The meme started out as sweet, tender 18-year-old Michael Brown about to enter college, murdered by police in front of many witnesses despite no discernible motive. National uproar and civil disturbance ensues.
The family of the deceased hires Benjamin Crump, the lawyer for Trayvon Martin’s family who engaged a high powered, well connected PR firm to turn that shooting into a national cause celebre, which they did with enormous success. By the time the truth came out, most of America seemed to still believe that the deceased was a harmless, innocent victim of racism murdered by a monster who deserved to be lynched. That meme seems to be getting a repeat in Missouri.
Only days later, do we learn how savagely the officer was beaten by the physically huge man he shot. And that very shortly before the incident, the innocent college boy had performed a strong-arm robbery at a convenience store, caught on surveillance video. (This, of course, would not do, so last night looters ravaged that particular convenience store.) It has been reported that that Facebook images of Brown exist, flashing gang signs indicating membership in one of the nation’s most feared street gang, the Bloods.
Countless people already invested in the police brutality meme cry that this late news must be a cover-up. They do not realize the long-standing ethos of law enforcement that says, “We don’t try our cases in the press.”
There is still much for us to learn about what happened in Ferguson, Missouri that day. Results of the autopsy and toxicology screen have not yet been released. Location of entry wounds and trajectory of the bullets through the body will tell us things, and it would be interesting to know what if anything was in Michael Brown’s system when he turned from the “gentle giant” his family described him as, into the hulking monster throwing the store clerk around in the surveillance film shortly before he was shot by police. I suspect there are dashcam images or i-phone video that the public has not yet seen.
One lesson that has clearly emerged so far: the longer the accused wait to put forth their side of the story, the more damage will be done to their cause. An accusation unanswered is seen by the general public as a plea of nolo contendre.
And this morning, CNN reports that storeowners, feeling that police aren’t protecting them from looters, are standing outside their shops in Ferguson with “machine guns.”
Another lesson of déjà vu, I suppose…
It has been said that the officer in question did not know of the strong arm robbery at the time of the shooting. The media are making this a focal point to excuse the robbery. However, this could also account for Brown thinking that the officer was going to arrest him for the robbery and acting accordingly.
The deceased, Brown, has a connection to Rockford, IL. A relative of his is a Pastor in a church where a black man was shot by the police in the basement, which was being used as a child care facility. The man’s name is Barmore and his dna was found on one of the officer’s firearms. But that didn’t make a difference and the repercussions and lawsuits are still ongoing. The shooting occured several years
ago.
It has been said that the officer in question did not know of the strong arm robbery at the time of the shooting. The media are making this a focal point to excuse the robbery. However, this could also account for Brown thinking that the officer was going to arrest him for the robbery and acting accordingly.
The deceased, Brown, has a connection to Rockford, IL. A relative of his is a Pastor in a church where a black man was shot by the police in the basement, which was being used as a child care facility. The man’s name is Barmore and his dna was found on one of the officer’s firearms. But that didn’t make a difference and the repercussions and lawsuits are still ongoing. The shooting occured several years
ago.
It has been said that the officer in question did not know of the strong arm robbery at the time of the shooting. The media are making this a focal point to excuse the robbery. However, this could also account for Brown thinking that the officer was going to arrest him for the robbery and acting accordingly.
The deceased, Brown, has a connection to Rockford, IL. A relative of his is a Pastor in a church where a black man was shot by the police in the basement, which was being used as a child care facility. The man’s name is Barmore and his dna was found on one of the officer’s firearms. But that didn’t make a difference and the repercussions and lawsuits are still ongoing. The shooting occured several years
ago.
I would like to know what holster the officer had, and did it fail.
I would like to know what holster the officer had, and did it fail.
Sorry, Mas, but I have to disagree with you. This isn’t deja vu, it’s just the same story.
