MO - Grief & protests follow shooting of teen Michael Brown #3

[CHERIE.T]

Thankfully, Wilson is alive to receive due process. MB on the other hand, is not.


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He would be alive if he had -----
NOT stolen merchandise
NOT bullied and pushed a store employee
NOT disrespected and ignored police

\imho

 

[CHERIE.T]

Some fool is on a panel on CNN stating that white dead people aren't left for hours laying and then shuttled away in a coroners vehicle ...he said a "shady SUV"

Where oh where do they gets these ignorant people from and allow them to speak as if they have a clue????


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I know. :yourock: thanks for stating such.

 

[Sonya610]

LOL LOL LOL You must have gotten whatever program is live right now. The legal discussion is Monday at noon central. (oooh, scary, accents in the great "melting pot")......JMO

Excuse me? I said "odd" accents and yes it sounded odd and halted.

The accents sounded European and they were discussing creating pottery. No they did NOT sound scary. Go ahead and make what you want to out of that comment, it will be more on target.

 

[Frydaddy]

Yes I do. Didn't the friend say he ran and hid behind some cars? Where are they?

I will have to review his initial interview, but that sounds correct. I am in the process of trying to recreate the entire crime scene to determine the integrity of the witness accounts. So far, I have some issues with some of the statements. Anyone remember hearing about a white Monte Carlo?

 

[MyBelle]

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08...on-release-mike-brown-video-leads-unrest.html

The only person who that can be is Mike Brown's mother. A mother who knows her child isn't perfect but is all she has.

I don't know about anyone else but death of a child with tragic circumstances shatters your heart. I know due to my only brother being murdered in cold blood and no one is brought to justice. 31 years later, I'm still trying for justice, his case is a cold unsolved one. My brother didn't deserve to die like some rabid animal in the streets..

Until one is a victim of murder, one doesn't know the heartache and pain...

Where did I say anything about Mike Brown's mother? I have NEVER implied, suggested, insinuated or in any way alluded that Brown "deserved to die."

My sympathy on the loss of your brother.....

 

[cady]

Yes I do. Didn't the friend say he ran and hid behind some cars? Where are they?

DJ said that DJ hid behind some cars....the understanding that I have from listening to DJ's attorney is that there were about three cars stopped in the street while the incident was unfolding and he hid behind the third one while MB continued (briefly) to run. He said that MB told him to keep running but then was shot and turned around with his arms up and was shot more times. THIS is ONLY my understanding of what the lawyer was relating to Jeanne Pirro (sp?). I am curious about the witnesses in the cars. We haven't heard a peep about them. JMO JMO JMO

 

[popsicle]

[h=1]KSDK issues apology to officer, audience[/h]
Yesterday KSDK showed the video of the Ferguson Police Officer's home in our 5 p.m. news but did not mention the address of the home. KSDK immediately felt using that video was a mistake and pulled the video of the home from future newscasts and from our web site. We have not used the video since then and do not intend to do so. We apologize to our audience, to the surrounding neighborhoods, to the greater St.Louis community and to the officer for our mistake.

http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/16/ksdk-issues-apology-to-officer-audience/14162149/

 

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joelcurrier ‏@joelcurrier 3m
Curfew in #Ferguson will be in place for second night: http://bit.ly/1m8O6N6 via @STLtoday
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[sorrell skye]

I will have to review his initial interview, but that sounds correct. I am in the process of trying to recreate the entire crime scene to determine the integrity of the witness accounts. So far, I have some issues with some of the statements. Anyone remember hearing about a white Monte Carlo?

Tiffany Mitchell mentioned a white Monte Carlo in one of her interviews. She said it was directly behind the police car and said MB ran in the direction of the Monte Carlo.

 

[Linda7NJ]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/17/jay-nixon-michael-brown_n_5685775.html?utm_hp_ref=tw


Glad to hear Governor Nixon speak out about the handling of this video..

Seems the Chief did as he wanted and didn't listen to the higher ups...damn shame

I couldn't possibly disagree more.

IMO there seems to be some confusion. The people burning looting and creating chaos don't give a rats behind about justice and the truth of what happened. It's simply an excuse.

The peaceful people seeking answers and justice conducted themselves in a productive law abiding way.

The two groups couldn't be further apart. IMO

Keeping the public on the dark and ignorant of known facts is NEVER the answer. It's wrong. IMO


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[Amber29]

I think the peaceful protestors and the looters are miles apart in what they want out of everything that's transpired. I would hope that if it turns out the that the police shooting is justified that most rational people will accept it. But I think the dust has to settle a little bit.

