Mike Brown had no felony juvenile record, and was not facing any charges when he was killed

[Anti Federalist]

Wow. You are really getting ahead of yourself. Think of the way most human beings are wired. Most shy away from confrontation and that includes police officers. Logically speaking, if you incite enough confrontations eventually all it can take is one that can kill you. In the police officer's case, they want compliance and revenue. And yes, there are an increasing share of sociopaths that reflect this disturbing trend in our society that become officers. But to say that a plurality of police officers go out of their way to commit outright malice for sheer entertainment purposes is frankly ridiculous. Like I stated earlier, over 90% of the encounters between citizens and police officers do not involve violence.

Most human beings are not cops, nor do they aspire to be one. The role of cop attracts a certain type of mindset and person to start with.

I do not disagree that most encounters with cops will come off as routine, with no violence.

However, the odds of a random encounter with cop going sideways, resulting in your death or hospitalization, are significant, and not to be taken lightly.

These incidents will increase, as more cops are trained that we are not fellow citizens to be protected and served, but rather, are hostiles, to be neutralized with any and all force deemed appropriate by the attacking cop, up to and including lethal force.

You make it sound as if they are nothing more than a code enforcement bureaucrat, looking to write non compliance fines.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Brown's stepfather Louis Head has a long rap sheet, including gang relations. See snippets below. Meanwhile, Wilson's mother was a drug addict and thief who died when he was only 16.

Really?

We can't pin anything on Brown, so we'll dredge up what his stepfather did.

 

[liberty2897]

Really?

So we can't pin anything on Brown, so we'll dredge up what his mom and stepfather did.

Fucking makes me want to puke. This whole thing is staged by the "powers that be". and most are buying into it.

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Just so I'm clear on my point, I want to say that the people of Ferguson are amazing. They are the only people who have actually stood up to those motherfuckers in the street. I just don't understand why there aren't more people doing the same. These things happen every day across all races... but the media focuses on this one place and this one race.

 

[AuH20]

Really?

We can't pin anything on Brown, so we'll dredge up what his dead mom and stepfather did.

Reread what I wrote. Sheesh. It was Wilson's mother.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Reread what I wrote. Sheesh. It was Wilson's mother.

My mistake.

Edited.

 

[Mani]

Brown's stepfather Louis Head has a long rap sheet, including gang relations. See snippets below. Meanwhile, Wilson's mother was a drug addict and thief who died when he was only 16.

If the parents are bad, it's best to take out the kids as well. It's the American Way.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-killed-my-grandson.html?_r=0

 

[Mani]

No Outright Malice.

 

[SewrRatt]

Like I stated earlier, over 90% of the encounters between citizens and police officers do not involve violence.

Yeah, I don't know what people are getting so worked up over. Over 90% of the time I interact with someone, I don't beat, pepper spray, tase, or shoot them.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Yeah, I don't know what people are getting so worked up over. Over 90% of the time I interact with someone, I don't beat, pepper spray, tase, or shoot them.

Just don't run afoul of you on day ten, amirite?

 

[JK/SEA]

why, just the other day i saw a cop help a little old lady cross the street. See, there are some 'good' cops, even though i never hear, or see any of them come out publicly denouncing dog shootings, flash bangs on babies in cribs, beating to death some mentally ill homeless person or shootings that are clearly murder...but that little old lady is safe....thats the main thing..

 

[sparebulb]

Reread what I wrote. Sheesh. It was Wilson's mother.

Interesting. I missed that as well.

Just think how the double-standard will come into play:

Brown was the product of a multiple generations of family involved in serious crime and drug use.

Wilson grew up in a family that was stricken with drug abuse. He was inspired to dedicate his life to combating this destructive disease and to serve his community as a police officer.

 

[twomp]

In America, contempt of cop is punishable by death.

 

[jjdoyle]

why, just the other day i saw a cop help a little old lady cross the street. See, there are some 'good' cops, even though i never hear, or see any of them come out publicly denouncing dog shootings, flash bangs on babies in cribs, beating to death some mentally ill homeless person or shootings that are clearly murder...but that little old lady is safe....thats the main thing..

