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Police Power and Racial Tensions in Ferguson, Missouri

That's a pretty level-headed comment.

I think if you would have said it like that at first people wouldn't be giving you such a hard time.

Like I said, punish the betrayer severely. I'm all for it. We need to discourage it as much as possible. I hate an abusive racist crooked cop as much as the next guy.

I also think that every case needs to be observed objectively, and individually. And without race being injected into it immediately. Otherwise we can't have white cops working black neighborhood at all anymore. Because it always going to be an issue.

For clarity, I'm white. But race is part of the Ferguson case (documented history of racism/prejudice among cops/officials prior to Brown's death), and in the cases of big cities like NYC, Chicago and LA the industrialized incarceration has targeted black and other minority communities and there are staggering percentages to back that up.

Again, I'm not saying all police are racist and if a white cop discharges his weapon at a black person he's automatically a racist. But in all the specific cases I've brought to this board, race was objectively a factor.
 
Ferguson Police Chief to step down: https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/28/us/ferguson-police-chief/index.html

It is encouraging to see people stand for something - seems like reform is on the way in that backwards part of our country, so hopefully everyone involved in Mike Brown's death and subsequent protests from a leadership perspective lose their jobs asap. It's depressing because this is just one area out of hundreds around our country that desperately needed a change in leadership from old greedy scum that ran things since the founding of our nation. But many people's quality of life will get better in Ferguson and St. Louis County because of the impending resignations/removals/etc - so we can all take solace in that.

The worst outcome of everything, and I said it from the start in one of these threads, would have been for Mike Brown's death at the hands of Darren Wilson to fade out of everyone's thoughts within weeks thus perpetuating the much larger problem in play.

The Occupy movements nationwide at least paved the way for local visionaries to learn ways to organize in this new age of media, even if they didn't really do anything in terms of bringing about change on Wall St.

The movements that have sprouted up over the last year or so against police violence and corruption in big cities have gained real traction, and change is on its way. It's time for NYC, LA and Chicago to step up to the plate and hold their law enforcement officials accountable.
 
Ferguson Police Chief to step down: https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/28/us/ferguson-police-chief/index.html

It is encouraging to see people stand for something - seems like reform is on the way in that backwards part of our country, so hopefully everyone involved in Mike Brown's death and subsequent protests from a leadership perspective lose their jobs asap. It's depressing because this is just one area out of hundreds around our country that desperately needed a change in leadership from old greedy scum that ran things since the founding of our nation. But many people's quality of life will get better in Ferguson and St. Louis County because of the impending resignations/removals/etc - so we can all take solace in that.

The worst outcome of everything, and I said it from the start in one of these threads, would have been for Mike Brown's death at the hands of Darren Wilson to fade out of everyone's thoughts within weeks thus perpetuating the much larger problem in play.

The Occupy movements nationwide at least paved the way for local visionaries to learn ways to organize in this new age of media, even if they didn't really do anything in terms of bringing about change on Wall St.

The movements that have sprouted up over the last year or so against police violence and corruption in big cities have gained real traction, and change is on its way. It's time for NYC, LA and Chicago to step up to the plate and hold their law enforcement officials accountable.


We need more of this from you.

Solid post!

Bravo.
 
This is moot. The chief had ZERO to do with Brown's death. Repeat, ZERO. Sucks that a guy who worked his whole life to earn such a position has it snatched away from him because some **** head decided to rob a store, threaten a cop, charge the cop, and then take a bullet in the face.

Clearly the chiefs fault, and he should have stepped down months ago. That racist pig.
 
This is moot. The chief had ZERO to do with Brown's death. Repeat, ZERO.

The chief is in the best position to set and change the culture of a department. If you think Wilson was some rogue cop, your position makes sense. If you think Wilson was perhaps on the slightly extreme end of a police culture that was more about domination than service, then the chief bears some responsibility. Seeing how the police behaved when the protests started, I'm going with the latter.
 
This is moot. The chief had ZERO to do with Brown's death. Repeat, ZERO. Sucks that a guy who worked his whole life to earn such a position has it snatched away from him because some **** head decided to rob a store, threaten a cop, charge the cop, and then take a bullet in the face.

Clearly the chiefs fault, and he should have stepped down months ago. That racist pig.

Cops had no problem apprehending this white woman who charged them with knife: https://vine.co/v/OmWerMBUuue yet Wilson had to shoot unarmed Brown 10 times to his death. Wilson belonged to a force with documented history of abusive powers and the way they handled the protests exposed them for what they were for the whole world to see. Obviously the world took notice.

Luckily, backwards racist POS' like yourself are going the way of dinosaurs. Unfortunately, though, society will have to wait another generation to be totally rid of you folk as I'm sure you and your ilk have already begun indoctrinating your tainted spawn with your racist and prejudice filth. Society is too progressive nowadays for them to be as misguided as you, so they'll probably just end up as 'closeted racists' due to being brainwashed at an early age.
 
