Sigh. Correct.

Jan

The don't want it to end... they want "justice".... and we all know what that means.

"a DOJ which weighs all the evidence first is what is needed right now in Ferguson"

Good luck on that.

Indeed, teri-amborn. Too many are in a hurry to string someone up from the nearest tree. I wish to let due process take its course and weigh all reports. It is unfortunate that this police department had not yet installed dash-cams. Much speculation and knee jerk reaction could have been avoided.

This will continue to happen as long as we continue to pay people to be out of work and produce illegitimate, fatherless hyper masculine children. The error is compounded when you have large free housing complexes where these sorts of people are concentrated.

Hello LS,
If this turns out to be true, do you think the looters will now return the merchandise and repair the damage? How about Nixon eating crow?
I don't know how this will pan out, but so many were quick to knee jerk reactions and fanning the flames...
Regards,
O.A.

You have a lot more regard for the MSM than I do.

Hello eddieh,
It does seem odd that it has not been picked up by at least some of the MSM. However, if it were so, it is clear that many of the MSM outlets would not wish to contradict the narrative they have fostered.
Time will tell.
Respectfully,
O.A.

Hello rbunce,
I concur, I am just passing along the reports for vetting. I will reserve judgement and respect the findings of our system. Police are not perfect and we have seen plenty of abuse.
Respectfully,
O.A.

Hello rmcd1957,
Please note the ? mark in my initial comment and my additional comments. I have drawn no conclusions, only presented alternative reports. I admit that I do not know what happened (I was not there) and refuse to accept what you apparently have until the investigation and jury has made its determination. I suggest that you investigate the other related threads on this site from other contributors related to this matter. There have been multiple reports on other news outlets reporting as many as a dozen other witnesses as well as the video immediately shot at the scene of an eye witness contradicting the narrative you seem so ready to accept. As far as police brutality goes I have been consistent and denounced such actions when they are caught on tape for all to see, or proven by due process and readily admit of their existence. I take each case individually and try to find all evidence (pro and con) and weigh it accordingly.

I am in agreement with you regarding the excessive force with King and Gardner.

It has now been reported by several sources that the officer was beaten in the face and had his orbital eye socket broken, during a struggle for the officer's gun. When the stunned police officer ordered Mr. Brown to stop he is reported to have charged the officer and in the officer's condition with a busted eye socket and a 292# man charging him is it any wonder that many shots were fired? He probably thought he was missing and from the diagram released from the coroner the shots were not well placed. Would you have been happier if only one shot to the heart took the man down? Dead is dead. I have not made these reports up and I do not know of their veracity since I was not there, But, I will not rush to judgement and allow innocence until guilt is proven for both Mr. Brown and Officer Wilson. It may be that the officer was in error. Can you acknowledge the possibility that he may not have been?

The looters that hurt innocent business owners have no excuse. They hurt the cause and create apprehension, bigotry and prejudice that probably colors the perception of law enforcement as well as others.

As far as this report being "the most racist vitriol I have ever seen." Well, that is a subjective matter. Please point out the specific comments in this article that are racist in your mind. I am open minded and trying to understand. It came across my e-mail and I passed it along for vetting. Your input and perspective is appreciated and noted. I weigh all.

Respectfully,
O.A.

rmcd, if you spent more time on this site you would realize we spend a significant amount of time talking about the police state and brutality of police. There's probably 3-4 posts a week on incidents. What's happening in St. Louis could be peaceful protests. Instead it is drawing thugs from other communities who are opportunists for stealing others' property and damaging property. That's not anger over police brutality, that's straight up thievery. Those who are not looting who may be hugely disruptive and menacing in their "anger" are keeping law abiding citizens from leaving their houses, getting supplies and food, MEDICINE, DOCTORS appointments. What do we call that? at the least it is "without thinking" at the most it is thug and bully behavior. While the unemployment rate remains high for able bodied young men- Mr. Brown, who clearly had a bright future-he was to attend college in the fall-to throw all of that away by stealing, shows the "without thinking" going on. Why isn't there thinking? IF you are not working from 8-5 or 11-7 (plenty of jobs listed in the area for night-time low skilled labor as an entry into employment) there's plenty of time to better yourself and prospects. You can look up free courses online for almost every subject. Instead, anger rules the day. Who cares the color of those youth raised hand to mouth welfare, free education, when even so violence rules their neighborhood and the easy dissipation into drugs and drug trade. Yes, that is the fault of the police. sure is

If you want to dispute something, present facts. Otherwise, please spill your emotions on MSNBC.

Um... you have GOT to be kidding. No, seriously. Where are you a plant from? Which media outlet? Or maybe... The dotgov? Maybe stirring things up and getting the media to lookie-loo? Kind of reminds me of some of the tactics adhered to by my Anarchist ex-cohorts... Skew and slam and incite. Commando tactics.

Don't tell me I know not of what I speak - for years ago, I *was* one of them. At least I have the honesty to admit it now. And have outgrown the immaturity of such tripe.

Oh yeah... -1.