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[Nabs]

https://twitter.com/BridjesONeil/status/500724763879538688

 

[lednerg]

Why are those people looting businesses and setting buildings on fire? I do agree the cop killing the kid should get punished in some way, but protesters doing those things isn't helping matters not to mention breaking the law.

Here's a summary I wrote last night

Stream's here:
http://new.livestream.com/timcast/events/3295551

After a good while of uneventful partying and chilling, the local(?) PD showed up and made things miserable for everybody. Started with a single tear gas round that (allegedly) came from a police vehicle which then sped away. Soon after, the riot police showed up, all geared up for the apocalypse. They formed a line and demanded that everyone disperse or there would be arrests "and/or other actions" taken.

People didn't take to this so well, and they started getting angry and loud. That's where the stream picks up.

There were (allegedly) some out-of-towners there who had it in mind to start a ruckus so they could get to looting, and they seized this opportunity to do so. The looting happened for a pretty tense 5-10 minutes, followed shortly by protesters lining up to block the entrance to the storefronts in order to protect the businesses from the looters. There's some interviews with them in the stream.

Things wound down after that, AFAIK.

 

[Htown]

Why are those people looting businesses and setting buildings on fire? I do agree the cop killing the kid should get punished in some way, but protesters doing those things isn't helping matters not to mention breaking the law.

man...

 

[heliosRAzi]

Looks like the news conference is going to start soon

 

[Pegosaurus]

ok so the looters aren't the protesters

the video of the robbery hasn't changed my opinion much. He shouldn't have been killed, and the event is completely unrelated to his shooting. The police are just trying to justify it..smh

 

[Sanjuro]

ok so the looters aren't the protesters

the video of the robbery hasn't changed my opinion much. He shouldn't have been killed, and the event is completely unrelated to his shooting. The police are just trying to justify it..smh

I brushed upon it in my last post. Basically I would avoid these headlines,

"Looters Aren't the Protesters"
"The Protesters are Looting"

 

[heliosRAzi]

Conference is starting now

 

[Angelus Errare]

Conference is starting now

livestream link?

 

[Big Baybee]

livestream link?

http://fox2now.com/on-air/live-streaming-2/

 

[heliosRAzi]

http://fox2now.com/on-air/live-streaming-2/

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Its funny how much noise there is to muddy the message.

People are consistently talking about a) Mike Brown being a thug and b) the protestors are horrible animals who loot.

I feel as if most Americans are only going to hone in on those two and completely disregard that a man was executed while he was trying to surrender.

edit: wow a curfew.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

edit: double post.

 

[J.ceaz]

I don't think I like the verbage being used here.

 

[heliosRAzi]

SHIT! Woman on stream told Gov he should charge the officer with murder

 

[CorvoSol]

There's already been stories on how Darren Wilson has a history of intimidation and excessive force coming out. If you or anyone else really wishes to have Michael Brown's history be on trial, the same thing is going to happen with Wilson's history.

For me the problem is that Brown's history shouldn't be on trial at all, because it doesn't matter who he was or what he did. He was unarmed and surrendering at the time. He didn't pull a trigger. He didn't shoot a man repeatedly to and after death.

This isn't the Old West. You can't just fill a guy with lead and walk off into the setting sun. Wilson's history is what matters here. He's the one who shot a man to death and then kept on firing. But the longer this nonsense goes on, the more I feel like we're never going to get the answers the people deserve.

I feel like people who even consider what Brown did earlier that day relevant aren't being nearly empathetic enough. What if that was your son, laying there in that street hours after he'd been murdered in broad daylight? Would you still think that something as unrelated as a minor crime which the murderer had no knowledge of justified this then?

Shit, would any of you like it to go down like this for yourself? To die and have the world bring out every tiny thing you did wrong in an underhanded attempt to persuade others into thinking you deserved to die?

Christ, he wasn't even a grown man yet.

Guys his name is devilsadvocat.

I hope that's all there is to this.

 

[Badosh]

task task task my task our task task task

 

[CrimsonCommie]

Who is this talking? NM it was the governor.

 

[CountAntonius]

Its funny how much noise there is to muddy the message.

People are consistently talking about a) Mike Brown being a thug and b) the protestors are horrible animals who loot.

I feel as if most Americans are only going to hone in on those two and completely disregard that a man was executed while he was trying to surrender.

edit: wow a curfew.

I was honestly surprised that wasn't the case from the first day trouble broke out.

12 am to 5 am doesn't sound very bad. I was expecting dusk till dawn.

 

[FOOTE]

Who is this talking?

Gov. of Missouri

 

[commedieu]

I don't think I like the verbage being used here.

the smearing has already worked. Hell, we see it in this very thread.

