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The fix has been in since moments after Wilson murdered that kid in cold blood:
Exclusive: Missouri police plan for possible riots if Brown cop not charged
By Tim Reid
FERGUSON MISSOURI Tue Oct 7, 2014 2:27pm EDT
(Reuters) - Missouri authorities are drawing up contingency plans and seeking intelligence from U.S. police departments on out-of-state agitators, fearing that fresh riots could erupt if a grand jury does not indict a white officer for killing a black teen.
The plans are being thrashed out in meetings being held two to three times a week, according to people who have attended them. The FBI said it was also involved in the discussions.
Details of the meetings and intelligence sharing by Missouri police agencies and their counterparts in other parts of the country have not been reported before.
The grand jury is expected to decide next month whether to bring criminal charges against police officer Darren Wilson, who shot dead Michael Brown, 18, on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri.
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More at this Reuters Link.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Charge the bastard
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Cops are now considered to be well above the law. A badge and an attitude are now a license to kill at will.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)It's not safe to think of them as anything other than murderous thugs.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)and they have only become much crazier and meaner since then. Now days asking a cop a question is grounds for being tazed or killed. "Protect and serve" my ass. Cops protect and serve only their authoritarian asshole selves.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)They don't need 'em anywhere. All they need are all the other cops looking the other way, which they do consistently nationwide.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)and treat you accordingly.
Your bigotry and racist-style generalization is noted.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)And cops are never held accountable.
And no cops ever come out against the murderous thugs in their ranks, making them all murderous thugs.
Trusting any cop will only get you killed.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)First statement makes an absolute claim that can be proven false- a lie. I can post lots of examples of cops held accountable.
Second statement- the same. I can show example that show that claim is a lie.
Plenty of lives have been saved by cops,lives of people who trusted them- showing your third statement, once a again set out in absolute terms, to be a lie.
I see where the dishonesty problem is here....
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Darren Wilson is going to walk on murder and cops don't give a shit.
As far as I'm concerned, every last damned cop is just another Darren Wilson.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,600 posts)Halloween is going to be extra scary this year ...
And yes, charge that SOB with murder. That's what would happen if the roles had been reversed, if Brown had killed Wilson. Justice doesn't just go in one direction.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)where there was a battalion of armed clowns in police uniforms with guns and nightsticks. What a perfect representation of today's cops.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Look at Kent State
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)If Wilson is not brought up on charges the odds or riots are at least likely. It doesnt mean there is a fix, it just means they are preparing for a possIble outcome
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)HE is a murderer.
He has a badge.
The system will let the murdering murderer off because the fix was in the moment the murderer radioed in to report he had murdered that kid.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)WillowTree
(5,325 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Of course people will be angry if the cop gets off.
Charge him.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)It looks like it's going to be open season on black people nationwide because "riots".
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)face of extreme injustice. Surprise, surprise!
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)that a final straw has been placed on the camel's back.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)That would prevent the riot they're expecting, I think. Maybe they should think about that for a minute.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)It's a blue wall that cannot be overcome.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)the court will bend over backwards to accommodate anything the defense wants and he will beat the rap thanks to a carefully selected all-white jury. Bank in it. Zimmerman II.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)They became guilty of murder when they all collectively looked the other way as their brother in blue gunned down an unarmed black teenager.
They became guilty of murder when solidarity with their brother in blue became more important than justice for a dead unarmed black teenager.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Every person in any government, from the Governor on down. .The DOJ should have been involved when that child lay facedown on the street for hours. The President shouldn't have waited until long after citizens were being tear gassed.
We are living in a police state.
They've got the guns
we got the numbers
GusBob
(7,286 posts)IIRC, during the heat of the matter, a poster here insinuated that nationwide protests, even rioting/looting, would be a done deal if the cop gets off.
Which begs the question: should people in Cleveland, or cities thousands of miles away from Ferguson, riot over the events?
Protests I could be down with, but I don't think violence in Anytown USA over what some redneck cop did thousands of miles away is cool.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)The only riots are going to be nationwide cop riots.
And people will die.
Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)Rat bastards.