Bam Bam Baklava
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Wasn't the actual credential. It was just the velcro thing on Tim's vest.
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Ferguson: Police Officer Kills 18yo Michael Brown; Protests/Riots Continue
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Wasn't the actual credential. It was just the velcro thing on Tim's vest.
Gucci Messiah
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It was hard to understand but what I gathered was that Brown had run from the officer and then turned around to come back before he opened fire, is that correct? I didn't hear anything about Wilson being charged or anything like that, just that Brown turned around and headed back towards the officer. Were his hands up? Did he surrender?
U n i o n 0015
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Embarrassing. Even for Fox News, this is a new low...
Sorry to break it you, but this wasn't a mistake. She actually holds both titles.
Unless I'm missing something, at no point does that person say Brown "ran" back at Wilson, only that he turned around. Which we already knew from what every other witness has said and the autopsy results.
Gucci Messiah
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WOW
Is there a way to identify that officer? Pretty clear violation of their 1st amendment rights, he needs to be fired. I'm shocked this type of thing is still going on in 2014.
edit: looks like this is old news which was posted on page 2. Oh well, ill leave it here for the new comers who missed this 'turn of events'
Apparently Foxnews has an inside source claiming the cop who shot Brown was "nearly beaten unconscious" before the shooting which took Brown's life....
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/2...en-before-shooting-michael-brown-says-source/
Apparently Foxnews has an inside source claiming the cop who shot Brown was "nearly beaten unconscious" before the shooting which took Brown's life....
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/2...en-before-shooting-michael-brown-says-source/
The velcro media thing was silly and so was the cops reaction but honestly highlighting it over the rest of the stuff going on is sillier.
Personally I think the press as a whole has done a terrible job; both sides being portrayed as non-humans. The Police are a 'State' on one side and The Public are 'Animals' to another.
Vice I generally think do a really good job but there is a smell of voyeurism about them that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Press need to sit in people homes; have some chats and also chat to the Police. As it is we are seeing protests and press briefings. These are just events and stories; their not the issue in Ferguson.
Suspect local news is a lot different though; or I'd hope.
Personally I think the press as a whole has done a terrible job; both sides being portrayed as non-humans. The Police are a 'State' on one side and The Public are 'Animals' to another.
Vice I generally think do a really good job but there is a smell of voyeurism about them that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Press need to sit in people homes; have some chats and also chat to the Police. As it is we are seeing protests and press briefings. These are just events and stories; their not the issue in Ferguson.
Suspect local news is a lot different though; or I'd hope.
Watch the video. The officer ripped of the press patch iirc not the badge.
Gucci Messiah
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I'd rather have the press on the the front lines doing their job reporting the atrocities and injustice going down in Ferguson than sitting in people's homes doing interviews.
Is that not assault or intimidation?
Is that not assault or intimidation?
HerbertFish
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He is a lawyer though, they aren't normal, and a bunch of them speak exactly like that.
I have a feeling the inside thing source is bullshit. Watch their talking head shows tonight. The hosts will most likely use it up during interviews to try to get an advantage over who they are interviewing.
Puppet Shadow
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Eh, I call it more of being a total dick.
But clearly that cop has lost sight as to why he's there.
Good, that's a start.
Exactly. If he punched the officer as that report claims, his hands should show signs of it.
More_Badass
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If I remember correctly, the examiner said there were no signs of a struggle
It was his velcro PRESS patch on his vest that was ripped off. The cop was asking for credentials, but Tim lost his while escaping the protest area after shots were fired. Big difference.
One makes it look like the cop doesn't give a shit about the press. The correct account makes the cop look like a dick, but a dick that's looking for proper credentials.
The photojournalists at least have mostly been doing a good job.
The issue with the press and all these attempts to cover it as a live event is that we end up with all these reports that turn out to be bogus or not complete, and it becomes really difficult to actually sort through all of it and figure out what actually happened and what did not.
It's like an even further extension of the whole issue with the 24-hour news channels, there is absolutely no importance placed on details and facts, it's just about getting content as fast as possible to feed the beast.
Its a load of crap. I mean even when the police claimed injury it was some facial bruising. If there was such an ass whooping on the cop as being claimed there is no way it wouldn't have been stated sooner.
That and with such severe injuries. It is amazing his neighbors stated he was out mowing his lawn etc. before he left town. One dedicated man to work through such pain and suffering to cut the grass
That and with such severe injuries. It is amazing his neighbors stated he was out mowing his lawn etc. before he left town. One dedicated man to work through such pain and suffering to cut the grass
Byakuya769
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Negro ki barrier. Never heard the phrase "damn, that nigga got them hands!!!"? That's what it means. You're hitting people but you're not really hitting them. Another one of our vast assortment of purely physical based powers.
