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St. Louis Vs. The Police: Part III Apocalypse Nigh
By Voren 2014-11-30 00:22:10
If i was a racist cop, I would have picked a fight with the smaller black guy. No way would I try to grab a 6'5" nearly 300lb man through a window when my limb mobility is limited in my seat, not to mention the extreme leverage disadvantage. In the many cases of actual police brutality I've seen videos of, I don't think I've EVER seen a police officer physically try to attack somebody while seated in their vehicle. That's pretty lazy...especially considering the size of the would be victim if it had been the case here. They've always been out of the vehicle and full steam ahead.
Trick question all cops that are white are racist !
I'm not racist, but I do racially profile. Are you apart of the human race? Yes = dirtbag, no = keep looking for a human.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-12-01 06:57:27
Quote: The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in August got no severance deal when he resigned from the force, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb said on Sunday.
The officer, Darren Wilson, announced his resignation late Saturday, saying he feared for his own safety and that of his fellow police officers after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
"There will be no severance or extension of benefits for Darren Wilson following his resignation," Mayor James Knowles told a news conference. Knowles also outlined new incentives to bring more African-Americans into the Ferguson police force. Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance: mayor
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-12-01 08:50:11
There are two basic schools of thought in America and you can ask yourself which you prescribe to....
You either believe that police officers, fire fighters and our solders in the military are brave heroes that deserve our respect just for putting on the uniform and stepping out of their homes to defend our freedoms...
Or you think that cops are "Pigs", the man, the blue crusted fascist racist army of a repressive regime and they should all be fried like bacon. And perhaps you also think that solders are "Baby Killers" cogs of a blood soaked war machine that kills for profit in a never ending campaign of oppression against brown people for their oil. And in the event of a riot, fire fighters are fair targets since putting out the fires you started is stifling your creativity... and if you see yourself in this group you may find yourself doing things like firing wildly at rescue helicopters during Katrina, .
Anyone, of any race, of any persuasion can be a member of either group. It really is that simple. It's a choice and you choose when you get dressed in the morning on which side you are going to be on.
By fonewear 2014-12-01 10:27:49
Can't we move on to the next racist cop shooting a young black male ?
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-12-01 10:33:04
Can't we move on to the next racist cop shooting a young black male ?
Or the next White guy deciding to blow away 50 people in a movie theater.
Or the Asian guy who knifes a few dozen babies because he's bored.
Or the Hispanic guy beating his wife because he's an insecure ***.
Or the Muslim guy who decapitates someone for Allah.
Spin the wheel and lets play: Who wants to race bait a millionaire!
*dramatic lighting*
By fonewear 2014-12-01 10:34:13
My bet is on the white guy going on a rampage cause he forgot to take his Prozac. You give me a rampage I'll give you someone that stopped taking their meds the majority of the time. There is a pattern here...
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-12-01 10:42:02
LEGALIZE WEED
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-12-01 11:04:37
The obsession with race continues...
Can't I just enjoy my Starwars without thinking I'm a racist?
By fonewear 2014-12-01 11:06:33
Star Wars is just a metaphor for the struggle that is being black in America.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-12-01 11:28:14
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-12-01 12:20:29
Clearly Dark Souls is brimming with white privilege.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-12-02 09:02:20
Part 4 in the making? The legal battle.
Quote: The young man and woman waiting in the dark outside the St. Louis county jail were bundled up in scarves and hats to ward off a light freezing rain, but still they were shivering. Every time someone emerged from the jail they would scurry with the person to a nearby car, which had the engine running and the heat blasting.
The pair were one of several teams working in shifts to help some of the more than 100 people who were arrested during last week's sometimes violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Their job was to help the newly released individuals get legal aid for upcoming court appearances.
Each person received a flyer with numbers to call for lawyers and legal advice. They were also offered a ride home.
The volunteers, who will return to the jail again on Monday after the holiday weekend, are part of a centralized team of lawyers and law school students pitching in from around the United States.
They are tapping into a sophisticated network of legal experts established over the past decade in the wake of high-profile mass demonstrations, including protests at the Republican National Convention in 2004 and the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011. The network includes seasoned lawyers who routinely handle cases stemming from protests and civil disobedience, and who say they have learned from each protest.
