Why is Michael Brown dead and we are still alive?

13241800:Watts said:
I didn't forget. My point was that there were probably more factors than just race that contributed to him being shot. Being attacked by a woman is very different from being attacked by a man. Being attacked by someone in their 50's is a lot different from being attacked by an 18 year old. Being attacked by someone who is 5'10 and 160 pounds is a lot different from being attacked by someone who is 6'4 and 300 pounds. I've never been hit by an 18 year old, 6'4, 300 pound man before, but I imagine it's just as scary if that person is white as it is if he is black. Not saying race wasn't a factor, but there are a lot of other factors that are easily measurable that people don't/aren't talking about.

It's been turned into a white vs. black issue, but it could just as easily be a male vs. female issue, a young vs. old issue, a big person vs. small person issue, or a wealthy vs. poor issue. I don't know the data for sure, but I'd be willing to bet a lot that there are many more men than women sentenced to jail in the country, many more young people than old people, and more big people than small people. All of these are bigotry in a way, and it's impossible to know which of these played a role in Brown being shot, and which didn't. Again, not saying race wasn't a factor, but I don't think it was the only factor the way many people make it out to be.
 
13241800:Watts said:
I didn't forget. My point was that there were probably more factors than just race that contributed to him being shot. Being attacked by a woman is very different from being attacked by a man. Being attacked by someone in their 50's is a lot different from being attacked by an 18 year old. Being attacked by someone who is 5'10 and 160 pounds is a lot different from being attacked by someone who is 6'4 and 300 pounds. I've never been hit by an 18 year old, 6'4, 300 pound man before, but I imagine it's just as scary if that person is white as it is if he is black. Not saying race wasn't a factor, but there are a lot of other factors that are easily measurable that people don't/aren't talking about.

Oh I agree completely. All im saying is if you are a cop in a city where the majority of people are black, and majority of arrested and altercations are with black people, the officer may have had a different response if he was another race. But agreeing with you, I think all those factors definitely come in to play.
 
13241805:k-rob said:
newschoolers still gets the bulk of its news straight from the government. Cool guys. Anyways mike browns friend was shot dead and his body was burned the night that we found out there will be no indictment (not that we could expect there to be, because every time this has happened in Missouri theres never been an indictment). These are public lynchings made to remind a generation of young black americans that they have no power, that the police will not protect them, and that they will never be equal. It's no accident that the police are militarizing to extents that alarm the actual military.

I hope you are kidding...
 
13241805:k-rob said:
newschoolers still gets the bulk of its news straight from the government. Cool guys. Anyways mike browns friend was shot dead and his body was burned the night that we found out there will be no indictment (not that we could expect there to be, because every time this has happened in Missouri theres never been an indictment). These are public lynchings made to remind a generation of young black americans that they have no power, that the police will not protect them, and that they will never be equal. It's no accident that the police are militarizing to extents that alarm the actual military.

K-rob, I don't know where you are getting this info, but it is false. Are you referring to Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown when Wilson confronted them and then ran off? If he was dead, why are they trying to bring him up on perjury charges for lying under oath? He was interviewed by MSNBC 2 days ago. He claimed that Brown held up his hands and said "don't shoot, I don't have a gun". This has been disproved by other eyewitness testimony and forensic evidence.

I am still not convinced that Missouri is a hot bed for the KKK. We have a black President, and a black Attorney General. Do you honestly believe they don't have the power and/or desire to go after the KKK.

If Eric Holder could authorize a SWAT style raid on the Gibson Guitar company because the owner donates to Republicans, way worse would happen to any organization which was affiliated with the KKK. He would probably Napalm their asses. Seriously, we live in a time right now where you can't say you disagree with social programs without being accused of being racist.
 
13241805:k-rob said:
newschoolers still gets the bulk of its news straight from the government. Cool guys. Anyways mike browns friend was shot dead and his body was burned the night that we found out there will be no indictment (not that we could expect there to be, because every time this has happened in Missouri theres never been an indictment). These are public lynchings made to remind a generation of young black americans that they have no power, that the police will not protect them, and that they will never be equal. It's no accident that the police are militarizing to extents that alarm the actual military.

So you are trolling. Got it
 
13239443:Bum.Life said:
I was 14 and protesting the cutting down of trees by the Berkeley Stadium. The protest got out of hand and cops started to tear gas us. Long story short, I got tackled to the ground by a cop and arrested. Dad picked me up from the station and beat my ass when I got home.

