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Ferguson - Die In (Original Post) Live and Learn Nov 2014 OP
Pic Live and Learn Nov 2014 #1
Ferguson kardonb Nov 2014 #2
srs? Kalidurga Nov 2014 #4
Is it sad that I know Quackers Nov 2014 #9
she has a great um stare. Kalidurga Nov 2014 #13
I don't quite understand your post onethatcares Nov 2014 #5
Well it is a real problem. For very many people. Not just those who are harassed logosoco Nov 2014 #6
Actually, it's a bit more than that. Iggo Nov 2014 #7
This 61-year-old white woman considers roody Nov 2014 #8
And this 66-year old white man agrees. Scuba Nov 2014 #10
This 58 year old white woman finds herself thinking Please be safe everytime I see a young jillan Nov 2014 #11
Media circus? Hardly. Live and Learn Nov 2014 #12
I think it's a very serious problem nt steve2470 Nov 2014 #14
I can't say it any better than this... Kalidurga Nov 2014 #3
 

kardonb

(777 posts)
2. Ferguson
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 08:27 PM
Nov 2014

this whole affair is nothing but an overblown media circus . Absolutely disgusting ! Why has every trial and incident have to become public entertainment material ? To distract people from the real problems we have .

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)
5. I don't quite understand your post
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 08:35 PM
Nov 2014

If it was your son that lay baking in the street 4 hours after he was shot, would that be a real problem?

Or if you were waiting a month for the police to get their stories together before issuing a police report, would that be a real problem?

I'm sorry, but I don't quite see the media circus you are referring to.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
6. Well it is a real problem. For very many people. Not just those who are harassed
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 08:36 PM
Nov 2014

by the police simply because of the color of their skin. Maybe you just see a circus, but I see people using their Constitutional rights because they have a major grievance with the local government. It's a pretty big problem everywhere.

There are lots of other things we can worry about at the same time: the environment, workers rights and fair pay, figuring out a good health care system.

I don't think this is for entertainment. It is real. People need to pay attention because if they don't we will head into a police state, and then there are going to be a whole new set of problems.

Iggo

(47,558 posts)
7. Actually, it's a bit more than that.
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 08:38 PM
Nov 2014

There was also that whole thing about a cop murdering an unarmed man.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
11. This 58 year old white woman finds herself thinking Please be safe everytime I see a young
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:29 PM
Nov 2014

black man walking down the street.

It's heart breaking that I have to worry about strangers just because of the color of their skin in 2014!!

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
12. Media circus? Hardly.
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 11:41 PM
Nov 2014

There is no MSM coverage. If it weren't for the live streamers we wouldn't know anything. And they supposedly will be blocking cell phone coverage in the city after the grand jury verdict is released so the only way to get real coverage will be Firechat.

Police corruption and abuse SHOULD concern everyone. I am sorry you don't get it.

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