The St. Louis County executive declared a state of emergency here on Monday as officials and activists sought to regain control of the volatile streets after plainclothes police officers shot and critically wounded an 18-year-old black man who they said was firing on them late the night before.The police said the man, Tyrone Harris Jr., was among two groups of young people who exchanged gunfire near peaceful protests late Sunday on the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson. Prosecutors on Monday charged Mr. Harris, of the St. Louis suburb Northwoods, with 10 counts, including four of felony assault on a law enforcement officer.Continue reading the main storyRELATED COVERAGEThe police approach a man lying in a parking lot with what appear to be gunshot wounds after a barrage of gunshots erupted near the main protest area in Ferguson, Mo.Photos and Video Show Protests in Ferguson Turning ViolentAUG. 10, 2015The declaration of a state of emergency by the county executive, Steve Stenger, empowered the county police force and its top commander, Chief Jon Belmar, to oversee police operations in and around Ferguson, where police units from surrounding towns arrived on Monday to bolster efforts to maintain calm. Gunfire on the fringes of demonstrations commemorating Mr. Brown’s death — which set off looting, arson and confrontations with the police last year — unnerved residents and demonstrators over the weekend.
Didn't that fucker shoot at police first though? Even when it's completely justified, they chimp out. COME ON
Thanks to another black-kid-turned-martyr incident...Jesus Christ, can we just nuke Ferguson please?
Quote from: Nick McIntyre on August 11, 2015, 12:28:57 AMThanks to another black-kid-turned-martyr incident...Jesus Christ, can we just nuke Ferguson please?No. Do you want me to die?
Quote from: Cheat on August 11, 2015, 12:48:18 AMQuote from: Nick McIntyre on August 11, 2015, 12:28:57 AMThanks to another black-kid-turned-martyr incident...Jesus Christ, can we just nuke Ferguson please?No. Do you want me to die?Why the hell are you still there? Are you black?
Quote from: Thunder on August 11, 2015, 01:10:14 AMQuote from: Cheat on August 11, 2015, 12:48:18 AMQuote from: Nick McIntyre on August 11, 2015, 12:28:57 AMThanks to another black-kid-turned-martyr incident...Jesus Christ, can we just nuke Ferguson please?No. Do you want me to die?Why the hell are you still there? Are you black?I don't live in Ferguson, but I'm close enough that a nuke would probably mutate me to hell.
Quote from: Thunder on August 11, 2015, 12:33:07 AMDidn't that fucker shoot at police first though? Even when it's completely justified, they chimp out. COME ONYou don't get it. We're past what he did. The problem we have is how the police react damn near every time we protest. Also ask yourself why these shooting incidents always happen to minorities.
Quote from: Lord Starch on August 11, 2015, 11:26:47 AMQuote from: Thunder on August 11, 2015, 12:33:07 AMDidn't that fucker shoot at police first though? Even when it's completely justified, they chimp out. COME ONYou don't get it. We're past what he did. The problem we have is how the police react damn near every time we protest. Also ask yourself why these shooting incidents always happen to minorities.....because the black kid shot at the cops?
White people are still too arrogant and dumb to get why black people do what they do? Who cares what this black kid did? The fact is that unarmed black people get shot on a regular basis. And this isn't even new, police harassment has been going on in the black community since we dropped the cotton sacks. This is why we riot, because we're tired of white people thinking they can do whatever and get away with it. It's gotten to the point where rioting and fighting is the only thing that grabs white peoples attention. We've been peaceful too long, and clearly that doesn't work.
I said incidents, plural. Don't pretend like this is the only time a black person has been shot by the cops.
Quote from: Lord Starch on August 11, 2015, 11:33:56 AMI said incidents, plural. Don't pretend like this is the only time a black person has been shot by the cops.It's the topic at hand.
Quote from: Lord Starch on August 11, 2015, 11:24:12 AMWhite people are still too arrogant and dumb to get why black people do what they do? Who cares what this black kid did? The fact is that unarmed black people get shot on a regular basis. And this isn't even new, police harassment has been going on in the black community since we dropped the cotton sacks. This is why we riot, because we're tired of white people thinking they can do whatever and get away with it. It's gotten to the point where rioting and fighting is the only thing that grabs white peoples attention. We've been peaceful too long, and clearly that doesn't work.I don't think anyone here with the exception of PSU genuinely thinks systemic discrimination within the police against the black population went away.Most of our disdain, however, stems from these activists and apologists trying to excuse/justify anti-social behaviour (the dude shot at a cop for fuck sake like, what did he expect) simply on the basis that they're black. These people like Jesse Jackson etc unintentionally or not, are partially fuelling these riots and giving people a justification to steal/wreck the community.
I don't think anyone here with the exception of PSU genuinely thinks systemic discrimination within the police against the black population went away.
Quote from: I regret participating on August 11, 2015, 11:36:41 AMI don't think anyone here with the exception of PSU genuinely thinks systemic discrimination within the police against the black population went away.Thanks for putting words in my mouth you clown. Stats don't lie. More whites were shot by police than blacks. Violent Crimes are committed more by blacks than whites even though blacks make up a much smaller portion of the population.More densely populated areas of blacks experience more crime.These are all facts. Stop blaming everyone else and start blaming yourselves.
Quote from: I regret participating on August 11, 2015, 11:36:41 AMQuote from: Lord Starch on August 11, 2015, 11:24:12 AMWhite people are still too arrogant and dumb to get why black people do what they do? Who cares what this black kid did? The fact is that unarmed black people get shot on a regular basis. And this isn't even new, police harassment has been going on in the black community since we dropped the cotton sacks. This is why we riot, because we're tired of white people thinking they can do whatever and get away with it. It's gotten to the point where rioting and fighting is the only thing that grabs white peoples attention. We've been peaceful too long, and clearly that doesn't work.I don't think anyone here with the exception of PSU genuinely thinks systemic discrimination within the police against the black population went away.Most of our disdain, however, stems from these activists and apologists trying to excuse/justify anti-social behaviour (the dude shot at a cop for fuck sake like, what did he expect) simply on the basis that they're black. These people like Jesse Jackson etc unintentionally or not, are partially fuelling these riots and giving people a justification to steal/wreck the community.That guy is a dumb ass by anyone's standards so I just ignore what he says. Anyway, I'll agree with you on the basis of this situation in which the facts came out about him shooting at the cop. That's when we as black people should have probably took a step back, but you have to understand a lot of information was missing in the beginning when the riots kicked off, and I'd say a lot of what's happening now is due more to momentum of the chaos as opposed to the actual shooting. But we also have to look at the fact that a lot of black people are angry because brown isn't the first, and probably won't be the last black person to get shot. I swear I keep reading headlines of a cop shooting niggas. To a lot of whites it's just another nigga off the earth but it's tragic to us.
Nothing else to say except, fucking niggers.The Japanese were enslaved, the Irish were enslaved and treated horribly. The only ones who couldn't pick themselves back up are the blacks. What an embaressment.
People are mad because a white dude will do something just as bad but he however will be taken in alive. These actions tell the black population that their lives means less than that of a white man's. If you're fucking lucky the police will also take you to burger king. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7645216
The man accused of gunning down nine people inside a historic black church in South Carolina was "polite" and "quiet" while he was in police custody