Ferguson unrest

Argus · November 29, 2014

So, where do we go from here?

Well if I'm Wilson, I transfer to a police force in Maine.

If I'm a store owner in Ferguson I start checking into bankruptcy rules.

If I'm a pasty faced but fashionably dressed liberal dilettante in certain cities I join the remaining protest and walk around in malls with my hands raised shouting 'don't shoot', or lay on the floor "Oh Muffy, this is so dramatic, isn't it!? Are you getting pictures of us!?"

Ferguson, meanwhile, can get back to being unemployed and using drugs, and now complaining that they have to go a long way to buy their milk cuz all he nearby stores were burned down.

sharkman · November 29, 2014

Wilson has been in hiding since August. Both the Washington Post and more recently the NYTimes have published his home address, just in case any thugs missed it the first time.

Where do we go from here? We don't go anywhere, but in the US, a collision course seems to have been set in stone. There is no avoiding it. Any time a black youth or young man(I guess if you're upper 20's or older you don't matter) gets killed by a non black cop, the MSM is going to be pushing their agenda on the public. Disenchanted blacks will read it and believe it and start rioting, just as they believed the lie that Brown was shot in the back, then turned around with hands raised(no doubt with gaping gunshot wounds he could still stand) and got shot some more, then Wilson walked up to his prone body and emptied his clip.

Race riots may get worse, police forces will develop two tiers of enforcement and these false riots will become more and more common. The police forces will move heaven and earth to hire more blacks, with all of the implications that implies.

Edited November 29, 2014 by sharkman

Shady · November 29, 2014

That may be, but you can't draw wider conclusions from that.

It's ok to make wider conclusions from isolated incidents. Except when it comes to Muslim extremism. Than it's the opposite.

Shady · November 29, 2014

Well if I'm Wilson, I transfer to a police force in Maine.

If I'm a store owner in Ferguson I start checking into bankruptcy rules.

If I'm a pasty faced but fashionably dressed liberal dilettante in certain cities I join the remaining protest and walk around in malls with my hands raised shouting 'don't shoot', or lay on the floor "Oh Muffy, this is so dramatic, isn't it!? Are you getting pictures of us!?"

Ferguson, meanwhile, can get back to being unemployed and using drugs, and now complaining that they have to go a long way to buy their milk cuz all he nearby stores were burned down.

There's some online fund raising going on, particularly on conservative websites to raise money for business owners that were devastated during the idiotic rioting. Over a hundred thousand dollars has been raised for one particular Black owned business.

On Guard for Thee · November 29, 2014

It's ok to make wider conclusions from isolated incidents. Except when it comes to Muslim extremism. Than it's the opposite.

Police shootings and Muslim extremism all mixed into the same "pot". Now that takes some doin.

WestCoastRunner · November 30, 2014

Police shootings and Muslim extremism all mixed into the same "pot". Now that takes some doin.

Sounds like when he mixed the Vancouver DTES with the disadvantaged black family in the U.S.

Big Guy · November 30, 2014

Where do we go?

Wilson has resigned. Marches have been organized and continue by those with their own agendas.

"investigations" continue.

Public interest is already waning and will soon disappear.

The Ferguson Police Department will be disbanded with another force created.

Nothing will change.

Edited November 30, 2014 by Big Guy

WestCoastRunner · November 30, 2014

Where do we go?

Wilson has resigned. Marches have been organized and continue by those with their own agendas.

"investigations" continue.

Public interest is already waning and will soon disappear.

Nothing has changed.

Not sure how you can conclude that marches have been organized by those with their own agendas. Cynical thinking of course.

Wilber · November 30, 2014

Not sure how you can conclude that marches have been organized by those with their own agendas. Cynical thinking of course.

These things always involve multiple agendas. Some sincere, others not so much.

WestCoastRunner · November 30, 2014

These things always involve multiple agendas. Some sincere, others not so much.

I agree with that.

