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Grand jury announcement played right into protestors hands
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:26 am
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:26 am
And to everyone who said they needed to stop prolonging the announcement and just get it over with, I hope this is what you wanted.
This was the worst possible way to make this announcement. Wait till hundreds of protestors are bussed in from out of town. Wait till they start showing signs of agitation. Wait till a clear night 2 days before a holiday. And boom, here's fresh meat.
I don't think they could've planned it any worse. Why in the hell do you play right into their hands? Why in God's name do you give them what they want, at the precise time that they want it?
This was the worst possible way to make this announcement. Wait till hundreds of protestors are bussed in from out of town. Wait till they start showing signs of agitation. Wait till a clear night 2 days before a holiday. And boom, here's fresh meat.
I don't think they could've planned it any worse. Why in the hell do you play right into their hands? Why in God's name do you give them what they want, at the precise time that they want it?
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Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:27 am to rintintin
1. They're not protestors
2. They don't have jobs so the timing was inconsequential
2. They don't have jobs so the timing was inconsequential
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:28 am to rintintin
What in your opinion would have been the optimum way to reveal the decision?
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:28 am to DelU249
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2. They don't have jobs so the timing was inconsequential
The bad timing has nothing to do with employment.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:30 am to rintintin
So they should have announced it earlier so all the people with jobs would be on the road when the riot started?
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:31 am to ProjectP2294
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So they should have announced it earlier so all the people with jobs would be on the road when the riot started?
Reginald Denny says that would be a bad idea.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:33 am to rintintin
More excuses
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:35 am to rintintin
timing didn't matter they were going to riot.
Government sucked at keeping it in control.
Government sucked at keeping it in control.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:35 am to rintintin
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I don't think they could've planned it any worse. Why in the hell do you play right into their hands? Why in God's name do you give them what they want, at the precise time that they want it?
I'm content with the announcement. When exactly was going to be a good time? What happened last night was inevitable. Don't try and make the cops look like the bad guys. What I saw the LEOs doing last night was all legal.
The other guys, not so much.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:36 am to Holden Caulfield
I posted Jim carrey's Reginald Denny if you want a good chuckle 
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:39 am to ProjectP2294
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So they should have announced it earlier so all the people with jobs would be on the road when the riot started?
or at work when the looting was happening...if a store owner was in his shop trying to defend himself and his store, blood would have been shed
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:42 am to DelU249
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I posted Jim carrey's Reginald Denny if you want a good chuckle
That was a great link to post today. Thanks.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:44 am to catholictigerfan
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Government sucked at keeping it in control.
I think they were doing exactly as they were instructed to do. Remember, no deaths last night considering all the carnage. Can you imagine the backlash this morning if a cop had shot and killed a bad guy last night. The cops were in a no win situation with their hands tied.
They stepped back in the name of "peace" as directed to them by the media, politicians, community leaders and yes, the president and Holder.
Now we all know that the pipe dream didn't become reality. Some people are just dreamers.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:46 am to Homesick Tiger
Hmmm. Just heard that out of the 16 arrests last night - guess how many were not residents of Ferguson?
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:57 am to rintintin
quote:That's right. the initial rioting is over with. There may be more coming, but now we can start looking forward to an end.
And to everyone who said they needed to stop prolonging the announcement and just get it over with, I hope this is what you wanted.
I think that waiting until 8 pm, then starting the press 15 minutes late, then taking 10-15 minutes before announcing the verdict likely let the response percolate.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:14 am to Homesick Tiger
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Just heard that out of the 16 arrests last night - guess how many were not residents of Ferguson?
:talkingtoself:
I'll play. I say 2.
Another misnomer of majority of violence will be by outsiders, at least according to arrest records.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:20 am to ProjectP2294
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So they should have announced it earlier so all the people with jobs would be on the road when the riot started?
No, later when the out of towners had left, and the media wasn't licking their chops. The fact that they did it right when everyone expected them to was idiotic.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:22 am to rintintin
Disagree. Those frickers were going to riot no matter what.
You announce during the day, you get more innocent decent people harmed and in harms way.
You announce at night, the animals and criminal a-hole pieces of shite mostly just hurt each other as the decent people are already off the streets.
The property destruction was coming under cover of darkness whether you announce at 7am or 7pm.
You announce during the day, you get more innocent decent people harmed and in harms way.
You announce at night, the animals and criminal a-hole pieces of shite mostly just hurt each other as the decent people are already off the streets.
The property destruction was coming under cover of darkness whether you announce at 7am or 7pm.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:22 am to Homesick Tiger
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What happened last night was inevitable. Don't try and make the cops look like the bad guys.
Yes the rioting was going to happen, but the degree of rioting could have been reduced with a more strategically placed announcement.
And in no way, shape, or form am I trying to make the cops out to be the bad guys. Their job could've been made much easier if they weren't idiotic in their announcement.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:28 am to rintintin
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And to everyone who said they needed to stop prolonging the announcement and just get it over with, I hope this is what you wanted. This was the worst possible way to make this announcement. Wait till hundreds of protestors are bussed in from out of town. Wait till they start showing signs of agitation. Wait till a clear night 2 days before a holiday. And boom, here's fresh meat. I don't think they could've planned it any worse. Why in the hell do you play right into their hands? Why in God's name do you give them what they want, at the precise time that they want it?
On the plus side, only one day of school was missed for many schools, no protests broke out while students were being bussed home and Thanksgiving will radically slow the protestors momentum and media coverage.
I'm all in favor. Also my wife doesn't have to sleep at the school with kids who can't get home because of riots. Any questions?
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