Of course the frightened white cop was found innocent -- It's America.

Joanimaroni wrote:Or, is it Rosacea??


Oh please!

Wordslinger wrote:Guided by an obvious racist prosecutor determined to protect the accused white officer, Ferguson's Grand Jury finds the cop who gunned down the unarmed teenager at a distance above 25' escapes even a manslaughter rap.

The truth is, African-Americans have never escaped overt racism in the country they were brought to originally, in chains.

Face it, racial profiling is a reality and the way things are in the black community, there is too much crime and violence and you can't help but understand the inherent, all-abiding fear white cops have who have to risk their lives in that environment on a daily basis.

Wilson gunned down Brown because he was scared to death of the big, black teenager whom he had shot and was still on his feet -- even worse, the kid turned and was facing him and coming towards him AGAIN.  Bang!, bang, bang, bang, bang! -- and Michael Brown was face down in the street, his brains spilling on the cement, and during the four hours that the dead kid lay there, everyone knew the white cop wasn't going to pay for it.  Not in Missouri.  Not near St. Louis.  Not in America.

Since Brown's termination at the hands of his frightened white armed opponent, other young black men and boys have been gunned down by white cops who evidently operate from fear even when the suspect is 12 years old and the initial phoned report mentions the gun the kid is waving around in the park might be a fake.

Martin Luther King was gunned down because he frightened southern white men.  

The scars of racism run deep.  While some of the hatred of President Obama
expressed now by his political opponents -- and much of America -- can be deemed the product of his administrative actions and decisions, the hatred expressed for him the moment he was sworn is absolutely the product of white fear.  

Nobody in America is surprised by the latest race riots in Ferguson.  From the race riots of the 1960s until now, nothing has changed.

White people are still afraid.

Reality.

boards of FL wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:And you, as I , sit at a keyboard and voice an opinion.  Takes real balls for that, right?

Our first responders put their lives on the line daily to make sure those who cross the line of the law do not harm those who do live within the law.  Do they have the pleasure of sitting back as you and I do and read story upon story about the situation and come to their conclusions in the split second moment they have to decide if someone is going to attack them...after they have already been attacked.  What should the decision be?  Sit down in a yoga position and begin to "ohmmmm" their fear?  

Who the hell would not be fearful?  There is not a truthful man or woman who serves to keep peace that would tell you they are never afraid.  So freakin' what if he was?  

Go put on your uniform and do better.  See how it is to live life in a split second decision situation rather than the comfort of your position behind the keyboard in a delete, autocorrect, do-over world of words.


Peace.  

Peace my ass bitch.  How in hell do you know what I've faced in my life? And I'll wager my balls are a helluva lot bigger than yours!  Or, come to think of it, maybe not (LOL) . . .

And evidently you fail to grasp the meaning of what I wrote.  I'm not putting Darren Wilson down for being afraid.  I'm putting down the racism in America that makes it so.  Racially, we're a country that preaches equality, that prides itself on racial justice ... but have never been able to live what we preach.  

And that sweetie, is worth writing about.

Peace.  

And your lack of balls puts RACISM as the reason.  Yes, this is  story that needs much to be written about it.  To put a rest at last to the race card being pulled every time someone of color is arrested, charged, and yes, sadly killed for their inability to abide by law.

It's the cowards way out of conflict to immediately scream RACE.

There are well documented gaps that exist among the races.  Income gaps, education gaps, incarceration gaps.  Many would say these are remnants of our racist past.  It was only a generation or two ago that black people were segregated and had no voting rights.

If racism isn't the culprit for these gaps, what is your alternative theory?  Are black people just fundamentally different...somehow...from white people?

The floor is yours.

Wordslinger wrote:She writes ... Joani ... everyone ..

If you want to understand the tragedy of Ferguson, read the following piece by a black woman who lives there....

http://www.alternet.org/i-am-utterly-undone-my-struggle-black-rage-and-fear-after-ferguson?page=0%2C0&akid=12503.260394.JE-EpR&rd=1&src=newsletter1027654&t=4

http://www.alternet.org/i-am-utterly-undone-my-struggle-black-rage-and-fear-after-ferguson?page=0%2C1&akid=12503.260394.JE-EpR&rd=1&src=newsletter1027654&t=4

Sal wrote:

Joanimaroni wrote:
What is your story for Dillon Taylor?