For decades, those who profit exceedingly well from racial strife (ahem Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, I’m glaring at you) have continued the narrative that all police shootings of black men are murders of the innocent by racist thugs and facts be damned. If you listen to those two “Reverends” you’d think race relations in this country have never left Civil War levels and the whole country is one big plantation feverishly working to keep The Black Man down.
Sadly, far too many believe the narrative, as evidenced by the white liberal causeheads marching in Times Square during this past week seeking “justice”.
Makes a guy long for that mountaintop to live on and get away from the teeming mobs of stupidity!
Sorry, Mas, but I have to disagree with you. This isn’t deja vu, it’s just the same story.
For decades, those who profit exceedingly well from racial strife (ahem Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, I’m glaring at you) have continued the narrative that all police shootings of black men are murders of the innocent by racist thugs and facts be damned. If you listen to those two “Reverends” you’d think race relations in this country have never left Civil War levels and the whole country is one big plantation feverishly working to keep The Black Man down.
Sadly, far too many believe the narrative, as evidenced by the white liberal causeheads marching in Times Square during this past week seeking “justice”.
Makes a guy long for that mountaintop to live on and get away from the teeming mobs of stupidity!
Be interested to see what Dr Michael Baden comes up with. He has been retained by the family for second autopsy over the weekend. Wondering your opinion Mas of Baden. Do these guys spin for whoever pays them?
Be interested to see what Dr Michael Baden comes up with. He has been retained by the family for second autopsy over the weekend. Wondering your opinion Mas of Baden. Do these guys spin for whoever pays them?
Be interested to see what Dr Michael Baden comes up with. He has been retained by the family for second autopsy over the weekend. Wondering your opinion Mas of Baden. Do these guys spin for whoever pays them?
Be interested to see what Dr Michael Baden comes up with. He has been retained by the family for second autopsy over the weekend. Wondering your opinion Mas of Baden. Do these guys spin for whoever pays them?
The current narrative making the rounds of the enraged rioters is that the officer shot Brown, “seven or eight times, then walked up and finished him off ‘execution style.'”
This feeds the legend they are all too willing to believe with no evidence whatsoever, although all are claiming to have heard it from unnamed eye witnesses; “a guy I know heard it from someone who knows someone who was there.”
The current narrative making the rounds of the enraged rioters is that the officer shot Brown, “seven or eight times, then walked up and finished him off ‘execution style.'”
This feeds the legend they are all too willing to believe with no evidence whatsoever, although all are claiming to have heard it from unnamed eye witnesses; “a guy I know heard it from someone who knows someone who was there.”
If you want learn about how the media constantly destroys lives before all the facts are in, consider the case of Richard Jewel. A brave man, who working as a Security Guard at a 1996 Olympic Park, during Olympic festivities, discovered a suspicious backpack, that had three pipe bombs in it. He alerted Police and saved countless lives. After false information was received by the press and Police, he became a suspect. He was trashed by the media as a cop wanna be, and stated he planted the backpack to become a hero. All lies. The true bomber Eric Rudolph was later caught and convicted. Jewel sued several media companies, including NBC News, and won them all. This is why we should all wait and be patient until ALL the facts are known.
If you want learn about how the media constantly destroys lives before all the facts are in, consider the case of Richard Jewel. A brave man, who working as a Security Guard at a 1996 Olympic Park, during Olympic festivities, discovered a suspicious backpack, that had three pipe bombs in it. He alerted Police and saved countless lives. After false information was received by the press and Police, he became a suspect. He was trashed by the media as a cop wanna be, and stated he planted the backpack to become a hero. All lies. The true bomber Eric Rudolph was later caught and convicted. Jewel sued several media companies, including NBC News, and won them all. This is why we should all wait and be patient until ALL the facts are known.
By a strange quirk of fate, I was in Missouri when this happened. For the first 24 hours all you heard from the media was how the police (The Man) gunned down a poor young boy Africana American boy who was all set to start college on the following Monday .
I don’t think that there was one bit of investigate journalism done on Michael Brown. So here we are a week later and the truth about it starts to trickle out.
