re: St Louis: Unarmed teen shot and killed by police, riot in progress.

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How are the major news networks not live from the scene. This is TV gold. GOLD.

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I want to believe that someone convinced them (media) that their coverage is helping "fuel" this shite, though there is no excuse for it.

Who would have thought after day after day of attempting to appease and not arresting things would turn progressively nasty.

I am shocked, shocked I tell you!

This is so sad.

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Streets are a parking lot... people standing around. Dancing... These aren't protests. And no way all of these people are from Ferguson. You've got St. Louis people, Chicago people...

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Yeah. This is the criminal element from the county and the city and some other cities.

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Yeah... I know 81 said that the looting wouldn't have happened the other night had the video of MB robbing not been released, but this was probably unavoidable. These looters aren't locals.

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I don't believe I said it wouldn't have happened... My point was there was no reason to agitate the masses.

You don't poke a sleeping bull

Here we go

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Maybe you do. But you shouldn't have to.

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Of course you should.

You can't have hundreds of people walking down public streets, blocking traffic and whatnot. Not to mention the need to keep the peace in potentially volatile situations.

They cleared like roaches

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Of course you should.

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No. It doesn't say "right to assemble if you get the right permit" in the Constitution.

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I don't remember the actually exchange between us. It's in here somewhere; but you may be r

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Maybe I did... Don't remember, but my whole argument is they are gonna do it if they want to and it's all on them. But there no reason to do something to stir them up to want to do it even more.

Well you'd be an outlier.