Ferguson: Police Officer Kills 18yo Michael Brown; Protests/Riots Continue

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Fiction said:
It's really painting this picture of intimidation, honestly. Like their plan is keep being assholes hard enough and people will just give up and shut their mouths from sheer exhaustion.
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I want to post that's a bingo.gif, but feels inappropriate given the circumstances. Whole thing is a sick indictment of the current militarized bully police mentality.

But that's a bingo.
 
cant get over how infinitely more believable michael brown's eye witness / friend's testimony is than the BS cop's friend's second-hand account.
 
Why in the world with all the bad PR they are getting, why would they add harassing a church to the list? They raided it of supplies as well... because they suspected people were sleeping there overnight?

Because you know; churches shouldn't be used to shelter and provide sanctuary for those who need it.

Whoever is calling the shots on any of these decisions needs to be held accountable.
 
mre said:
Good for the ACLU. That's one less Officer "Go Fuck Yourself" on the streets. Unfortunately, there's dozens more.
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I'm convinced the officers on the streets aren't as big of a problem as the ones training these officers. Clearly, this kind of attitude is being taught to officers and reinforced every step of the way through their training, from the classroom all the way to pairing up with experienced officers on the streets.

You can keep removing bad cops like this from the streets, but more will just keep getting trained to act this way until we look higher up.
 
FYI:

This is the story @ShaunKing was referencing about shooting from behind:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/u...er-as-holder-schedules-visit.html?ref=us&_r=1

However, law enforcement officials say witnesses and forensic analysis have shown that Officer Wilson did sustain an injury during the struggle in the car.

As Officer Wilson got out of his car, the men were running away. The officer fired his weapon but did not hit anyone, according to law enforcement officials.
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Those 2 paragraphs seem to be referencing a law enforcement source.

..but the article really does highlight that there has been quite a few discrepancies about what's been reported as far as witness accounts.

What does seem to match up between all accounts so far, both from whoever that Josie lady is and the eyewitnesses is the following:

- Johnson and Brown are stopped in the middle of the street.

- An altercation happens at the vehicle.

- Brown runs down the street fleeing from the vehicle and Wilson.

- Wilson gets out of vehicle and goes towards the fleeing Brown.

- Brown at some point stops, puts his hands up (how high is in dispute) and turns towards Wilson.

The details besides the above conflict between everything I've read. Johnson says Wilson pulled Brown into the vehicle through the window. We haven't heard anything clear from anyone about what exactly happened in the vehicle. We have conflicting reports of what happened when Brown turned around: ranging from stopping with hands up to stumbling towards Wilson and lastly to charging Wilson.

The entire case hinges though not on what occurred in the vehicle, IMHO. It hinges solely on what Brown did when he turned around. The struggle in the vehicle does matter to put into perspective both parties mindsets to the last moment, but really that last moment is what will decide it.

If Brown turned and stopped it's murder, plain and simple. If Brown turned then went towards Wilson then he'll walk.
 
Is kind of worrying that I have only now realised how ironic it is that these conversations differentiate between Police and 'civilians'.
 
Fiction said:
It's really painting this picture of intimidation, honestly. Like their plan is keep being assholes hard enough and people will just give up and shut their mouths from sheer exhaustion.
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I really am convinced this is their plan. To simply wear people down into submission. Because I cannot think of what universe it's okay to raid a church on suspicion that people are sleeping there. Since when is it against the law for someone to sleep in a Church?

And I mean, raiding a Church. Could they be more cartoonishly villainous than that? What's next, arresting Labrador puppies and putting old ladies in chains?

Oh wait.
 
CrankyJay said:
I want to believe this is true...I have a hard time believing anything on Twitter these days.
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Yeah if scaredy fat pants loses his job it will be one good step towards fixing this situation. Imagine if that officer is back out there threatening to kill people while on duty after all this.
 
So I think we can say that the Ferguson PD has surpassed even comic book supervillainry. Because even those bad guys know to lay love when there's heat on them.

But the Ferguson PD? It's not enough that an unarmed man got killed. Oh no. They have to add insanely aggressive and unfair tactics, raiding churches, (maybe?) making that bullet disappear, arresting journalist, etc, etc. to the list

You couldn't make this shit up.

Edit: btw, did Amnesty go back into Ferguson after that first time?
 
CorvoSol said:
I really am convinced this is their plan. To simply wear people down into submission. Because I cannot think of what universe it's okay to raid a church on suspicion that people are sleeping there. Since when is it against the law for someone to sleep in a Church?

And I mean, raiding a Church. Could they be more cartoonishly villainous than that? What's next, arresting Labrador puppies and putting old ladies in chains?

Oh wait.
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I thought that was proven false?
 
More_Badass said:
So I think we can say that the Ferguson PD has surpassed even comic book supervillainry. Because even those bad guys know to lay love when there's heat on them.

But the Ferguson PD? It's not enough that an unarmed boy got killed. Oh no. They have to add insanely aggressive and unfair tactics, raiding churches, (maybe?) making that bullet disappear, arresting journalist, etc, etc. to the list

You couldn't make this shit up.
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I think small towns across the country might challenge them for the corruption crown. If they hadn't targeted the media, I think the spin might have started to bury this situation.
 
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