Ferguson Riots

[37L1]

That would be an improvement over what the Police Chief, Mayor, MSHP and Governor have done.

Yes, his comments on the matter so far have really helped the situation.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I just heard that they (the protesters) want three things....to have the officer charged with the shooting & killing of Brown >> they want the Chief of Police to resign & to get out of town >> they also want jobs. If they want jobs....they need to stop burning down the town of Ferguson imo.

 

[Obsessed]

Governor controls the NG in this instance. If the NG can't handle it, then the Governor calls for Federal assistance, then it gets REAL.

Here's what happened in April 1968:

The Baltimore Riot of 1968 was composed of black Baltimoreans lasting from April 6 to April 14. The riot included crowds filling the streets, burning and looting local businesses, and confronting the police and national guard.

The immediate cause of the rioting was the April 4 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, which triggered riots in 125 cities across the United States. These events are sometimes described as the Holy Week Uprising.[1]

Spiro T. Agnew, the Governor of Maryland, called out thousands of National Guard troops and 500 Maryland State Police to quell the disturbance. When it was determined that the state forces could not control the riot, Agnew requested Federal troops from President Lyndon B. Johnson.

wikipedia

Thank you sir. I apologize for my ignorance on the subject.

 

[tim]

That would be an improvement over what the Police Chief, Mayor, MSHP and Governor have done.

Honestly.... What on God's green earth could've quelled this? Not a damn thing and you know it.

 

[Abe Hoffman]

Yes, his comments on the matter so far have really helped the situation.

Murvul - what comments are you referring to?

 

[tim]

I just heard that they (the protesters) want three things....to have the officer charged with the shooting & killing of Brown >> they want the Chief of Police to resign & to get out of town >> they also want jobs. If they want jobs....they need to stop burning down the town of Ferguson imo.

So..... There it is. Jobs.... Hidden in their angst is an agenda.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

So..... There it is. Jobs.... Hidden in their angst is an agenda.

What?? Jobs? Really? These people don't seem too concerned about working when they are staying up all night looting the very places they could be working!

 

[FLVOL_79]

So..... There it is. Jobs.... Hidden in their angst is an agenda.

I'm sure they want jobs with starting pay at around Twenny Dolla.

 

[n_huffhines]

I wonder if the media have at all picked up on the fact that at this point 90% of the population is bored by all of this.

Not Volnation. To some this seems to be the best entertainment since the OJ chase.

 

[37L1]

Murvul - what comments are you referring to?

Dear Abbey:

“There is also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights,” Obama said, as he described 18-year-old Michael Brown’s shooting by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who was later identified as Darren Wilson.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Not Volnation. To some this seems to be the best entertainment since the OJ chase.

epper: epper: epper:

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

"Vicariously I live while the whole world dies"

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

There's a family news conference taking place right now on the private autopsy result.

 

[CNCVol88]

Not Volnation. To some this seems to be the best entertainment since the OJ chase.

What can we say? We as vols (and the gator) love a good dumpster fire.

 

[lawgator1]

Dear Abbey:

“There is also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights,” Obama said, as he described 18-year-old Michael Brown’s shooting by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who was later identified as Darren Wilson.

I am not aware of anyone being arrested for exercising their First Amendment rights.

If he is referring to reporters, as I said earlier comments form the reporters themselves suggest strongly that they crossed the line between covering the riots and being part of them.

 

[tim]

What?? Jobs? Really? These people don't seem too concerned about working when they are staying up all night looting the very places they could be working!

I have not personally seen the media reports... But, if true, it just makes sense. Police are an arm of the government. Some view the government as an entity responsible for all of the good and bad they experience. So to some it is logical to believe that the police and their lack of jobs are in some way connected. This riot is not and never was about the deceased, the deceased was (probably) a pressure release for a larger problem that lies within their community. all imo....

 

[Septic]

There's a family news conference taking place right now on the private autopsy result.

The attorney keeps saying "querstion" instead of question.

Using Ebonics lends credibility to a professional speech, said no one ever.

 

[tim]

The attorney keeps saying "querstion" instead of question.

Using Ebonics lends credibility to a professional speach, said no one ever.

His pronunciation of "autopsy" was equally non professional.

 

[37L1]

I am not aware of anyone being arrested for exercising their First Amendment rights.

If he is referring to reporters, as I said earlier comments form the reporters themselves suggest strongly that they crossed the line between covering the riots and being part of them.

You know more than Obama??????

 

[tim]

You know more than Obama??????

Pretty low standard there... May want to edit.

 

[Burhead]

One of the experts for the Brown family say the arm wounds are consistent with them being raised in a surrender like stance or walking away.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

One of the experts for the Brown family say the arm wounds are consistent with them being raised in a surrender like stance or walking away.

If that's the case, look out.

 

[Burhead]

No evidence of a struggle either.

 

[utvolpj]

One of the experts for the Brown family say the arm wounds are consistent with them being raised in a surrender like stance or walking away.

Or raised ready to strike down. I find it highly unlikely they can tell waking away or toward

 

[Septic]

One of the experts for the Brown family say the arm wounds are consistent with them being raised in a surrender like stance or walking away.

They've not even done their own autopsy yet.

I'm sure their "experts" will show the wounds consistent with Mike Brown helping an old lady across the street while reading a bible.