Michael Brown

[Archalen]

The important thing here is the militarization of our police force, not some black guy. Learn to think critically and look for systemic causes.

[Tasslehofp99]

Originally Posted by Archalen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The important thing here is the militarization of our police force, not some black guy. Learn to think critically and look for systemic causes.

Yeah, the news coverage of this incident is pretty scary stuff.

[Sidelle]

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[Byrjun]

Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah, the news coverage of this incident is pretty scary stuff.

The news footage is pretty docile compared to what some of the amateur on-the-ground journalists are producing. I've been watching Tim Pool's coverage every night and it feels like something straight out of a dystopian shaky cam film. Except the fact that it is real.

He should be streaming soon. https://twitter.com/timcast

I Am Mike Brown is currently live @ http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9...events/3271930 (some of the interviews here are a bit biased)

I recommend checking out Tim Pool when he starts his stream up. He really shows what it's like to be down there right now; in the past couple nights alone he's had to escape fields of tear gas, run to his vehicle to escape sudden surges of violence, dodge bullets and Molotov cocktails, and just deal with general chaos.

My opinion on the actual shooting is worthless because it's affected by my personal bias. However, the other side of the story here is how quickly and effectively a community is able to be turned into a police state. This could happen anywhere, for any reason. Over the past few nights I've seen a child have her leg broken by a rubber bullet, a cop point their gun at a journalist and tell them to "get the fuck away," and all kinds of other scary shit. I only wish that people would look past the actual shooting (not enough information yet, if you think anyone was innocent it's due to bias), racism, and other obvious issues being brought up, and examine the situation in its entirety.

[capco]

Originally Posted by Byrjun [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My opinion on the actual shooting is worthless because it's affected by my personal bias. However, the other side of the story here is how quickly and effectively a community is able to be turned into a police state. This could happen anywhere, for any reason. Over the past few nights I've seen a child have her leg broken by a rubber bullet, a cop point their gun at a journalist and tell them to "get the fuck away," and all kinds of other scary shit. I only wish that people would look past the actual shooting (not enough information yet, if you think anyone was innocent it's due to bias), racism, and other obvious issues being brought up, and examine the situation in its entirety.

This is a point that John Oliver brings up pretty well: how quickly and easily it is for the police to essentially declare quasi martial law with military grade materiel.

These are trends across the country that I do not like to see. It feels like the grip of the ruling elite is slowly tightening around us.

[Archalen]

Originally Posted by capco [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a point that John Oliver brings up pretty well: how quickly and easily it is for the police to essentially declare quasi martial law with military grade materiel.

These are trends across the country that I do not like to see. It feels like the grip of the ruling elite is slowly tightening around us.

See, I told you people you were missing the point; you didn't believe me. Go John Oliver, he gets it.

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Byrjun [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

(not enough information yet, if you think anyone was innocent it's due to bias)

Yeah, some weird people have a bias towards the presumption of innocence.

Michael Brown = guilty.
Cop who shot him = guilty.
All the protesters = guilty.
The reporters who show up to report on the protests = guilty.
People sitting at home watching the protests = guilty.
Me talking about people sitting at home watching the protests? Well I'm innocent.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by Archalen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The important thing here is the militarization of our police force, not some black guy. Learn to think critically and look for systemic causes.

That's besides the point when discussing Michael Brown. If you want to talk about the Ferguson situation overall there are two other threads that particular topic.

[DarkwingDuck]

Wait ok what happened in America?
A person of ethnic decent was shot by a police officer after committing a crime.
Stop the presses. Probably the most outrageous thing that's happened to humans in 75 years

[Swish]

Originally Posted by DarkwingDuck [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wait ok what happened in America?
A person of ethnic decent was shot by a police officer after committing a crime.
Stop the presses. Probably the most outrageous thing that's happened to humans in 75 years

To help mourn, feel free to loot your local community as you like and blame that on whitey too.