Shady · November 30, 2014

Police shootings and Muslim extremism all mixed into the same "pot". Now that takes some doin.

Not really. I'm just trying to figured out when you think it's appropriate to make wider conclusions about things.

jacee · November 30, 2014

Where do we go?

Wilson has resigned.

That should help. He couldn't possibly police that community anymore.

Darren Wilson, Officer in Ferguson Shooting, Resigns From Police Dept.

Edited November 30, 2014 by jacee

BubberMiley · November 30, 2014

So you're using your own hypocrisy about forming conclusions about Muslims to make others appear hypocritical? Way to fall on your sword.

Argus · November 30, 2014

That should help. He couldn't possibly police that community anymore.

Darren Wilson, Officer in Ferguson Shooting, Resigns From Police Dept.

I agree, if for no other reason than his own safety. However, if I was him I would have negotiated a hell of a buyout. Maybe full pension, or a deal to have a word with a department elsewhere to hire him on, somewhere there are almost no Blacks.

Smallc · November 30, 2014

That should help. He couldn't possibly police that community anymore.

Darren Wilson, Officer in Ferguson Shooting, Resigns From Police Dept.

Seeing as it's pretty evident that he did nothing wrong, I hope they have a job lined up for him somehwere else.

jacee · November 30, 2014

I agree, if for no other reason than his own safety. However, if I was him I would have negotiated a hell of a buyout. Maybe full pension, or a deal to have a word with a department elsewhere to hire him on, somewhere there are almost no Blacks.

Because he isn't capable of policing people he calls "demons" appropriately.

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jacee · November 30, 2014

Seeing as it's pretty evident that he did nothing wrong, I hope they have a job lined up for him somehwere else.

Other than policing.

There are too many unanswered questions to consider him 'cleared':

On Sept. 18, I went public with our evidence that Brown fled at least 100 feet from Wilson's SUV.

... and the police refused to comment on it. In the meantime, hundreds and hundreds of stories around the world, continued to advance the 35-foot distance as fact.

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/26/1347499/-Why-exactly-did-the-police-lie-for-108-days-about-how-far-Mike-Brown-ran-from-Darren-Wilson

Edited November 30, 2014 by jacee

Argus · November 30, 2014

Because he isn't capable of policing people he calls "demons" appropriately.

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He never called Blacks demons, he called Michael Brown a demon. I think he's perfectly capable of policing Blacks. I just don't think Blacks would accept him on their police force.

Although realistically, Black people are safer around Darren Wilson (unless they're criminals) than they are around young Black men.

Edited November 30, 2014 by Argus

sharkman · November 30, 2014

And to be even more specific, he was referring to the demonic expression on Brown's face as he charged.

Smallc · November 30, 2014

Other than policing.

There are too many unanswered questions to consider him 'cleared':

On Sept. 18, I went public with our evidence that Brown fled at least 100 feet from Wilson's SUV.

... and the police refused to comment on it. In the meantime, hundreds and hundreds of stories around the world, continued to advance the 35-foot distance as fact.

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/26/1347499/-Why-exactly-did-the-police-lie-for-108-days-about-how-far-Mike-Brown-ran-from-Darren-Wilson

We've talked about that at length here. The evidence overwhelmingly supported Wilson's side of events.

Shady · November 30, 2014

And to be even more specific, he was referring to the demonic expression on Brown's face as he charged.

Exactly. Jacee is being about as dishonest as one can be in this instance.

bush_cheney2004 · November 30, 2014

Well, look at the bright side...Michael Brown is enjoying all the Swisher Sweets cigars he wants...in perp heaven. No more strong arm robbery required.

eyeball · November 30, 2014

So, where do we go from here?

Cop-cams for everyone's sake, including cops and society to stop public outrage from spiralling out of control.

Why that outrage is so quick to develop is a separate issue but that's no excuse for not recognizing the fact it exists and comes at a great cost in terms of the property and infrastructure damage and mobilization of civil and judicial resources that widespread civil lawlessness causes.