Sunhi can in with the Jado gif first, which is just amazballs.
Ferguson: Police Kill 18yo Black Male; Fire Gas/Rubber Bullets Into Protesting Crowds
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Sunhi can in with the Jado gif first, which is just amazballs.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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Lol good one. How do y'all do that "TM" thing anyway?
That is pretty damn cool. At the end of the day, we're all in this together.
Sorry if cheesy, but it's true.
Angelus Errare
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alt+0153 (hold alt, type the numbers let go of alt).
The ones I use a lot are:
0153 = ™
0133 = …
0147 = “
0148 = ”
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neoism
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http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/168...tail-background-video-mins-ferguson-shooting/
I assume this has been shared here already?
I assume this has been shared here already?
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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We were already having tweeters from Gaza giving Fergusion advice on dealing with Teargas earlier in the week.
NYCmetsfan
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That's a rightwing buzzfeed ripoff site
That's all you need to know about the mindset of that author
jhmtehgamr20xx
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I would take any eyewitness account relayed from a source like the Conservative Treehouse with a huge grain of salt.
Angelus Errare
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So far we've had
Monks flying to Ferguson to show support
Palestinians penning a letter of solidarity
Palestinians giving advice on dealing with tear gas.
I mean really shows how utterly fucked up this entire thing is.
I should put these in a note pad because I always forget some. Only one I can consistently remember is alt+0233 which is é for Pokémon.
heliosRAzi
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Let us ignore the guy who livetweeted the incident
Nah, I think it's more about gaining sympathy from a segment of the American population. Which is completely understandable mind you.
Which link?
I just re watched it again and the video, close captions, and the transcript on the site don't match 100%.
She's another insincere money grubbing fraud who spews the most vile shit possible for attention.
http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2013...-essay-argues-she-may-be-in-it-for-the-money/
A new essay by radio host MoKelly takes aim at Crystal Wright, the self-proclaimed Conservative Black Chick. In his piece, MoKelly claims Wrightwho has been making the rounds in Right-Wing mediamay not be all that Conservative at all, but is merely using her status as a triple minority: woman, black and a Republican to line her pocketbook.
A new essay by radio host MoKelly takes aim at Crystal Wright, the self-proclaimed Conservative Black Chick. In his piece, MoKelly claims Wrightwho has been making the rounds in Right-Wing mediamay not be all that Conservative at all, but is merely using her status as a triple minority: woman, black and a Republican to line her pocketbook.
The essay, which first debunks the myth that Black folks vote for Democrats on the basis of some sort of allegiance to the 60s rather than the GOPs very blatant refusal to engage in issues important to African-Americans, takes Wright to task for her political schizophrenia (she allegedly voted for President Obama and supported Democratic candidates until at least 2010) and her over the top rhetoric.
MoKelly writes:
Congratulations Republicans, youve been duped. Shes not a Black Republican. Heres why Can you really call yourself Conservative Black Chick with matching website when its widely known you voted for Barack Obama to become president in 2008? In fact, she acknowledged as much at a small, private Georgetown University reunion mixer we both attended in 2009. Are you really the standard-bearer and flag-waiver of conservative principles given that reality? When and where did this epiphany take place? 2009? 2010?
Or possibly, never at all. But wait theres more.
Can you really go from being a lifelong Democrat to true-believer, far-right Conservative Republican inside of ONE midterm election cycle? ONE? This is the same woman who pledged:
$500.00 for Democrat Bill Nelson for Senate on June 30, 2008
$250.00 for Democrat Kendrick Meek for Senate on June 30, 2010.
(As verified by CampaignMoney.com. All requests for comment to Crystal Wright have been ignored thus far.)
Not only that, Wright was part of a lobby group for Meek under the auspices of subsidizing home medical equipment. Wright not only vehemently voted Democrat but also put her money behind it. That would be the same Kendrick Meek that political portal Ontheissues.org lists as a hard-core liberal.
Evidently somewhere along the way, Wright realized that she could not be a star on the Left, espousing her political ideals and switched to the Right (at least publicly).
Isn't there a youtube video of an eye witness saying there was a confrontation at the car then soon after when Brown was in the street the officer told Brown to stop and put his arms up but instead he advanced? And then there's the officer having a bruised and cut face, I believe.
Then on the other side there's the eye witnesses who say that Brown had surrendered when he was shot, and I believe the officer didn't call anything in for an hour, which doesn't seem right.
I just think it's too early for conclusions to be made. There's an ongoing investigation and all the facts aren't in, at this point I can see it going either way.
That's pretty funny, got a laugh out of me. Thanks, Sunhi.
bob_arctor
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Oh, has it now? Like before they were all gung ho but now thanks to this "game changer", they've put the hand crafted signs down?
FunkyMunkey
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This doesn't matter really. Even if he had assaulted the officer straight-forward, a cop cannot execute someone when they have their hands up unarmed in surrender, especially from a distance. It's his job to detain the suspect for the law process, not play judge/jury/executioner.