By a strange quirk of fate, I was in Missouri when this happened. For the first 24 hours all you heard from the media was how the police (The Man) gunned down a poor young boy Africana American boy who was all set to start college on the following Monday .
I don’t think that there was one bit of investigate journalism done on Michael Brown. So here we are a week later and the truth about it starts to trickle out.
By a strange quirk of fate, I was in Missouri when this happened. For the first 24 hours all you heard from the media was how the police (The Man) gunned down a poor young boy Africana American boy who was all set to start college on the following Monday .
I don’t think that there was one bit of investigate journalism done on Michael Brown. So here we are a week later and the truth about it starts to trickle out.
Trayvon II! … and, like that other case, this “gentle giant” likely died at about age 14-15; replaced with something else, something that we saw in action on his last day.
(Way back at one of the Rangemaster Trainer Conferences I participated in, I attended a presentation by (as I recall..) Skip Gochenour, who had studied and explained this phenomenon. Enlightening, to say the least, especially since I’d encountered, and nearly been shot by, an example of this back in my cop days. If you know of this being published, Mas, maybe you could post it?)
Trayvon II! … and, like that other case, this “gentle giant” likely died at about age 14-15; replaced with something else, something that we saw in action on his last day.
(Way back at one of the Rangemaster Trainer Conferences I participated in, I attended a presentation by (as I recall..) Skip Gochenour, who had studied and explained this phenomenon. Enlightening, to say the least, especially since I’d encountered, and nearly been shot by, an example of this back in my cop days. If you know of this being published, Mas, maybe you could post it?)
What do we know about this incident? I submit that most of what we think we know has come through the filter of biased news media and equally biased internet posts.
After endless character attacks against the officer involved and the law enforcement agencies who responded, what fact based information came out that outraged the media, the Justice Department, and the righteously outraged public? The video tape of a hulking thug and his accomplice arrogantly committing a “strong arm robbery” immediately prior to his confrontation with the officer. Not surprisingly, the partner in crime was the darling of the media as he gave his “eye witness” account of the cold blooded, unprovoked murder of his angelic friend who was begging for his life.
I freely admit that my own biases move me to initially give the officer the benefit of the doubt in incidents such as this. This comes from years of experience, both from the inside looking out and observing similar incidents playing out around the country.
Much information remains to be revealed, and rest assured it will be revealed. The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin should stand as a monument to how media can and will drive a false, contrived narrative on the public. Truth be damned.
What do we know about this incident? I submit that most of what we think we know has come through the filter of biased news media and equally biased internet posts.
After endless character attacks against the officer involved and the law enforcement agencies who responded, what fact based information came out that outraged the media, the Justice Department, and the righteously outraged public? The video tape of a hulking thug and his accomplice arrogantly committing a “strong arm robbery” immediately prior to his confrontation with the officer. Not surprisingly, the partner in crime was the darling of the media as he gave his “eye witness” account of the cold blooded, unprovoked murder of his angelic friend who was begging for his life.
I freely admit that my own biases move me to initially give the officer the benefit of the doubt in incidents such as this. This comes from years of experience, both from the inside looking out and observing similar incidents playing out around the country.
Much information remains to be revealed, and rest assured it will be revealed. The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin should stand as a monument to how media can and will drive a false, contrived narrative on the public. Truth be damned.
I believe the local police chief should have emphasized the incident STARTED as a traffic matter. When in fact “Big Mike” could have thought he was about to be arrested for a robbery and/or the officer received information, during the stop that a robbery had occurred and “Big Mike” fit the suspect description.
The press is trying to spin this to leave the impress the officer became very aggressive to “Big Mike” because he was walking in the street, something many of us may have done at one time. Or put another way this could happen to you if you were Black, not White.
I question whether it is appropriate for the State police and certainly the FBI to inject themselves into this matter at this time. Are they assuming any police shooting of a non White person warrants their intervention?
