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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 02:54 PM Oct 2014

Exclusive: Missouri police plan for possible riots if Brown cop not charged

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.
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Exclusive: Missouri police plan for possible riots if Brown cop not charged (Original Post) MohRokTah Oct 2014 OP
Here's an idea marym625 Oct 2014 #1
This. But it's no more than a push that it will actually happen. hifiguy Oct 2014 #7
That's why I consider every last cop in the nation just another Darren Wilson. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #10
I learned to completely distrust all cops 40 years ago hifiguy Oct 2014 #13
What gets me is cops have their defenders. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #20
Yet you would complain if they assume you are a criminal Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #15
I don't have the authority that cops have. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #16
Let's see Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #17
Then give the examples. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #19
Yep, they're ALL Darren Wilson. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2014 #23
Don't forget the costume. Badge, gun, & costume. CaptainTruth Oct 2014 #18
For some reason I am thinking of an old Freak Brothers comic hifiguy Oct 2014 #24
Nothing new marym625 Oct 2014 #30
I dont blame them Travis_0004 Oct 2014 #2
The coverup started the moment Wilson radioed in that he murdered the kid. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #6
Not if, but rather when. nt geek tragedy Oct 2014 #3
Gee.......ya think? WillowTree Oct 2014 #4
Every witness says Brown had his hands up Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #5
Blood thirsty bastards. notadmblnd Oct 2014 #8
Read the article all the way through. FBI is involved. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #9
As well they might. People tend to do stuff like that in the MineralMan Oct 2014 #11
It's been the rule, not the excpetion, for so long that unarmed black men are killed by white cops.. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #12
That could well be. I hope they charge that cop. MineralMan Oct 2014 #14
They won't. All the other cops back him up. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #21
I guess we'll see. MineralMan Oct 2014 #22
Even if the klown is charged, hifiguy Oct 2014 #25
Yep, August 9, 2014 is the day every cop in America became guilty of Murder in the First. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #27
Not just the cops. marym625 Oct 2014 #31
There was a comment here that the riots would be nationwide GusBob Oct 2014 #26
The protests will be declared riots by the cops, nationwide. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #28
They know he won't be Catherine Vincent Oct 2014 #29
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
7. This. But it's no more than a push that it will actually happen.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:06 PM
Oct 2014

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)
10. That's why I consider every last cop in the nation just another Darren Wilson.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:16 PM
Oct 2014

It's not safe to think of them as anything other than murderous thugs.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
13. I learned to completely distrust all cops 40 years ago
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:24 PM
Oct 2014

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)
20. What gets me is cops have their defenders.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:37 PM
Oct 2014

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)
15. Yet you would complain if they assume you are a criminal
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:25 PM
Oct 2014

and treat you accordingly.

Your bigotry and racist-style generalization is noted.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
16. I don't have the authority that cops have.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:26 PM
Oct 2014

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)
17. Let's see
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:30 PM
Oct 2014

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)
19. Then give the examples.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:35 PM
Oct 2014

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.

CaptainTruth

(6,600 posts)
18. Don't forget the costume. Badge, gun, & costume.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:34 PM
Oct 2014

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)
24. For some reason I am thinking of an old Freak Brothers comic
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:41 PM
Oct 2014

where there was a battalion of armed clowns in police uniforms with guns and nightsticks. What a perfect representation of today's cops.

 

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)
2. I dont blame them
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:02 PM
Oct 2014

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)
6. The coverup started the moment Wilson radioed in that he murdered the kid.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:05 PM
Oct 2014

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.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
5. Every witness says Brown had his hands up
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:04 PM
Oct 2014

Of course people will be angry if the cop gets off.

Charge him.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
9. Read the article all the way through. FBI is involved.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:09 PM
Oct 2014

It looks like it's going to be open season on black people nationwide because "riots".

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
11. As well they might. People tend to do stuff like that in the
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:21 PM
Oct 2014

face of extreme injustice. Surprise, surprise!

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
12. It's been the rule, not the excpetion, for so long that unarmed black men are killed by white cops..
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:24 PM
Oct 2014

that a final straw has been placed on the camel's back.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
14. That could well be. I hope they charge that cop.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:25 PM
Oct 2014

That would prevent the riot they're expecting, I think. Maybe they should think about that for a minute.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
25. Even if the klown is charged,
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:43 PM
Oct 2014

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)
27. Yep, August 9, 2014 is the day every cop in America became guilty of Murder in the First.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:49 PM
Oct 2014

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)
31. Not just the cops.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 08:14 PM
Oct 2014

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)
26. There was a comment here that the riots would be nationwide
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:48 PM
Oct 2014

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)
28. The protests will be declared riots by the cops, nationwide.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:50 PM
Oct 2014

The only riots are going to be nationwide cop riots.

And people will die.

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