While I do agree the peaceful protesters and the looters are miles apart. I have to disagree that they will accept it if the police officer is found to have justifiably fired. I think they want to believe the narrative of the "innocent teen walking the street and being gunned down by a white cop" no matter what. That's why they consider it "character assassination" that the police released the surveillance of what MB was really up to that day. If they wanted the whole truth, then there would be no problem with the video being released.

 

[MyBelle]

This irks me. Why is it relevant that he lives in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood? So do I, but that's because the City of Chicago tends to be broken down into ethnic groups and areas. I live in the area that's populated by mainly the Irish...however, just a few blocks away is an almost entirely African American area.

I don't understand why it's brought up, that his area is mainly white. Why is the racial aspect brought up? What would have happened, if a black cop shot him? I don't understand the media focus on him having a pool, living in a white area, etc. It's simply to fan the flames imo

JMO

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ITA, it is to fan the flames. Some are demanding the prosecutor step aside because he can't be impartial due to the murder of his police officer father in the 60s. All this rhetoric may have been effective 40 years ago but today, not so much. Our culture has embraced diversity. btw, my oldest kid lives in a primarily Puerto Rican neighborhood just off North Ave and Humboldt Park. Saint Louis really needs to step into this century.

JMO

 

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Matt Ufford ‏@mattufford 2h
"IS IT A TANK?" A handy guide for journalists:
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Matt Pearce ‏@mattdpearce 1m
"The officer kept shooting and he fell to his knees, begging for his life." What Michael Brown's neighbors say: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-michael-brown-20140817-story.html …

 

[Linda7NJ]

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Matt Ufford ‏@mattufford 2h
"IS IT A TANK?" A handy guide for journalists:
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Hilarious and much appreciated and needed apparently!


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[Frydaddy]

Tiffany Mitchell mentioned a white Monte Carlo in one of her interviews. She said it was directly behind the police car and said MB ran in the direction of the Monte Carlo.

Indeed...which I find odd that I have seen no reference to this car in any coverage thus far. If her account is true, this person had to witness the shooting first hand.

 

[Sonya610]

I think about what Officer Wilson feels....

Imagine how he feels, he got an accommodation from the city for a job well done, he was known as "polite", he had NO complaints from citizens, and now the city is in complete violent turmoil, businesses being burned, the police force "replaced", the subject of the national news, and he is blamed.

No matter how this turns out it is not good for him.

 

[ilovewings]

they ( the generic they) will never ever accept it if the PO is found to have justifiably fired

 

[K_Z]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/17/jay-nixon-michael-brown_n_5685775.html?utm_hp_ref=tw


Glad to hear Governor Nixon speak out about the handling of this video..

Seems the Chief did as he wanted and didn't listen to the higher ups...damn shame

The governor's words, AND the DOJ who wanted the robbery and assault suppressed, IMO, are complete and utter BS. Gov Nixon should be recalled, or at least voted out of office. That is simply outrageous. No one dredged up parking tickets or graffiti charges from 5 years ago-- MB violently and aggressively robbed and assaulted TEN MINUTES before the encounter when he assaulted the police officer and was shot. TEN MINUTES. TEN MINUTES. That is HIGHLY relevant to the encounter with Officer Wilson. I am dumbfounded that any human being would think that is not highly relevant. Entirely relevant. I am sorry that the TRUTH HURTS and upsets people, but the TRUTH is what we are supposed to be working toward.

The TRUTH is that MB robbed a store and assaulted a clerk TEN MINUTES before he was shot during the encounter with Officer Wilson. FTLOG, TEN MINUTES.

I'm not worried about crooked beat cops in this situation anymore. I think the worst corruption is at the highest levels-- the governor, a heavily biased Ron Johnson, who has posed in uniform in the last few days for simply outrageous pictures (self edited because the pictures probably can't be linked here, pics for which he should be immediately fired, IMO), media bias in their reporting, etc. Unbelievable. Outrageous. Staggering.

Really-- seven people arrested last night?? Seven? Should have been about 207, maybe 307, more, from the pictures and video. The handling of this whole situation, rioting and looting, etc is biased and rotten to the core, IMO.

 

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Matt Pearce ‏@mattdpearce 1m
"The officer kept shooting and he fell to his knees, begging for his life." What Michael Brown's neighbors say: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-michael-brown-20140817-story.html …

Among Michael Brown's neighbors, anger over a future lost

A woman who lives in the complex and asked not to be identified for fear of being targeted by residents and police said she heard the commotion and ran to her balcony. She said Brown threw his hands up in the air, shouting, "Don't shoot!"

"The officer kept shooting and he fell to his knees, begging for his life," the woman said. "That's when he finished him off, shot him in the head."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-michael-brown-20140817-story.html