Big Baybee
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He beat the officer almost to unconsciousness, yet his hands show no sign of a fight or struggle. Ok. Superhuman ability to heal himself while dead or hands of steel. Both seem legit.
He does say Brown was coming back not that he turned around.
And the bit about how he thought Wilson was missing suggests he was still moving while the cop was firing. It's not as significant as been made out, but it does raise some questions.
Punchy4486
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Not to mention the video footage walking around and talking to another officer after the shooting without visible damage or pain.
If he were nearly beaten unconscious, you think you'd be able to tell.
Brawndo Addict
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I would argue that any lawyer who talks 'like that' is doing so for a very different reason than their legal education. I might expect a lawyer to distinguish between the common law tradition as opposed to the civil law tradition. But that can't be relevant to his point or else he would be arguing that any country that uses the civil law tradition is somehow unjust or anarchist. His point is to not to distinguish between types of law systems, but between the presence of one and the absence, one of which he associates with whites and the other with non-whites. He has no reason to make such a distinction when he could merely say, "We have a justice system, we don't parcel out justice in the streets". There is no reason to talk about where our justice system came from unless you think that is an important fact. That he does not do this is actually surprising to me, as most try to paint our system as color-blind in the first place.
Law books don't talk about the difference in "Anglo-American tradition" and "non-Anglo-American tradition". The phrase is not meaningful in a legal context. I cannot remember the last time I heard anyone even say "Anglo-American" in any setting. The word is an anachronism, you would be more likely to find it in a history book about the 1800s than a law school or courtroom in the 21st century. What you might mean to say is that a white lawyer from the South might talk like that, to which I would agree. The fact it's in his normal vocabulary at all, regardless of profession, is telling.
More_Badass
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Yeah, if you're punching someone so hard that you fracture their eye socket and beat them "nearly unconscious", you're going to have blood, marks, bruises on your hands.
I learned some stuff from CSI.
Nappuccino
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He'd probably be sitting with an EMT going over his wounds.
Mike Brown was telekinetic
CrimsonCommie
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It really sounds like he was in fact Wolverine
Dude, the fuck is you doing giving away our secrets and shit?
Puppet Shadow
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That's part of the problem with American (and probably other) media.
If you want to slant an issue a certain way, just mention an unsubstantiated report that favors the view you want to put across, all in the name of We need to hear from all sides, then when a real confirmed report comes in that goes against your message, mention that there are conflicting reports, so who's to say what really happened?
Gucci Messiah
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Why do they keep trying to play the super human strength angle, like Mike Brown is secretly a nemekian or something?
ryutaro's mama
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Is it just me or does it feel like there could be someone sitting on video of what happened to Mike Brown and is just waiting for higher bids for the exclusive rights to air it?
Byakuya769
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My bad. Going to get even more of us shot, now.
BronsonLee
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It is astounding that they're continually playing up that angle. There were no signs of a struggle on Brown, AKA he didn't fucking punch him. What did he do, beat him unconscious with his own car door?
So far, Mike Brown is:
The Juggernaut
Psylocke
Balrog
Piccolo
...Frieza?
So far, Mike Brown is:
The Juggernaut
Psylocke
Balrog
Piccolo
...Frieza?
More_Badass
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Chie Satonaka
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The most incredible feats known to mankind are attributed to young black males when their murders are being justified.
Nabs
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Welp. You just gave them another story to run with.
GungHo
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Have a nice life, Officer G. O. Fuckyourself.
onadesertedisland
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Until Fox News proves to be otherwise, would it be suitable to treat their reports as tabloid or propaganda and not appropriate for serious discussion?
Nope. This new narrative is pure rubbish.
BronsonLee
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That was actually the first story they ran with! Wilson was getting out, Brown smacks him with the door once, then runs
neoism
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i said goddamnn lol
CassidyIzABeast
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Mike Brown charging back for the kill
Byakuya769
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If evidence comes out that conclusively disproves that stupid ass theory, we all need to be moving on to burn that organization to the ground.
CharminUltra
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AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Does that mean they are gathering energy for a Spirit Bomb?
For some reason, that sign that says, "I am a woman" is seriously cracking me up right now.
neoism
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cop points gun at people and cruses them... gets suspended
cop executed 18 year old in broad daylight.... gets paid vacation
we live in the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y
I mean the USA
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