Hands Up, Don't Shoot

[Kidlicious]

Well they still don't say what he was, a thug that terrorized his neighborhood and attacked a good cop, who was doing his job, protecting the community. You can't say that or you're a racist or some ****. When one of these thugs starts terrorizing them they call the police. The truth is most of them support the criminalization of being a young black man. They support a system where young black men are at a much higher risk of being shot or ending up in jail. They get all crazy about a few of them being shot by police and ignore the real problem that young black men face in America.

[Jon Miller]

A "good" cop who stopped and questions two black youths for walking in the neighbourhood street, in a community where the majority of the community had warrants out and paid high fines for bull**** crimes like that.

JM

[kentonio]

They get all crazy about a few of them being shot by police and ignore the real problem that young black men face in America.

Amazing how often white men feel the need to talk about the 'real' problems facing young black men in America. Have you ever actually tried asking a young black man what problems he faces?

[self biased]

Amazing how often white men feel the need to talk about the 'real' problems facing young black men in America. Have you ever actually tried asking a young black man what problems he faces?

You mean, besides living in constant fear of at best, being harassed by the police over trivial matters, and at worst being killed by the police over trivial matters?

[Kidlicious]

A "good" cop who stopped and questions two black youths for walking in the neighbourhood street, in a community where the majority of the community had warrants out and paid high fines for bull**** crimes like that.

JM

How do you think policing works? Do you think the police just wait for a crime to happen and then pursue a suspect? Wilson asked them to get off the street. Was that ok with you? Or do you think he should have just let them do that. Then they refused his request. And you think he shouldn't have questioned them? And what's wrong with questioning them? He didn't profile them. So what's wrong with it?

[kentonio]

You mean, besides living in constant fear of at best, being harassed by the police over trivial matters, and at worst being killed by the police over trivial matters?

Which was kind of my point..

[Kidlicious]

Amazing how often white men feel the need to talk about the 'real' problems facing young black men in America. Have you ever actually tried asking a young black man what problems he faces?

Like I said, it depends if the person is liberal or conservative. Yes, a liberal will tell you that all the problems that blacks have is because of white people being racist against them. A conservative black person with give you a different answer, more like mine.

And yes I have black friends, you *******.

[Kidlicious]

You mean, besides living in constant fear of at best, being harassed by the police over trivial matters, and at worst being killed by the police over trivial matters?

That's not the biggest problem blacks face. The biggest problem blacks face is being the victim of crime, going to prison, or poverty.

[kentonio]

Why would you care? You're a 'Rightist' now remember.

[Kidlicious]

Did the media tell you that? Or did some leftist politicians tell you that? You can care and use your brain at the same time.

[self biased]

Which was kind of my point..

100-nil.

[FlameFlash]

How do you think policing works? Do you think the police just wait for a crime to happen and then pursue a suspect? Wilson asked them to get off the street. Was that ok with you? Or do you think he should have just let them do that. Then they refused his request. And you think he shouldn't have questioned them? And what's wrong with questioning them? He didn't profile them. So what's wrong with it?

Yes, Wilson asked them to get off the street... but in a different neighborhood he may not have said anything. And yes, he did profile them since he was even in that area because he was looking for a suspect who's only description was that he was a person of color and out in the street so obviously up to no good.

Also, how did he "ask" them to get off the street? Or did he instead command them to?

[Imran Siddiqui]

[DinoDoc]

Also, how did he "ask" them to get off the street? Or did he instead command them to?

Obviously he told Brown to attack him and make a move for his gun. Perhaps Brown thought it would be a lark to oblige him.

[FlameFlash]

Obviously he told Brown to attack him and make a move for his gun. Perhaps Brown thought it would be a lark to oblige him.

Perhaps we should get the other side of the story... oh wait... can't, he's dead.

Other accounts stated Wilson got handsy with Brown first.

Was Brown wrong to strike an officer at all? Yes. But the "attack" against Wilson has been highly exaggerated.

The distance to where Brown fell certainly doesn't jive with Wilson's account of events. So if Wilson is lying about that, why not about everything else? He certainly had enough time to be coached for the grand jury.