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freshwest

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6. People are still derailing threads that way today? I thought they'd learned in earlier threads.
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 11:42 PM
Aug 2014

The issue is death and abuse but some have wanted to turn it around to fit the 'thug' meme.

If anyone wants peace, it won't work without wanting justice first. He should be arrested, but it's very hard to do that, it usually takes years.

The people need to be shown that they are safe from him and that there will be consequences. At this rate, he'll be out of the country by the time anything gets done.

Every action the cops have taken since the beginning has just made things worse. I feel bad for the people living in and around that town.

i dint see 'rioting' on live streams. just citizens exercizing 1A and getting assaulted. KG Aug 2014 #1
There are many edgineered Aug 2014 #2
That's a point where not everyone will agree. Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #3
I dont give a rats ass if you dont agree. Even people committed to civil rights know Solomon Aug 2014 #5
We all want the policeman who assassinated Michael Brown brought to justice. Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #9
What makes sense is doing whatever it takes to get the motherfucker arrested. Solomon Aug 2014 #13
+1000000 nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #21
Civil rights and Justice never come easy in the US. The people know the system is corrupt RKP5637 Aug 2014 #35
The only reason all the marching around with signs, going to jail, and getting the hoses and dogs TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #29
What exactly is it that forced power to negotiate with King at all? Hippo_Tron Aug 2014 #67
So difficult to be reasonable on DU these days. cwydro Aug 2014 #46
I am a veteran of the Civil Rights NOLALady Aug 2014 #28
Agree! This occurs all the time, planted provocateurs. The "system" does not play nicely. That RKP5637 Aug 2014 #37
This malaise Aug 2014 #42
+1 Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #62
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2014 #66
Oh I don't think it waters the message down. It ignites it morningfog Aug 2014 #56
Good point. Property can be replaced. Hoyt Aug 2014 #4
By whom? Evergreen Emerald Aug 2014 #52
It can Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #55
You guys are right, shoot them, they don't matter. Hoyt Aug 2014 #65
Unfortunately, yes. Trust me, your post got looked at and if you hadn't asked the question ... marble falls Nov 2014 #71
People are still derailing threads that way today? I thought they'd learned in earlier threads. freshwest Aug 2014 #6
There is no rioting. This is a fucking POLICE RIOT. alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #7
Yes, exactly, it is a police riot... GReedDiamond Aug 2014 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Go Vols Aug 2014 #8
You still dont get it do you. Because its not happening to you. There is no way I can express to y Solomon Aug 2014 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Go Vols Aug 2014 #12
Has the police even taken the statement of the main witness yet? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #11
Fuck no they haven't talked to fhe witnesses. Solomon Aug 2014 #14
You know even if that's true aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #16
Chief of police to me appears totally incompetent! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author Go Vols Aug 2014 #15
Thankyou. There's your peaceful protest attempt. Solomon Aug 2014 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Go Vols Aug 2014 #18
This Go Vols Aug 2014 #20
This. So, so much this. Fuck the "turn the other cheek" milquetoast pacifists. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #22
Would that refer to MLK as well? cwydro Aug 2014 #47
You may want to read more about Gandhi Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #50
Not at all. But I believe that both "moderate" and more radical voices are needed. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #59
You are right to be angry. That is the only recourse that the people had! akbacchus_BC Aug 2014 #23
People riot when they cannot get justice and that is akbacchus_BC Aug 2014 #24
People keep asking "what is the right thing to do?" Solomon Aug 2014 #25
I doubt it would change things mythology Aug 2014 #26
Bullshit. There are eyewitnesses to the shooting Solomon Aug 2014 #39
bullets in his back? seveneyes Aug 2014 #41
In the photo of him on the street there is no blood on the back of his shirt Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #57
There are no bullets in his back that I've seen in the video or pics. cwydro Aug 2014 #48
pretty sure qazplm Aug 2014 #53
I honestly feel that without the rioting, the murder would have been swept under the rug, djean111 Aug 2014 #27
Quite True. NOLALady Aug 2014 #31
Can't talk about that! That ruins the final fall back position of "ONE BAD APPLE!" TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #32
That's another thing the rioting accomplished - we know about the entire bushel of bad apples, djean111 Aug 2014 #33
Absolutely TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #43
Thank you. These people deserve justice Horse with no Name Aug 2014 #30
The people who want justice are NOT the looters. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #34
+1000 nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #61
The people that are burning and looting aren't protesters. They are opportunistic criminals. Captain Stern Aug 2014 #36
so says you. anger takes a lot of forms. Solomon Aug 2014 #40
Burners and looters cwydro Aug 2014 #49
I don't presume that all burners and looters are animals. Captain Stern Aug 2014 #51
It does take many forms, including self-destructive ones. Sad, but I understand why it happens. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #63
There is no excuse for the burning and looting. None. NaturalHigh Aug 2014 #68
Keeping in mind Martin Luther King, Jr.'s observation that "a riot is VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #44
"Media is a key instrument of subjugation because it determines which acts are respectable nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #60
Yep. Ain't much more to say. Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #45
Thank you. I'm glad that somebody gets it. Solomon Aug 2014 #54
You are not alone. And thank *you* Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #58
LOL, "until I hear the next asshole pissing me off", ok tough guy. nt Logical Aug 2014 #64
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #69
mommy, it followed me home, can I keep it? uppityperson Nov 2014 #70
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