I would beat your ass just for being a tree hugging hippy if I were your dad. Count your blessings.
 
damn, you'd at least think you guys had figured out google by now. i know Darren Wilson referred to Mike Brown as an 'it' and a 'demon', but i like to think the guy had more than one friend. Deandre Joshua, whom the media has spun as a drug dealer despite the fact that he had a real job, was found shot dead and burned inside his car on Thursday. also the ONLY witness that agreed with Darren's story was the ONLY witness mentioned in Mccullochs excuse. we don't even know what the other witnesses had to say, all we know is that the key witness changed his story at least twice, that his first telling of the story wasnt recorded, and that he wasn't cross-examined (none of which would happen in a real court).

people get charged with manslaughter when they accidentally kill someone in a car accident.

as for the KKK, whether or not Wilson is actually affiliated with them is in question. to me, i could care less what kind of racist group he chooses to belong to. he's a racist whether or not he's in the KKK or a neo-nazi or whatever. what bugs me is the fact that the KKK still exist, that they supported Wilson, and that they probably contributed to this half a million dollars he got for shooting Brown. Neo-nazism is outlawed in Germany but not even Obama will make the KKK illegal? then again, america did only just allow women aboard submarines.
 
13240194:Anathema said:
well you do, but people seem to not really care about it that much.

and this is a pretty good take on things.


john stewart, though taking it to extremes (which is necessary because many people like to see the other extreme side of it)

but any way,

when i think of the insanity that is the US law enforcement system, i think of the time that in bringing one gunman down (at the empire state building i think?), police officers hit NINE innocent bystanders in the crossfire.

FUCKING NINE!!

nine random civilians were shot by police trying to bring one guy down. this is absolutely insane. yet, somehow it is tolerable.

when the fuck are you guys going to wake up and start training your police properly? this is a perfect example. profiling a black dude and killing him because he's black. so what if he has a history. he wasn't killed because the cop had his history as a criminal in the back of his mind, the cop was already on edge because holy shit, big black dude, i'm all fucking psyched out expecting him to be a criminal. and we all know the self-fulfilling prophecy. you expect a guy to be a criminal, so you are prepared to shoot him before you even figure out what the fuck is going on.

it's sickening.

recently some lady rammed her car into a whitehouse barricade in having some mental breakdown, so police chase her down and UNLOAD into her vehicle, killing her. oh, and by the way, THERE'S A FUCKING 1 YEAR OLD IN THE VEHICLE!! were they even aware? was there any real threat? fuck no. shoot first, figure out why we're shooting later.

and you guys think 'hey i need guns and protection from bad guys.' no you need guns and protection from yourselves. from your own law enforcement who is supposed to be protecting you.

oh but then lets march into other countries and promote the peace and prosperity that we are SO GOOD AT EXEMPLIFYING OURSELVES

fucking yanks are right out of it.

This is something that few people on this thread understand. Police brutality is way to fucking common. I don't know why but for some reason having a badge and a gun makes them feel like they can hurt people because they don't listen them. Our own government is killing us one by one and the fucking joke of a Supreme Court is backing up the police with bullshit saying that they aren't violating our rights as citizens of the United states. I am fucking tired of police thinking that they're entitled to do whatever the fuck thy want to do to someone because they're "suspicious". To many innocent lives have been taken because of this fucking bullshit. Police are starting to take it further than the racist shit, they're starting to label people as suspicious based on the fucking clothes they wear. Fuck I can't go out in a baggy sweatshirt where I live without police looking at me funny. Ima end this by saying RIP to Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and to all the innocent live taken by police and God bless their families.
 
i mean, The National Bar Association is calling for the Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against Wilson, and they've said there's no way the Grand Jury could've reached their conclusion if they'd actually considered the evidence before them, but i guess the National Bar Association probably knows less than Newschoolers does about the law, what with skiers being such gangsters and having run-ins with the cops all the time.
 
13242517:k-rob said:
i mean, The National Bar Association is calling for the Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against Wilson, and they've said there's no way the Grand Jury could've reached their conclusion if they'd actually considered the evidence before them, but i guess the National Bar Association probably knows less than Newschoolers does about the law, what with skiers being such gangsters and having run-ins with the cops all the time.

