Anyone Think The Would Be Rioters Want A No True Bill...

I think it's possible.

I also think that there would be some massively disappointed folks if there is no indictment an there is no rioting or looting.

I don't think they care what the result is. At this point, they've pretty much said they will be out in force regardless of the decision.


I guess the real question is whether they do something more bold than causing a McDonalds to shut its doors until they passed.

I guess my point is, that for every would be rioter/looter who is just looking for an excuse to get free shite, there is someone else waiting just as anxiously to say "See what animals these people are. I told you they would riot/loot".

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I think the news media is hoping for the same thing.

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Dream come true for them.

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guess my point is, that for every would be rioter/looter who is just looking for an excuse to get free shite, there is someone else waiting just as anxiously to say "See what animals these people are. I told you they would riot/loot".

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Who is more of a menace to society - the "prejudiced or the rioter/looter"?

Rioters do, perhaps the special interest agitators do. The protestors do not.

Seeing the group of people gathered in Ferguson as a single, monolithic mob is a huge mistake.

People have the right to protest under our system. It is misguided in this case. Michael Brown made a number of bad decisions in this case, which resulted in his death. The officer did not hunt, stalk and execute the young man for being black or some other nefarious purpose.

Now, whether or not more law enforcement training is required or if their protocols in having solo officers investigate crimes with a high potential for confrontations with an offender may need to be revised as is the practice of having officers ride alone. IMHO, there is little question the arrest would have been made without incident if Wilson had a partner or backup when the confrontation with Brown began - in fact, I don't believe the confrontation would have happened at all. Brown and ole boy would have been detained, with Brown likely arrested on scene. He would have pled to a misdemeanor (if an otherwise clean record for stuff like this) and walked, at most, a few weeks later.

He chose poorly.

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You and I must travel in different circles because I can't think of a single person I know who would think/feel that way. Not one.

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He's on these boards. And you are delusional if you can't admit that there are a significant number of those on here.

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He's on these boards. And you are delusional if you can't admit that there are a significant number of those on here.

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So I'll ask you: which is worse? The person actually burning, stealing and destroying? Or the person merely commenting on it?

On second thought, never mind. I know what you think.

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There's a difference between a protester and a rioter.

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And I tried to move a little bit towards this point with my post. Whether or not I agree with them, the protestors are (or they ought to be) within their rights to march, call for the resignation of whomever, call for changes in police practices, etc., as long as they do so in a peaceful, lawful way.

I didn't see evidence of the organized protestors (at least last time - in the intervening weeks, some straight up Marxist revolutionary f*ckers have gotten involved) - other than getting a little bit chippy with the cops - posing the significant threats to life and property.

Rioters and looters (and there is significant overlap, here) are mixing in with the regular protestors, as well as using the focus on the protest sites as a distraction while they, tactically, attack elsewhere have been the biggest problems so far.

What may happen is that one of these agitators will mix in with the crowd, throw a bottle, Molotov, fire a weapon or some such nonsense and trigger a bloodbath - that is the most likely way this gets out of hand.

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What may happen is that one of these agitators will mix in with the crowd, throw a bottle, Molotov, fire a weapon or some such nonsense and trigger a bloodbath - that is the most likely way this gets out of hand.

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Agreed. And then the usual suspects on here will happily pile on and conflate the two groups in order to disparage every single person involved.