"Occupy Wall Street is the gift that keeps on giving," said Wylie Stecklow, a New York-based lawyer. Stecklow's firm, Stecklow, Cohen & Thompson (formerly Wylie Law), represented 200 people who were arrested during the Occupy protests in New York.
He learned valuable lessons from the Occupy and RNC protests. For example, how best to centrally fund bail payouts and how to work together to represent large numbers of people.
Some of the volunteers deployed in Ferguson have acted as legal observers, who are tasked with documenting each arrest that is made at a protest and serving afterward as a witness to the events leading to charges.
But the job of the legal team working in Ferguson goes far beyond the duties of protest observers. Once people have been arrested and charged, lawyers from the same central network offer their services to each individual with a court case.
"HUGE APPARATUS OF INVISIBLE PEOPLE"
Since August, roughly 300 people, including local residents and activists as well as organizers and journalists who traveled to Ferguson, have been arrested amid the protests, which have been marred by looting and arson attacks.
Those arrested face charges ranging from unlawful assembly and trespassing, interfering with police activity and resisting arrest to felonies including second degree burglary, arson, unlawful firearm possession and assault.
Many who were charged in the tumult that followed the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in August are set to appear in court in January, while others arrested last week and unable to post bail are still in jail.
The team of lawyers working on Ferguson protest cases is led by Arch City Defenders, a St. Louis-based group that provides free legal representation to poor St. Louis residents.
Volunteers are manning a local legal aid hotline for protesters who have been arrested and their families, and various local and national non-profit groups have formed a central defense team to handle the cases.
"There's a huge apparatus of invisible people working on this," said Purvi Shah, director of the Bertha Justice Institute at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York.
She is one of around a dozen lawyers who have made regular trips to Ferguson from around the country since August. She estimated there were more than 100 lawyers offering help from afar and 10 or 15 people working in shifts on the ground. That number does not include the law students and recent law school graduates volunteering in Ferguson.
"Having a mass defense coordinating efforts is the best way to do things because you've got lawyers and paralegals sharing information," said Martin Stolar, a New York lawyer who represented people arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protests.
"You can also tell the prosecutors, 'You should dismiss all of these cases unless you can go through and prove every individual one is valid.'" Ferguson protesters lawyer up after scores of arrests
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By Phoenix.Michiiru 2014-12-02 19:41:24
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-12-03 09:30:55
Charles Barkley comes out against the protesters
How long until he is accused of rape as a means of discrediting him?
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-12-04 12:50:11
Hey aren't we suppose to ban weapons from normal people because they can't be trusted with them.
Aren't the cops the only ones that are suppose to have them?
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-12-28 15:48:59
Quote: The spokesman for the Ferguson, Mo., police department has been placed on unpaid leave after calling the makeshift memorial to slain black teenager Michael Brown a "pile of trash in the middle of the street" after it was destroyed.
Timothy Zoll, the Ferguson police public information officer, told the Washington Post that he wasn't sure the destruction of the memorial on Christmas night amounted to a crime.
"I don't know that a crime has occurred," Zoll said, according to the paper. "But a pile of trash in the middle of the street? The Washington Post is making a call over this?"
When asked about the remarks, Zoll told KMOX-TV that the Post had misquoted him.
According to a statement by the City of Ferguson released Saturday, Zoll initially denied making the comments to his superiors, too.
"Upon being confronted with the results of the Ferguson Police Department’s investigation regarding the remarks that were attributed to the Public Information Officer, the officer admitted to Department investigators that he did in fact make the remarks attributed to him, and that he misled his superiors when asked about the contents of the interview," the statement read.
Zoll was placed on unpaid leave pending "disciplinary proceedings." According to city records obtained by Yahoo News, Zoll been with the department for 12 years and earns an annual salary of $50,960.