Utah cops seem to just like shooting people.

Use of force by police is the second-most common circumstance under which Utahns kill each other, surpassed only by intimate partner violence.

That's unbelievable, and is certainly the result of our militarized police forces, but it also does nothing to discount the fact that nationally young black men are 21 times more likely to be shot by cops than young white men.

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:And you, as I , sit at a keyboard and voice an opinion.  Takes real balls for that, right?

Our first responders put their lives on the line daily to make sure those who cross the line of the law do not harm those who do live within the law.  Do they have the pleasure of sitting back as you and I do and read story upon story about the situation and come to their conclusions in the split second moment they have to decide if someone is going to attack them...after they have already been attacked.  What should the decision be?  Sit down in a yoga position and begin to "ohmmmm" their fear?  

Who the hell would not be fearful?  There is not a truthful man or woman who serves to keep peace that would tell you they are never afraid.  So freakin' what if he was?  

Go put on your uniform and do better.  See how it is to live life in a split second decision situation rather than the comfort of your position behind the keyboard in a delete, autocorrect, do-over world of words.


Peace.  

Peace my ass bitch.  How in hell do you know what I've faced in my life? And I'll wager my balls are a helluva lot bigger than yours!  Or, come to think of it, maybe not (LOL) . . .

And evidently you fail to grasp the meaning of what I wrote.  I'm not putting Darren Wilson down for being afraid.  I'm putting down the racism in America that makes it so.  Racially, we're a country that preaches equality, that prides itself on racial justice ... but have never been able to live what we preach.  

And that sweetie, is worth writing about.

Peace.  

And your lack of balls puts RACISM as the reason.  Yes, this is  story that needs much to be written about it.  To put a rest at last to the race card being pulled every time someone of color is arrested, charged, and yes, sadly killed for their inability to abide by law.

It's the cowards way out of conflict to immediately scream RACE.

And you call yourself a writer?  LOL.  Try looking a little wider, dummy.  Frightened white cops shooting 12 year old kids with toy guns, or the Michael Brown shooting are all symptoms of the same disease.  You need, desperately need to know the history of your country.  Why do black Americans live mostly in black neighborhoods?  Why does black unemployment exceed by double or more that of whites, regardless of sex, age, etc.?  Why do black Americans have to keep fighting for their right to vote in the Southern states?

Why did so many Americans express such venom over Obama's first election to the presidency?

Do you really think a white baby and a brown or black baby in America share the same opportunities?

You've been eating too much white bread and mayonnaise lady.  I've lived in California, Nevada, Idaho, Texas and New York, Japan, Palau in Micronesia, Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, Canada and here in the Panhandle.  I evaded being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines, and I'm a trained knife fighter.  Tell me about your balls ... LOL

Markle wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:And you, as I , sit at a keyboard and voice an opinion.  Takes real balls for that, right?

Our first responders put their lives on the line daily to make sure those who cross the line of the law do not harm those who do live within the law.  Do they have the pleasure of sitting back as you and I do and read story upon story about the situation and come to their conclusions in the split second moment they have to decide if someone is going to attack them...after they have already been attacked.  What should the decision be?  Sit down in a yoga position and begin to "ohmmmm" their fear?  

Who the hell would not be fearful?  There is not a truthful man or woman who serves to keep peace that would tell you they are never afraid.  So freakin' what if he was?  

Go put on your uniform and do better.  See how it is to live life in a split second decision situation rather than the comfort of your position behind the keyboard in a delete, autocorrect, do-over world of words.


Peace.  

Peace my ass bitch.  How in hell do you know what I've faced in my life? And I'll wager my balls are a helluva lot bigger than yours!  Or, come to think of it, maybe not (LOL) . . .

And evidently you fail to grasp the meaning of what I wrote.  I'm not putting Darren Wilson down for being afraid.  I'm putting down the racism in America that makes it so.  Racially, we're a country that preaches equality, that prides itself on racial justice ... but have never been able to live what we preach.  

And that sweetie, is worth writing about.

Peace.  

And your lack of balls puts RACISM as the reason.  Yes, this is  story that needs much to be written about it.  To put a rest at last to the race card being pulled every time someone of color is arrested, charged, and yes, sadly killed for their inability to abide by law.

