what is the real point of looting?

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Anonymous wrote:Have a look at the picture in 12:37. Really look at it. Peaceful protestors. Men, a woman, black, white, and possibly Asian? Point being that it is a mixed group, trying to do something positive.

Let's see some focus on that.

They won't see what you and I see and what we KNOW has taken place there over the last 100 days. They have already made up their minds and we will not convince them otherwise. I love the pic and I love your post.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally, the looting just causes me to dismiss the whole protest as a bunch of out-of-control thugs intent on violence.

I can't take Ferguson opponents seriously at this point. The GJ has spoken. Get over it.

+1. It's their own neighbors in the grand jury that chose not to indict. Not the gvernment's fault.

First: Please have a look at the process. Wilson was never cross-examined by the prosecutor. His grand jury testimony differed sharply from his police interview questions on several key issues.

Second: Why does one half of the country need to "get over it" and accept this flawed non-indictment as gospel when the other half of the country thinks that the NINTH investigation into Benghazi is the one that will finally reveal the "truth"?

flawed or not, that's the law. remember OJ case?

OJ made it to trial.

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^ still flawed system.

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Anonymous wrote:To get free hair weave and pampers!

Now, that you've gotten the looters out of your system, what say you about the peaceful protesters who want change? Hmm....nothing? Thought so.

Maybe because every one of them turned into looters at the first chance to do so? There is no legitimate movement here. It's just a mob of violent thugs.

Interesting because even the police themselves said this morning that a small % of the people protestors actually looted. But please, don't let me interupt your narrative.

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Anonymous wrote:^ still flawed system.

You are right. I was pointing out that for the person trying to liken this to the OJ case - OJ was charged, went to trial and was vigorously prosecuted.

Based on the DA's "speech" last night, can anyone truly say that he was a vigorous advocate for an indictment?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm AA and it's embarrassing! As Chris Rock has said "I love my people, but I hate NI**$!S!!! They destroy their own neighborhoods..bunch of stupid, uneducated hoodlums! I say, take them out at the knees.

Not as embarrassing as when kids looted at Penn State because they fired a man who enabled a child abuser. These people are powerless and they have a lot of anger because of the way the system works in this country. I don't blame them. You live for years watching shit like this happen to your friends and family and people in your community. You live watching nobody in the country care about you and think you are less than human. What can you do but rage?

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Anonymous wrote:The Washington Post has a bizarre caption on a photo of a looter. It's #41 "A protester walks out of a store with goods in Ferguson, Missouri. David Goldman/AP"

Was he shopping and bought a take-out meal?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/grand-jury-to-reveal-decision/2014/11/24/69d89410-71ad-11e4-ad12-3734c461eab6_gallery.html?hpid=z2

photo #13, 400 years of African Slavery? WTH?

They remain slaves to themselves, to each other, to their victim mentality and to their rage....

The sign maker is smarter than you. African slave trade began, sometime in the 1500's. African's were being enslaved long before there was an America.

PP here - I wasn't talking about when the slavery started. I was just surprised AAs still talk about slavery like that happened yesterday. Looking back and constantly crying "we are the victims" won't help anyone. You CAN'T stay stuck in history! You need to move on.

I doubt you'd say that to Jewish people. Just get over those incinerators. You can't stay stuck in history forever. Geez!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm AA and it's embarrassing! As Chris Rock has said "I love my people, but I hate NI**$!S!!! They destroy their own neighborhoods..bunch of stupid, uneducated hoodlums! I say, take them out at the knees.

Not as embarrassing as when kids looted at Penn State because they fired a man who enabled a child abuser. These people are powerless and they have a lot of anger because of the way the system works in this country. I don't blame them. You live for years watching shit like this happen to your friends and family and people in your community. You live watching nobody in the country care about you and think you are less than human. What can you do but rage?

It doesn't even take something like that a Penn State. UMD damn near destroyed the campus, and this is after a sports game! And not just UMD either. Whites are just letting off steam, not rioting.

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I have been watching interviews of some of the business owners whose shops were severely damaged or totally destroyed last night. My heart is broken for these people. This is how they make ends meet - this is their livelihood. Most of them are near tears and just cannot believe the destruction. And, most are African American.
I would like to see these interviews played over and over on every network and on large TVs throughout Ferguson and the rest of the country. We need to “give a face” to the businesses that have been damaged and destroyed. It may not stop all the criminals who decide to loot and set fire to businesses, but I can’t help but thinking it might change a few minds.
I also hope those who chose to cause destruction are identified, arrested, and prosecuted. There is ample video of these thugs.

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Anonymous wrote:Have a look at the picture in 12:37. Really look at it. Peaceful protestors. Men, a woman, black, white, and possibly Asian? Point being that it is a mixed group, trying to do something positive.

Let's see some focus on that.

Great picture! This is what you DO NOT see presented on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc.

One picture is worth a thousand words. People like 12:40 should be summarily dismissed and ignored. They have nothing positive to offer and are no better than the looters/rioters.

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Anonymous wrote:The Washington Post has a bizarre caption on a photo of a looter. It's #41 "A protester walks out of a store with goods in Ferguson, Missouri. David Goldman/AP"

Was he shopping and bought a take-out meal?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/grand-jury-to-reveal-decision/2014/11/24/69d89410-71ad-11e4-ad12-3734c461eab6_gallery.html?hpid=z2

photo #13, 400 years of African Slavery? WTH?

They remain slaves to themselves, to each other, to their victim mentality and to their rage....

The sign maker is smarter than you. African slave trade began, sometime in the 1500's. African's were being enslaved long before there was an America.

PP here - I wasn't talking about when the slavery started. I was just surprised AAs still talk about slavery like that happened yesterday. Looking back and constantly crying "we are the victims" won't help anyone. You CAN'T stay stuck in history! You need to move on.

I doubt you'd say that to Jewish people. Just get over those incinerators. You can't stay stuck in history forever. Geez!

You are missing the point. Jews have not forgotten but they have moved on. AA have not forgotten and they still don't know how to move forward from their history. It's ok to talk about history, learn from your history, and make your life better from that lesson. It's NOT ok to fall back every single time.

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Anonymous wrote:They're opportunists is all. No real message to authorities is sent.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:^ still flawed system.

You are right. I was pointing out that for the person trying to liken this to the OJ case - OJ was charged, went to trial and was vigorously prosecuted.

Based on the DA's "speech" last night, can anyone truly say that he was a vigorous advocate for an indictment?[/quote]

I don't know the DA but I know he followed the law. It's not up to me to judge whether he is/isn't a vigorous advocate for an indictment.

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You are missing the point. Jews have not forgotten but they have moved on. AA have not forgotten and they still don't know how to move forward from their history. It's ok to talk about history, learn from your history, and make your life better from that lesson. It's NOT ok to fall back every single time.

Move forward from their history? Racism was the law in my lifetime. Do you also think that, if you stop adding to your credit card debt, your balance will just disappear?

If you sincerely want to learn from history, read this:

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

And actually read it. Don't do this:

1. Read the title.
2. Stop reading. Do not read past the title.
3. Explain that racism is over.

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Anonymous wrote:^ still flawed system.

You are right. I was pointing out that for the person trying to liken this to the OJ case - OJ was charged, went to trial and was vigorously prosecuted.

Based on the DA's "speech" last night, can anyone truly say that he was a vigorous advocate for an indictment?

I don't know the DA but I know he followed the law. It's not up to me to judge whether he is/isn't a vigorous advocate for an indictment.

No, he didn't follow the law. A district attorney is supposed to push for an indictment, not pretend that he's leaving it all up to the grand jury while secretly pushing for a non-indictment.