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

[Joe Molotov]

Wilson's testimony said that he "felt like a five year old holding onto Hulk Hogan" and that "Mike Brown was so big, and I was so small."

[Pickles the Firecat]

Never mind that the very people citing MLK would be calling him a race peddling agitator 50 years ago. Especially those Memphis marches...

It's time to play 2014 or 1960, courtesy of GAF

[Himu]

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[Pickles the Firecat]

Basically the health report, despite saying that his pain ranges from 6-8/10 (and for the record, my dad, when he had his heart attack a few years ago stated that his pain was around 6-10 for some questions when asked), the report shows that most of the injuries are unremarkable.

Someone reporting a 6-8 on the pain scale after getting punched in the face, with those injuries, should probably be referred to a nursery for a fucking bottle and a nap.

[Beezy]

http://instagram.com/p/vz1a9yxDxy/

[TakingBackSunday]

I will say this, though -- I was at a bar watching the Cavs game (Lebron looked great btw, go cavs) and most everyone in the kitchen and behind the bar has stopped working and was watching the press conference.  Most patrons were standing in front of the TV as well.  When everyone found out they weren't going to indict, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, groaned, with many people yelling "fuck you! and "bullshit."

This was an 90 percent white crowd.  So while this is indeed such bullshit, I will say that it makes me feel better that most logical people find this to be unfair and reeking of injustice.

[TakingBackSunday]

paint a kid as an evil demon with nothing but aggression in his body, brehs

[Pickles the Firecat]

I will say this, though -- I was at a bar watching the Cavs game (Lebron looked great btw, go cavs) and most everyone in the kitchen and behind the bar has stopped working and was watching the press conference.  Most patrons were standing in front of the TV as well.  When everyone found out they weren't going to indict, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, groaned, with many people yelling "fuck you! and "bullshit."

This was an 90 percent white crowd.  So while this is indeed such bullshit, I will say that it makes me feel better that most logical people find this to be unfair and reeking of injustice.

tbh I have always found NBA fans in particular to be way, way, way more liberal than fans of other sports. I know that the entire bar wasn't there for the game...but its just been an observation of mine for a while.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Posted this visuzliation I made on GAF. Some lawyer is claiming that the stat is meaningless. But I've found fivethirtyeight to be generally incredible when it comes to data. So I'll trust them until there's a clear reason not to

[seagrams hotsauce]

I was just gonna post this WaPo chart, who had the same idea:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/11/24/the-rarity-of-a-federal-grand-jury-not-indicting-visualized/

[Positive Touch]

let this country burn. god knows too many have stood by, too many have actively participated in destroying black lives.

this is day 1 in next phase

[ZephyrFate]

http://apps.stlpublicradio.org/ferguson-project/evidence.html?utm_content=buffer4fb62&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

full evidence of #Ferguson case

[I'm a Puppy!]

Glad to see you're safe.

[Positive Touch]

aaaand I just found out Darren Wilson got married so he can put all his assets in his wife's name so he won't have to pay out in a civil lawsuit. fuck everything and everyone.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Did I read that gun report right? He shot 12 times?

[Himu]

Did I read that gun report right? He shot 12 times?

NOT INDICTED.

[Positive Touch]

I'm fine thx dudes. there were simultaneous protests in the city and Ferguson and I went to the city one cuz it's in my neighborhood. it was way tamer (damn wussy white allies) but we did occupy the highway for a good solid hour. was good and no one got hurt thankfully. now just turning down and getting ready for tomorrow.

[Himu]

let this country burn. god knows too many have stood by, too many have actively participated in destroying black lives.

this is day 1 in next phase

what's the next phase

[Sausage]

https://twitter.com/basedlightskin/status/537115395698593792

[Positive Touch]

IT'S A SECRET TO EVERYONE

[Himu]

https://twitter.com/basedlightskin/status/537115395698593792

[seagrams hotsauce]

First I was like, "I don't remember ignoring anyone on here, why did I do that?" and I hit revive and then I was like "Oh yeah lol"

[fistfulofmetal]

if you honestly can ignore the amount of procedural inconsistencies and straight up lies perpetrated by the police force who was charged with investigating this crime, and reduce the entire scenario down to what your brain has accepted as the truth, you basically how awful of a person you are.

cops are given deadly weapons and are allowed to use them with very little repercussions. it's a problem. i truly don't understand how you can ignore that.