If the witness' testimonies are valid, there is no defense the officer will be able to come up with that warrants what he did. No matter if he was punched, grabbed, spit-on, cussed at, nothing. Even murder suspects (who are still suspects before a trial) can't be treated as such.
Yeah, if that ends up being the case, this will be quite a crazy ride to see play out.
MHWilliams
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Breitbart and other conservative talk websites are going on this conversation in the video here:
http://youtu.be/VdL9dqkyjhM?t=6m28s
The idea being at that Brown doubled back and ran at the cop. Essentially, google "mike brown doubled back" and you'll see the list of sites reporting it.
Yeah, if he had surrendered I agree that the officer was very clearly in the wrong and killed an innocent teenager, but that video makes it sound like he didn't surrender and instead was advancing.
Until all the facts are in?
-Dorian Johnson was a friend who was with him and interviewe by MSNBC
-Tiffany Mitchell, who was interviewed by MSNBC, is another witness
-A third girl I've seen MSNBC list as a witness but heard no name to match, just saw it on one their shows
-The woman speaking this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qo14KOcQxw)
-The guy speaking in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfy5FiqzWHI)
-The live-tweet (http://www.vox.com/2014/8/15/6007155/did-this-ferguson-resident-live-tweet-michael-browns-killing)
If this number of witnesses is not enough for you over one YT video, I doubt you will be getting all the facts in ever.
Facts presented as they are, I am willing to draw the conclusion of what happened with that many witnesses matching the same events.
That's fine and if Brown actually charged the police officer and the officer shot, then that's valid and the officer could mount a legitimate defense. The problem though, is why is there only one eyewitness saying this? Why wouldn't the police say this is what happened? The PD has been silent, and this story would absolve them of a lot of their problems. Also, there's the fact that Brown was killed 35 ft away from the car, and if the above story is true, that means that Brown probably ran at least 50-65 ft away and then turned and came back. Doesn't quite add up to me
^^ and plus it's one account against about 5 others who all had separate perspectives, didn't have time to corroborate stories, and had extremely similar recaps on what happened. But the Ferguson PD is just delaying doing anything about it so it falls further into the past, and people get complacent and start mixing details
bob_arctor
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I think the family will release tomorrow. Weekend release won't get as much coverage
Holy shit lol.
Puppet Shadow
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Does Obama have the power to ensure all police cars have cameras, or would that be a state thing?
Yeah, there are too many similarities between those two stories for them to be fictitious. They both say he had his arms up and that the officer shot multiple times after Brown was down. Sounds like there was an altercation in the car, Brown ran, the officer told him to stop and put his arms up, he did but then the officer shot him anyway.
Though I do wonder why that guy in that one video says he advanced, but there are too many people saying the opposite.
It would have to be congress to do something like that I believe.
MHWilliams
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1) there'd be a huge shitfit if he did. 2) that doesn't do anything if there's no penalties for not having the cameras on.
Awesome solidarity.
What is the difference?
They're pretty darn close. The only differences I heard were that the guy said there were 8 shots once Brown was down while the woman said there were 6 and the guy said Brown was on his knees while the women didn't mention that, but those are pretty minor. Also "on his knees with his arms up" might just be normal phrasing that the man uses for "had his arms up."
Angelus Errare
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The only logical explanation is that the 5 witnesses all got together to make up a story. I mean how else do you explain their story sounding the same!? It's a sad day in America when we trust the word of these black animals over law abiding cops only trying to protect himself from these savage warriors with +10 to strength.
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle because it's not a race issue it's a class issue, and the more we talk about this kind of stuff the more racism will be around. I mean if we simply ignored this shooting it would have went away, but noooo people want to keep talking about it. I have black friends so I'm not trying to be racist but there is something in the black culture that makes this happen to them repeatedly. To me that makes more sense than the idea that cops are being racist. What benefit is there to cops being racist? There are none, ergo herpo derpo they brought this on themselves. I mean he kinda deserved to be not so much alive a little when he pushed that man down.
That woman says the officer fired all his shots from the car. The rest of the witnesses say he got out and shot. She sounds like she's repeating second hand info, filled in the gaps and the journalist has taken it as eye witness.
jamesinclair
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He has the power, just like drinking age.
"This is purely optional, but if you don't, no more federal grants"
With the drinking age, only Puerto Rico opted out
adamsappel
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Still a few pages behind, but wanted to address this even though he's banned.
Edit: Mammoth Jones knows what's up.
As I recall from the other witnesses (not sure how many, could even be just Dorian Johnson), the first shot was from the car.
It still matches up with the following: Michael Brown ran, turned around, put his hands up the air, and was still shot. When I said the events matched, that is what I meant. Witnesses can misremember things, but when there's such a consistent pattern with so many witnesses about the surrendering, I believe that conclusion is reasonable to make.
Added to the list of things you can expect Congress to never fucking do, then.
MidgarBlowedUp
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Either way the teenager stood up to a bully. So sad that it had to end a young man's life.
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