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lol its the national bar association, nothing they say should be taken seriously ever nowadays.
 
13242698:roddy116 said:
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lol its the national bar association, nothing they say should be taken seriously ever nowadays.

again, i'm sure newschoolers knows more about it, especially you.
 
13242705:k-rob said:
again, i'm sure newschoolers knows more about it, especially you.

Again, you realize the National Bar Association predominantly African-American and has absolutely nothing to do with the bar examination that lawyers are required to take, right?
 
13242517:k-rob said:
i mean, The National Bar Association is calling for the Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against Wilson, and they've said there's no way the Grand Jury could've reached their conclusion if they'd actually considered the evidence before them, but i guess the National Bar Association probably knows less than Newschoolers does about the law, what with skiers being such gangsters and having run-ins with the cops all the time.

Color me shocked! (Pun)

The National Bar Association (NBA) is the oldest and largest national association of African-American attorneys and judges in the United States.

Racist racist racist racist racist Racist racist racist racist racist
 
13242745:.MASSHOLE. said:
Again, you realize the National Bar Association predominantly African-American and has absolutely nothing to do with the bar examination that lawyers are required to take, right?

omg theyre african american they must actually feel empathy for 12 year old boys deaths therefore they have completely forgotten everything they spend their lives studying. i`m sure they got to be attorneys just by being black.
 
13242501:skiz_n_steez303 said:
This is something that few people on this thread understand. Police brutality is way to fucking common. I don't know why but for some reason having a badge and a gun makes them feel like they can hurt people because they don't listen them. Our own government is killing us one by one and the fucking joke of a Supreme Court is backing up the police with bullshit saying that they aren't violating our rights as citizens of the United states. I am fucking tired of police thinking that they're entitled to do whatever the fuck thy want to do to someone because they're "suspicious". To many innocent lives have been taken because of this fucking bullshit. Police are starting to take it further than the racist shit, they're starting to label people as suspicious based on the fucking clothes they wear. Fuck I can't go out in a baggy sweatshirt where I live without police looking at me funny. Ima end this by saying RIP to Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and to all the innocent live taken by police and God bless their families.

uuhhhhh, trayvon wasn't killed by the police, lol.
 
13242517:k-rob said:
i mean, The National Bar Association is calling for the Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against Wilson, and they've said there's no way the Grand Jury could've reached their conclusion if they'd actually considered the evidence before them, but i guess the National Bar Association probably knows less than Newschoolers does about the law, what with skiers being such gangsters and having run-ins with the cops all the time.

Nah man. The National Bar Association is essentially a political organization. It's pretty different in the States versus here - if a legal association here comes out on something it's because they're attempting to avoid politicization of the law. In the USA, it's usually because they're attempting to do the opposite. I wouldn't put much appeal to authority stock in what that organization is calling for, they have an agenda just like everyone else speaking out about this.

It's obviously a pretty complex issue, and it's being treated as - no pun intended - black and white instead of shades of gray. Just like everything that makes national headlines. No wonder people get jaded and apathetic.
 
13244538:DeebieSkeebies said:
CNN can't make whitey look like the bad guy with that story, so why even bother?

Couldn't agree more, why is it that no major news outlets have picked up on the Serbian man who was beat to death by four black teens with hammers in Ferguson, while yelling "Kill whitey". It was on video too... The news is all BS now though, it's all for ratings. Unless the news can spin it as controversial or racist it's not getting heard.
 
13245878:NigelStein said:
Couldn't agree more, why is it that no major news outlets have picked up on the Serbian man who was beat to death by four black teens with hammers in Ferguson, while yelling "Kill whitey". It was on video too... The news is all BS now though, it's all for ratings. Unless the news can spin it as controversial or racist it's not getting heard.

probably cause the murderers were actually charged. duh.
 
If you've never seen the Chris rock "how to not get your ass kicked by the police video" go watch it now. It will solve this one hundred percent.
 
Joseph Weekley shot a 7 year-old girl dead while she was sleeping and his manslaughter charges have been dropped.
 