To the world outside:

There is just a group of wild african americans burning down business owners well insured property. Which is why the militarized police presence was needed. Yes, even for the vigil, as this was definitely going to happen. Candles by day, raping asian korean women store owners by night. ( cant confirm, but can it really be denied??) They are simply out of control. This is exactly what good officers like the asshole that murdered brown, have to deal with. Can't you see? The black population (like most places in america) needs to be restrained with such force, that yes, even assaults members of international media at times, but this is just because you can simply never be too sure. You see the situation? you see the looting! you see the gang signs/affiliations. This is the least the nation could do, is provide a thorough security force to keep the black population from rioting at your doorstep.

edit:

Imagine these riots in your childrens rooms?! Or schools?!?!

 

[heliosRAzi]

Curfew running from 12 midnight - 5am

 

[BitStyle]

Questions deflected left and right.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

ugh. lets focus on the looters. This is starting to really piss me off.

 

[heliosRAzi]

Apparently, the Gov can take over investigation of the shooting, but I think he's going to let DOJ handle it.

Tensions flaring at the conference.

 

[Nabs]

Did he really say "Before we have justice, we must have peace"?

 

[CountAntonius]

The crowd is not having it. Wow.

 

[Badosh]

"I'll let you yell at me next."

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

"I'll let you yell at me next"

oh boy

 

[lednerg]

It does seem pretty fucking absurd that the cop hasn't been charged this long after the fact.

 

[heliosRAzi]

The Gov is not doing so hot. He is clearly frustrated.


And he just gave up

 

[BitStyle]

"I'll let you yell at me next."

Yeah, that was uncalled for.

 

[J.ceaz]

I hate that the Gov referred to this as a test. What are the ramifications of failing this "test"?
No peace No Justice? Wtf is he talking about?

 

[Angelus Errare]

Did he really say "Before we have justice, we must have peace"?

Towing that line for another couple of decades!

 

[Badosh]

Nixon has been pretty solid until this conference. The fuck is he doing?

 

[commedieu]

Towing that line for another couple of decades!

I remember this shit being a memory for my dad (80 years old) and his generation. Not to say its as publicly bad. But its right up there with the same old fucking bullshit, different day.

He always told me racism didn't go away, it just learned how to hide better.

 

[CrankyJay]

Conference is a mess

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Governor looks shook. They really need to plan better for these press conferences.

Johnson needs to be promoted...everyone else tho

 

[Downhome]

Conference is a mess

They have all been a mess, from all sides.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

I hate that the Gov referred to this as a test. What are the ramifications of failing this "test"?
No peace No Justice? Wtf is he talking about?

me too. I started writing a post about it. It seems like "justice" (whatever that is to them) is dependent on the behavior of the people in that town.

 

[heliosRAzi]

Nixon has been pretty solid until this conference. The fuck is he doing?

People getting uppity

 

[Karkador]

"Just because someone's standing in the street, there wont be an armored truck"

I don't know, dude...you expect people to believe this, considering what sparked this whole thing?

 

[shadyspace]

Man what the hell happened? Last I was following this thing closely the Highway Patrol took over and everything was hunky dory. When did places start getting burned down?

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Nixon has been pretty solid until this conference. The fuck is he doing?

I disagree, he was silent for days, this is another smudge on his record asfar as I'm concerned.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Peace before justice? Le Fuck?

 

[Nabs]

n/m

 

[woolley]

Man what the hell happened? Last I was following this thing closely the Highway Patrol took over and everything was hunky dory. When did places start getting burned down?

In the middle of the night, the police deployed tear gas and everything went to shit.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

As frustrating as it can be to hear these officials say all the wrong things, we're catching a glimpse behind the curtain in a way too. The chief, mayor and governor have all been shown as frauds. When the shit really hits the fan, these people have no idea what they're doing.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Man what the hell happened? Last I was following this thing closely the Highway Patrol took over and everything was hunky dory. When did places start getting burned down?

The armored trucks came back early in the morning.

 

[Badosh]

I disagree, he was silent for days, this is another smudge on his record asfar as I'm concerned.

I'm speaking purely based off of press conference's he's done. I understand he was silent for the first what, four or five days, but since then, he's been fine.

 

[Tripon]

For me the problem is that Brown's history shouldn't be on trial at all, because it doesn't matter who he was or what he did. He was unarmed and surrendering at the time. He didn't pull a trigger. He didn't shoot a man repeatedly to and after death.

This isn't the Old West. You can't just fill a guy with lead and walk off into the setting sun. Wilson's history is what matters here. He's the one who shot a man to death and then kept on firing. But the longer this nonsense goes on, the more I feel like we're never going to get the answers the people deserve.

I feel like people who even consider what Brown did earlier that day relevant aren't being nearly empathetic enough. What if that was your son, laying there in that street hours after he'd been murdered in broad daylight? Would you still think that something as unrelated as a minor crime which the murderer had no knowledge of justified this then?

Shit, would any of you like it to go down like this for yourself? To die and have the world bring out every tiny thing you did wrong in an underhanded attempt to persuade others into thinking you deserved to die?

Christ, he wasn't even a grown man yet.



I hope that's all there is to this.

I agree with this sentiment entirely.