re: Official Ferguson Live Riot Thread - Wilson to NOT be Indicted!

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got into it with some stupid bitch who suffers from a severe case of white guilt last night who basically said that Officer Wilson could have resorted to non-lethal force (taser, baton, etc) as opposed to shooting him. Even after I pointed out that Brown was trying to grab his gun, she still said he didn't have to shoot him.

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Look - I think a bunch of us were appalled at the initial narrative - white cop kills (execution style) black teenager for no damned good reason.

That turns out to be quite misleading. The white cop did, in fact, kill an unarmed black teenager. However, the "gentle giant" tried to get the cop's gun - there is little question about this based on the forensic evidence. Eyewitnesses confirm the struggle at the window which reasonable people must admit had to have been initiated by Mr. Brown.

Now, what happened outside the vehicle is more dicey - Wilson has had to answer for shooting an unarmed subject 6 times - but I believe he has done that sufficiently with objective evidence in support.

Maybe I'm continuing to miss something - would black folks still be upset if Wilson had been a black officer, but everything else went down the same way?

Honestly, I don't think that we would even know of this story if it were a black cop. Even if it was a black cop that shot a white Gentle Giant. Or if a white cop shot a white Gentle Giant.

I'm not trying to be racist. It's the truth.

This was the wrong wagon for the Rev Als of the world to hitch themselves. The folks they need to help them change see this for what it is.

They tried to make a violent criminal a martyr for their cause. History should show what a great error it was to attempt to do so.

They should seek changes in their own communities and address any issues with law enforcement concurrently. The two are closely related and have great effects on the other.

My guess is that they can't make money doing that though so it's not going to happen.

Never saw that sign.

Great chart here by PBS

Supposedly they have Scott Trade center on lockdown.

Protestors blocking exits?? Rumors are Darren Wilson is there. Metro link was their ride to Scott.

They are going to string Wilson up publicly in the town square.

Very interesting back and forth banter going on the mike brown steam, such as "I dont come to hoes they come to me" with the response "Thats why I said come here" with frick the police playing in the back ground.

Not going to happen. Wilson knows he will have to look over his shoulder possibly for the rest of his life. We will likely always be carrying and furthermore will keep his situational awareness up.

They are outside Rams game, jawing with fans who are leaving or outside.


The best of weekend, was when they "died in" at a buffalo wild wings. and chanted" No justice, No Wings" NO joke, i'll try to find the picture of them out there.