MO - Grand Jury Proceedings in the shooting case of teen Michael Brown#2

[SnoopyDawgDawg]

Symphony publicist Erika Ebsworth-Goold said the protesters were paying members of the audience. She said they left the building peacefully.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_bfd2b377-8da4-56f8-aa8d-64bf714e0114.html

 

[Lovejac]

Ooooo! Bassem and that one protester almost got in a fight, for reals y'all!

He grabbed Bassem's camera and told him not to film him

 

[Dana]

They protest in front of the police station, and that's fine but why bother businesses? They're only hurting themselves.

 

[katydid23]

Do you have a MSM source for this?

Not an msm source. It was on ARGUS NEWS STREAM and I am watching the head of the local chapter, Dred Scott, leading the march right now, with my own eyes. REVOLUTION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION is what they are chanting now.

 

[Dana]

I guess that's it for Bam Bam tonight, stayed tuned tomorrow for "The Young and the Restless".

 

[CHERIE.T]

Maybe Umar Lee covertly got people to donate their tickets :dunno:

No justice, no sonata

:laughing:

 

[SnoopyDawgDawg]

Is bassem threatening someone?

 

[katydid23]

I wonder if NO Thiefs is going to stream anymore. I saw threats against him in twitterland. I would lay low if I were him.

 

[Lovejac]

Is bassem threatening someone?

omg yes! Some protester did not want to be on the livestream. He actually put his hands on Bassem's camera.

 

[al66pine]

RE 'objectionable test' for police promotion

maybe too difficult? i'd like to know the other ethnic pass/fail stats.
want to try a few questions?
https://www.policetutorialservice.com/sample.php?catid=4

bbm

I added bolding & red below to extract from ESOP site about race ratios in police academy classes & promotions.
I Have not yet read entire website, but have not seen more info about actual pass/fail rates w racial or ethnic breakdown.

"During the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the City of St. Louis was measured at roughly 50/50 black/white with a slight majority of African-American citizens. The demographics of the St. Louis Police Department have roughly remained unchanged for the last thirty years with African-American commissioned officers compromising 30%.
In the past, the Police Department fell under the authority of the State of Missouri, but local control has invested that authority back with the city, for the first time in over a hundred years. Chief Samuel Dotson and Mayor Francis Slay were chosen to lead the Department as it transitioned from state to local control, and promised to lead the Department into the twenty-first century.
Yet under Chief Dotson and Mayor Slay’s leadership, the Department’s level of diversity has remained stagnate in regards to recruitment, promotion, and representation: Police academy classes continue with five or six minority recruits in classes of twenty or more officers; Over the last two years only four African-Americans officers have been promoted to the rank of sergeant from patrolman; Only one African-American Detective Bureau Sergeant for the Department’s six police districts; For the most recent promotional clusters for the rank of Lieutenant and Captain, no African-Americans in the highest promotional clusters; Exclusionary language in the collective bargaining agreement that excludes the minority police organization from speaking to police recruits in training; and No minority representation on the most recent bargained collective bargaining agreement."
July 2014 http://www.esopinc.com/#!St-Louis-Police-Department-Last-30-Years-unchanged-with-AfricanAmerican-commissioned-officers-at-30/c18ya/1

 

[katydid23]

wow. Did ya'all see the controversy involving NONOPSPRO? Apparently he was not who he said he was. It is all on the home page of ARGUSNEWS.

 

[katydid23]

RE 'objectionable test' for police promotion
bbm

I added bolding & red below to extract from ESOP site about race ratios in police academy classes & promotions.
I Have not yet read entire website, but have not seen more info about actual pass/fail rates w racial or ethnic breakdown.

"During the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the City of St. Louis was measured at roughly 50/50 black/white with a slight majority of African-American citizens. The demographics of the St. Louis Police Department have roughly remained unchanged for the last thirty years with African-American commissioned officers compromising 30%.
In the past, the Police Department fell under the authority of the State of Missouri, but local control has invested that authority back with the city, for the first time in over a hundred years. Chief Samuel Dotson and Mayor Francis Slay were chosen to lead the Department as it transitioned from state to local control, and promised to lead the Department into the twenty-first century.
Yet under Chief Dotson and Mayor Slay’s leadership, the Department’s level of diversity has remained stagnate in regards to recruitment, promotion, and representation: Police academy classes continue with five or six minority recruits in classes of twenty or more officers; Over the last two years only four African-Americans officers have been promoted to the rank of sergeant from patrolman; Only one African-American Detective Bureau Sergeant for the Department’s six police districts; For the most recent promotional clusters for the rank of Lieutenant and Captain, no African-Americans in the highest promotional clusters; Exclusionary language in the collective bargaining agreement that excludes the minority police organization from speaking to police recruits in training; and No minority representation on the most recent bargained collective bargaining agreement."
July 2014 http://www.esopinc.com/#!St-Louis-Police-Department-Last-30-Years-unchanged-with-AfricanAmerican-commissioned-officers-at-30/c18ya/1

They are going to have to catch up with the times. There should be a higher percentage of blacks being promoted. But they also have to keep the fairness for everyone so it is hard. Here in the fire dpt they bypassed whites with higher test scores to promote minorities with lower test scores. That seems unfair too. What is the solution?

 

[Lovejac]

wow. Did ya'all see the controversy involving NONOPSPRO? Apparently he was not who he said he was. It is all on the home page of ARGUSNEWS.

Whoa...

 

[katydid23]

is anyone live now?

 

[popsicle]

I have bambuser

 

[Muffet]

I'm not running anything now. Thank y'all so much for the updates so I don't have to crawl outta bed unless something big comes down. [emoji813]beat:

 

[popsicle]

Here is the STLO the protesters interrupted today.

[video=youtube;T_7ErkQFduQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_7ErkQFduQ&sns=tw[/video]

 

[zoomom]

Wait...What!!?? We're up past bedtime?????

 

[Muffet]

Here is the STLO the protesters interrupted today.

[video=youtube;T_7ErkQFduQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_7ErkQFduQ&sns=tw[/video]

Good grief.

I think it's safe to call that a very expensive FAIL.

For all the time and money they put into it, I expect they just ticked off a lot of people they might wish they hadn't.

... But what do I know. :crazy:

 

[fran]

LambChop is going to be gone for a few days so you all are stuck with me. I left the door open two hours after LC usually closed up, but then she's on the right coast.

I'm going to be closing up in 10 minutes. I'll open the door in the a.m. as soon as I can.

take care
fran
:wave: