So where are the militias/anti-government/open carry gun advocates in Missouri?

[CosmicCowboy]

and i find your blind solidarity to cops killing innocent black youths just because they're black quite amusing. so we're even.

If the cop killed him in cold blood without provocation then I hope the justice system confirms it and he goes to jail. The thug that got shot was far from an "innocent black youth" though.

[pgardn]

this train of thought just shows you don't know what the you're talking about. you're comparing police officers to criminals....think about that. the criminals are found, prosecuted and sent to prison. neighborhoods are holding peace rallies all the time but they're not televised.

the lack of empathy from so many is the reason why this protest is going on.

He totally contradicted himself. Stick to the story, and then extend it to how blacks are treated.

But I happen to agree with everything he has said.

Its hot, it's the end of the summer, and it's a total outrage how that body was treated after the shooting.

So the frustration with the obvious (blacks are treated differently), has boiled up for those who want to vent, AND those just out for trouble. The best thing that can happen now for everyone is school. Get the young male hotheads that can't express their anger except through violence in front of an adult to watch them. Get the out of town party goers back to their jobs because their play friends are back in school.

And then get the evidence together and continue the broader conversation peacefully. This is not the first time we have had summer riots in this country that boiled down to race.

[m>s]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Christine...56693382094848

At least a dozen witnesses back cops story

[CosmicCowboy]

two forensic pathologists hired by Brown’s family said their autopsy showed he was hit by at least six shots, one of which struck him at the top of the head and traveled downward through the brain. They said two wounds appeared to be “reentry” wounds. They said that there were no signs on Brown’s body of a struggle and that he did not appear to have been shot at close range because no gunshot residue was found on his body.

More lying "witnesses" exposed

[benefactor]

innocent black youths

[Winehole23]

Answer the question. Criminal yes or no?

the video appears to show Brown paying for his cigars and the owner of the store did not report a theft or any other crime.

[CosmicCowboy]

the video appears to show Brown paying for his cigars and the owner of the store did not report a theft or any other crime.

Seriously? you are actually claiming he didn't shoplift the cigars and assault the clerk?

[boutons_deux]

the video appears to show Brown paying for his cigars and the owner of the store did not report a theft or any other crime.

REPORTER: The owner of the store dispute the claim that they or an employee called 911, saying a customer inside the store made the call. They also say St. Louis County issues the warrants for the hard drive of surveillance video Friday.

REPORTER: "I asked the attorney for the owner of the store how the Ferguson police ended up with the video the Police Chief released this morning, the attorney said, 'during the course of Ferguson's investigation, the police department from Ferguson, came to the store and asked for to review the tape."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/18/1322560/-Ferguson-Store-Owner-Says-NO-ONE-From-His-Store-Called-Cops-To-Report-Cigar-Theft#

[Winehole23]

Seriously? you are actually claiming he didn't shoplift the cigars and assault the clerk?

Brown appears to put money on the counter. Clerk laid hands on him first. No audio, so it's hard to tell what happened before the altercation.

The shop didn't report a crime. Why do you assume one happened?

[pgardn]

REPORTER: The owner of the store dispute the claim that they or an employee called 911, saying a customer inside the store made the call. They also say St. Louis County issues the warrants for the hard drive of surveillance video Friday.

REPORTER: "I asked the attorney for the owner of the store how the Ferguson police ended up with the video the Police Chief released this morning, the attorney said, 'during the course of Ferguson's investigation, the police department from Ferguson, came to the store and asked for to review the tape."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/18/1322560/-Ferguson-Store-Owner-Says-NO-ONE-From-His-Store-Called-Cops-To-Report-Cigar-Theft#

Ya think the owner might have been a bit intimidated and decided to let it go?
What does it matter who called it in?

[DisAsTerBot]

REPORTER: The owner of the store dispute the claim that they or an employee called 911, saying a customer inside the store made the call. They also say St. Louis County issues the warrants for the hard drive of surveillance video Friday.

REPORTER: "I asked the attorney for the owner of the store how the Ferguson police ended up with the video the Police Chief released this morning, the attorney said, 'during the course of Ferguson's investigation, the police department from Ferguson, came to the store and asked for to review the tape."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/18/1322560/-Ferguson-Store-Owner-Says-NO-ONE-From-His-Store-Called-Cops-To-Report-Cigar-Theft#

all that says is that someone in the store called. not the owners

[DarrinS]

Brown appears to put money on the counter. Clerk laid hands on him first. No audio, so it's hard to tell what happened before the altercation.

The shop didn't report a crime. Why do you assume one happened?

For some reason, a customer reported a crime.

[CosmicCowboy]

Brown appears to put money on the counter. Clerk laid hands on him first. No audio, so it's hard to tell what happened before the altercation.

The shop didn't report a crime. Why do you assume one happened?

*shaking head*

Even TRILL hasn't advanced THAT ridiculous claim...

[Winehole23]

which claim? I'm just saying the video evidence isn't clear cut.

it's indisputable that the store didn't call the police.

[pgardn]

which claim? I'm just saying the video evidence isn't clear cut.

it's indisputable that the store didn't call the police.

The Store Clerk was questioned and said Brown stole the cigars. According to police.
Now he could be lying but...

[Winehole23]

regardless, an alleged crime isn't a crime and doesn't warrant how police treated Brown.

[boutons_deux]

How the Defense Industry Convinced Congress to Militarize Local Cops

( spoiler: it's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to buy Congress )

According to a new analysis of campaign finance data, the politicians who voted against Grayson's bill received, on average, 73 percent more campaign donations from defense industry sources from 2011 through 2013 than their peers who voted for it.

The analysis—conducted by the Berkeley-based research group MapLight using data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics—also found that of 59 representatives who received more than $100,000 from the defense industry from 2011 through 2013, all but three voted against the amendment.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014...d-police-today

[Winehole23]

TSA's question was: is he a criminal?

[Winehole23]

there might be some reasonable doubt about that, is all I meant.

[Winehole23]

unfortunately, police shot the suspect before it could be adjudicated normally.

[CosmicCowboy]

regardless, an alleged crime isn't a crime and doesn't warrant how police treated Brown.

you were there? You know for a fact it wasn't a good shoot?

The store video certainly puts in question Trills assertion the Brown was just an "innocent black youth".

[pgardn]

regardless, an alleged crime isn't a crime and doesn't warrant how police treated Brown.

Yes. So...

It is however germane to Brown's state of thinking when he got stopped.

[Winehole23]

so is the color of his skin.

[Winehole23]

you were there? You know for a fact it wasn't a good shoot?

The store video certainly puts in question Trills assertion the Brown was just an "innocent black youth".

until he gets his day in court, he damn sure is.

[boutons_deux]

More lying "witnesses" exposed

same accusation against the cops: they're lying while smearing Brown as a criminal and doper (subtext: murdering him was OK, just another dead n!gg@, WGAF? FPD sure doesn't).