[Pickles the Firecat]

Would I be this snarky if you guys hadn't been raging assholes at anyone not towing the line of histrionic responses presuming this was some blatant execution of an innocent kid?

Nope.

Am I gonna be snarky as fuck now that you guys have all that egg on your face?

Oh, hell yes.

hey man none of us could have known Mike was a literal demon clenching his fists for a 153 ft shoryuken.

[ZephyrFate]

JayDubya wrong as shit as usual, but whats more important here is that Macklemore has arrived

[Himu]

Mike went super saiyan, ya'll

busting out masenko-ha's and shit

[ZephyrFate]

yes, red cheeks and a slightly red neck are definitely what constitutes "attack"

[I'm a Puppy!]

OK, I'll give you that there were two shots taken inside the car.
OK.
But the guy was 150 feet away when the rest of the shots came. And the officer was in a car.
Unless the cop thought that the guy was going to hadouken him from 150 feet away he should have rolled up his window and called for backup. Not shot 10 more times.
Logic and reason.

[Himu]

Ah yes, the evidence. Darren Wilson, the man who complained of a serious face injury and a strong black man looks like he got a bad case of rosacea. The body was 130 feet away from the car. Darren - according to the report - shot more than 10 times. Mike was unarmed.

But yeah, it totally justifies the loss of human life.

Another L for Libertarians.

[ZephyrFate]

Considering the absolute inconsistency between what was originally claimed as Wilson's injuries including things like "orbital fracture", no, this makes it look like nothing of real attack occurred and the trigger happy cop murdered a kid for getting the equivalent of rosacea.

[Himu]

[ZephyrFate]

Or, you know, Wilson was pulling the kid into a car and the kid was struggling to break free. Clearly, Wilson suffered what must have been an actual attack, considering his grievous injuries!

Please, continue to be a cop apologist and/or closet racist, most likely. It's really entertaining.

[Himu]

Be a libertarian, brehs.

Be a sociopath, brehs.

[ZephyrFate]

  If you attack me at all, I can shoot you

This seems like a pretty thorough summary of all self defense law/thought on the subject

We remember that JayDubya has a thorough understanding of this law and lawyer experience of course

[Joe Molotov]

  If you attack me at all, I can shoot you

This seems like a pretty thorough summary of all self defense law/thought on the subject

We remember that JayDubya has a thorough understanding of this law and lawyer experience of course

And has carefully read all 10,000 pages of the Grand Jury evidence.

[Himu]

http://www.moga.mo.gov/statuteSearch/StatHtml/5630000046.htm

Law enforcement officer's use of force in making an arrest.
563.046. 1. A law enforcement officer need not retreat or desist from efforts to effect the arrest, or from efforts to prevent the escape from custody, of a person he reasonably believes to have committed an offense because of resistance or threatened resistance of the arrestee. In addition to the use of physical force authorized under other sections of this chapter, he is, subject to the provisions of subsections 2 and 3, justified in the use of such physical force as he reasonably believes is immediately necessary to effect the arrest or to prevent the escape from custody.

2. The use of any physical force in making an arrest is not justified under this section unless the arrest is lawful or the law enforcement officer reasonably believes the arrest is lawful.

3. A law enforcement officer in effecting an arrest or in preventing an escape from custody is justified in using deadly force only

(1) When such is authorized under other sections of this chapter; or

(2) When he reasonably believes that such use of deadly force is immediately necessary to effect the arrest and also reasonably believes that the person to be arrested

(a) Has committed or attempted to commit a felony; or

(b) Is attempting to escape by use of a deadly weapon; or

(c) May otherwise endanger life or inflict serious physical injury unless arrested without delay.

