Mike Brown shooting thread - No indictment! Get out and protest!

[Shaka Khan]

"This idea of no racial profiling," King said, "I've seen the video. It looks to me like you don't need to bother with that particular factor because they all appear to be of a single, you know, of a single origin, I should say, a continental origin might be the way to phrase that."

Rep. Steve King, everybody. Rep. Steve King.

 

[T-Short]

http://www.newsweek.com/how-americas-police-became-army-1033-program-264537

Police in Watertown, Connecticut, (population 22,514) recently acquired a mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle (sticker price: $733,000), designed to protect soldiers from roadside bombs, for $2,800. There has never been a landmine reported in Watertown, Connecticut.

dat markdown 

[Himu]

if only this show had remained good for 4 seasons.

[headwalk]

I wonder how anti-riot people view Stonewall? Berkeley?

sadly, the most recent one for me is london. leaves a sour taste.

[Himu]

Anon twitter account suspended.

[Himu]

Obama statement soon

[Joe Molotov]

Photo of shooter:

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Kinda, sorta looks like a fat Boogie with shades on.

Kinda looks like Jonah Hill on the set of 23 Jump Street.

[Himu]

SHUT UP ABOUT ISIS OH MY GOOOOD

[Phoenix Dark]

talk about being tone deaf

[WanderingWind]

Obama statement soon

Nothing short of him marching down to Ferguson wearing ith a black beret and a leather jacket, slapping the shields off these cosplaying fucks will mean anything.

[toku]

We gotta be united in common values bruh

[WanderingWind]

Don't worry, an American city is undergoing an armed police coup. Don't worry about spending more than a minute goddamn thirty addressing it.

Fucking hell. If there was an ounce of real in that guy, he would have at least seemed pissed. He didn't look like he gave a single shit.

[Himu]

Dry, boring, uninspired, too shook to call this what it really is.

stan Barack Obama, brehs.

I know right?

[Himu]

"BE PROUD OF OUR MILITARY AND PROFESSIONALISM"

"SAVE INNOCENT LIVES"

[Phoenix Dark]

I understand the point of diffusing things and attempting to lower emotions, but that was still weak. I didn't expect him to come out like Chuck D but Elizabeth Warren and Justin Amash released pretty strong statements that don't really incite or escalate anything, why not go that route.

[toku]

I really wished he had just taken a harder stance on the fact that this unarmed boy was murdered and nothing but boot to neck of this community has happened. Is that too much? Fuckery.

[Himu]

"never an excuse for violence against police" 

[WanderingWind]

I understand the point of diffusing things and attempting to lower emotions, but that was still weak. I didn't expect him to come out like Chuck D but Elizabeth Warren and Justin Amash released pretty strong statements that don't really incite or escalate anything, why not go that route.

If ever a situation called for the Chuck D response, this one does.

[Himu]

[toku]

https://twitter.com/BIGBABYGANDHI/status/499965878721839107

[Joe Molotov]

PD, hurry up and give your briefing! I wanna know what the view from the hill is.

[Steve Contra]

Violence is never the answer is one of the dumbest things you can say, and you should feel dumb if you said it.

[Great Rumbler]

STL County PD is being pulled out:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/william-lacy-clay-ferguson-police

[Great Rumbler]

Violence is never the answer is one of the dumbest things you can say, and you should feel dumb if you said it.

Especially coming from people who idolize the American Revolution.

[Himu]

PD, hurry up and give your briefing! I wanna know what the view from the hill is.

Violence is never the answer is one of the dumbest things you can say, and you should feel dumb if you said it.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[Your Stalker]

longer version of fbi snitch sharpton video
http://vimeo.com/103266634

[Your Stalker]

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/statuses/499954740797517827
 

[Steve Contra]

Black Bloc

[Himu]

Every time it expect Obama to lay it down, he disappoints me. Every time I expect some real talk, I leave sad. He keeps reeling me in!

[Mupepe]

Every time it expect Obama to lay it down, he disappoints me. Every time I expect some real talk, I leave sad. He keeps reeling me in!

I still can't believe it took 4 days for the goddamn President to address riots in an American city.  You're supposed to be the goddamn leader.

[Phoenix Dark]

I seem to remember Obama making pretty blatant racial comments on a few occasions, from the Henry Louis Gates situation to going all out while discussing Trayvon. So take that bullshit elsewhere. The president isn't some dude at work, he's the chief executive of the government. You're not going to see him go all out on an issue on the edge of more violence; the protests will be bigger tonight.

I agree he should have said something more forceful about the police, comparable to what Warren or Amash said.

I will say this though: it's amazing how much Obama and democrats take the black vote for granted.

