Ferguson Riots

[SamRebel35]

Of all the alleged racism in this town, there hasn't been one crazy ass honky climb on a roof top and start popping off rounds at the protesters.

Being racist doesn't equate to being a murderous psychopath.

 

[Burhead]

Governor Nixon just lifted the curfew.

 

[Burhead]

 

[Obsessed]

Being racist doesn't equate to being a murderous psychopath.

What about the folks they have been hurting and killing?

 

[SamRebel35]

What about the folks they have been hurting and killing?

I would say they are murderous psychopaths.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Gov. Nixon says NO CURFEW for Monday night....LE will have the night off it seems.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Gov. Nixon says NO CURFEW for Monday night....LE will be smoking & drinking w/the looters.

it gun git turnt!

I think thats what they say..

 

[lawgator1]

Wait a sec..are you letting your liberal lawyer glasses blind you? You actually don't think that scumbag would do something like that? Holder isn't fit to wipe the rear end of a sleazy ambulance chasing lawyer..

You need to learn government basics before you make yourself look worse.

 

[McDad]

You need to learn government basics before you make yourself look worse.

Side bar. Do shop owners have a legal case for damages against the public services yhat failed to protect their property?

 

[CNCVol88]

Side bar. Do shop owners have a legal case for damages against the public services yhat failed to protect their property?

LG already said no. I fully expect business owners to be around their stores tonight.

 

[Obsessed]

LG already said no. I fully expect business owners to be around their stores tonight.

In all honesty, LG would be the one defending the city from said lawsuits. I think he's a little bias.

If it was me, I'd file a claim,and let my insurance company go after them. They have a team of lawyers.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

LG already said no. I fully expect business owners to be around their stores tonight.

They better have on their bullet-proof vest & face shields w/them. :whistling: And don't forget to wear your gas mask dear.

 

[CNCVol88]

In all honesty, LG would be the one defending the city from said lawsuits. I think he's a little bias.

If it was me, I'd file a claim,and let my insurance company go after them. They have a team of lawyers.

I would as well. Worth a shot.

 

[Burhead]

I'm kinda surprised he lifted the curfew, another thing I'm surprised is the Guard's mission will be in "limited scope" and under command of Missouri Highway Patrol.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Brown pushed the officer & punched him in the face...according to a CNN report just now. There was a struggle in the car for the gun & a shot went off. Brown started to run & then turned around & came back towards the officer as if to taunt him w/his arms up.

 

[Gramps]

CNN reporting from a source that Brown shoved the office, punched him in the face and grabbed for the officer's gun. They are saying Brown "Bum Rushed" the officer.

Edit. WTOB types faster than I do

 

[dduncan4163]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUdHIatS36A

John Oliver had a good breakdown of it.

 

[Obsessed]

I'm kinda surprised he lifted the curfew, another thing I'm surprised is the Guard's mission will be in "limited scope" and under command of Missouri Highway Patrol.

Seems to me then, it's just for show

 

[CNCVol88]

Brown pushed the officer & punched him in the face...according to a CNN report just now. There was a struggle in the car for the gun & a shot went off. Brown started to run & then turned around & came back towards the officer as if to taunt him w/his arms up.

Hmm this might be why the NG is being deployed. He knew this report would come out.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

CNN reporting from a source that Brown shoved the office, punched him in the face and grabbed for the officer's gun. They are saying Brown "Bum Rushed" the officer.

Edit. WTOB types faster than I do

Two brilliant minds thinking at the same time. :loco: Amazing how that works.

 

[tim]

War on drugs continues

So turning it all into stand up night at the chuckle hut solves all the problems?

Tell me you see the irony in the second post.....right?

 

[SamRebel35]

Tell me you see the irony in the second post.....right?

No

 

[lawgator1]

Generally speaking, the police do not have an actionable duty to protect you from third party violence. It is only where they promise help and don't deliver, or by their own action create the risk, that they can be sued. If it were otherwise, then every person who gets victimized by someone else could sue the police and claim that it was their fault because the police did not do enough to protect them.

A domestic violence victim who gets abused could point to prior instances and say "You should have arrested him." A store owner could say, "You knew there would be riots so you are at fault for any damage caused by anyone," or "the guy who looted my store should have been arrested before then."

While it is the job, and the duty of the police, to protect, that is a duty they owe to the public as a whole, not one person. Their negligence is only actionable when their own actions cause the risk.

 

[utvolpj]

So this is true even if they are on site watching it happen? This wasn't some robbery in the dead of night

 

[Obsessed]

Generally speaking, the police do not have an actionable duty to protect you from third party violence. It is only where they promise help and don't deliver, or by their own action create the risk, that they can be sued. If it were otherwise, then every person who gets victimized by someone else could sue the police and claim that it was their fault because the police did not do enough to protect them.

A domestic violence victim who gets abused could point to prior instances and say "You should have arrested him." A store owner could say, "You knew there would be riots so you are at fault for any damage caused by anyone," or "the guy who looted my store should have been arrested before then."

While it is the job, and the duty of the police, to protect, that is a duty they owe to the public as a whole, not one person. Their negligence is only actionable when their own actions cause the risk.

Let it go to court and the plantiff wins.