But of course, unarmed Mike Brown had clearly shown Wilson that he was committed to an assault, charging through gunfire 153 feet away like in Man of Steel (Image removed from quote.)

The evidence is iron tight.

[Pickles the Firecat]

You call Mike Brown an adult, but I can guarantee you call college athletes kids.

[ZephyrFate]

18's a kid. let's not pretend colloquially and realistically that this isn't true

[Himu]

Apparently my use of 'college kid' has been wrong the entire time!  Thankfully JayDub is here to correct me on this issue.

[Himu]

Evangelion sucks.

[Joe Molotov]

Oh wait, no, too busy burning down Little Caesars, lol.

If it was white people burning down a Little Caesars, maybe 250 years from now, a racist hate group would name themselves after this event to promote their anger at poor people having stuff, lol.

[Himu]

I'm dealing with the status of my future life and what it means to black in america. I deserve to crack an Evangelion joke on a sociopath amid the whiteness I have been exposed to tonight. Fuck it.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Be proud a racist cop is getting away with murder brehs

[bunny]

Fires and looting,  wow an actual chimpout.  What a aurprise /s
How is he racist? He git attacked and defendes himself

[seagrams hotsauce]

I know! Why aren't these god damn people who were kept as property for 200 years and systematically oppressed ever since just chillin' and taking the systems word that it's not completely rigged against them?

[Himu]

Great. Now this private space is invaded by a bunch of selfish white people too. They can't handle going to their spaces on the internet, where their kind is hanging out at like Reddit or 4chan. No one cares, bunny.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I'm dealing with the status of my future life and what it means to black in america. I deserve to crack an Evangelion joke on a sociopath amid the whiteness I have been exposed to tonight. Fuck it.

Again, while logic may be anathema to you, it is not evidence of sociopathy.

You know I love you man, but 153 feet.
Wilson knew he was unarmed.
what exactly could he have done at 153 feet. Unarmed? That warranted 10 additional shots? When the cop was in a car. That had windows that work. What does logic say?

[Mr. Nobody]

(Image removed from quote.)

Nothing of value was lost 

[Human Snorenado]

Call yourself a libertarian but die on anti-abortion and pro-police hills, brehs

[bunny]

I know! Why aren't these god damn people who were kept as property for 200 years and systematically oppressed ever since just chillin' and taking the systems word that it's not completely rigged against them?

Didn't know they lived for 200+ years, sounds privileged to me

[Cerveza mas fina]

Dubya is anti abortion too?

Picture is complete

[ZephyrFate]

America becoming City 17

[I'm a Puppy!]

Shit might be getting real

http://www.ustream.tv/z?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=ustre.am%2FHbME&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20141013140253

[I'm a Puppy!]

Shit might be getting real

http://www.ustream.tv/z?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=ustre.am%2FHbME&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20141013140253

just a bunch of white people in front of a coffee shop, nothings going to happen here

Yeah, you're right. I fucked up.
What was I thinking? 

[Trent Dole]

I'm not sad. I'm terrified.

Trust me, I think we're all terrified

EDIT: Full body shot of the banged up Wilson

(Image removed from quote.)

Literally NOTHING.

[Positive Touch]

Shit might be getting real

http://www.ustream.tv/z?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=ustre.am%2FHbME&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20141013140253

just a bunch of white people in front of a coffee shop, nothings going to happen here

welp turns out it got very real. fuckin cops

[I'm a Puppy!]

Shit might be getting real

http://www.ustream.tv/z?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=ustre.am%2FHbME&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20141013140253

just a bunch of white people in front of a coffee shop, nothings going to happen here

welp turns out it got very real. fuckin cops

what happened?

[milchs evil twin]

Shouldn't "not getting shot by police" rank rather high on a true Libertarian's agenda...

[milchs evil twin]

Not when it doesn't fit the "contrarianism is true intelligence" ideal.

Eznark does it better. JayDubya's an inferior imitation.

[WanderingWind]

Not when it doesn't fit the "contrarianism is true intelligence" ideal.

Eznark does it better. JayDubya's an inferior imitation.

You banned yourself, now go away.