Hands Up, Don't Shoot

[kentonio]

What region are you in btw (if you don't mind me asking)?

[Donegeal]

Walworth County. South central/east Wisconsin.

[Berzerker]

Why did the community smear him? Or to ask the really pertinent question, why did they immediately assume his guilt? Would that guilt have been assumed in another community or in a white on white shooting?

cuz he's white

[Jon Miller]

The same day the DOJ released the shooting report, it also published the results of its investigation into the Ferguson Police Department. This report highlighted systemic exploitation and racial profiling of black residents in Ferguson.

JM

[Kidlicious]

But why did they assume guilt? They assumed guilt because this incredibly terrible crime was perceived as perfectly plausible in an area where many of the citizens were treated in a dehumanized way. Yes the guy was a jackass, yes Wilson was innocent, but if we ignore the setting that led to millions of people assuming it was true then we ignore the biggest part of this whole thing.

BECAUSE THEY ARE
LEFTISTS!!!

[Kidlicious]

If some police departments are broken then the problem is systematic in a way and must be dealt with as systematic.

JM

That's dumb.

[Donegeal]

BECAUSE THEY ARE
LEFTISTS!!!

That's dumb.

Kid, I'm a leftist.

[Kidlicious]

Kid, I'm a leftist.

. No. You're a troll.

[FlameFlash]

He's an interesting question: If the media hadn't bought and perpetuated the hands up don't shoot lie, would any of us know anything about Brown, Wilson or Ferguson?

I would.

[rah]

considering how often we hear about any police shooting in Chicago regardless of whether it was justified, I would say yes,

[DaShi]

Everyone should view life solely through the lens of rah's impression of Chicago.

[Kidlicious]

I noticed that the media now calls Brown an 18 yr old black man instead of an unarmed black teenager. Weird.

[The Mad Monk]

Which media is that?

[Kidlicious]

Which media is that?

Oh hell. Does it even matter anymore. I don't remember. CNN I think.

[onejayhawk]

I noticed that the media now calls Brown an 18 yr old black man instead of an unarmed black teenager. Weird.

One meme failed, so there is a new one, from a different source.

cuz he's white

It's exactly that racist.

J