #Ferguson protesters in Oakland have begun setting fires http://t.co/K3FIbRWD7m

@SteveKuzj: #Ferguson protesters lying in the middle of Beverly Hills' famous Rodeo Drive, playing dead for Michael Brown. @KTLA http://t.co/cFFm5gJz3D

@NBCPhiladelphia: Protesters march back to City Hall, highway ramps reopen: http://t.co/aXxbcL9QMh #Ferguson http://t.co/vW0nSMsiUH

@WayneDupreeShow: BREAKING: Washington DC Protesters lay in front of White House avenue to protest #NoIndictment decision. #Ferguson http://t.co/aojdb1GLsI

[Acey]

Protestors trolling the police hard. It's hilarious.

Originally Posted by PIMking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cp3bxmH84I

the iphone theft lol

Stealing an iPhone with 90,000 watching was risky.

Originally Posted by Muta

Just turned to CNN to see a reporter get hit with a rock. Crazy.

Yeah she got smoked. Dang.

[PIMking]

https://vine.co/v/O1HrTmhEdiP

of the poor gal getting hit in the head

[Acey]

She just rolled with it too, no perceptible change in her voice... as if she had said, "sorry my producer is interrupting me in my earpiece..."

[Muta]

CNN reporting that a BBQ Restaurant is on fire and slowly burning.

If there's any building that should be okay with that, it's a BBQ house. I wonder if they're making steamed hams.

[Acey]

Lack of physical evidence, you say?

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Muta

CNN reporting that a BBQ Restaurant is on fire and slowly burning.

If there's any building that should be okay with that, it's a BBQ house. I wonder if they're making steamed hams.

Seymour! The house is on fire!

No mother, it's just the Northern Lights!