• [BREAKING] Its happening. Grand jury has made a decision about Ferguson.
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"deployed tear gas in neighborhoods and yards!!" the horror
[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] Politics deal with questions they don't want to answer or don't have the time to answer a lot. Every press conference (sports or politics) has this.
[video=youtube;SkXKQbDxxRM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkXKQbDxxRM[/video]
Even though Bassem Masri is being overzealous, he's probably right that they shouldn't be throwing tear gas into residential areas.
It's amazing how many people are wearing dust masks that don't protect their eyes expecting them to protect them from tear gas.
Who the fuck brought out the war drum?
[QUOTE=Code3Response;46567285]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"[/QUOTE] This is exactly like the boston bombing thread where it was page after page of "THEY JUST SAID _____ ON THE RADIO". I hate it.
This Bassem Masri guy is such an instigator. He's constantly trying to get people more riled up.
[QUOTE=Snapster;46567344]"deployed tear gas in neighborhoods and yards!!" the horror[/QUOTE] to be fair it is a valid concern dry yard+teargas pyro = fire
[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] He just wanted to make a statement and that's it and even though this is effecting a lot of the country, I'm sure the President of the United States has better things to attend to rather than stay up till 1 in the morning answering questions about something he only wanted to briefly address.
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;46567359]Any and all legitimacy held by the protests is now completely and utterly moot. The very real importance of Ferguson died the very second the protests started over a criminal getting legally shot to death by a cop.[/QUOTE] did you pay [i]any[/i] attention to how the police handled the protests?
[code] [10:03:04 PM] Tyler.: this ferguson shit is crazy [10:03:18 PM] Friend: ... [10:03:20 PM] Friend: okay [10:03:38 PM] Friend: is that a surprise? [10:03:46 PM] Friend: a cop is getting away with murder [10:04:11 PM] Tyler.: how much do you know about the case exactly? [10:04:39 PM] Friend: 10000% [10:05:52 PM] Friend: OH MY GOD [10:05:55 PM] Tyler.: its dumb but people are acting ridiculous [10:05:57 PM] Friend: HE WAS NOT GETTING ATTACKED [10:05:59 PM] Friend: SHUT UP [10:06:02 PM] Friend: GO AWAY [10:06:11 PM] Friend: THERE WERE LITERALLY WITNESSES [10:06:15 PM] Tyler.: you literally didnt listen to any of the stuff the prosecutor said did you [10:06:44 PM] Tyler.: look i dont wanna argue about it but [10:09:21 PM] Tyler.: Did you watch the prosecutor deliver the verdict? He summarized everything that happened according to the witness, if you didnt see it ill send you a video of it when it comes up [10:09:32 PM] Friend: okay [10:09:33 PM] Friend: do that [10:09:42 PM] Friend: what the fuck is a prosecutor? [10:09:43 PM] Friend: the cop? [10:09:46 PM] Tyler.: No... [10:10:00 PM] Friend: because the cop shot a man when he was on the fucking ground [10:10:06 PM] Tyler.: its the guy that delivers the verdict on the behalf of the jury [10:10:13 PM] Friend: a prosecutor just gets paid to make him look innocent [10:10:20 PM] Friend: that is literally all they do [10:10:20 PM] Tyler.: what [10:10:32 PM] Tyler.: (friend) do you know what you are talking about at all [10:10:50 PM] Friend: not law stuff [10:11:01 PM] Tyler.: he is delivering the verdict and summarizing what the witness have said, and if race is what you're talking about, he said that many of the valid witnesses weren't even white [10:11:02 PM] Friend: but i FUCKING KNOW that the black kid was on the fucking floor [10:11:10 PM] Friend: no [/code] Nothing makes me angrier than people defending a subject that they know literally nothing about.
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;46567359]Any and all legitimacy held by the protests is now completely and utterly moot. The very real importance of Ferguson died the very second the protests started over a criminal getting legally shot to death by a cop.[/QUOTE] The problem with this argument is the fact that at the time of shooting, the individual officer couldn't have really known 100% that that had been the case. But yes, the protests aren't helping their cause in the least bit.
