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re: Fergusons famed and reliable "witness 40"--
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:54 am to KCT
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:54 am to KCT
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The fact that some people are STILL trying to spin the Ferguson situation in a negative way regarding a white policeman, WHO DID NOTHING WRONG, should tell us that it's not about the truth anymore.
You don't know that he did "nothing wrong", yet you say it, scream it, at us. What does that say about your own concern for the truth?
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:55 am to TK421
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Bull shite.
It's not at all. When white people call black people thugs, black people see it as racist and the fact is many people do use it while thinking in a racist manner. Get over it and use another word. Or stop thinking of yourself as a realist.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:57 am to StrongSafety
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I know of many privileged kids that have done worse but lived to see another day. They aren't getting called "thugs."
Either you believe he tried to get the cop's gun or you don't. If you don't, I understand your sympathy for Mr. Brown, but the evidence doesn't support that position.
If he did try to disarm the cop - as empathetic as I might be for his overall situation growing up poor and black in Ferguson, I have no sympathy for him, no qualms about calling him a "thug" (video from the store, evidence he attacked the cop and tried to disarm him) and, further, assert unequivocally that he got what he deserved.
I hope that doesn't make me a bad guy. I'm making these determinations based on the available evidence, not on any other basis.
ETA: Italian mobsters are rightfully called "thugs". The KKK are rightfully called "thugs". Timothy McVeigh was a "thug" - there shouldn't be any racial tinge to the word when I use it, therefore.
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 11:00 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:58 am to DawgfaninCa
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Fergusons famed and reliable "witness 40"--
I refuse to call a kid a "thug"
What would you call a 6' 4", 280 pound, 18 year old male who walks into a store, grabs whatever he wants then as he walks out of the store threatens and pushes the store clerk who tries to stop him?
A saint?
I will afford that kid the same benefit of the doubt or lapse in judgement that was given to everyone that I knew from college that got in brawls at bars, got DWIs, got MIPS, committed vehicular homicide, did truck loads of drugs, got arrested, spent nights in jail, stole from campus cafeterias and from off campus liquor stores, etc.
All those "kids" went on to be successful CFAs, CPAs, JDs, MDs, etc.
I'll call it what it is--a lapse in judgement. I nor you know enough about that kids life to condemn him as a thug. His last moments surely didn show him to be an angel, but that's all we have. I refuse to be as short sighted as those that cast him as a street thug who got what he deserved. If that's the case, then we have many successful street thugs cloaked as business people, lawyers and doctors.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:00 am to uway
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black people see it as racist and the fact is many people do use it while thinking in a racist manner
I can't be held accountable for how a stupid person interprets a word, especially when its objective definition is precisely what I mean to indicate by using it.
1. a violent person, especially a criminal
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:00 am to 90proofprofessional
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They are facts that there was a fight in the car, brown slapped boxed with him and
I was unaware that this was a fact of the case.
Is "slapped boxed with him" a euphemism for a violent assault? I'm no attorney.
A 6'4 300 pound demon would leave little red marks on someone's face..right
I've seen much worse than that from smaller people.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:02 am to Ace Midnight
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If he did try to disarm the cop - as empathetic as I might be for his overall situation growing up poor and black in Ferguson, I have no sympathy for him, no qualms about calling him a "thug" (video from the store, evidence he attacked the cop and tried to disarm him) and, further, assert unequivocally that he got what he deserved.
I don't really think you believe that once someone tries to disarm a cop that person forever loses his right to live, even if he broke off that encounter and tried to escape and was no longer threatening the cop or anyone else.
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 11:08 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:03 am to StrongSafety
You should read this book.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:03 am to StrongSafety
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This is the standard for establishing the facts of a case? My response:
"Violent assault" it was. Thug is as thug does.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:04 am to KCT
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I challenge anybody (black, brown, white, yellow, or green) to attack a cop, try to take his gun away, and see what happens.
That action won't end well for ANYBODY.
But, this is indicative of where America is in 2014. The fact that some people are STILL trying to spin the Ferguson situation in a negative way regarding a white policeman, WHO DID NOTHING WRONG, should tell us that it's not about the truth anymore.
SS, you were talking about "non-black racists" earlier. Could you please point out one of those in the Ferguson case?
You don't know that he tried to take his gun. No one does. All we have is Wilsons testimony and gun that was never fingerprinted. Is that all the information you need to justify the narrative you want to believe ?
