MO - Police officer fatally shoots Vonderrick Myers in south St. Louis #2

[katydid23]

here :

http://www.fergusoncity.com/487/Live-Streaming

eta: oops, thx Deb

 

[Dana]

Apparently she graduated with a communication/speech major, but dont know where from.

Huh, whatever she learned, it seems she didn't get past the F's

 

[krimekat]

lots of clapping there - NOT

 

[krimekat]

Apparently she graduated with a communication/speech major, but dont know where from.

could only imagine where she bought that from - FUU ???

 

[krimekat]

eh, Ferguson is going to be another cr@phole like Wellston - wait until Emerson Electric pulls out

 

[krimekat]

wow - how can this threat not be a crime?!

 

[Muffet]

Lilly A. Fowler ‏@LillyAFowler 23s23 seconds ago
.@RevSekou says officials who arrested him asked him who was leading the protests. "Jesus," he said. #FergusonOctober http://www.

... That might explain all the rainy weather... :whistle:

 

[krimekat]

holding an entire town hostage? really? that dude is an idiot

 

[Dana]

holding an entire town hostage? really? that dude is an idiot

"that is not a threat, it's a promise and I'll be on the front line"

1 person clapped LOL

 

[krimekat]

LOL - someone selling BBQ & MO/Ferguson's not collecting sales tax

 

[Lovejac]

As far as the whole "why did the Shaw cop chase after VM" thing, with his history, I would imagine just the way he was behaving and acting gave the officer more than enough to gather suspicion than just the color of his skin.

And you know what? I realize there is racism in the world and I realize that racial profiling does happen. But I will tell you this: Who do you think a cop would be more likely to find suspicious and perhaps follow...Vanilla Ice or Carlton from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air??? Who would the average cop prefer to beat down - Justin Bieber or Denzel Washington? It is about far more than skin color. It is about the way they dress, the way they carry themselves, the way they speak that makes someone look suspicious. I am sorry that so many in the black community choose to act this way and call it their culture. Well their CULTURE is what is getting them killed and is getting them profiled - much more than the color of their skin. Act, talk, dress like a , you will be treated like a , even if you are a medical student. Act, talk, dress like a normal person in society and you will be treated as such, even if you are a violent criminal. Perception is the key and police - and all human beings for that matter - respond to a lot of visual and verbal cues when making an initial assessment of another human being. They say that first impressions count, well, yes, they do. Your initial assessment of someone might be totally incorrect or off base once additional information is known, but when you are talking about life and death situations like these, where the totality of the event last less than 3 minutes, there isn't a whole lot else to go off of.

Think about how many times per day you make an initial visual summary of a person. You see a man iin a 3 piece suit and tie, you would likely think "businessman" even though he may just be headed to a funeral, or a wedding, or to a court appearance. You see someone wearing gold chains, baseball cap turned sideways and their pants hanging down, you are going to think "street " even if the person is a straight A student that volunteers with the elderly 3 days a week.

Exactly! Excellent post, although I'm sure that some will insist Denzel and Carlton would be All of us size people up everyday. It's what helps keep us safe (hopefully)

 

[popsicle]

Willis Arnold ‏@WillisRArnold 10m10 minutes ago
Protester informs #Ferguson city council that there will be "protest crawls," mobile protests, going forward.

 

[krimekat]

New Detroit or South Detroit -- we could have a vote! '

go ahead & organize but when your ELECTED officials leave you, what are you going to do? Switch political parties -- such a JOKE IMHO

 

[Lovejac]

Chris Hayes ‏@ChrisHayesTV 4m4 minutes ago
Police Assoc says #VonderritMyers, when 16, was certified as adult in alleged murder in StLCo. No conviction.

Whoa, he started his thugery early

 

[krimekat]

someone from across the River - produce the video please LOL

go home where you pay taxes

 

[krimekat]

"as a pasture locking up my sister, Diamond, with zip ties too tight" :laugh:

 

[Lovejac]

I'll say this. I am white, my husband is black, and we live in the St Louis area. My husband has been "harassed" by the police many many many times over the years. We call it walking/driving while black. The difference between my 40 year old husband and the "kids" today are my husband was taught how to respond when this happens. He doesn't take off running, he doesn't get an attitude, he respectfully hands over his ID and when they find out he is a fine upstanding citizen they let him go, and they are respectful to him. It sucks that it happens, but it does. I don't know how to change the police perception though. When you are in an city that is riddled with gangs, drugs, and murders you tend to stereotype everyone based on statics.

In the Bevo area Bosnian gangs are an issue, when cops see young Bosnian men acting suspicious they profile them as being a problem. In North City where black gangs are an issue, young black men acting suspicious make cops jump to conclusions. I can go on and on. I think the bottom line is sometimes LE stereotyping is what saves their and our lives.

Thank you so much for sharing you and your husbands experiences. Have any of the protests been near you?

 

[Dana]

Ferguson LE just nit-pick and arrest ??? And LE use horrible language??

 

[scmom]

What?! Officers using horrible language?

 

[krimekat]

What?! Officers using horrible language?

:laugh: we know better

oh, she's talking about transparency LOLOLOLOL