[QUOTE=Th3applek1d;46567373][code] [10:03:04 PM] Tyler.: this ferguson shit is crazy [10:03:18 PM] Friend: ... [10:03:20 PM] Friend: okay [10:03:38 PM] Friend: is that a surprise? [10:03:46 PM] Friend: a cop is getting away with murder [10:04:11 PM] Tyler.: how much do you know about the case exactly? [10:04:39 PM] Friend: 10000% [10:05:52 PM] Friend: OH MY GOD [10:05:55 PM] Tyler.: its dumb but people are acting ridiculous [10:05:57 PM] Friend: HE WAS NOT GETTING ATTACKED [10:05:59 PM] Friend: SHUT UP [10:06:02 PM] Friend: GO AWAY [10:06:11 PM] Friend: THERE WERE LITERALLY WITNESSES [10:06:15 PM] Tyler.: you literally didnt listen to any of the stuff the prosecutor said did you [10:06:44 PM] Tyler.: look i dont wanna argue about it but [10:09:21 PM] Tyler.: Did you watch the prosecutor deliver the verdict? He summarized everything that happened according to the witness, if you didnt see it ill send you a video of it when it comes up [10:09:32 PM] Friend: okay [10:09:33 PM] Friend: do that [10:09:42 PM] Friend: what the fuck is a prosecutor? [10:09:43 PM] Friend: the cop? [10:09:46 PM] Tyler.: No... [10:10:00 PM] Friend: because the cop shot a man when he was on the fucking ground [10:10:06 PM] Tyler.: its the guy that delivers the verdict on the behalf of the jury [10:10:13 PM] Friend: a prosecutor just gets paid to make him look innocent [10:10:20 PM] Friend: that is literally all they do [10:10:20 PM] Tyler.: what [10:10:32 PM] Tyler.: (friend) do you know what you are talking about at all [10:10:50 PM] Friend: not law stuff [10:11:01 PM] Tyler.: he is delivering the verdict and summarizing what the witness have said, and if race is what you're talking about, he said that many of the valid witnesses weren't even white [10:11:02 PM] Friend: but i FUCKING KNOW that the black kid was on the fucking floor [10:11:10 PM] Friend: no [/code] Nothing makes me angrier than people defending a subject that they know literally nothing about.[/QUOTE] I'll take "Someone who didnt watch the news conference" for 300, Alex
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;46567356]This is exactly like the boston bombing thread where it was page after page of "THEY JUST SAID _____ ON THE RADIO". I hate it.[/QUOTE] how else am I supposed to keep up to date with the news that people swear in tense situations?? [QUOTE=cody8295;46567326]"bitch that tear gas didn't do shit bitch!"[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Th3applek1d;46567373]snip Nothing makes me angrier than people defending a subject that they know literally nothing about.[/QUOTE] Sorry, but your friend is a fucking moron.
[QUOTE=Th3applek1d;46567373] Nothing makes me angrier than people defending a subject that they know literally nothing about.[/QUOTE] People believe the mass media or their "friends" (not meaning you btw) too easy without independently gathering information themselves.
Someone just got kidnapped???
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;46567392]Yea. I did. And I thought it was pretty heavy handed at first. Now I realize that obviously it's warranted because the community of Ferguson can't take news without imploding.[/QUOTE] ...alright then, pal
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;46567392]Yea. I did. And I thought it was pretty heavy handed at first. Now I realize that obviously it's warranted because the community of Ferguson can't take news without imploding.[/QUOTE]Back in our day you and I were at each others throats over this.
[QUOTE=Kigen;46567395]People believe the mass media or their "friends" (not meaning you btw) too easy without independently gathering information themselves.[/QUOTE] get your info from facepunch.com we only trust the most reliable twitter posts and rumors
Imagine throwing rocks at cops and wondering why you get tear gassed
Surprised to see so much support for wilson in fp I'm really disappointed by the trial, the guy didn't even get indicted. What really scares me is the upcoming riots though
[QUOTE=Chaplin;46567411]I'm really disappointed by the trial, the guy didn't even get indicted.[/QUOTE] No indictment means there wasn't enough evidence for a crime to convict him, a trial would have been a waste of time and money.
Wait was it a police officer that got put in a van? i heard he got seperated..
[QUOTE=Chaplin;46567411]Surprised to see so much support for wilson in fp I'm really disappointed by the trial, the guy didn't even get indicted. What really scares me is the upcoming riots though[/QUOTE] Because people here looked over the information that demonstrated outside of witness accounts that Wilson was dealing with a criminal who most certainly isn't a child.
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;46567421]Yes. Yes we were. I did more research and came to the conclusion that while there were serious issues with the police, and the justice system as a whole, Ferguson wasn't a really good example.[/QUOTE] the real unrest didn't happen until after the protest and media suppression though which is probably one of the most crucial parts
CNN just got cleared out by tear gas.
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;46567392]Yea. I did. And I thought it was pretty heavy handed at first. Now I realize that obviously it's warranted because the community of Ferguson can't take news without imploding.[/QUOTE] I'm enjoying how you seem to think that some rioters - several from out of the area on literal violence tourism - are the "entire community of Ferguson." I'm not even remotely disappointed with the news that Wilson wasn't charged, but it's unrealistic to think that Ferguson, as a whole, is out burning buildings and flipping cop cars. It's a group of angry, passionate individuals. You don't seem to think there is any issue with police discrimination and you seem to focus solely on the most negative of the negative surrounding the issue without recognizing the very real and very important dialogue that Ferguson has opened up. Yes, the rioters are idiotic, nobody's disagreeing. No, that does not discount the opportunity for dialogue that has been highlighted after events like Ferguson and Trayvon Martin. You cannot discount the opinions of people who have researched and paid attention to this case just because some people are rioting. This is solely an issue of racial discrimination, and anybody who gives half a shit about the court case or the ensuing drama isn't paying attention to the actual issues - they're masturbating on spectacle.
damn cnn just got tear gassed right infront of the police station.
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