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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
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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
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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
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mommy, it followed me home, can I keep it? uppityperson Nov 2014 #70
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