St Louis falling apart...police shoot unarmed black teen...now face armed black teens

[austinN4]

There was word that the FBI had shown up to investigate, but I've not heard that verified. I don't know why they would investigate a small local dept. shooting.

Potential civil rights violation of protected class.

[jpmuscle]

I listened to a report about this yesterday on NPR on the way home from work.

The gist:

It is unfair that the general public including police officers see young black men as dangerous and violent and respond with undue force against them out of fear. We are going to protest this fact by rioting, looting, and other dangerous/violent things to increase the public's fear...

That will definintely show the public that they have the wrong impression of young black men.

Won't it?

I do the same thing. When I go to engineering meetings with people up North, just to show that I am not a Redneck Hick from the South, I wear overalls, a dirty wife beater shirt, no shoes, a straw hat with a Rebel flag on it and speak in an unintelligible drawl while interspersing racist remarks in every other sentence.

Works for me all the time....

You don't change peoples minds by reinforcing stereotypes.

Well, we all know stereotypes exist for a reason.

At anyrate destroying property and looting is the best way to go about protesting something, obviously.

This sh** is stupid..

[Sensei]

Potential civil rights violation of protected class.

Exactly. The FBI, in conjunction with the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, has been directed by Eric Holder to investigate possible violations of the deceased's civil rights.

[skydivr]

The kid's father has come out and publicly deplored the violence while asking for a complete investigation of the incident, rather than fanning the flames. So far the Dad sounds like a decent man. Let the investigation run it's course. Fighting the police officer for his gun is just a bad freakin idea....

[Abraham]

I know that a large percentage of young people think they can argue when given a lawful order by the police.

Hey, they argue with mom and dad, why not the police?

Sorry, you don't get to argue with the police or step into an argument because you're sticking up for your friend.

Guess, what?

You'll deservedly lose every time...

[tb-av]

The point that jumps out at me from all this is the way the MSM portrays the rioters in Fergusson versus the protestors at the Bundy Ranch. The peaceful (but well armed) protesters at the ranch were characterized as "domestic terrorists", but the actions of the violent (looting and shooting at police helicopters) protesters have been minimalized, marginalized, and even justified by the Leftists in the media.

.... spoken like a true back-woods racist from the south-east... I'll bet you have one of those confederate flags in your pickup truck too.

Don't forget... the defining core trait of a Liberal is ...... NEVER rationalize. Left can have a right. Right can have a wrong..... But left can NEVER have a wrong.

[tb-av]

I know that a large percentage of young people think they can argue when given a lawful order by the police.

I think the issue is that the Police will in cases issue unlawful orders. You may still lose, but it won't be deservedly. It will be an unjust loss that should be followed up by legal and just actions. Not by further illegal actions and orders from either side.

[Irish]

Police officers aren't the ones destroying the black community. How many fatherless families are there in the black community? How many blacks shoot one another every day? How many sell highly addictive drugs to one another? How many abortions are performed on innocent, unarmed victims? You get the idea...

[WillBrink]

This all started Saturday afternoon, I'm surprised it just now made it here.

"Eyewitness accounts" have been varied on the initial shooting. One states that the officer shot the 18 year old in the back. Looting and violent protests have been happening not only in Ferguson where the first shooting happened, but in other areas not even adjacent to the small municipality.

Personally, I'm waiting for the ME/coroner report. It wouldn't look good if the kid was shot in the back.

Last night, 4 men armed arrived at a protest. Shots fired. Police respond. One man fled scene and fired at police, maybe a different man. They returned fire, stopped perp and recovered his handgun.

I'm a 30-40 min. drive from the initial location. No trouble has made it this far yet.

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I'll wait 'till the fact patterns are known also, but the locals will simply claim it's all fixed by "the man" and loot/riot on. Once that spark is ignited and flame lit, facts no longer apply to the justification of anarchy. So, facts really don't matter beyond a point in terms of impacting the behavior and outcome of angry mobs.

[montanadave]

I'll wait 'till the fact patterns are known also, but the locals will simply claim it's all fixed by "the man" and loot/riot on. Once that spark is ignited and flame lit, facts no longer apply to the justification of anarchy. So, facts really don't matter beyond a point in terms of impacting the behavior and outcome of angry mobs.

What the hell? They don't have fire hydrants in St. Louis?