18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by police over the weekend. It turns out he was unarmed and the preliminary story of what happened is all kinds of fishy.
Based on this LA Times story, Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of the street to Brown's grandmother's house. A patrol car pulled up and told them to get out of the street and some kind of scuffle ensued with Brown in the car. Then, Brown got out, put his hands up and was shot repeatedly?
Try to disregard all the ridiculous looting and vandalism by the opportunistic scum.
The officer who fired the shots was a 6-year vet of the force and is on paid administrative leave.
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How did that happen? Not being facetious, really would like to know the history progression on how it evolved to that.
You don't have to help me.
What I want you to do 40 years from now is help, if you can, some 25 year old you don't know and may not agree with make it in life.
It's what it's all about.
For the first time since breaking football, the media, and the internet, Richard Sherman addressed the reaction to his postgame interview, and his critics' use of the word "thug."
"The only reason it bothers me is because it seems like it's the accepted way of calling somebody the N-word nowadays. Because they know."
The day after the Seahawks' win, the word "thug" was uttered 625 times on American television, or more than on any single day in at least three years.
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Who decided this? When and where?
I personally don't use the word.
Please explain the origin of the instance of when it changed.
Sounds like some are just as ignorant as me on the subject but take it as Gospel.
If it's so simple, Please explain for us dummies.
No more no less.
For the first time since breaking football, the media, and the internet, Richard Sherman addressed the reaction to his postgame interview, and his critics' use of the word "thug."
"The only reason it bothers me is because it seems like it's the accepted way of calling somebody the N-word nowadays. Because they know."
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I get the undertones, but people have used "thug life" since Tupac to describe a lifestyle, usually to brag about their own. The celebration of violence, of gangs, etc etc is implicit. If someone is over twitter flashing gang signs and handguns and a wad of cash is he not advertising that lifestyle? There are certainly some people that use that word interchangeably with "black" or with other more offensive words, but does one need to walk on eggshells around the fact that someone is very intentionally cultivating an image?
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For the first time since breaking football, the media, and the internet, Richard Sherman addressed the reaction to his postgame interview, and his critics' use of the word "thug."
"The only reason it bothers me is because it seems like it's the accepted way of calling somebody the N-word nowadays. Because they know."
The day after the Seahawks' win, the word "thug" was uttered 625 times on American television, or more than on any single day in at least three years. continued ... - ( New Window )
I get the undertones, but people have used "thug life" since Tupac to describe a lifestyle, usually to brag about their own. The celebration of violence, of gangs, etc etc is implicit. If someone is over twitter flashing gang signs and handguns and a wad of cash is he not advertising that lifestyle? There are certainly some people that use that word interchangeably with "black" or with other more offensive words, but does one need to walk on eggshells around the fact that someone is very intentionally cultivating an image?
That can be said about he mob of any nationality.
There in lies the problem.
We talking African American, Mexican, Italian, Irish, Russian, Asian, etc.
There are a lot of gangs vying to be thugs.
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That is a fascinating article..
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"He's one of my best friends but we have to do what's best for the city," Jimenez said. "It doesn't mean he's a bad guy, but he made a mistake after 20 years of solving crimes."- Police Chief Jimenez
Comments including that of which I've posted above to me epitomize the attitude that many of us law-abiding private citizens find offensive. In one statement Jimenez marginalizes the egregiously trampling of a citizen's rights in what quite easily could have been a life-or-death situation because his colleague merely did his job for 20 years.
You mean to tell me that someone threatening to kill an unarmed citizen while aiming an assault rifle at them, all while demonstrating the clarity of mind to conceal his identity, should be *gasp* actually be held accountable for his actions? After having done his job for 20 years?
Imagine if we gave privately employed citizens the same benefit of the doubt after 20 years of experience.
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The Florissant prosecutor is Ronald Brockmeyer, who also has a criminal defense practice in St. Charles County, and who is also the chief municipal prosecutor for the towns of Vinita Park and Dellwood. He is also the judge – yes, the judge — in both Ferguson and Breckenridge Hills.
In Virginia you see substitute judges in lower court who have criminal defense as part of their practice and I've seen one who also worked as a contracted attorney for Social Services (which isn't prosecutorial but serves a similar function in civil DSS proceedings). It sounds damning but I really don't notice a difference. They're not usually as efficient as the full timers but they do a pretty good job. You also see part-time prosecutors who might do some defense work as part of their practice (though never in the same jurisdiction). Most of them will conflict out at the first sign of a conflict because the stakes are just too high if they get habeused.
Sure, it's right here:
Big Al : 8/30/2014 6:44 pm : link : reply
a crazed thug ready to kill a cop.
You're getting old, buddy.
As Dune noted, it speaks towards the culture that precipitated these events
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Hee hee.
Just so that everyone knows- I completely made up that quote. The date and time is exactly the same as the comment I replied to.
Just waiting for someone to not notice so I can sit back and enjoy the fireworks (not really. Ok, really).
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Are you trying to set the loose cannon off with that edited post?
Hee hee.
Just so that everyone knows- I completely made up that quote. The date and time is exactly the same as the comment I replied to.
Just waiting for someone to not notice so I can sit back and enjoy the fireworks (not really. Ok, really).
Bored at work, are we?
What if the thread goes kaputz before you get a chance to read it? That's always the danger of inciting unrest on a thread then taking off for a while.
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