[Steve Contra]

Rand Paul put out a better statement than Obama on the issue. 

http://time.com/3111474/rand-paul-ferguson-police/

[Himu]

As I said in the DSF thread Rand Paul

[Steve Contra]

To the folks saying that the looting and burning of a well insured gas station was unacceptable, would we so much attention be focused on the death of an unarmed black kid without it?  Would there be a national discussion on the fact that somehow a small town in Missouri has equipment to invade a small country?  People didn't even know this shit was happening and now suddenly people are talking about this shit, so yeah, let the fucker burn.



 

[Mr. Gundam]

Rand Paul put out a better statement than Obama on the issue. 

http://time.com/3111474/rand-paul-ferguson-police/

I would have preferred that Paul left out the "big government evils" line, but everything else was pretty spot on.

[Phoenix Dark]

@TheAPJournalist: #BREAKING: House Speaker Boehner says he supports a full investigation into the death of #MichaelBrown & detention of journalists. #Ferguson

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[Shaka Khan]

Goddamn that photo is giving me life.

[Himu]

To the folks saying that the looting and burning of a well insured gas station was unacceptable, would we so much attention be focused on the death of an unarmed black kid without it?  Would there be a national discussion on the fact that somehow a small town in Missouri has equipment to invade a small country?  People didn't even know this shit was happening and now suddenly people are talking about this shit, so yeah, let the fucker burn.

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Throw back a tear gas canister that was thrown at you while still holding your bag of chips.

[Brehvolution]

"Drive slow, homey."

"I have to. The speed limit is only 20."

[Phoenix Dark]

I think those are pork rinds.

may allah lead him to islam

[Himu]

Pork rinds? Even more American.

[ToxicAdam]

Obama's priorities have always been 1) his next election 2) his party's next election.

So, he has always shat on his base while attempting to placate the middle.

[SpeedStats]

my feeling is that most of the savvy internet users have largely abandoned facebook for other social networking services, leaving only the soccer moms and rednecks who are relying on the 24 hour news networks for info and thus aren't getting squat.

but, like, checking my fb feed right now, it's top to bottom talking about this situation.  probably cuz CBC Canada is reporting on it more than any American networks are?

Yeah, was pretty crazy that CBC Newsworld made it a top story and talked about for like half an hour with experts when I was still up last night.  Compare that with the 10 minutes CNN took for it before moving on despite it being actual news in that country.

Though no one on my FB feed's talking about it outside of one person who goes out to protest quite often.  A lack of interest in politics and world events across the board among my age group has something to do with that, though.  But yeah, FB isn't that great in terms of a spread of people getting their news from elsewhere and having varying opinions or even just relying on buzzfeed for news.  Everyone either votes Conservative or Liberal just because their parents do it, for example, without looking at the party platform every single time or thinking that they're voting for the party leader when in reality they're voting for their MP/MPP.  The ignorance is pretty nuts.

[Steve Contra]

My facebook feed has been chock full of it, but I'm a dirty bay area liberal so it makes sense.  It is nice seeing people I had no idea of their political leanings (read older white folks I know from work) speak out about it.

However the conservatives have all been dead silent.

[Phoenix Dark]

My feed is dominated by discussion of the recent Michigan flood/garbage clean up and Prole taking various Ls from Lil Prole. Very little Brown stuff.

[toku]

[Himu]

My feed is mostly liberals and no one mentioning shit except about five other people, including Esch, Zephyr, and Shaka. I see Shake bringing it up now too. Basically, only online friends give a shit.

[Joe Molotov]

Champagne for your online friends, and online pain for your sham friends.

[etiolate]

most of my top posts are about ferguson

A lot are by one person, but there's still three or four talking about it. Actually, I blocked so many sites that more may be posting about ferguson and I'm just not seeing it.

[Himu]

(Image removed from quote.) can't wait for PD to cape/justify Hillary's neocon foreign policy when we invade the middle east again in 2017.

"Well actually, it's because she's under pressure from Conservatives. She doesn't want to look weak. Again I don't support the measure but it's understandable."

Can't wait!

[Phoenix Dark]

they're good at what they do, I'll give them that

[Himu]

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they're good at what they do, I'll give them that

Always love when people spout out nonsense, and never focus a damn thing on what this man actually said.

[Steve Contra]

I remember when Mandela died and a bunch of people were like "a symbol of non-violent resistance" and shit and I was like 

[Brehvolution]

Forgetting MLK's message is rich coming from a channel that actively ignores it.

[Joe Molotov]

I remember when Mandela died and a bunch of people were like "a symbol of non-violent resistance" and shit and I was like 

Winnie would have necklaced those cacs. 

[Phoenix Dark]

(Image removed from quote.) can't wait for PD to cape/justify Hillary's neocon foreign policy when we invade the middle east again in 2017.

"Well actually, it's because she's under pressure from Conservatives. She doesn't want to look weak. Again I don't support the measure but it's understandable."

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nm

[Squiddy]

Is this the beginning of Black Caliphate?

[Steve Contra]

Man, everytime I get the idea to see what Squiddy has to say I'm reminded just how fucking dumb he is.

[Himu]

Is this the beginning of Black Caliphate?

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