Ferguson: Police Kill 18yo Black Male; Fire Gas/Rubber Bullets Into Protesting Crowds

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FreedomFighter said:
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Why are you showing pics of Afganistan?
 
I hope these protests continue (peacefully) to force the conversation. We need to talk about oppression and the subjugation of our citizens. The pressure is bubbling the lid.
 
BronsonLee said:
I'd assume the media would be more keen on the story now that they're getting arrested for no reason just like everybody else
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Yes but bear in mind that the U.S media has... issues regarding race and talking about it. I wouldn't put it above Fox or CNN attempting to downplay what's the root of this.
 
BronsonLee said:
I'd assume the media would be more keen on the story now that they're getting arrested for no reason just like everybody else
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I doubt it. My point is they are no better or worse then some of the other outlets at the moment, as they were utterly not concerned about this story the previous night.

Dragon said:
Could be both are full of shit :P
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Yup. I mean, Infowars was the leader in information the other day.
 
bequietdrive said:
For a country that always bleats on about Freedom, its funny how much of a Police state America is.
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The whole 'largest prison population on the planet' lends it a further bleak irony.

Makes you wonder if that's the purpose of the fluffy catchphrase in the first place. Keep repeating it often enough and the people might believe it.
 
Speaking towards the police response here but it seems like 9/11 changed so many things.

I guess Waco and Ruby Ridge happened before then where the police used disproportional amounts of force but there was a bunch of criticism and repercussions from those incidents. I'm hoping the same happens here.
 
ShinRPGamer said:
Yes but bear in mind that the U.S media has... issues regarding race and talking about it. I wouldn't put it above Fox or CNN attempting to downplay what's the root of this.
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That's one way to put it, yeah. I agree on Fox, unsure on CNN, but everyone else seems pretty steamed.

Sanjuro said:
I doubt it. My point is they are no better or worse then some of the other outlets at the moment, as they were utterly not concerned about this story the previous night.
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Why do you think the news outlets were there in the first place, Sanj?
 
TacticalFox88 said:
Everything that has been said has already been said, but...I seriously want to know.

If any white American claims they aren't racist, then why, WHY after all of these stories (Trayvon, Ferguson, etc) do some still claim with a straight face that American society isn't built upon institutionalized racism?

This is gone beyond just sheer denial, I'm almost inclined to believe genuine support for such actions, because it doesn't affect them, why should they give a shit?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLT2erau3zo
That's exactly what it is.
 
Bluekaveli said:
Stop posting.
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Anonymous are awful at releasing relevant or correct information and anything from them should be immediately taken with a gigantic mountain of salt.

They could get it right this time, but chances are they're full of shit and have once again pointed the finger at someone who has nothing to do with this.
 
Foffy said:
We have conditioned a culture that racism is old hat. It just so happens to be out of everyday consciousness. We have youth who've fallen into this trap too, as they have bought the bullshit of American Individualism™, that racism has next to no impact on how far your social standing can go.

What it really comes down to is apathy. People think of themselves, and while they may not be racist, they are in a culture permeated on taking arbitrary differences and "ranking" the worth of others on those differences. Like poverty, it doesn't become an issue in an individual's life unless they themselves are affected, and that itself is the problem. It leads to societal apathy, and apathy is, fundamentally, accepting the status quo.

If people hated racism, among the massive amount of other bugbears we have, people would riot in the streets. But until it directly affects them, it's not an issue. It's why this garbage continues. Apathy IS acceptance, and many people are incredibly apathetic to all of our social problems. Unless they're the poor little me caught up in it, of course.

Sickening shit.
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Agree with this post so much
 
marrec said:
Anonymous are awful at releasing relevant or correct information and anything from them should be immediately taken with a gigantic mountain of salt.

They could get it right this time, but chances are they're full of shit and have once again pointed the finger at someone who has nothing to do with this.
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We can go back and forth on this all day long. Not a single media outlet will be 100% accurate. Anon's track rate is right at every other media outlet in the US.
 
