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General Discussion / Re: What is all this national defence guff?
« on: November 26, 2014, 06:42:57 pm »
They introduced the secret ballot for a damn good reason, you know. What's to stop this from happening some more when it goes away? I'm guessing it's nothing.

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So the cops at Fergusson are dressed fancily in their Kevlar and assault rifles. In fact, you could say they're... Dressed to oppress.
... I just wanted to make that one pun.

Why would they even carry those? If they actually use them it will be a massacre that only causes more anger, and not just in Ferguson. Even if they don't actually use them it makes everyone edgy and scared, the cops included. And that's not a good situation for anyone.

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I suspect that our jurors simply decided whether or not he was guilty, based on the unusual heaps of evidence they were given, and the these dudes i know they could and did summon unlike any other grand jury, and the autopsy they asked for, and all of the other information they were given. The prosecutor tried to paint it as being upfront with them, but it reeks of a secret trial to me.

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They lack a real leader. There's no MLK or Ghandi to coordinate them with the sheer horse of their personality. There probably won't be any great speeches or figures, all that they have is anger and frustration, so that's all we see.

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Shots fired on West Florissant, apparently coming from both sides. Fire department is withdrawing from several burning buildings until things calm down. Police from all around town are converging on the area.

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They're still around, but they've got a lot of fires to put out. Plus protesters make it difficult to get to certain hotspots.

Anyway, national guard has apparently been called for on the scanner. This may be just about over.

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General Discussion / Re: Bay12 Election Night Watch Party
« on: November 24, 2014, 11:27:07 pm »
Note I did say 'mixed up with St. Louis'.  that implies St. Louis and its surrounding metropolitan area, not just Ferguson.

They're basically saying "violence and mindlessness are in black people's nature." Don't get me wrong, they're hardly as coherent as that, but that's the message that's dominating.

But yeah, this would be better in its own thread. I bumped the abusive policing thread, but perhaps a new one would be better.

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Bump for Ferguson stuff.

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General Discussion / Re: Bay12 Election Night Watch Party
« on: November 24, 2014, 11:07:27 pm »
Protesters barricade highway 44, police armored vehicles move back to protect fire and police stations. Protesters immediately come right up to their lines.

Meanwhile protestors in Oakland have grown a lot, and started breaking things and spraying graffiti.

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General Discussion / Re: Bay12 Election Night Watch Party
« on: November 24, 2014, 10:58:43 pm »
Wallgreens I can understand, lots of pricey pharmaceuticals in there to loot and resell. McDonald's though? Just mindless.

Edit: Fire crews on the scene at Wallgreens.

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General Discussion / Re: Bay12 Election Night Watch Party
« on: November 24, 2014, 10:50:04 pm »
I wonder where Wilson is now. I'd certainly want to be in a different state, or at least a different part of the state, if I was in his shoes.

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General Discussion / Re: Bay12 Election Night Watch Party
« on: November 24, 2014, 10:43:23 pm »
In Horse, with an f. I definitely typed an f, and this time too, but both times it shows up as horse. Interesting...

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General Discussion / Re: Bay12 Election Night Watch Party
« on: November 24, 2014, 10:39:50 pm »
Some fires started north of the police station as well, but the area immediately around the station has apparently been cleared. Police are moving into that area in horse now.

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