11-24-2014, 22:56
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Listening in on the police scanners is crazy...major news outlets reporting "isolated incidents." Right...
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11-24-2014, 23:28
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...what kind of backwoods troglodytes burn down a Little Caesars Pizza during time of crisis?
LITTLE.CAESARS.PIZZA.
WTF people...
A few slices of pepperoni and a cold beer would have made you feel better, but nooooooo you had to set the pizza parlor on fire
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11-25-2014, 05:55
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Grand jury had written testimony from a teenage witness:
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Included in the grand jury material released tonight after the announcement that no charges would be filed in the Michael Brown killing is a handwritten witness account stating that the teenager charged at Officer Darren Wilson “like a football player. Head down.”
The unidentified witness wrote that the 18-year-old Brown “has his arms out with attitude,” while “The cop just stood there.” The witness added, “Dang if that kid didn’t start running right at the cop like a football player. Head down.”
The witness told of hearing “3 bangs,” but “the big kid wouldn’t stop.”
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11-25-2014, 07:54
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11-25-2014, 08:10
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I am sure he will make it all better.
He and his cronies have been so helpful thus far. 
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Fox news had him on split screen blathering while they had the riots on the other half.
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11-25-2014, 10:40
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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
Three claims that bug me in this whole thing are the following:
He was shot ten times!
A person doesn't just drop after one shot, especially a huge person like Michael Brown who may well have been high at the time
He was unarmed!
Just because a person is unarmed doesn't mean that they can't do you serious harm. People get beaten to death every day in this country.
He was a teenager!
- Teenagers commit plenty of violent crimes in this country
- Teenagers are old enough to know the difference between right and wrong
- Teenagers are old enough to fight for the country in war
- "Teenager" is a standard made up in the 20th century. Prior to that, someone like Michael Brown would've been regarded as a young man
- Just because someone is a teenager doesn't mean they can't harm you
- Just because someone is a teenager doesn't mean that you can tell this by looking at them. You could be looking at someone aged sixteen to twenty-six and not be able to tell the difference with some of those guys. It depends. It happens with girls too ("But she swore to me she was legal!").
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There is no standard number of times to shoot someone. If you had reason to use lethal force, you keep shooting until the threat is gone. Officer Wilson complied with his departmental policy on lethal force and the shooting was justified, as corroborated by the physical evidence.
We know now that Mr. Brown was unarmed, beyond the size differential. Officer Wilson did not know that, and in fact, from his statement, thought he might have been armed. If someone who is significantly larger than you is assaulting you, and trying to take your firearm away, you can apply lethal force. Your 120 pound wife, for example, is not required to submit to a beating from a 240 pound former football player and ignore the pistol in her purse just because the assailant is "unarmed."
You are correct, 18 is a young man. Old enough exercise the wisdom to vote, to buy a long gun, to enter into legal contracts. Used to be old enough to drink. Youth is not an excuse for assaulting a law enforcement officer. Or a store owner. Maybe someone should have taught that lesson to Mr. Brown before this happened.
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11-25-2014, 11:19
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I flipped back and forth between CNN and Fox News last night to see the difference in coverage. Beside the 2 second delay on CNN, coverage was similar until immediately after the prosecutor's statement. CNN's "journalists" responded to the decision with outrage, and Fox News provided a summary of the long-winded statement as well as potential next steps in the case (the Federal investigation, possibility of civil lawsuit, etc.). Even my wife felt that CNN was providing opinion (and drumming up trouble) in lieu of reporting.
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11-25-2014, 13:30
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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
I flipped back and forth between CNN and Fox News last night to see the difference in coverage. Beside the 2 second delay on CNN, coverage was similar until immediately after the prosecutor's statement. CNN's "journalists" responded to the decision with outrage, and Fox News provided a summary of the long-winded statement as well as potential next steps in the case (the Federal investigation, possibility of civil lawsuit, etc.). Even my wife felt that CNN was providing opinion (and drumming up trouble) in lieu of reporting.
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That is the difference between reporting, and editorializing.
CNN forgot that lesson, and that is why they are in the situation they currently enjoy.
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11-25-2014, 18:08
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
That is the difference between reporting, and editorializing.
CNN forgot that lesson, and that is why they are in the situation they currently enjoy.
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Did you mean fighting with MSNBC to be at the bottom sir?
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11-25-2014, 19:37
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ABC News correspondent George Stepanopolus is airing a personal interview of the Ferguson police officer telling his side of what happened between him and Brown.
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