Also the conduct of the State police officer in charge of the State police contingent does not seem appropriate to me. Yes talk to the protesters and let them know justice will be done. But marching in what appears to be solidarity with them to me implies the State police considers Officer Wilson guilty of murder.
If I had a video of the incident I would only give it to the local police not the State police and certainly not the FBI. I have specifically lost a lot of trust in the politically driven Justice Dept under Obama and Holder.
I believe the local police chief should have emphasized the incident STARTED as a traffic matter. When in fact “Big Mike” could have thought he was about to be arrested for a robbery and/or the officer received information, during the stop that a robbery had occurred and “Big Mike” fit the suspect description.
The press is trying to spin this to leave the impress the officer became very aggressive to “Big Mike” because he was walking in the street, something many of us may have done at one time. Or put another way this could happen to you if you were Black, not White.
I question whether it is appropriate for the State police and certainly the FBI to inject themselves into this matter at this time. Are they assuming any police shooting of a non White person warrants their intervention?
Also the conduct of the State police officer in charge of the State police contingent does not seem appropriate to me. Yes talk to the protesters and let them know justice will be done. But marching in what appears to be solidarity with them to me implies the State police considers Officer Wilson guilty of murder.
If I had a video of the incident I would only give it to the local police not the State police and certainly not the FBI. I have specifically lost a lot of trust in the politically driven Justice Dept under Obama and Holder.
I believe the local police chief should have emphasized the incident STARTED as a traffic matter. When in fact “Big Mike” could have thought he was about to be arrested for a robbery and/or the officer received information, during the stop that a robbery had occurred and “Big Mike” fit the suspect description.
The press is trying to spin this to leave the impress the officer became very aggressive to “Big Mike” because he was walking in the street, something many of us may have done at one time. Or put another way this could happen to you if you were Black, not White.
I question whether it is appropriate for the State police and certainly the FBI to inject themselves into this matter at this time. Are they assuming any police shooting of a non White person warrants their intervention?
Also the conduct of the State police officer in charge of the State police contingent does not seem appropriate to me. Yes talk to the protesters and let them know justice will be done. But marching in what appears to be solidarity with them to me implies the State police considers Officer Wilson guilty of murder.
If I had a video of the incident I would only give it to the local police not the State police and certainly not the FBI. I have specifically lost a lot of trust in the politically driven Justice Dept under Obama and Holder.
Look, I don’t know yet whether this shooting was justified. The problem is a great many do profess to know, or act as if they know.
Why do we need investigators, lawyers, judges, juries, trials and that most useless of all things, evidence, when we have the media, social media, race baiters and “civil rights” hustlers to TELL us what happened?
The left tries to force a version of the truth on us (George Zimmerman).
The right does it too (think Bowe Bergdahl)
All on the spot, before one shred of evidence has been produced, and before the bailiff even has a chance to pronounce ‘all rise’.
It’s not mere emotion, it’s not justice.
It’s anarchy. It’s collective insanity, and we are headed for a lot more of it. And there aren’t enough police in the world to stop it should it really take hold.
YOU and YOU alone are going to be put in a position to have to stop it, at very least inside your own property line, and perhaps more distant.
The necessity for this arises out of our inability to come to some sort of understanding with each other. All the laws, all the politics do not matter. The “civil rights” movement has failed. Popular culture, a sick one, one that drives incivility and impatience, combined with a political system that allows one to vote benefit for himself at the expense of others, and codifies corruption into law, has taken hold.
Freedom? We are all in prison, and the bars are made out in propaganda, lies, innuendo, and political doublespeak.
Will the only real freedom we still have begin at the muzzle and end at the butt-plate? We are headed that direction.
Look, I don’t know yet whether this shooting was justified. The problem is a great many do profess to know, or act as if they know.
Why do we need investigators, lawyers, judges, juries, trials and that most useless of all things, evidence, when we have the media, social media, race baiters and “civil rights” hustlers to TELL us what happened?
