Thu Mar 12, 2015, 06:37 PM
Skidmore (33,083 posts)
"...they were standing there and they were shot just because they were police officers.'
I've seen this interview with the police chief in charge last night in Ferguson. The irony of that statement just grates on my nerves every time I see that video. How many times have black men or women been arrested, beaten, or killed just because they were black?
Just needed to say this and you all are the only ones around to talk to right now.
Response to Skidmore (Original post)Glad to know your feelings when O tries to start his civil war.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 06:50 PM
Erich Bloodaxe BSN (6,751 posts)
2. I kinda thought the same thing.
Totally un-self-aware. Create a war, treat the populace like enemies, then complain when somebody starts 'shooting back'.
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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 06:52 PM
Old Codger (2,688 posts)
5. Somebody
Started shooting back..... Now there's a surprise....
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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:01 PM
NoJusticeNoPeace (2,464 posts)
7. First **** HIM, and I allege, no I cant prove it, that the shooters are white supremacists
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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:10 PM
anotojefiremnesuka (61 posts)
10. To be honest I don’t care anymore
if people shoot cops it is only blow back from decades of abuse.
I do not condone it nor support it, I just don’t care.
Perhaps the cops will figure out that what they are and have been doing is only pissing folks off. People can only take so much until they can’t take it anymore.
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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:26 PM
rhett o rick (42,369 posts)
13. First let me say that this was horrible and won't help a thing.
However, a war is well underway. Michael Brown was murdered in cold blood and the DoJ went out, looked around, and wrote a report that basically said, Ferguson has a race problem. Now maybe you will argue that the DoJ couldn't do anything more. I don't buy it but let's say it's true. Those on the brutalized side of this war aren't going to look at Holder's "report" and see any thing more than empty rhetoric. Ferguson might fire a couple of people and paint the police station, but I doubt anything substantial will change. And there will be more Fergusons and there will be more stories like this I am afraid.
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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:26 PM
rhett o rick (42,369 posts)
13. First let me say that this was horrible and won't help a thing.
However, a war is well underway. Michael Brown was murdered in cold blood and the DoJ went out, looked around, and wrote a report that basically said, Ferguson has a race problem. Now maybe you will argue that the DoJ couldn't do anything more. I don't buy it but let's say it's true. Those on the brutalized side of this war aren't going to look at Holder's "report" and see any thing more than empty rhetoric. Ferguson might fire a couple of people and paint the police station, but I doubt anything substantial will change. And there will be more Fergusons and there will be more stories like this I am afraid.
Remarkable, how quickly they can turn on their own when it fits the desired narrative.