No, thugs in that area belong to gangs and their tats are visible. They also have bling. He's just a poor black man. Unfortunately, reasonable people don't automatically assume that makes for a thug.
If a white kid was offed would anyone care?
:doh
Prove it!
Fake gang sign is not a peace or victory sign, nor are they actual gang signs.
Try again.
You mean like attacking a cop and going for his gun isn't sufficient?Find something about his character that was negative.... I mean this shouldn't be hard for a thug right?
I went through 4 pages of pictures and I don't see this made up thug in Michael Brown.
Hey I got a challenge for you.
Find something about his character that was negative.... I mean this shouldn't be hard for a thug right?
That wasn't your IQ dropping.Prove it ????
Okay I'm out. Every minute I spend arguing with you I can feel my IQ dropping.
I went through 4 pages of pictures and I don't see this made up thug in Michael Brown.
Hey I got a challenge for you.
Find something about his character that was negative.... I mean this shouldn't be hard for a thug right?
DA **** !!!
!!!!! They are all the same thing !!!!!!
You mean like attacking a cop and going for his gun isn't sufficient?
Prove it ????
Okay I'm out. Every minute I spend arguing with you I can feel my IQ dropping.
:lol: I have to admit that this had me laughing out loud for being spot on... :lol:
I don't know. Maybe that isn't sufficient for him?
Or maybe he had heard another story?
We can only wait and see...
That's easy to say when it's not your life that's endangered.
One thing's for damn sure, if that boy hadn't attacked the cop and gone for his gun, he wouldn't have been killed.
Which doesn't make much sense since the violent and destructive actions they take have nothing to do with the source - the people they are hurting are just as innocent as the person who was hurt by the police (in this case). It's like saying my dog was run over by a car, so that justifies me breaking into your house and trashing it and stealing your stuff and getting away with it.
So says the cop that shot him.
Witnesses say otherwise.
So says the cop that shot him.
Witnesses say otherwise.
This is the new reality. Don't like something? Foment chaos.
Who are the witnesses?
yeah, I can't wait to hear the "witnesses" explain why the officer had to pull his gun out in the first place. I guarantee you the explanation wouldn't make sense to a third grader, but people like you will buy it hook, line, sinker.
yeah, I can't wait to hear the "witnesses" explain why the officer had to pull his gun out in the first place. I guarantee you the explanation wouldn't make sense to a third grader, but people like you will buy it hook, line, sinker.
The kid with him for one.
I also saw an interview with a woman who was a bystander (according to her).
Means little until the investigation is finished.
Time for buisness owners to arm and kill rioters in the act.Missouri police shooting of teen Michael Brown sparks protests, looting, vandalism - CBS News
The looting and violence is in response to the shooting of Michael Brown when, according to police, Brown and another man assaulted the police officer, there was a struggle and shots were fired, ultimately killing Brown. The two men in the alleged assault were not armed. However, a different account was provided by one Dorian Johnson, who says the struggle was initiated by the police officer, who assaulted Brown - Brown broke free and started to run when the police officer then shot Brown.
The point of this post is NOT justifying or dismissing the shooting which was the flashpoint of the violence (though I am resigned to the fact it will devolve into that at some point) but I'm more interested in why looting is the preferred method of showing distrust and dissatisfaction with police actions, when the owners of these stores which were broken into have absolutely NOTHING to do with the police shooting. Why is looting and destroying innocent people's livelihoods the preferred method of action in these circumstances? We see this time and time again - and I'm reminded of the 1992 So.Central LA riots.
It's not supposed to make sense. It involves the instincts. As Nietzsche would put it, "Dionysian" (primal energies of the lower consciousness), as Freud would put it, the "Id." Same impulses engaged to the effect of enjoyment and excitement in action films like Conan the Barbarian or Predator. In a similar way, horror films tap into our fear to create "thrill."
Underlying assumptions about the nature of reality "envelop" our thoughts and perceptions like a heavy fog. For example, McDonalds as an endless source of cheap hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. In reality, every McDonalds has a limited supply of those food sources. Or, Long John Silvers will always supply the plastic utensils to eat their food with (one day I ordered a meal there and they said they were out of utensils. Employees shrugged at the people who asked how they were supposed to eat their meals without any utensils of any kind).
Similarly, stores are places where you get the items you want, line up behind the counter, and turn over money in exchange for leaving with the item. The "cloud of assumptions" that envelops our thoughts tell us that. But when you take away that "cloud of assumptions", then a store is just a place full of items. From a certain point of view, you don't "have to" put money on the counter or line up anywhere. You can just grab what you want and leave.
When riots break out, the anger within each person rises to the surface to clear away the "cloud of assumptions" that govern our usual behavior, allowing the primal energies of the lower consciousness to take over and displace our ordinary habits and beliefs with violence.
Same reason why atrocities break out during war, like those happening in Iraq right now. The "cloud of assumptions" that makes it difficult to imagine systematically beheading children clears away and is replaced with unrestrained fury that acknowledges no limitations to achieving its goal.
Generally speaking, looters are people who have (at least temporarily) lost belief in the power of the civil superstructure that allows for an orderly safe and existence. The "civilization instincts" that allow them to be a contributing member of society are going haywire.
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