Ferguson

[dayton]

Saw a black man holding a sign that read, " No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he robs a store".

http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/fergusonsign.asp

[tvc184]

Anytime I see a sign like that from either side of an argument, I am thinking photoshop.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/fergusonsign.asp

Welp…. 

[bullets13]

Knew that was fake when I saw it.

[baddog]

It crossed my mind but I liked it anyway.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Knew that was fake when I saw it.

The original pic and the fake one was floating around social media with the tag "photoshopped", all people had to do was look. ;)

[thetragichippy]

The original pic and the fake one was floating around social media with the tag "photoshopped", all people had to do was look. ;)

 

People only see what they want to see.....

[king]

Anybody notice that the media has stopped talking about this?

[TROJANSWIN]

It is no longer exciting so it doesn't ge them ratings anymore. They could care less about Ferguson, Michael Brown, Officer Wilson, or anything else having to do with this situation. Unless something new and exciting happens they are looking for te next tragedy to exploit!

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Anybody notice that the media has stopped talking about this?

Guess I been watching and listening to different media, I hear it and see it everyday, other incidents causing it. 

[Big girl]

why was his death ruled a homicide and not self defense?

[bullets13]

Self defense killings are still homicides. Homicide is most simply defined as one human being killing another.

[bullets13]

As for the incident itself... If a man nearly a foot taller than me that outweighs me by 180 lbs strikes me twice in the face, I'm going to pull my gun out to try and get him to stop. If he goes for my gun I'm going to shoot him. If this happens, he walks off, and then for whatever reason starts coming at me again, I'm going to start shooting again, and not stop until he is no longer coming at me. It's not that hard to figure out. If Darren Wilson was just a regular citizen, this would never have been newsworthy. And if brown was a regular citizen, rather than a proven criminal just minutes removed from a crime featuring the same type of aggressive behavior that Officer Wilson claimed he displayed, I'd lend a lot more credence to the possibility that this was a needless killing of someone who wasn't doing anything wrong.

[tvc184]

why was his death ruled a homicide and not self defense?

Coroners, JP's and pathologists don't rule in criminal matters. They rule in the manner of death. Being killed by the actions of another person is a homicide. There is also suicide, natural causes, accident and undetermined.

There is no disputing this was a homicide. The only other question is if it has any criminal responsibility attached.

[TROJANSWIN]

why was his death ruled a homicide and not self defense?

If you are put to death by means of the death penalty, your death is still ruled a homicide!

[Big girl]

The same Charles Barkley that thinks racial profiling is the right thing to do. ☕

The same Barkley that has been arrested on several occasions.. I think one was for resisting arrest.

[tvc184]

The same Barkley that has been arrested on several occasions.. I think one was for resisting arrest.

 

After reading three different websites including Wikipedia I only see two arrests for Barkely and none for resisting arrest. One was for assault after he was hit with a glass and responded and another for DUI. 

 

In fact after his last arrest and according to the police officers from the Wikipedia article......, "Gilbert police noted Barkley was cooperative and respectful during the entire incident, adding that he was treated no differently than anyone arrested on DUI charges". 

 

Then he pleaded guilty to DUI and was sentenced to three days in jail and a $2,000 fine. 

 

But (yet again), those are just facts. 

 

Feel free to make up yet more of your own............. 

[baddog]

The same Barkley that has been arrested on several occasions.. I think one was for resisting arrest.

....and he wasn't shot or choked to death? Cops must have been having an "off" day huh? (There you go thinking again). Now you have a problem with criminal records? When did this happen?

I'm not a huge Barkley fan but he does exercise his inalienable right to free speech. He just doesn't have to set fire to towns to get his point across. Maybe that's why you are against him. He just doesn't have the "riot" factor.

[stevenash]

Big Girl- Can you explain to me why the saying "black lives matter" only seems to apply if the death has been caused by a Caucasian?

[77]

Let me answer that one ! It fits the agenda! Poor poor me!

[Big girl]

After reading three different websites including Wikipedia I only see two arrests for Barkely and none for resisting arrest. One was for assault after he was hit with a glass and responded and another for DUI.

In fact after his last arrest and according to the police officers from the Wikipedia article......, "Gilbert police noted Barkley was cooperative and respectful during the entire incident, adding that he was treated no differently than anyone arrested on DUI charges".

Then he pleaded guilty to DUI and was sentenced to three days in jail and a $2,000 fine. but he was arrested at least twice so what makes him think he can talk badly about others
One would think he has a clean record. Didnt he attack someone in a bar with a bottle.

But (yet again), those are just facts.

Feel free to make up yet more of your own.............

[Big girl]

Yet he talks as if, he doesnt have a criminal record. Didnt he attack someone with a bottle in a bar.

[Big girl]

After reading three different websites including Wikipedia I only see two arrests for Barkely and none for resisting arrest. One was for assault after he was hit with a glass and responded and another for DUI.

In fact after his last arrest and according to the police officers from the Wikipedia article......, "Gilbert police noted Barkley was cooperative and respectful during the entire incident, adding that he was treated no differently than anyone arrested on DUI charges".

Then he pleaded guilty to DUI and was sentenced to three days in jail and a $2,000 fine. but he was arrested at least twice so what makes him think he can talk badly about others
One would think he has a clean record. Didnt he attack someone in a bar with a bottle.

But (yet again), those are just facts.

Feel free to make up yet more of your own.............

[Big girl]

Barkley was arrested for throwing a patron through glass. I am unsure if it was a door or window.

[TROJANSWIN]

Yet he talks as if, he doesnt have a criminal record. Didnt he attack someone with a bottle in a bar.

Why didn't the police shoot him? He is black, very tall, and was breaking the law.