13247659:B.Gillis said:
Just read this entire thread and you sir are an absolute fucking idiot. What are you trying to prove here ..?

obviously the copious amount of downvotes and the truth that the National Bar Association might be politically motivated disputes every FACT i posted, that's why nobody felt the need to actually argue with them. i guess i'm trying to PROVE the same thing every other person who's actually mad is trying to prove. that this is unjust. y'all just wanna say it isn't, which is actually fucking insane, all FACTS considered. OPINIONS, about whether or not Mike Brown was a "thug," (stupid fucking word), are irrelevant, but i'm the only one who downvoted that.

also don't ask me to post links, because a) you don't look at them when i do and b) it's about goddamn time this fucking forum learned how to google

but hey, maybe the system works fine and isn't corrupt. maybe there is no racism in america, and when a white policer shoots an unarmed black person (again, this happens EVERY 28 FUCKING HOURS), he's just doing his job, 100% of the time. it's just that all of the evidence points to the opposite. whether or not this community sees fits to ignore the facts and downvote everything i say with a thumb up their ass isn't really my problem. what i don't get is why white people think a cop being charged with SOMETHING in the murder of an unarmed citizen is their fucking fight. this isn't your fight. you're not a cop. you didn't shoot anyone in the head. you're just a white person who's mad cause oh man the blacks are asking for rights again this is gonna really affect your daily life if this cop actually gets something other than $500000 dollars for killing an unarmed black kid. your argument is that black people are wrong. great. helpful. thats why the SWAT team has been FILMED setting fire to cars in Ferguson. because the black people are wrong.

i'll stop posting now, as it's completely fucking pointless to post a single fact in a thread on newschoolers.
 
I fucking hate the CCW community. It seems like 90% of you assholes WANT someone to punch you so you can shoot them , or WANT someone to break into your house, just so you can say 'oh I feared for my life officer... Castle doctrine and blah blah blah. It's those kind if people make me sick with my country.

I just started conceal carrying and I would NEVER pull out my gun and shoot unless I was 110% sure it's me or him. I'm not going to be a little pussy and shoot someone if they punch me (elbarto). I'll be a fucking man about it and fight back with fists. Only if they have a knife or a gun AKA ARMED do I pull out my weapon. And even then I would only discharge it if they kept coming after multiple warnings.
 
13247630:k-rob said:
Joseph Weekley shot a 7 year-old girl dead while she was sleeping and his manslaughter charges have been dropped.

They were not "dropped", he had a second mistrial. Big difference.

If you want to make a concrete case for ANYTHING, always look up the and link the facts. It will make you look somewhat intelligent.

13247737:k-rob said:
obviously the copious amount of downvotes and the truth that the National Bar Association might be politically motivated disputes every FACT i posted, that's why nobody felt the need to actually argue with them. i guess i'm trying to PROVE the same thing every other person who's actually mad is trying to prove. that this is unjust. y'all just wanna say it isn't, which is actually fucking insane, all FACTS considered. OPINIONS, about whether or not Mike Brown was a "thug," (stupid fucking word), are irrelevant, but i'm the only one who downvoted that.

also don't ask me to post links, because a) you don't look at them when i do and b) it's about goddamn time this fucking forum learned how to google

but hey, maybe the system works fine and isn't corrupt. maybe there is no racism in america, and when a white policer shoots an unarmed black person (again, this happens EVERY 28 FUCKING HOURS), he's just doing his job, 100% of the time. it's just that all of the evidence points to the opposite. whether or not this community sees fits to ignore the facts and downvote everything i say with a thumb up their ass isn't really my problem. what i don't get is why white people think a cop being charged with SOMETHING in the murder of an unarmed citizen is their fucking fight. this isn't your fight. you're not a cop. you didn't shoot anyone in the head. you're just a white person who's mad cause oh man the blacks are asking for rights again this is gonna really affect your daily life if this cop actually gets something other than $500000 dollars for killing an unarmed black kid. your argument is that black people are wrong. great. helpful. thats why the SWAT team has been FILMED setting fire to cars in Ferguson. because the black people are wrong.

i'll stop posting now, as it's completely fucking pointless to post a single fact in a thread on newschoolers.

Your problem is again you are cherry-picking facts. You are not presenting the whole story, hell, you aren't even linking us to these so-called facts. Your facts have also been discredited by numerous people in the news and on NS who provide the links making you look like an idiot.

As I stated above, if you want to look like you have a concrete argument, use all the facts, link us to them, and then perhaps you will get a positive reaction. Until then, wallow in your self pity because no one takes you seriously.
 