It's the cowards way out of conflict to immediately scream RACE.

And you call yourself a writer?  LOL.  Try looking a little wider, dummy.  Frightened white cops shooting 12 year old kids with toy guns, or the Michael Brown shooting are all symptoms of the same disease.  You need, desperately need to know the history of your country.  Why do black Americans live mostly in black neighborhoods?  Why does black unemployment exceed by double or more that of whites, regardless of sex, age, etc.?  Why do black Americans have to keep fighting for their right to vote in the Southern states?

Why did so many Americans express such venom over Obama's first election to the presidency?

Do you really think a white baby and a brown or black baby in America share the same opportunities?

You've been eating too much white bread and mayonnaise lady.  I've lived in California, Nevada, Idaho, Texas and New York, Japan, Palau in Micronesia, Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, Canada and here in the Panhandle.  I evaded being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines, and I'm a trained knife fighter.  Tell me about your balls ... LOL

Yes indeed.  As you know they all have exactly the same opportunities.  That's providing all three start with the same opportunities.  You know, they went to school, did NOT ridicule others who did study and worked hard.  Then they got part time jobs, went to college or a trade school.  Found a mate they truly loved, THEN had kids.

"Trained knife fighter".

Wordslinger wrote:As I said a few days ago, the Ferguson riots aren't about the murder of the unarmed teenager by the frightened white cop.  Michael Brown isn't the issue -- poverty, unemployment, rampant drugs, violence, predator paycheck loans, liquor stores and an unjust justice system that has been the protector of whites who hate blacks for more than a hundred years, these are the real issue.  The folks on the streets in Ferguson right now aren't risking themselves for the memory of Mr. Brown.  They're protesting a world that they know is against them.  They want the whole world to know they're outraged by their lives in Ferguson, Missouri.

Reality.

The Dude wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:As I said a few days ago, the Ferguson riots aren't about the murder of the unarmed teenager by the frightened white cop.  Michael Brown isn't the issue -- poverty, unemployment, rampant drugs, violence, predator paycheck loans, liquor stores and an unjust justice system that has been the protector of whites who hate blacks for more than a hundred years, these are the real issue.  The folks on the streets in Ferguson right now aren't risking themselves for the memory of Mr. Brown.  They're protesting a world that they know is against them.  They want the whole world to know they're outraged by their lives in Ferguson, Missouri.

Reality.

And you plead Yu are not judging? What a hypocrite. While my reading skills may be lacking i picked up the word murder you used before the evidence was made public. Who are you trying to kid?


Let's see .. Wilson shot and killed the unarmed teenager at a distance beyond 25'. When you kill someone with a gun you murder them. It can be legally justified, or you get the death penalty, murder two, manslaughter, etc.
But no matter how it's judged, when one person kills another with a gun, it's murder baby. Your welcome. Any time you need help with definitions, I'm available.

Wordslinger wrote:

The Dude wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:As I said a few days ago, the Ferguson riots aren't about the murder of the unarmed teenager by the frightened white cop.  Michael Brown isn't the issue -- poverty, unemployment, rampant drugs, violence, predator paycheck loans, liquor stores and an unjust justice system that has been the protector of whites who hate blacks for more than a hundred years, these are the real issue.  The folks on the streets in Ferguson right now aren't risking themselves for the memory of Mr. Brown.  They're protesting a world that they know is against them.  They want the whole world to know they're outraged by their lives in Ferguson, Missouri.

Reality.

And you plead Yu are not judging? What a hypocrite. While my reading skills may be lacking i picked up the word murder you used before the evidence was made public. Who are you trying to kid?


Let's see .. Wilson shot and killed the unarmed teenager at a distance beyond 25'.  When you kill someone with a gun you murder them.  It can be legally justified, or you get the death penalty, murder two, manslaughter, etc.
But no matter how it's judged, when one person kills another with a gun, it's murder baby.  Your welcome.  Any time you need help with definitions, I'm available.  





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You have your own personal dictionary. Good for you. It's a special language with your own definitions but not one we use. Most especially since murder is a legal term. Whenever you need help with reality I  can take you there.

Wordslinger wrote:

Markle wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:And you, as I , sit at a keyboard and voice an opinion.  Takes real balls for that, right?