The left tries to force a version of the truth on us (George Zimmerman).
The right does it too (think Bowe Bergdahl)
All on the spot, before one shred of evidence has been produced, and before the bailiff even has a chance to pronounce ‘all rise’.
It’s not mere emotion, it’s not justice.
It’s anarchy. It’s collective insanity, and we are headed for a lot more of it. And there aren’t enough police in the world to stop it should it really take hold.
YOU and YOU alone are going to be put in a position to have to stop it, at very least inside your own property line, and perhaps more distant.
The necessity for this arises out of our inability to come to some sort of understanding with each other. All the laws, all the politics do not matter. The “civil rights” movement has failed. Popular culture, a sick one, one that drives incivility and impatience, combined with a political system that allows one to vote benefit for himself at the expense of others, and codifies corruption into law, has taken hold.
Freedom? We are all in prison, and the bars are made out in propaganda, lies, innuendo, and political doublespeak.
Will the only real freedom we still have begin at the muzzle and end at the butt-plate? We are headed that direction.
And now I’ve just read that Eric Holder and the “Just-Us” dept. have ordered a second autopsy be performed by a government approved entity. They have also opened a civil rights case in the matter. It has also been revealed that the feds tried to have the store video withheld from public release.
Will Obama next tell us that Brown, like Travon Martin, could have been another of his sons?
And now I’ve just read that Eric Holder and the “Just-Us” dept. have ordered a second autopsy be performed by a government approved entity. They have also opened a civil rights case in the matter. It has also been revealed that the feds tried to have the store video withheld from public release.
Will Obama next tell us that Brown, like Travon Martin, could have been another of his sons?
> This is why we should all wait and be patient
> until ALL the facts are known.
They may become known, but not necessarily available to the public.
The purpose of television and newspapers is to sell advertising, not to inform the public. And as they’ve found that partisanship sells, what they print becomes even more slanted.
Even in court, determining the facts can be difficult. The media doesn’t even try.
> This is why we should all wait and be patient
> until ALL the facts are known.
They may become known, but not necessarily available to the public.
The purpose of television and newspapers is to sell advertising, not to inform the public. And as they’ve found that partisanship sells, what they print becomes even more slanted.
Even in court, determining the facts can be difficult. The media doesn’t even try.
15 shot 2 dead in 8 hrs. New York City. How much you want to bet 13 or 14 are black? Where is Al Sharpton Jesse Jackson and the POTUS? How sad that the media, other than 5 minutes on local news, could care less about the daily carnage in the black community by fellow blacks.
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26301402/15-shot-in-nyc-within-8-hours-2-dead
15 shot 2 dead in 8 hrs. New York City. How much you want to bet 13 or 14 are black? Where is Al Sharpton Jesse Jackson and the POTUS? How sad that the media, other than 5 minutes on local news, could care less about the daily carnage in the black community by fellow blacks.
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26301402/15-shot-in-nyc-within-8-hours-2-dead
15 shot 2 dead in 8 hrs. New York City. How much you want to bet 13 or 14 are black? Where is Al Sharpton Jesse Jackson and the POTUS? How sad that the media, other than 5 minutes on local news, could care less about the daily carnage in the black community by fellow blacks.
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26301402/15-shot-in-nyc-within-8-hours-2-dead
15 shot 2 dead in 8 hrs. New York City. How much you want to bet 13 or 14 are black? Where is Al Sharpton Jesse Jackson and the POTUS? How sad that the media, other than 5 minutes on local news, could care less about the daily carnage in the black community by fellow blacks.
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26301402/15-shot-in-nyc-within-8-hours-2-dead
Gov. Nixon said the video of Brown robbing the store and roughing up the clerk was being used to “cast aspersions” on the poor black teen, mercy, can an elected official become more of a suck A*S?
In all the Fox “news” stories I’ve read they never failed to include that the black teen was shot by a white cop. Reporting or inciting?
There is so much more I’d like to say but it would not be received well.