Witness 40 clearly is one. And I was more so referring to some segments of the wilson supporters that have spew volatile hate speeches and rhetoric
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:05 am to Ace Midnight
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Either you believe he tried to get the cop's gun or you don't. If you don't, I understand your sympathy for Mr. Brown, but the evidence doesn't support that position.
I believe Brown initially attacked Wilson which led to the first shots being fired, but I also believe that Brown tried to give himself up before the last shots were fired.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:06 am to lsu480
quote:Can you point to a single credible witness who corroborated Wilson's side of the story? There were multiple credible witnesses who discredited Wilson's account.
There were witnesses on both "sides" that straight up lied and even admitted it, I think we all know that.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:07 am to 90proofprofessional
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I can't be held accountable for how a stupid person interprets a word, especially when its objective definition is precisely what I mean to indicate by using it.
You should hold yourself accountable for not unnecessarily contributing to a problem you claim to want to solve. Up to a point, it doesn't matter that their standards for what is "racist" are unreasonable. I think that I can avoid the use of the word thug without putting an unreasonable burden on my ability to communicate. For example, in this case, Brown acted like a violent criminal in that convenience store. With no harm to me, I avoided using a term that black people now see as racist. If they deemed "violent criminal" racist when describing exactly that, that would probably be unreasonable. I'll cross that bridge when it gets here. But my point is that we need to be realistic and not so rigidly idealistic (about things that don't really matter, like the webster definition of "thug") if we don't want to be part of the problem.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:09 am to Ace Midnight
I don't think Wilson cold bloodily gun the kid down, but there is really nothing for me to believe that he went for the gun besides Wilsons testimony.
There are no finger prints of browns hands on the gun, the holster or on Wilsons pants or the bottom portions of his shirt. There's DNA evidence of his blood on the gun, but that could be due to the close proximity of the first initial shot.
There are no finger prints of browns hands on the gun, the holster or on Wilsons pants or the bottom portions of his shirt. There's DNA evidence of his blood on the gun, but that could be due to the close proximity of the first initial shot.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:10 am to uway
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don't really think you believe that once someone tries to disarm a cop that person forever loses his right to live
Of course not.
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even if he broke off that encounter and tried to escape and was no longer threatening the cop or anyone else.
Well the evidence suggests he broke off the encounter - but instead of continuing to flee or surrender, he doubled back on the cop.
I absolutely don't recommend that. Lie down and put your hands on the back of your head immediately under those circumstances. The risk of misinterpretation and overreaction by the cop (completely your fault up to that point) are too high for any other course of action.
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 11:11 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:11 am to uway
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Up to a point, it doesn't matter that their standards for what is "racist" are unreasonable.
I disagree. I view that as a big part of "the problem."
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Brown acted like a violent criminal
Making him by definition a violent criminal.
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if we don't want to be part of the problem.
Refusing to confront other parts of the problem makes you a part of the problem. Sorry, man.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:11 am to StrongSafety
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I don't think Wilson cold bloodily gun the kid down, but there is really nothing for me to believe that he went for the gun besides Wilsons testimony.
There's no question that he didn't do it "in cold blood".
Whether justified or not, he did it in "hot blood".
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:11 am to uway
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When white people call black people thugs, black people see it as racist
Who the frick cares? Some black people find it racist that I think Obama is a terrible president.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:13 am to StrongSafety
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I will afford that kid the same benefit of the doubt or lapse in judgement that was given to everyone that I knew from college that got in brawls at bars, got DWIs, got MIPS, committed vehicular homicide, did truck loads of drugs, got arrested, spent nights in jail, stole from campus cafeterias and from off campus liquor stores, etc.
Do you know why those kids are alive?
They didn't grab a gun from a fricking cop.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:13 am to MMauler
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WRONG. He let the Grand Jury know that this woman was unreliable and gave them her history.
ETA: This was mentioned on MSNBC of all places. I was channel surfing the other day and saw this being mentioned on All In with Chris Hayes. After doing a hit piece on this woman, one of his guest just happened to "mention" the fact that the D.A. gave the Grand Jury all the information about this woman. Chris Hayes agreed (reluctantly) and said that it was true that all of this information was given to the Grand Jury.
why put her on the stand in this scenario? The whole thing stinks if you ask me.
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