Ferguson protest in Ross park mall Saturday (Wilson: felony, school)

[erieguy]

So who will be at the protest?

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by Enough_Already

It is attitudes like yours why we have crime problems.

I am remarkably lax about enforcing laws on cigarette taxes. Plus, I kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.

[Enough_Already]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

There is a large probability that you broke several laws today alone.

There is also a large probability if I am confronted by a police officer I am going to do exactly what he tells me to. I know I did not rob anyone and I did not resist arrest today or any day.

[Lobick]

Originally Posted by UKyank

When you decide to engage in illegal activity in which you will likely interact (& then resist) an armed officer (or even shopkeeper) you should be cognizant that you may not survive as a result & might want to choose against said illegal activity like the vast majority of people do and then you'll never find yourself in such a predicament.

That's great..except many of those "facts" used to create your morally superior clarity are very dubious if not outright inaccurate:

KU Journalism Major Shreds “Case” Against Mike Brown | Kansas Exposed

Provides a clear narrative though.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

I am remarkably lax about enforcing laws on cigarette taxes. Plus, I kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.

So you'll be there supporting the cause?

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

In America:

It is ok to disagree with the protestors.

It is ok to believe in private property laws.

It is not ok to condone an on the spot death sentence without a jury trial.

Also see above as to how easy it is to become a criminal in modern America. There is a large probability that you broke several laws today alone.

We're not talking about an execution we're talking about someone who got into a struggle with the police & in the case of Mr Brown tried to commandeer his service pistol. Should the police never be able to use deadly force ever? Because ever single time an officer do so they are doing such without a jury trial.

There are much larger problems in the world then for me to care about criminals who end up being shot

[fat lou]

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

The grand jury was directed by the local prosecutor who works with the police on a daily basis and has to work with them in the future. There's nobody with any incentive to actually present the case against the police. Among the reforms being called for (generally, I don't know what this specific group wants) is the use of a special prosecutor when the accused is a police officer. This strikes me as being the barest minimum plausible reform.

So do you have evidence that shows that this officer should have been indicted? If so, what is it?

[Enough_Already]

Originally Posted by UKyank

We're not talking about an execution we're talking about someone who got into a struggle with the police & in the case of Mr Brown tried to commandeer his service pistol. Should the police never be able to use deadly force ever? Because ever single time an officer do so they are doing such without a jury trial.

Deadly force was only used in one of these cases. In the other an obese criminal got into a struggle with police and his body was not able to handle it. Not much different than the occasional high school athlete who dies during a game. What the police did would not have been lethal to very many people his age.

[aw_now_what]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

One of my drivers was delayed the other evening due to the protesters shutting down Fifth Avenue in Oakland. We don't receive an hourly wage. We're paid by the order. This delay caused him to do one fewer order than he otherwise would have done, and he took a hit to the pocketbook so some "activists" could revolt against the police. Are the protesters going to band together to donate money to him for the income they cost him?

I too was delayed by the protestors in that same traffic mess, heading from one workplace to another. When I learned later what the traffic jam was about, I was glad.

Being dead is the ultimate inconvenience.

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by fat lou

So do you have evidence that shows that this officer should have been indicted? If so, what is it?

The medical examiner's report says his death was a homicide caused by the police officers. The video shows that the police officer used a hold that was prohibited. That's enough for an indictment.