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

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timetokill said:
There was a city council meeting tonight, I guess? My twitter started getting a bunch of info. Sounds like the City Council didn't respond to anything that was said, and stated they would have a town hall sometime later.

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Tons more if anybody is interested.
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what a bunch of crazy batshit insane answers
 
The Mayor has been very quiet through this whole affair and it was strange to me from the start. The mayor should be the first person addressing the concerns of the community and should have been extremely visible throughout.
 
Banana Aeon said:
Wow, this is straight up embarrassing.

Wilson and the Mayor need to lose their jobs, and Wilson better face criminal charges for this.
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I feel like way, way more than just these two people need to lose their jobs over this monstrosity. That entire PD needs vacated and rebuilt from the ground up. Should probably demolish the building and invite ministers of different faiths to exorcise any remaining cosmic traces of the people who worked there.
 
My god, how do i show some support for people of fergusson without living in the states... That council meeting infuriates me
 
benjipwns said:
In fairness, this is how most city/township councils behave and operate. With contempt of citizen.
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Most city/township councils barely even see their citizens. If they do, it's because "the name of my street is awful" or "there's a tree growing over my property." Basically stupid petty bullshit things. I'm not surprised they have no idea how to deal with a serious issue.
 
I'm not sure what the citizens were expecting. Fergusons citizens are mostly black yet local black leaders try and try to get blacks to vote but they don't turn up at the polls. Fergusons mayor runs unopposed. The leadership structure is all white. Maybe this will be motivation needed for that to change.
 
Outrage and Calls for Change Follow Ferguson Officials Into Council Meeting [New York Times]
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Residents pelted the stone-faced officials with angry questions: Why had Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson officer who shot the unarmed black teenager on Aug. 9, not been arrested? Why were young African-American men so frequently arrested by the police? And why were so few black residents elected to city government?

They called for a police department overhaul, including dashboard cameras in police cars and mandatory name badges for officers.

Some people told the Council of what they called routine mistreatment by the police and indifference from city officials. Debora Young of Ferguson said that when she called the police last year to report that her car was stolen, “they came and locked me up.”

“Mike Brown had to die for our voices to be heard,” she said.

Shelly Gradford, a resident of West Florissant Avenue, faced the elected officials and echoed a frequent warning from the crowd: They were all in political danger.

“You are now on notice,” Ms. Gradford said. “It is evident that residents of Ferguson have for a long time been harassed. This must end.”

John Chasnoff of nearby University City told the officials that they had become the “face of structural racism.”

“You’ve lost your authority to govern this community,” Mr. Chasnoff said. “You’re going to have to step aside gracefully if this community is going to heal.”
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Ferguson residents demand ‘justice for all’ at city council meeting [MSNBC]
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Another proposed ordinance would get rid of a number of administrative fees “which may impact low-income persons to a greater extent than others.” To that, the city is also looking to abolish various administrative and warrant fees.

The changes are the first concrete steps taken since Brown’s killing a month ago sparked outrage and greater scrutiny into what many described as a system of cops and courts that ensnared mostly poor, black residents in a web of fines and fees to the benefit of the city’s coffers.

Last year the city collected more than $2 million in such costs, its second highest revenue stream. In recent years the city issued more warrants for low-level crimes and traffic offenses than there are people in the city. Black motorists were also stopped twice as much as white motorists despite whites being more likely to be caught with contraband, according to a 2013 report by the state attorney general’s office.

Before the meeting, lawyer Brendan Roediger, who has been working with local activists on proposals to present to city officials that includes a warrant amnesty component, said the council changes might be made in good faith but in some aspects shouldn’t be applauded.

“Many of the warrant fees were illegal anyway,” Roediger said. “I’m not sure how much the council should be congratulated for reversing them.”
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TheBahaBlast said:
Anyone get that kind of feeling that after the meeting, behind closed doors, they were going on about how the crowd was "uppity"?
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I am sure this is what happened.

My God, those answers.

"Be respectful"?

"We need your name and address"?

So, I'm not sure if the mayor is racist, arrogant, or Louie the Sixth.
 
CrankyJay said:
I'm hoping that after this whole thing this will change, as I feel the black community probably has the voting power in Ferguson.
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They do. They've had a couple of stories on local radio how Ferguson is mostly black but only whites get involved politically.
 
I just saw this on my twitter feed.

Newly obtained video captured the reactions of two men who witnessed the shooting of Michael Brown. One of them screams, "He had is f****n hands up," and motioned with his own arms. AC360 spoke to both men and they say Darren Wilson was not the only officer on the scene, there were two others. They even say that a second officer drew his weapon but did not pull the trigger. Randi Kaye spoke to one of those witnesses and breaks down the video.

Does this video change the case? Anderson discussed this with legal analysts Jeffrey Toobin and Sunny Hostin, along with Neil Bruntrager, who is General Counsel for the St. Louis Police Officers Association.
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http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/...-after-the-michael-brown-shooting/?hpt=ac_mid
 
Kipe said:
The mayor had two opposing candidates and he's a Republican. In a city with 69% of the population is black. smh
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That's pretty sad. Hopefully residents take all of this positive energy for change and translate it to the voting booth. They have complete power if they show up.
 
LOL and Wilson is still in hiding, not even arrested and there were other cops on the scene confirmed.

They need to fire this up on the MSM again asap.

In any case, I think Wilson is going to jail, but we'll see for how long. Still can't believe he hasn't been arrested. Shot a guy with his hands up to death. Where are these other 2 cops??? How is this just coming out now?

Where are all the people that were skeptical of how things played out in face of all the testimony of the witnesses?
 
The only way Wilson will see jail time is if we have video of him saying "Die nigger, die." just before his shoots Michael.

If it actually goes to trial, Michael will be Trayvon'd, where he is painted as a thug(i.e. nigger) who deserved it.
 
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