Missouri riots

[RunForTheRoses]

Originally Posted by horses4courses

Nancy Grace Goes Off on Darren Wilson: ‘It Doesn’t Add Up!’

Francie Grouse.....umm Nancy Grace....gets her 2 cents in

I felt there should have been a trial, but this is the first time
I can remember agreeing with her. It just doesn't feel right.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/nancy-gra...doesnt-add-up/

Isn't it obvious you are comparing Apples and Oranges re Grand Jury indictments of the general population and law enforcement?

Regardless of the ceaseless panhandling Afro-Americans aren't happy with CNN:
http://jacksonville.com/breaking-new...hing-morehouse

the racist Cracker Controlled Network!

[JustRalph]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/078c8...nconsistencies

These people are the type that could have chosen for a Jury trial.

They should be arrested

[cj's dad]

BHO simply needs to refer to the incarerated looters as undocumented shoppers, then he can grant them amnesty with SS and Medicare benefits.

[Robert Goren]

Originally Posted by dartman51

You need to use the demographics for the county. The grand jury is selected for the county, not for the city of Ferguson. In that same 2010 census, the county was 70.3% white and 23.3% black. That is pretty close to the representation on the grand jury.

I don't believe that is even close to racial make up any more. This an area where Whites are leaving and Blacks are moving in. I have heard it is more like 60-40 today.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Greyfox

Thank you. That also tells me that whites opt for suburbs over the inner city.

This is news?

[Tom]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/078c8...nconsistencies

These people are the type that could have chosen for a Jury trial.

They should be arrested

The looters?

[Tom]

Originally Posted by CurtisontheBay

BHO simply needs to refer to the incarerated looters as undocumented shoppers, then he can grant them amnesty with SS and Medicare benefits.

Undocumented shoppers.....Precious!

[HUSKER55]

[DJofSD]

Originally Posted by Tom

Undocumented shoppers.....Precious!

Yes, just doing the shopping that Americans either can't do, or, can't afford.

[BlueShoe]

In case you missed it, the Ferguson nonsense has spread to other cities. Real bad in LA the last couple of nights, with the thugs destroying property and blocking traffic, even a freeway briefly before the cops restored order. More arrests in LA the last two days than in Ferguson. They don't get out without posting $500 bail, otherwise they stay until Monday when they go to court.

[Clocker]

Was it a conspiracy or was it incompetence?

#1 Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities had more than three months to prepare for the violence that would follow the announcement of the grand jury decision. The mainstream media endlessly hyped this controversy and everyone knew that trouble would be brewing. But despite an enormous amount of time to prepare, very little was actually done to prevent any violence from happening.

#2 Someone made the decision to make the public announcement about the grand jury decision in the evening. Anyone involved in law enforcement knows that crowd control is far more difficult after dark. This also ensured that instead of being tied up with work or school, a maximum number of protesters would be able to be involved in the violence.

#3 Fortunately for the mainstream media, the announcement of the grand jury decision was perfectly timed to provide the largest possible number of prime time viewers for the big news networks.

#4 Just like back in August, no law enforcement authorities of any kind responded while dozens of businesses were vandalized, looted and set of fire.

#5 According to Ferguson Mayor James Knowles, National Guard troops were purposely held back from intervening in the rioting that was unleashed when the grand jury decision was made known to the public…

In a press conference, he called the delay “deeply concerning” and said the Guard troops were available but were not deployed when city officials asked.

The troops had been readied last week by Gov. Jay Nixon as the grand jury announcement neared. But as gunshots rang out in the night and looters torched buildings, they were nowhere to be seen.

#6 It is being reported that the heavily armed National Guard troops were limited to “keeping the peace at a courthouse, patrolling the outskirts of town and preventing disturbances in other suburbs” as horrific violence raged in the heart of Ferguson on Monday night.

#7 Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder has accused Missouri Governor Jay Nixon of holding back the National Guard troops because of pressure from the Obama administration. On Monday night, he angrily made the following statement to Fox News…

“Is the reason that the National Guard was not in there because the Obama Administration and the Holder Justice Department leaned on you to keep them out? I cannot imagine any other reason why the governor who mobilized the National Guard would not have them in there to stop this.”

#8 The Washington Post has documented that Attorney General Eric Holder had been in direct contact with Governor Nixon and had expressed “frustration” with the fact that the National Guard had been activated…

A top aide to Holder called the governor’s office earlier this week to express Holder’s displeasure and “frustration,” according to a Justice Department official.

“Instead of de-escalating the situation, the governor escalated it,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the subject. “He sent the wrong message. The tone of the press conference was counterproductive.”

#9 Firefighters in Ferguson did not immediately respond to calls to put out the multiple fires that were set by protesters. As a result, many businesses essentially burned to the ground. But this did make for some amazing television footage.

#10 In the worst of the “war zones”, journalists with cameras and microphones were crawling all over the place while there were hardly any police to be seen at all. How is it possible that law enforcement could have failed so badly? Could it be possible that this was orchestrated on purpose?

Story

[Robert Fischer]

Liberals and Conservatives seem to be to blame.

[TJDave]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Was it a conspiracy or was it incompetence?

I can think of no better way to reinforce the stereotype of black community lawlessness than to allow them to riot.

[davew]

Originally Posted by TJDave

I can think of no better way to reenforce the stereotype of black community lawlessness than to allow them to riot.

And having Holder and DOJ threatening police not to do anything to these on civil rights issues - maybe segregation isn't so bad

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by TJDave

I can think of no better way to reinforce the stereotype of black community lawlessness than to allow them to riot.

The lack of action by the federal government seems to reflect a hands off policy, but I cannot see how or what they gain by that. It was just last week that there was news of 100 FBI agents sent to Ferguson. Zero news of them since. No explanation for the inaction of the National Guard. Supposedly, Al Sharpton is the liaison between the White House and the "black community", but there is certainly no evidence that Al was doing anything to defuse the situation. The report from the White House was that Obama did not watch the news while the verdict was announced. How could he not be concerned?

Obama did nothing to prepare for the inevitable outcome, and all Holder did was ramp up for an investigation of a presumed civil rights violation.Are they trying to prove the need for big government, by showing how inept state and local government is, and how small government is bad for minorities?