"The City of Ferguson wants to emphasize that negative remarks about the Michael Brown memorial do not reflect the feelings of the Ferguson Police Department and are in direct contradiction to the efforts of City officials to relocate the memorial to a more secure location," the statement continued. "The Ferguson Police Department also wants to note that even after the officer’s initial denial of his statement; the Police Chief continued the investigation until the truth was discovered. The City of Ferguson and the Ferguson Police Department in particular, are focused on creating a trusting relationship with the entire community and taking impactful steps to improve the effectiveness of the department."
Meanwhile, residents have rebuilt the memorial on Canfield Drive near the site where Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer in August. Ferguson officer placed on unpaid leave after calling Michael Brown memorial 'a pile of trash'
By Jetackuu 2014-12-28 17:15:22
So they let more trash lay in the street for a few hours to memorialize the trash that was shot in the street?
Yo dawg...
Time to brace for impact as the grand jury decision draws near.
Quote: St. Louis-area resident Carolyn Colburn opened her front door two nights ago and had a bulletin from the City of Berkeley fall at her feet.
“The grand jury decision regarding the Ferguson police officer shooting of Michael Brown is expected this month — rumored as the middle of November, possibly this week,” warned the “News Alert” from town officials.
“It is important that we all plan ahead in the event that conditions warrant each of us to stay at or very close to our homes for several days,” stated the flier, which Berkeley distributed to 3,000 homes this week.
Berkeley, a bedroom community with 9,000 residents, borders Ferguson, where the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager on Aug. 9 triggered protests and riots and sparked a nationwide debate on race, policing and justice.
With few businesses in Berkeley, residents like Colburn do their shopping in neighboring Ferguson.
“It is very sad that we have to live in this fear,” Colburn told Yahoo News by email.
No date has been set for the grand jury’s ruling, but St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch has said he expects an announcement in mid- to late November.
Three months ago, 18-year-old Michael Brown’s death led to protests in which demonstrators burned down a gas station, looted liquor stores and clashed violently with police officers.
For the past month, law enforcement leaks to reporters have suggested that a grand jury will not indict Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson for killing Brown.
If that turns out to be the case, Berkeley Mayor Theodore Hoskins told Yahoo News, “it’s possible” the second round of protests will be worse than the first.
“There has been a three-month anger setting up,” said Hoskins, 76. “We get the feeling that there might be something destructive occur. I don't want my residents waking up one morning not knowing what to do.”
So earlier this week, the city of Berkeley began putting tip sheets with safety advice on the doors of every home.
Please make sure your home and family are prepared for a period of disruption, just as you would in the event of a storm,” the city advises.
In addition to suggesting that residents stock up on food, water, gas, medications and other supplies, the advisory says to have contingency plans for picking up children from school and taking care of the elderly.
“Travel to them may not be possible for a few days,” the alert states. “You may want to consider temporarily moving them in with you or others who can assure that their needs are met.”
Hoskins said feedback on the town’s decision has been mostly positive.
“You’ll always have two or three saying you’re creating an alarm that may be unnecessary, and we understand that,” he said.
Berkeley City Hall is four miles from the street where the deadly altercation between the officer and teen took place.
“I never thought that the incident that occurred in August would ever happen in our community,” Hoskins, a Berkeley resident for nearly 50 years, said of the shooting and aftermath. “I was under the impression that everybody had proper training for those types of situations.”
The bulletin suggests that residents load up on nonperishable supplies, especially since it's unknown whether Ferguson’s stores will remain open.
“That's the closest community that we go to, so we are just taking it safe,” Hoskins said.
Colburn was in Ferguson on Wednesday evening and said many businesses have already begun boarding up windows.
“Aggression and unrest are definitely rising,” she said. “I am worried about my son not being able to come home for Thanksgiving break.”
McCulloch, the prosecutor, has said claims of an announcement date or time should be ignored. But Hoskins said he is too close to the situation, with too much at stake, to remain idle.
“It seems to be narrowed down to between now and Monday,” the mayor said. “If anything spills over into our community, then I'll declare an emergency and we will do certain other things to protect our residents.” Ferguson's neighbor warns residents to prepare for the worst
Rumor is they're not going to press charges.
Federal charges appear unlikely in Ferguson police shooting: Washington Post
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