Gov. Nixon said the video of Brown robbing the store and roughing up the clerk was being used to “cast aspersions” on the poor black teen, mercy, can an elected official become more of a suck A*S?
In all the Fox “news” stories I’ve read they never failed to include that the black teen was shot by a white cop. Reporting or inciting?
There is so much more I’d like to say but it would not be received well.
I don’t know about this one.
The altercation’s cause is not, and may never be, proven. But what I understand is that a witness corroborated the story AFTER the altercation took place, as told by Brown’s friend. A shot was fired, Brown ran at that point away from the cruiser, the officer shot several times after him, hitting him once. Then Brown turned around, and was shot several times. The police confirm he was killed 35 feet away from the car.
Brown’s friend inherently has a bias for this story. But the random neighbor, I’m not so sure.
I’m also not sure of police procedures, but shooting at an unarmed suspect multiple times, in the middle of a street, there has to be a really really good reason for that. That suspect better be on a murderous rampage. At the least, this is reckless. I feel the ballistics and that random witness will be the keys in this case.
I’ll wait for all the facts, but this does not look like Trayvon 2 to me so far. I also hate to see race injected into this — there does not need to be a racial element to this story for it to be a case of a cop acting badly. And it brings out the yahoos from the woodwork.
The aftermath is just disgusting to me. Here is a case where an investigation is ongoing, nobody has been “found innocent” or let off the hook, and people are looting and rioting. This is VASTLY different from the Martin case, where Zimmerman was investigated and not charged initially, and the protests died down when he was.
Unfortunately, the case has already been decided by the protesters — The officer is “scheduled” to be found innocent even though he “must be” guilty. If he is found guilty, the activists will claim responsibility, and it will feed the race-baiting beast that is taking over such communities. If he is found innocent, things will get worse. A no-win situation.
I don’t know about this one.
The altercation’s cause is not, and may never be, proven. But what I understand is that a witness corroborated the story AFTER the altercation took place, as told by Brown’s friend. A shot was fired, Brown ran at that point away from the cruiser, the officer shot several times after him, hitting him once. Then Brown turned around, and was shot several times. The police confirm he was killed 35 feet away from the car.
Brown’s friend inherently has a bias for this story. But the random neighbor, I’m not so sure.
I’m also not sure of police procedures, but shooting at an unarmed suspect multiple times, in the middle of a street, there has to be a really really good reason for that. That suspect better be on a murderous rampage. At the least, this is reckless. I feel the ballistics and that random witness will be the keys in this case.
I’ll wait for all the facts, but this does not look like Trayvon 2 to me so far. I also hate to see race injected into this — there does not need to be a racial element to this story for it to be a case of a cop acting badly. And it brings out the yahoos from the woodwork.
The aftermath is just disgusting to me. Here is a case where an investigation is ongoing, nobody has been “found innocent” or let off the hook, and people are looting and rioting. This is VASTLY different from the Martin case, where Zimmerman was investigated and not charged initially, and the protests died down when he was.
Unfortunately, the case has already been decided by the protesters — The officer is “scheduled” to be found innocent even though he “must be” guilty. If he is found guilty, the activists will claim responsibility, and it will feed the race-baiting beast that is taking over such communities. If he is found innocent, things will get worse. A no-win situation.
I don’t know about this one.
The altercation’s cause is not, and may never be, proven. But what I understand is that a witness corroborated the story AFTER the altercation took place, as told by Brown’s friend. A shot was fired, Brown ran at that point away from the cruiser, the officer shot several times after him, hitting him once. Then Brown turned around, and was shot several times. The police confirm he was killed 35 feet away from the car.
Brown’s friend inherently has a bias for this story. But the random neighbor, I’m not so sure.
I’m also not sure of police procedures, but shooting at an unarmed suspect multiple times, in the middle of a street, there has to be a really really good reason for that. That suspect better be on a murderous rampage. At the least, this is reckless. I feel the ballistics and that random witness will be the keys in this case.