Our first responders put their lives on the line daily to make sure those who cross the line of the law do not harm those who do live within the law.  Do they have the pleasure of sitting back as you and I do and read story upon story about the situation and come to their conclusions in the split second moment they have to decide if someone is going to attack them...after they have already been attacked.  What should the decision be?  Sit down in a yoga position and begin to "ohmmmm" their fear?  

Who the hell would not be fearful?  There is not a truthful man or woman who serves to keep peace that would tell you they are never afraid.  So freakin' what if he was?  

Go put on your uniform and do better.  See how it is to live life in a split second decision situation rather than the comfort of your position behind the keyboard in a delete, autocorrect, do-over world of words.


Peace.  

Peace my ass bitch.  How in hell do you know what I've faced in my life? And I'll wager my balls are a helluva lot bigger than yours!  Or, come to think of it, maybe not (LOL) . . .

And evidently you fail to grasp the meaning of what I wrote.  I'm not putting Darren Wilson down for being afraid.  I'm putting down the racism in America that makes it so.  Racially, we're a country that preaches equality, that prides itself on racial justice ... but have never been able to live what we preach.  

And that sweetie, is worth writing about.

Peace.  

And your lack of balls puts RACISM as the reason.  Yes, this is  story that needs much to be written about it.  To put a rest at last to the race card being pulled every time someone of color is arrested, charged, and yes, sadly killed for their inability to abide by law.

It's the cowards way out of conflict to immediately scream RACE.

And you call yourself a writer?  LOL.  Try looking a little wider, dummy.  Frightened white cops shooting 12 year old kids with toy guns, or the Michael Brown shooting are all symptoms of the same disease.  You need, desperately need to know the history of your country.  Why do black Americans live mostly in black neighborhoods?  Why does black unemployment exceed by double or more that of whites, regardless of sex, age, etc.?  Why do black Americans have to keep fighting for their right to vote in the Southern states?

Why did so many Americans express such venom over Obama's first election to the presidency?

Do you really think a white baby and a brown or black baby in America share the same opportunities?

You've been eating too much white bread and mayonnaise lady.  I've lived in California, Nevada, Idaho, Texas and New York, Japan, Palau in Micronesia, Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, Canada and here in the Panhandle.  I evaded being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines, and I'm a trained knife fighter.  Tell me about your balls ... LOL

Yes indeed.  As you know they all have exactly the same opportunities.  That's providing all three start with the same opportunities.  You know, they went to school, did NOT ridicule others who did study and worked hard.  Then they got part time jobs, went to college or a trade school.  Found a mate they truly loved, THEN had kids.

"Trained knife fighter".

One year of Kendo-Jitsu, two years of knife fighting under a master martial arts weapons trainer.  I have 9 patents in cutlery design, and my knives are in the Museum of Modern Art.  I also created the 911 Rescue tool and a Marine combat knife and harness for the Marine Sniper Instructor School at Langley.  

Up your ass Nazi.  

Wordslinger wrote:

Imagine.  You're born and raised in a poverty-stricken black neighborhood. You never knew your father.  Your mom smokes crack and cleans rooms at a cheap motel.  The most successful men on your street are pimps or sell dope.  You either join the local gangsta outfit, or fight them, and you won't find much appreciation for education there.

Just what is your motivation to apply yourself from K-1-12?

Can you explain it better?  I'm all ears.  By the way, Jethro
Tull isn't much of a flute player.  Try listening to Frank West or Hubert Laws.

boards of FL wrote:


I think it's reasonable to assume that I shouldn't have to explain things that are so fundamental such as the link between socioeconomic factors and educational outcomes.  Alas...

There is a well documented understanding that factors beyond just the individual teacher and school influence a child's educational outcomes.  In fact, socioeconomic status is a better predictor of a child's success than any given school or teacher.  

Kids who have parents who are available after school to help with homework, prepare meals, provide clothing, and generally offer encouragement generally achieve greater academic success than kids who find themselves in a situation in which the parents are not home, they're hungry, and no one is there to ensure that all schoolwork is being completed.  