BronsonLee said:
Why do you think the news outlets were there in the first place, Sanj?
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They are all there, they just aren't covering anything. Primarily the footage I saw last night was from already existing livestreams on MSNBC. Even after that, CNN and FOXNews really didn't give much information out.
 
TacticalFox88 said:
Everything that has been said has already been said, but...I seriously want to know.

If any white American claims they aren't racist, then why, WHY after all of these stories (Trayvon, Ferguson, etc) do some still claim with a straight face that American society isn't built upon institutionalized racism?

This is gone beyond just sheer denial, I'm almost inclined to believe genuine support for such actions, because it doesn't affect them, why should they give a shit?
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It's called apathy and as another poster said, it's indeed incredibly dangerous.

To put it in perspective, talking with some friends of mine who, like me, are rightfully incredulous about these events taking place, is writing letters to lawmakers seriously the only thing we can do besides posting about it on GAF and talking about it among our peers?

There has to be something else. This should not be happening anywhere in 2014, let alone a place that stylizes as home of the free.
 
CrankyJay said:
Considering how much incorrect info they've provided so far...I'm not sure what to believe.
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I feel the same. I don't know what to believe when it comes to this situation especially with Anonymous being pretty inaccurate when it comes to information. All I'm certain of is this sickening feeling I have from this entire situation.
 
Team Top Hat said:
We can go back and forth on this all day long. Not a single media outlet will be 100% accurate. Anon's track rate is right at every other media outlet in the US.
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They aren't media! They're a loosely affiliated group of script kiddies grabbing at any and all information they think will get them attention or followers and throwing it up on the internet like a fat kid on a tilt-a-whirl and whatever information vomit we get from them will be just as useful as actual vomit.
 
Mr.Awesome said:
Uh, why? That account was inaccurate yesterday on this very same topic and has been very inaccurate in the past. There's no reason to trust them until more details come from somewhere else.
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marrec said:
Anonymous are awful at releasing relevant or correct information and anything from them should be immediately taken with a gigantic mountain of salt.

They could get it right this time, but chances are they're full of shit and have once again pointed the finger at someone who has nothing to do with this.
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Because of the fact that anyone searching for facts can be wrong or right. The sad thing is, Anon is better at getting the fact than most of us journalist are because they did deep. We journalist have to trust the words of strangers who can be liars. Documents that are tucked away usually spread the truth and that's the reason they're tucked away.
 
Sanjuro said:
They are all there, they just aren't covering anything. Primarily the footage I saw last night was from already existing livestreams on MSNBC. Even after that, CNN and FOXNews really didn't give much information out.
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They're not the ones I'm really looking to for coverage on this, though. That's the thing. That raw video of the cops tear gassing Al-Jazeera USA will probably get a ton of play everywhere else, though.

And CNN/Fox aren't going to break a story from there, it's going to be someone from USA Today/Washington Post/etc that's there on the ground.
 
Bluekaveli said:
Because of the fact that anyone searching for facts can be wrong or right. The sad thing is, Anon is better at getting the fact than most of us journalist are because they did deep. We journalist have to trust the words of strangers who can be liars. Documents that are tucked away usually spread the truth and that's the reason they're tucked away.
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Uh no. They aren't facts if they aren't right.
 
BronsonLee said:
That's one way to put it, yeah. I agree on Fox, unsure on CNN, but everyone else seems pretty steamed.



Why do you think the news outlets were there in the first place, Sanj?
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I gave NBC the benefit of the doubt for their coverage last night, but Fox is going to be Fox and the fact CNN didn't touch on it until much later on in the night, greatly lowers my expectations for their quality of coverage.

To me the only sources worth looking at in this case are eyewitness accounts, NeoGAF for getting info fast, and to a lesser extent CBC, CTV, Global and BBC World News.
 
Sanjuro said:
They are all there, they just aren't covering anything. Primarily the footage I saw last night was from already existing livestreams on MSNBC. Even after that, CNN and FOXNews really didn't give much information out.
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Al-Jazeera was actually on location, and they got tear-gassed for their efforts.
 
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