what is the real point of looting?

[Anonymous]

What do the older members of the Ferguson community have to say about the looting and destruction. I know there were many calls for peaceful protests. Any interviews today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A Dream Deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?


--Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred? Daddy, ain't you heard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's only rioting when black people do it.

Whites acted up in Keene NH, no one cared.

Whites are not smart looters.

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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.

I don't believe for one minute that you are black.

NP here. I'm not black but I'm embarrassed for the black community. None of the black people I know would participate in the looting. What parents would even let their children go out last night? It's disgraceful.

If you're not black, and none of the black people you know would participate in the looting, then why, exactly, are you embarrassed for "the black community"?

Exactly. What a ridiculous contradiction. I am Black. I am an individual. No one person or group speaks for me.

All those crazy ass people stealing TVs and cigarettes are claiming to speak for you.

STFU
No they are not
Did you see someone grabbing a TV and stopping and telling people: "This is for all the millions of other black people I don't know!!
STFU AGAIN

Tell me again, why were they rioting? Oh yeah that's right. I must have completely misunderstood everything I've read and heard on the news? I thought the black community was angry how they're being treated by the police. That's what I heard Jesse Jackson, official voice of the black community, just say on the TV. I guess he's wrong too. Please tell me was this is about again?

1) Jesse Jackson speaks for Jesse Jackson -- no one appointed him King of black people

2) how is being frustrated with their treatment in their community somehow speaking for millions of OTHER black people that live elsewhere

3) *sigh*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's only rioting when black people do it.

Whites acted up in Keene NH, no one cared.

Whites are not smart looters.

Oh, lord, love this guy with the cats. Hope they made it to safety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's only rioting when black people do it.

Whites acted up in Keene NH, no one cared.

Whites are not smart looters.

Oh, lord, love this guy with the cats. Hope they made it to safety.

I suspect he's making that face due to the 20 sharp cat nails embedded in his flesh.

[Anonymous]

Reporting on Louis Head's reaction
http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/live-updates-from-ferguson-on-the-grand-jury-decision-in-michael-brown-shooting/?_r=0

"Mr. Head then turned and began to yell."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2844491/Ferguson-Missouri-Police-officer-Darren-Wilson-NOT-face-charges-shooting-unarmed-black-teen-Michael-Brown.html

"The victim's stepfather screamed 'Burn this b**** down'.

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/staff/juan/

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

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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.

I don't believe for one minute that you are black.

NP here. I'm not black but I'm embarrassed for the black community. None of the black people I know would participate in the looting. What parents would even let their children go out last night? It's disgraceful.

If you're not black, and none of the black people you know would participate in the looting, then why, exactly, are you embarrassed for "the black community"?

Exactly. What a ridiculous contradiction. I am Black. I am an individual. No one person or group speaks for me.

All those crazy ass people stealing TVs and cigarettes are claiming to speak for you.

STFU
No they are not
Did you see someone grabbing a TV and stopping and telling people: "This is for all the millions of other black people I don't know!!
STFU AGAIN

Tell me again, why were they rioting? Oh yeah that's right. I must have completely misunderstood everything I've read and heard on the news? I thought the black community was angry how they're being treated by the police. That's what I heard Jesse Jackson, official voice of the black community, just say on the TV. I guess he's wrong too. Please tell me was this is about again?

1) Jesse Jackson speaks for Jesse Jackson -- no one appointed him King of black people

2) how is being frustrated with their treatment in their community somehow speaking for millions of OTHER black people that live elsewhere

3) *sigh*

Which makes me think that black people rally around Jesse Jackson and their own community when it serves their purpose. Otherwise they're just individuals.

So in the end what you're saying is these people are just looting for the sake of it.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I don't believe for one minute that you are black.

Neither do I.

Of course not, all AA's have to act/react according to your preconceived stereotype. No AA's are independent thinkers. Look in the mirror and ask yourself who is the racist. You will see the racist staring back at you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do the older members of the Ferguson community have to say about the looting and destruction. I know there were many calls for peaceful protests. Any interviews today?

Several. One older member who's a pastor of a church was heartbroken and had to be comforted by Don Lemon.

The vast number of looters were teens and appeared to be early-mid 20s. I saw one looter at three different stores. I noticed the same hoodie and unusual design on his jeans.

At the same time, I was very impressed by the youthful peaceful protesters nationwide who wanted their voices heard and not destruction. The ones who laid down in the streets with body chalk lines had more of a serious impact. It was powerful.

[Anonymous]

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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....

[Anonymous]

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.

how many protesters do you think stayed out and looted?

[Anonymous]

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