I’ll wait for all the facts, but this does not look like Trayvon 2 to me so far. I also hate to see race injected into this — there does not need to be a racial element to this story for it to be a case of a cop acting badly. And it brings out the yahoos from the woodwork.
The aftermath is just disgusting to me. Here is a case where an investigation is ongoing, nobody has been “found innocent” or let off the hook, and people are looting and rioting. This is VASTLY different from the Martin case, where Zimmerman was investigated and not charged initially, and the protests died down when he was.
Unfortunately, the case has already been decided by the protesters — The officer is “scheduled” to be found innocent even though he “must be” guilty. If he is found guilty, the activists will claim responsibility, and it will feed the race-baiting beast that is taking over such communities. If he is found innocent, things will get worse. A no-win situation.
I don’t know about this one.
The altercation’s cause is not, and may never be, proven. But what I understand is that a witness corroborated the story AFTER the altercation took place, as told by Brown’s friend. A shot was fired, Brown ran at that point away from the cruiser, the officer shot several times after him, hitting him once. Then Brown turned around, and was shot several times. The police confirm he was killed 35 feet away from the car.
Brown’s friend inherently has a bias for this story. But the random neighbor, I’m not so sure.
I’m also not sure of police procedures, but shooting at an unarmed suspect multiple times, in the middle of a street, there has to be a really really good reason for that. That suspect better be on a murderous rampage. At the least, this is reckless. I feel the ballistics and that random witness will be the keys in this case.
I’ll wait for all the facts, but this does not look like Trayvon 2 to me so far. I also hate to see race injected into this — there does not need to be a racial element to this story for it to be a case of a cop acting badly. And it brings out the yahoos from the woodwork.
The aftermath is just disgusting to me. Here is a case where an investigation is ongoing, nobody has been “found innocent” or let off the hook, and people are looting and rioting. This is VASTLY different from the Martin case, where Zimmerman was investigated and not charged initially, and the protests died down when he was.
Unfortunately, the case has already been decided by the protesters — The officer is “scheduled” to be found innocent even though he “must be” guilty. If he is found guilty, the activists will claim responsibility, and it will feed the race-baiting beast that is taking over such communities. If he is found innocent, things will get worse. A no-win situation.
Have to agree with Deja Vu. All the old cliches trotted out by the usual players to the cheers of the mob.
Dearly wish the locals had gone with the “We will not comment upon an ongoing investigation by an indepent agency.” statement. Trying to make reasonable points to the media frenzy was pointless. One tactic that might work would be to throw previous media circuses that turned out to be frauds at them.
Have to agree with Deja Vu. All the old cliches trotted out by the usual players to the cheers of the mob.
Dearly wish the locals had gone with the “We will not comment upon an ongoing investigation by an indepent agency.” statement. Trying to make reasonable points to the media frenzy was pointless. One tactic that might work would be to throw previous media circuses that turned out to be frauds at them.
Reports I read are most trouble makers are from outside the area and state. Sure doesn’t take long for them to show.
Reports I read are most trouble makers are from outside the area and state. Sure doesn’t take long for them to show.
Reports I read are most trouble makers are from outside the area and state. Sure doesn’t take long for them to show.
Reports I read are most trouble makers are from outside the area and state. Sure doesn’t take long for them to show.
Addemdum to previous post.
Per the NYT, the ME hired by the family notes 6 wounds, inlcuding several to the right arm. Also that he did not examine the clothing or vehicle interior for gunshot residue.
Hummmm.
Addemdum to previous post.
Per the NYT, the ME hired by the family notes 6 wounds, inlcuding several to the right arm. Also that he did not examine the clothing or vehicle interior for gunshot residue.
Hummmm.
Good morning Mas – you and your readers may find the article by Victor Davis Hanson (link below) on the same subject interesting. A fine writer with an objective perspective.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/385606/revolutionary-justice-victor-davis-hanson
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