If you don't buy the mountains of well documented research into this phenomenon, simply asking any schoolteacher that you ever meet.

http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED451291
http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03272012-034408/unrestricted/MonttG032012D.pdf
http://profile.educ.indiana.edu/Portals/131/Toutkoushian%20Curtis%20JER%202005.pdf
http://aed.sagepub.com/content/57/2/124
http://research.acer.edu.au/aje/vol54/iss1/5/
http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/48852584.pdf


Let me know if you need help on anything else.  Gravity, how to tie shoelaces...these are all abstract things that always require explanation.

Wordslinger wrote:As I said a few days ago, the Ferguson riots aren't about the murder of the unarmed teenager by the frightened white cop.  Michael Brown isn't the issue -- poverty, unemployment, rampant drugs, violence, predator paycheck loans, liquor stores and an unjust justice system that has been the protector of whites who hate blacks for more than a hundred years, these are the real issue.  The folks on the streets in Ferguson right now aren't risking themselves for the memory of Mr. Brown.  They're protesting a world that they know is against them.  They want the whole world to know they're outraged by their lives in Ferguson, Missouri.

Reality.

The Dude wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

Markle wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

SheWrites wrote:And you, as I , sit at a keyboard and voice an opinion.  Takes real balls for that, right?

Our first responders put their lives on the line daily to make sure those who cross the line of the law do not harm those who do live within the law.  Do they have the pleasure of sitting back as you and I do and read story upon story about the situation and come to their conclusions in the split second moment they have to decide if someone is going to attack them...after they have already been attacked.  What should the decision be?  Sit down in a yoga position and begin to "ohmmmm" their fear?  

Who the hell would not be fearful?  There is not a truthful man or woman who serves to keep peace that would tell you they are never afraid.  So freakin' what if he was?  

Go put on your uniform and do better.  See how it is to live life in a split second decision situation rather than the comfort of your position behind the keyboard in a delete, autocorrect, do-over world of words.


Peace.  

Peace my ass bitch.  How in hell do you know what I've faced in my life? And I'll wager my balls are a helluva lot bigger than yours!  Or, come to think of it, maybe not (LOL) . . .

And evidently you fail to grasp the meaning of what I wrote.  I'm not putting Darren Wilson down for being afraid.  I'm putting down the racism in America that makes it so.  Racially, we're a country that preaches equality, that prides itself on racial justice ... but have never been able to live what we preach.  

And that sweetie, is worth writing about.

Peace.  

And your lack of balls puts RACISM as the reason.  Yes, this is  story that needs much to be written about it.  To put a rest at last to the race card being pulled every time someone of color is arrested, charged, and yes, sadly killed for their inability to abide by law.

It's the cowards way out of conflict to immediately scream RACE.

And you call yourself a writer?  LOL.  Try looking a little wider, dummy.  Frightened white cops shooting 12 year old kids with toy guns, or the Michael Brown shooting are all symptoms of the same disease.  You need, desperately need to know the history of your country.  Why do black Americans live mostly in black neighborhoods?  Why does black unemployment exceed by double or more that of whites, regardless of sex, age, etc.?  Why do black Americans have to keep fighting for their right to vote in the Southern states?

Why did so many Americans express such venom over Obama's first election to the presidency?

Do you really think a white baby and a brown or black baby in America share the same opportunities?

You've been eating too much white bread and mayonnaise lady.  I've lived in California, Nevada, Idaho, Texas and New York, Japan, Palau in Micronesia, Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, Canada and here in the Panhandle.  I evaded being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines, and I'm a trained knife fighter.  Tell me about your balls ... LOL

Yes indeed.  As you know they all have exactly the same opportunities.  That's providing all three start with the same opportunities.  You know, they went to school, did NOT ridicule others who did study and worked hard.  Then they got part time jobs, went to college or a trade school.  Found a mate they truly loved, THEN had kids.

"Trained knife fighter".

One year of Kendo-Jitsu, two years of knife fighting under a master martial arts weapons trainer.  I have 9 patents in cutlery design, and my knives are in the Museum of Modern Art.  I also created the 911 Rescue tool and a Marine combat knife and harness for the Marine Sniper Instructor School at Langley.  

Up your ass Nazi.  

So if someone shoots someone with a gun 25 feet away that's murder. Isn't that what a sniper does? Does that make you an accomplice and by extension a murderer? If you need help with logic i am available....
Reality

PkrBum wrote:I think it's likely that the prosecutor presented to the grand jury to remove the doubt that he may be biased.