MO - Grief & protests follow shooting of teen Michael Brown #19

[jmcgladr]

LOL...perhaps you could call businesses in Ferguson and compile a list of owners who run tabs for smokes. While inquiring, perhaps have them watch the robbery video and ask them if that's how it works in their establishment. Extra credit: A+ if you can get them to explain why certain items are stored behind the counter.

The mocking is NOT necessary! You see, this is what I'm talking about. This sort of behaviour.

 

[ontheclock]

In the photo it looks like Stenger's pressing something on his coat sleeve. Too bad it wasn't a secret button which opened the latch to a trap door that would make Shahid disappear into a dungeon below.

Too funny. Gotta go now. Night all. That would make a great meme.

 

[Klood-N]

No one said they were ignorant due to a differing opinion.

 

[jmcgladr]

Because if Darren Wilson is indicted, the public will have to wait until trial to hear/see all the evidence.

If he's not indicted, McCulloch's promise to release all the evidence is a good thing - because typically, when charges are not filed, the public doesn't get to hear/see the evidence.

Grand Juries are always private - it's not a new thing, nor is it peculiar to this case.

I know it's not new or peculiar to this case - doesn't mean I like it any more! There is a reason, IMO, why every other country in the world that once had grand juries has abandoned the tradition.

 

[popsicle]

stevegiegerich ‏@stevegiegerich 2m
Wednesday P-D print edition: Fury of Ferguson descends on St. Louis County Council: http://bit.ly/1skDYTK via @STLtoday#Ferguson #STLCCM

 

[Klood-N]

@chriskingstl
Berkeley City Hall 10am tomorrow for the next act of this drama. Be there.
https://twitter.com/chriskingstl/status/512067866841972736

 

[LambChop]

Trials are very, very expensive. Most people cannot afford the cost of a lengthy trial. The function of the Grand Jury is to decide if the State has enough evidence against a suspect to move forward to trial. It's really not a tradition. It is part of our legal system in that we are permitted to be judged by our peers. If US citizens did not agree with this system it would have been changed years ago.

 

[Linda7NJ]

I know it's not new or peculiar to this case - doesn't mean I like it any more! There is a reason, IMO, why every other country in the world that once had grand juries has abandoned the tradition.

Link to support this statement please.


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[hambirg]

Well, that's good news. I think a lot of us would like to know what goes down in that grand jury room. I don't like the secrecy, myself. But why would he only release it if Darren Wilson is not indicted, I wonder?

Uh...because if he is indicted there will be a trial. He can't release it...rules of discovery and all that.

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[popsicle]

The audience jeered a woman who voiced support for the police. She received a police escort from the building after the meeting.

Speakers also threatened to shut down St. Louis Cardinals and Rams games this Sunday, disrupt weekend grocery shopping trips throughout the area and mount massive demonstrations if the Cardinals reach the World Series.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...9-9bd0-3bb95b50339f.html#.VBj_UfcH0Aw.twitter

 

[Lovejac]

Probably because if OW is indicted, he is not worried about riots burning down the town. If there is no true bill, he wants to be able to do a 'show and tell' to explain why. jmo

The sad thing is, it won't matter to a good many people. The just want someone to pay

 

[hambirg]

In the photo it looks like Stenger's pressing something on his coat sleeve. Too bad it wasn't a secret button which opened the latch to a trap door that would make Shahid disappear into a dungeon below.

I like how you think!

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[CHERIE.T]

In all seriousness, what will it take to end all this?

 

[Klood-N]

Protesters demanded that Stenger ask St. Louis County Prosector Bob McCulloch to step aside by noon Wednesday from the investigation of the Michael Brown shooting.
http://fox2now.com/2014/09/16/michael-brown-protesters-disrupt-st-louis-county-council-meeting/

 

[Linda7NJ]

In all seriousness, what will it take to end all this?

Time and cold weather...IMO


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[CHERIE.T]

The audience jeered a woman who voiced support for the police. She received a police escort from the building after the meeting.

Speakers also threatened to shut down St. Louis Cardinals and Rams games this Sunday, disrupt weekend grocery shopping trips throughout the area and mount massive demonstrations if the Cardinals reach the World Series.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...9-9bd0-3bb95b50339f.html#.VBj_UfcH0Aw.twitter

Those that threatened should be arrested, imho.

 

[sorrell skye]

Why is it considered "willfully ignorant" to have a different opinion on the death of MB and express it?

When so-called "protesters" complain about not having access to City Council meetings (even though nothing was barring them from attending meetings in the past) I call that willful ignorance. When so-called "protesters" wear tee shirts to council meetings that read "Let My People Vote" - even though no one has been preventing them from voting - I call that willful ignorance.

When so-called "protesters" make demands that seek to circumvent due process and 4th amendment rights - I call that willful ignorance, because if they would take the time to educate themselves, they'd know better.

When someone complains that their locally elected officials don't represent them, but fails to register to vote and to participate in the electoral process - I call that willful ignorance (if not downright laziness).

It has nothing to do with anyone's opinion on the death of MB, nor their rights to express their opinions.

Everyone in this country has the means to seek out information - especially in this technological age. Even the poor can access information via the internet at their local library (if they can't afford a computer and internet subscription). We are not ruled by an oppressive 3rd-world dictatorship that prohibits access to information and knowledge.

Blaming everyone else for problems that are within one's power to solve by claiming that "I didn't know", but refusing to inform themselves & to participate in a solution - I call that willful ignorance.

I also call it willful abdication of personal responsibility.

 

[Linda7NJ]

Protesters demanded that Stenger ask St. Louis County Prosector Bob McCulloch to step aside by noon Wednesday from the investigation of the Michael Brown shooting.
http://fox2now.com/2014/09/16/michael-brown-protesters-disrupt-st-louis-county-council-meeting/

I guess they missed that scene where protestors were all "up in the grills" of those police officers?




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[Dana]

In all seriousness, what will it take to end all this?

Wilson's head on a platter? Ya know, cause they're all about civil rights and stuff

<SARCASM>

 

[Linda7NJ]

When so-called "protesters" complain about not having access to City Council meetings (even though nothing was barring them from attending meetings in the past) I call that willful ignorance. When so-called "protesters" wear tee shirts to council meetings that read "Let My People Vote" - even though no one has been preventing them from voting - I call that willful ignorance.

When so-called "protesters" make demands that seek to circumvent due process and 4th amendment rights - I call that willful ignorance, because if they would take the time to educate themselves, they'd know better.

When someone complains that their locally elected officials don't represent them, but fails to register to vote and to participate in the electoral process - I call that willful ignorance (if not downright laziness).

It has nothing to do with anyone's opinion on the death of MB, nor their rights to express their opinions.

Everyone in this country has the means to seek out information - especially in this technological age. Even the poor can access information via the internet at their local library (if they can't afford a computer and internet subscription). We are not ruled by an oppressive 3rd-world dictatorship that prohibits access to information and knowledge.

Blaming everyone else for problems that are within one's power to solve by claiming that "I didn't know", but refusing to participate in a solution - I call that willful ignorance.

I also call it willful abdication of personal responsibility.

Bravo! This post rocks!!!!

Thank you!!!


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