But everyone loves Grandmama. Or was it Madea?
 
The chief is in the best position to set and change the culture of a department. If you think Wilson was some rogue cop, your position makes sense. If you think Wilson was perhaps on the slightly extreme end of a police culture that was more about domination than service, then the chief bears some responsibility. Seeing how the police behaved when the protests started, I'm going with the latter.

No, he wasn't a rogue cop. He did what he had to do. The chief is nothing more than a scapegoat in this story to keep the mindless buffoons like HighlandHomie feeling like they're winning. Nothing will change in Furguson just because they fired the chief. Repeat, nothing.

Cops had no problem apprehending this white woman who charged them with knife: https://vine.co/v/OmWerMBUuue

There are a few things that stand out here, that obviously, you missed. Let me be your path to reason and intellectual honesty.

1) From the link you posted, we have no idea what the circumstances of that video are. Therefore, comparing the two, or in your case, using it as some sort of "see, I told you I was right" really makes you look stupider than usual; an enormous feat.

2) For the sake of argument though, let's just assume the situation is similar to the Brown case.
2b) Brown is a giant man.
2c) She is a small woman.

3) The officer was alone in the Brown case.
3b) There were multiple officers in your video.

4) Again, not knowing the facts about the video you posted leaves a lot to be contemplated: where in the country did it happen? Did they know that lady just robbed a convenience store? Was she walking down the middle of the road, taunting the officers before this happened? So on, so forth, etc., amen.

yet Wilson had to shoot unarmed Brown 10 times to his death. Wilson belonged to a force with documented history of abusive powers and the way they handled the protests exposed them for what they were for the whole world to see. Obviously the world took notice.

Every time someone says "unarmed" regarding this story, a fairy dies. This "unarmed" man successfully robbed a convenience store with nothing but his looks, size, arms and hands. Forget the fact that he takes dumps bigger than most people are tall, but he is/was bigger than 98% of the people you'll ever meet. Size matters.

Luckily, backwards racist POS' like yourself are going the way of dinosaurs.

Struck by a meteorite, resulting in a slow, steady decline of species, thus altering weather patterns, growing cycles, and life as we know it?

Unfortunately, though, society will have to wait another generation to be totally rid of you folk as I'm sure you and your ilk have already begun indoctrinating your tainted spawn with your racist and prejudice filth. Society is too progressive nowadays for them to be as misguided as you, so they'll probably just end up as 'closeted racists' due to being brainwashed at an early age.

Says the guy who does nothing but regurgitate whatever scare tactic the media is buffeting on this week. Feel free to have an original thought one of these days, bro, it's invigorating.
 
No, he wasn't a rogue cop. He did what he had to do. The chief is nothing more than a scapegoat in this story to keep the mindless buffoons like HighlandHomie feeling like they're winning. Nothing will change in Furguson just because they fired the chief. Repeat, nothing.



There are a few things that stand out here, that obviously, you missed. Let me be your path to reason and intellectual honesty.

1) From the link you posted, we have no idea what the circumstances of that video are. Therefore, comparing the two, or in your case, using it as some sort of "see, I told you I was right" really makes you look stupider than usual; an enormous feat.

2) For the sake of argument though, let's just assume the situation is similar to the Brown case.
2b) Brown is a giant man.
2c) She is a small woman.

3) The officer was alone in the Brown case.
3b) There were multiple officers in your video.

4) Again, not knowing the facts about the video you posted leaves a lot to be contemplated: where in the country did it happen? Did they know that lady just robbed a convenience store? Was she walking down the middle of the road, taunting the officers before this happened? So on, so forth, etc., amen.



Every time someone says "unarmed" regarding this story, a fairy dies. This "unarmed" man successfully robbed a convenience store with nothing but his looks, size, arms and hands. Forget the fact that he takes dumps bigger than most people are tall, but he is/was bigger than 98% of the people you'll ever meet. Size matters.



Struck by a meteorite, resulting in a slow, steady decline of species, thus altering weather patterns, growing cycles, and life as we know it?



Says the guy who does nothing but regurgitate whatever scare tactic the media is buffeting on this week. Feel free to have an original thought one of these days, bro, it's invigorating.

 
No, he wasn't a rogue cop. He did what he had to do.

A police officer never has to shoot an unarmed man who is standing with his hands over his head.

Nothing will change in Furguson just because they fired the chief. Repeat, nothing.

That would be very sad, indeed.

4) Again, not knowing the facts about the video you posted leaves a lot to be contemplated: where in the country did it happen? Did they know that lady just robbed a convenience store? Was she walking down the middle of the road, taunting the officers before this happened? So on, so forth, etc., amen.

Which of these justifies shooting a person, and if none of them do, why is this relevant?

Size matters.

Agreed. Surrender matters, also.
 
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