[BREAKING] Its happening. Grand jury has made a decision about Ferguson.
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they throwing smoke now
Tear gas being fired.
Gas is out
It has truly begun now.
Just saw a fire, Bassem Masri confirmed it.
Theyre throwin fuckin petro bombs wtf is happening!?!?
fires are being started by rioters
I'm going to say this as the OP of this thread: We dont need a play-by-play of the riots ("protests") This entire page so far is nothing but "teargas is being used"
Holy shit, it's getting real crazy right now.
"The gas infiltrated my mask"
Im ashamed to live in this country with fucking pieces of shit using racism card to demolish innocent people in the city and their belongings because of a justified cop killing a thief
[QUOTE=MrBob1337;46567243]That's horseshit and you know it. Beyond stuff like commercials, each station is going to put it's own spin on what's going on. The livestreamers are going to do that too, but they're streaming live, so I can actually see small snippets of what's going on through an unbiased electronic eye.[/QUOTE]
so, what, not a single fact will be reported? every single article on this will be lying to you about what's happened as a result of the rioting? now [i]that's[/i] horseshit.
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;46567216]The main problem is that the initial eyewitness testimonies made it seem like Wilson shot Brown for pretty much no real reason, and that was the only inkling of evidence at the time. It really sounded like a bona fide hate crime. That's where the protests came from. Then real investigative evidence began to contradict the witnesses' claims and it delegitimized the entire movement, making it seem like a huge overreaction to an apparently flawless system.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, while everyone outside of the justice system values eyewitness accounts above all else, everyone familiar with the system recognizes that they are actually one of the worst forms of evidence.
"They ain't supposed to throw teargas at us, man."
Really?
[QUOTE=CapLaPorte;46567290]"The gas infiltrated my mask"[/QUOTE]
He must not have put it on very well.
He also is claiming that they shouldn't be using it at all.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;46567168]Here's the Obama statement (starting within a few minutes):
[hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3rGUkrrec[/hd][/QUOTE]
Did he just kkthxbye and walk away from 99999 questions in a fraction of a second? I take it that is normal since he did it so naturally?
Police radio reported there may be a group of armed men near the police station, was asking if there was a team that could check into it.
Probably nothing imo.
[QUOTE=erfinjerfin;46567299]so, what, not a single fact will be reported? every single article on this will be lying to you about what's happened as a result of the rioting? now [I]that's[/I] horseshit.[/QUOTE]
It's not going to be lying. It's going to be spin. Fox, for example, will probably focus on the looting and shooting, while MSNBC will probably focus on the tear gas and rubber bullets. I'm listening to the police scanner and watching a protestor livestream, so I'm getting both.
"They were firing tear gas to punish everyone for the few who tossed rocks"
[QUOTE=Tsanummy;46567308]Did he just kkthxbye and walk away from 99999 questions in a fraction of a second? I take it that is normal since he did it so naturally?[/QUOTE]
Yes.
[QUOTE=Snowmew;46567264]Tear gas is being thrown as they smash the police car's window while Obama says not to smash car windows. Good work guys.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Milkdairy;46567282]Theyre throwin fuckin petro bombs wtf is happening!?!?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Wint3r;46567288]Holy shit, it's getting real crazy right now.[/QUOTE]
this is what I mean by treating a riot like a spectator sport, by the way
"bitch that tear gas didn't do shit bitch!"
I dont think Obama really helped this situation. At all.
oh no, "fuck the police! fuck the police!"
Anyone else see the pasty white guy with the Guy Fawkes mask ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD
President's address was well-put. We need to focus on the underlying issues at play, and open a dialogue on the issues.
Rioting will blow over in a day or two, and hopefully it won't tarnish the very real importance of Ferguson too much.
"Throw that teargas now bitch!"
"That teargas didn't do shit!"
:rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Tsanummy;46567308]Did he just kkthxbye and walk away from 99999 questions in a fraction of a second? I take it that is normal since he did it so naturally?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's a pretty common thing for presidential statements. He answered one question but he doesn't have time to answer everyone.
There are people on both sides of the "racist" issue that enjoy its existence. When people learn what the real problem is then we can start to fix it.
[QUOTE=erfinjerfin;46567323]this is what I mean by treating a riot like a spectator sport, by the way[/QUOTE]
Its human nature, you nor I can change a thing about people doing that.
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