Justification of their own actions, while condemning others that do the same, or not even the same. Always pointing us mundanes to "the law", while ignoring and excusing the corruption within their own departments. WHEN THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. And if they can't get you on actual charges, don't think some of them won't make up a story and lie about what actually happened, and try to get a false confession for the sake of sending you off.
Kind of makes me wonder if some around here are police, or work for police...

I do have a question on this topic though. Is the picture of the officer that is circulating looking like he got the mess beat out of his face, real?

 

[AuH20]

Justification of their own actions, while condemning others that do the same, or not even the same. Always pointing us mundanes to "the law", while ignoring and excusing the corruption within their own departments. WHEN THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. And if they can't get you on actual charges, don't think some of them won't make up a story and lie about what actually happened, and try to get a false confession for the sake of sending you off.
Kind of makes me wonder if some around here are police, or work for police...

I do have a question on this topic though. Is the picture of the officer that is circulating looking like he got the mess beat out of his face, real?

I think the larger issue is an immature populace that can't or won't take care of their own issues. As bad as it sounds, Americans deserve these police just like they deserve their politicians. We all know the police are worth more than their trouble in some instances, but that doesn't stop Boobus from calling 911 24/7 for sometimes the most mundane requests. Do you think that police magically show up out of the blue to a 'crime scene' on gut instinct?

 

[jjdoyle]

I think the larger issue is an immature populace that can't or won't take care of their own issues. As bad as it sounds, Americans deserve these police just like they deserve their politicians. We all know the police are worth more than their trouble in some instances, but that doesn't stop Boobus from calling 911 24/7 for sometimes the most mundane requests. Do you think that police magically show up out of the blue to a 'crime scene' on gut instinct?

Apparently the police can show up magically out of the blue on no crime scene, and make it one. New York man strangled to death? North Carolina teen, shot to death. "We don't have time for this!"

And around my area, the sheriff is now actually being referred to as "nefarious" by some, I kid you not, with signs on the street. A few locals have been hanging up the signs in the area, with his picture, and different messages about him:
http://abc11.com/archive/9498282/

 

[KingNothing]

I am sick of the media race baiting. If this guy was white, we wouldn't hear about it on national news. It's sick propaganda.

Absolutely agreed, which puts us in a weird spot. The two sides are the police, and the race-baiting media. In between, you have a guy who was caught on camera committing a strong arm robbery, which his friend confirms. It seems to me that literally every participant in this mess is an asshole. The cops, always in fear for their own lives, were almost certainly too quick to shoot. The "gentle giant," was almost certainly not gentle. What gentle man commits strong arm robbery? The media.... jesus. The media.

No side deserves to be defended in this. Everyone deserves castigation.

 

[KingNothing]

I think the larger issue is an immature populace that can't or won't take care of their own issues. As bad as it sounds, Americans deserve these police just like they deserve their politicians.

As usual, we are the biggest threat to our own lives, liberty and wealth. We absolutely get what we, as a society, demand.

 

[AuH20]

As usual, we are the biggest threat to our own lives, liberty and wealth. We absolutely get what we, as a society, demand.

We have created a wicked system predicated on envy, resentment, corruption & irresponsibility and then people act indignant when the state sanctioned guards run out of control? Really? Someone needs a mirror.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I think I had divulged this previously. About 10 years ago, I was traveling from Harlem towards midtown in a Cadillac Escalade around 1:30 AM when I was confronted and cut off by two unmarked police vehicles and 2 NYPD squad cars. I was immediately surrounded and had 5 Glocks pointed at my head from 3 different angles. I was then grabbed from the car and then slammed collarbone first into the rear window of my SUV. I was given a shot to the ribs with a nightstick and a few rabbit punches, all the while asking what I had done. I distinctly remember seeing the people in this nearby trendy outdoor cafe freak out and after seeing me being manhandled in such a violent fashion. LOL I was later revealed that they had thought I had stolen the vehicle and eventually my alleged DUI charge (I blew .0806 BAC) was thrown out.

So, what did you do wrong?

C'mon, what are you hiding?

Police just don't "pop up out of nowhere" to do stuff like this to innocent people.

 

[Anti Federalist]

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