The Death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

for a shitrag like cruz to even suggest the police correct their behaviour - that's got to be a big deal, surely?

Even Drudge has switched from a cops-vs-thugs racial story to posting video of press being gassed.

fingers in the wind, hmm

"That coulda been me getting my fedora knocked off!"

lol

(what that wd constitute, I have no idea. it doesn't involve permits.)

even the most well-armed right-wing gun nuts could credibly challenge a major metropolitan police force

uh COULD NOT that should say

Only right-wing response I expect will come from the people who use Superdome photos for their FEMA concentration camp memes.

Yeah, I mean, we've already established that this one small town police force is more well-equipped than the U.S. military in a war zone.

a well-regulated right wing response, being necessary to the security of a free state

I must admit to getting a cynical chuckle out of this comment (from one of the stories linked ITT)

Curious how all those 2nd amendment supporters aren't out there fighting literal jackbooted tyranny.

this shit really puts the lie to the 2nd Amendment imo

xp

Yeah, I mean, we've already established that this one small town police force is more well-equipped than the U.S. military in a war zone.

― The Ape In The Outhouse (Old Lunch), Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:50 AM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well, more heavily equipped than a single rifle company anyway...

the difference in LEO response to bundy ranchers vs ferguson protestors boils down to race, not their respecive loadouts imo

do you think Dixie cops wd've used drones on SNCC?

to do what, photograph them?

BTW I don't think it's been posted here yet but apparently MO governor is stepping in to "relieve" local police of duties

I mean an armed one, like the cops will be using routinely in about ten years xp

Shakey, it wd have to be assymetrical warfare

Xpost to self: I guess this is still at the rumor stage. Gov. Nixon is is headed to Ferguson today but as of an hour ago

St. Louis Co police say they are not aware of reports that they are being relieved of duty in #Ferguson probe. #MikeBrown

made the mistake of looking at the FB page of one of the shooter's buddies. him & all his bros very much up on the "he was a THUG" angle & openly racist about p much everything.

POTUS statement upcoming here

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-makes-statement-22

i can only assume that's the default setting for cops (unapologetically and openly racist and hateful)

if you want to depress yourself even more, google "S3cond C1ty C0p" and read the blog, run by a current (maybe former) Chicago PD and frequented by tons of current cops. the racism on display has always been horrifying.

Anonymous twitter account suspended, apparently for posting the killer cop's real name :/

There's 53 police officers on the force. The killer cop has been there for six years. He hasn't punched the clock since Saturday. How hard was it going to be to hide this guy's i.d. anyway?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/st-louis-county-police-to-be-removed-from-ferguson-clay.html

*applause*

There's 53 police officers on the force. The killer cop has been there for six years. He hasn't punched the clock since Saturday. How hard was it going to be to hide this guy's i.d. anyway?

― pplains, Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:20 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

@TheAnonMessage2

backup back up

if you want to depress yourself even more, google "S3cond C1ty C0p" and read the blog, run by a current (maybe former) Chicago PD and frequented by tons of current cops. the racism on display has always been horrifying.

― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0)

my cousin (a gay republican chiPD vice cop of all things) is a fan of that blog iirc. : /

If the cops have lost NRO, then...

If we take seriously the idea that political power ultimately resides in the people, then for the people to do their job and oversee the activities of the representatives they have elected to take care of their affairs, they need information. They are entitled to know the details of the case, including the identity of the officer and the details of his professional history. It is wrong to withhold that information. The investigation of the shooting cannot be evaluated in the absence of that knowledge.

The behavior of the Ferguson and St. Louis County police in this matter is illuminating. They are ridiculously militarized suburban police dressed up like characters from Starship Troopers and pointing rifles at people from atop armored vehicles, i.e. the worst sort of mall ninjas. They are arresting people for making videos of them at work in public places, which people are legally entitled to do, a habit they share with many other police departments. Protecting life, liberty, and property — which is the job of the police — does not require scooping people up for making phone videos; in fact, it requires not scooping people up for making phone videos.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/385391/name-and-name-not-kevin-d-williamson

whoah

looks like the President's statement has been pushed back to 12:40 EDT

wow xxp

Ted Cruz's statement on Facebook brought out some real winners. People are willing to say some crazy shit under their real name these days:

Debra Goudy What happened ?. The same thing that happens everyday, young black men behave as though they can abuse, harass, rape, rob, sell drugs and kill because they FEEL like it.HUMAN RIGHTS the black community needs to start teaching their children that they are not the only people on the earth with rights.

oh my fucking god the governor is joking about taking pictures of himself

young black men cops behave as though they can abuse, harass, rape, rob, sell drugs and kill because they FEEL like it

fixed

this is the worst public speaker I've seen in months

looks a little blue

oh look it's the dudes i see at jimmy john's every thursday

http://38.media.tumblr.com/fa08cd5548bad2311b5c76a886561a69/tumblr_na79r4cBTX1qjk3vuo2_500.jpg

Obama leading with Iraq mission

that has been going around and repeatedly described as fake xp

christ that military action in Iraq is the good news

xp ah ok my bad.

lol williamson's very next line is:

These confrontations are a reminder of the eternal question: Who? Whom? Who is to protect and serve whom here? Is government our servant or our master?

yes, this police action strikes me as very much leninist, wouldn't you agree *sips tea*

dunno if Barack Hussein Obama is the president I want to hear defend journalists' right to exercise First Amendment

O has gone so grey

that was such an uninspriing damp squib of a "speech", why even bother if you've got nothing to say beyond "children, behave"

that's pretty much what he always does iirc

Rand Paul's piece includes both Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation concern about militarization of police, related to that NRO quote.

http://i.imgur.com/tFqIWGN.png