MSNBC was showing the Michael Brown funeral during lunch today while Al Sharpton was speaking (I assume he speaks at all funerals for black teens) and he brought up the militarization of police forces in the US, as several folks here have done. That got me thinking (a rare and sometimes dangerous thing). Why not take heavily armed, white cops off the streets in places like Ferguson and replace them with black cops with no guns?
In line with the libertarian theme of AF, I imagine that the optimal solution would be to abolish police services in Ferguson and issue firearms to residents, so that they might prevent crimes on their persons using self initiative.
#ohaiForPresident
^You sure that comment doesn’t belong in the Boyz N The Hood thread?
If black cops with no guns manages to bring the crime down to nothing in predominately black neighborhoods, I’ll start donating time to serve food at a local homeless shelter.
More trouble. So a brotha opens fire on a white officer and gets killed in the process. Other brothers protest claiming injustice against whitey and the man.
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Angry protests erupted Wednesday night in the the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis after an off-duty police officer shot and killed an African-American teenager who, police said, had fired three shots at him.
Police cordoned off a major street in the largely African-American area as the demonstrators denounced police and smashed windows on several police cars.
Some in the crowd shouted “Hands up, don’t shoot,” referring to the fatal shooting in August of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer in the suburb of Ferguson, about 16 miles away.
Lies. The brother had a sandwich and was throwing cheese.
^ I stand corrected. Yo Inky, there is this park that is South of my home in Harlem that I’d like to sell you; prime real estate in the center of Manhattan. Would you entertain such an offer that is a steal of a deal?
Why are these guys so anti-police and pro losers who rob local stores and shoot at the police?
^ Who here among us hasn’t shot a cop with a sandwich before?
All I know is that he was a good kid. He was planning to go to college to study ministry/pre-med. He always respected his mama and often thought of doing local charity work (but never had the time). He never did drugs. He never turned to drink. He wouldn’t hurt a fly. The Vatican should consider canonization.
Race. End of rational discussion.
Wait, was that one of them rhetorical thingamajigs?
Who wants to lay a steep bet that Detroits’ “Devil’s Night” turns up in Ferguson.
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Hacker group Anonymous is claiming that officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted by a grand jury in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, according to purported government sources.
The “hacktivist” group released the following on Monday:
Last night we announced that we have received over the past several days a series of leaks from two separate and unrelated sources regarding the long awaited Grand Jury decision regarding the murder of Mike Brown by Ferguson PD Officer Darren Wilson. In our opinion after careful analysis the sources are reliable, and the information we are about to reveal is true. Both sources are government employees with access to both internal government as well as confidential police communications. For reasons of safety we will not be revealing anything further on either our sources or the material leaked to us. The following is a synopses of the leaked information:
On or about November 10, 2014 the Grand Jury decision will be announced. Darren Wilson will NOT be indicted on ANY charges related to the murder of Mike Brown. All local police Chiefs and jail commanders have been notified to begin preparing for major civil unrest. Governor Nixon has been notified of the impending announcement and has ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin preparations for a possible re-enstatement of the martial law that was declared at the beginning of the Ferguson protests.
As additional evidence that neither the State nor Federal authorities intend any legal action against Darren Wilson for the murder of Mike Brown, one of our sources has provided a very intriguing close up glimpse of Darren Wilson – his current where abouts and lifestyle.
Grand Jury verdict on whether or not to charge Darren Wilson in 3…2…1…
^whuts up with new avatar?
Maybe I will go home early today…
I went home early… I drive through north st. louis county every day on my way to/from work. Didn’t feel like dealing with it. I’m ready for it to be over with.
I love social experiments. Ok, so if the Grand Jury comes back with charges of A) 1st Degree murder; B) a lesser homocide charge; or, C) no charges filed, what will happen?
A) Some looting, maybe some small contained fires, 1-3 people shot
B) Moderate looting, several cars and shops on fire, 3-6 people shot
C) All out rioting. Not as bad as the LA riots, but pretty damn bad. Stores completely looted, beer and big-screen TVs stolen, St. Louis ablaze, over 10 people shot
Chances of zero looting/random acts of violence? 6%.
(Incidentally, I’m not all that comfortable only being 250 miles away. My city isn’t exactly known for its peaceful race relations.)
I heard on the news about Oakland setting up “healing centers” in anticipation of this grand jury decision. More like “stop losers from trashing their own city over unrelated issue” centers…