13247737:k-rob said:
. thats why the SWAT team has been FILMED setting fire to cars in Ferguson.

HAHAH link. LINK NOW!!! (i googled first)

you just make shit up like its nbd.
 
13248855:Phil-X- said:
HAHAH link. LINK NOW!!! (i googled first)

you just make shit up like its nbd.

you didn't google you fucking liar, this is the 2nd link if you type in ferguson fire cars
 
13248882:k-rob said:
you didn't google you fucking liar, this is the 2nd link if you type in ferguson fire cars

Super reliable guy, especially with those Ebola hoax videos on his channel.

Try a little harder.
 
13249013:.MASSHOLE. said:
Super reliable guy, especially with those Ebola hoax videos on his channel.

Try a little harder.

try not to focus so much on the guy talking over the video but on the video itself. it can be difficult, and may require jedi-like concentraton but if you succeed you will see moving images of a bunch of guys kitted out heavier than a commando lighting a fire in a car in the parking lot of a store which was burnt to the ground the next day.
 
13249022:k-rob said:
try not to focus so much on the guy talking over the video but on the video itself. it can be difficult, and may require jedi-like concentraton but if you succeed you will see moving images of a bunch of guys kitted out heavier than a commando lighting a fire in a car in the parking lot of a store which was burnt to the ground the next day.

There's no fire in that video... just a cop moving the flashlight from one hand to the other from what I can see. The reflections of the other flashlights off the windows gave the appearance of a flash, doesn't look like a fire at all

Plus all the windows were up on the car so there's no way he was lighting a fire inside of it lol
 
13249054:plyswthsqrrls said:
There's no fire in that video... just a cop moving the flashlight from one hand to the other from what I can see. The reflections of the other flashlights off the windows gave the appearance of a flash, doesn't look like a fire at all

Plus all the windows were up on the car so there's no way he was lighting a fire inside of it lol

it's okay padawan.
 
13249058:k-rob said:
it's okay padawan.

Yeah man you're totally right. Maybe bigfoot started the "fire" after he finished his card game with the loch ness monster. It's depressing how amateur hour that video was
 
13249076:plyswthsqrrls said:
Yeah man you're totally right. Maybe bigfoot started the "fire" after he finished his card game with the loch ness monster. It's depressing how amateur hour that video was

yeah the video of eric garner being murdered was pretty amateur too i guess, through racist eyes at least.
 
13249022:k-rob said:
try not to focus so much on the guy talking over the video but on the video itself. it can be difficult, and may require jedi-like concentraton but if you succeed you will see moving images of a bunch of guys kitted out heavier than a commando lighting a fire in a car in the parking lot of a store which was burnt to the ground the next day.

Well the guy talking over the video is the one making all the claims... Without it it is just a video of cops in SWAT attire looking into a car with flashlights.

The guy says there is a fire, but when the cops walk away, how come there are no shadows, no flickering of light off their gear, etc?

Besides, his analysis lost any credibility with those other videos anyway.

And wait, what is this?

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A blue car out in front of the parking lot looking similar to the one they're investigating. Say it ain't so!

Before you try to claim it is another car, there are no burn marks or ANYTHING near that car that could possibly be the outline of another one.

Get rekt.
 
13248882:k-rob said:
you didn't google you fucking liar, this is the 2nd link if you type in ferguson fire cars

You're either mildly autistic or a troll.

I watched that and decided it couldn't be what you were referencing.

If you want to post videos from some crazy dudes channel and use that as supporting evidence, fuck it, i'll play

but don't forget...

jews did 9/11. = CONFIRMED

 
13249144:Phil-X- said:
You're either mildly autistic or a troll.

I watched that and decided it couldn't be what you were referencing.

If you want to post videos from some crazy dudes channel and use that as supporting evidence, fuck it, i'll play

but don't forget...

jews did 9/11. = CONFIRMED


i'm honestly just high as fuck. read my previous post, i honestly couldn't care what was lit on fire or by whom anymore, that's like 2 days ago. if you guys want links to things they're in my sig, i post lots of police brutality on my tumblr (even against white people so you can feel represented too). i post other cool things and things that aren't cool if you don't think they are but i guarantee you can scroll for a few minutes and learn at least one thing about something. i promise my blog won't shoot you in the face or neck, however i cannot promise that you won't get personally offended by it, for whatever reason your brain comes up with.
 
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