I'm sorry. Blacks are practically a monolith on this subject right now. They may not be looting and they may be busy working BUT, even the folks that fall into this category are near universal in their rhetorical support for the protesters and their willingness to believe the most absurd shite in these cases. Basically, short of video showing the black guy squeezing the trigger, they fall into the "he's a good boy who didn't deserve to die" rhetoric.

Now, sure. I am one who is VERY dissatisfied with the police in recent years. But, even in the worst light possible, when presented with competing stories, I'm not likely to buy bull shite about some dude that committed strong armed robbery was a "good kid".

And the StrongSafety rhetoric about knowing so many white kids who've "done worse". Blah blah blah. He must run in some bad circles because among the people I grew up with, you might've chosen to act an arse but what Brown did was DAMNED uncommon to the point of non-existent.

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Posted by NIH

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Posted on 12/24/14 at 1:45 pm to ShortyRob

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He must run in some bad circles because among the people I grew up with, you might've chosen to act an arse but what Brown did was DAMNED uncommon to the point of non-existent.

I highly doubt SS was anywhere near the hood growing up. Probably went to a Catholic school and has his own version of guilt.

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Posted by StrongSafety

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Posted on 12/24/14 at 3:20 pm to ShortyRob

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And the StrongSafety rhetoric about knowing so many white kids who've "done worse". Blah blah blah. He must run in some bad circles because among the people I grew up with, you might've chosen to act an arse but what Brown did was DAMNED uncommon to the point of non-existent.

You'd be surprised about how far that statement of yours is from the truth.

I've definitely seen kids do worse than take some items from
A gas station and escape with their lives and move on to be successful and productive adults.

All the kids at my university that used to steal and loot from our cafeteria would get punished with community service or with forced cleaning service of the university ground. College really just told me that the only difference between the privileged and the non privileged is resources to get out of trouble: mental health, education, health, etc.

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