What gives the people the right to loot businesses?
Why don't we see riots when blacks kill other blacks?
What did the business owners do to deserve having their business looted?
Who was doing the looting?

Do people still believe it is their heritage?

 

Nothing gives anybody the right to loot and burn businesses. Those who did and were caught should be prosecuted.

The real problem began before that with the killing of an unarmed black kid in the streets by police. Did the kid really reach into the squad car trying to get the officer's gun? I have a hard time believing that but we will probably never know what really happened. Maybe the kid told the cop to go fuck himself and it got him killed.. it happens. I see incidents all the time where a cop kills an unarmed person ( usually a transit, mexican or black person who nobody will argue for) and they claim they were reaching for a weapon. It's hard to disprove. Sometimes cops get jumpy and start shooting when it isn't necessary also. Here one cop got nervous and shot his partner in the leg accidently while shooting and killing a man who was drunk and disorderly.

I don't know what the answer is but it goes further than black people looting and burning.

 

First this is a on going investigation so they shouldn't release any information till it is complete.

Two given the death threats the officers names shouldn't be released. We all know some sorry SOB would then make their home addresses public and put their families in danger.

Three there is no reason to start screaming racism. Just because it was a black person shot doesn't mean the cops involved were members of the KKK.

Four the actions of the protesters should be under equal scrutiny to those of the police.

Finally once Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson get involved then there should be an expectation that the shits going to hit the fan. Those two do more to create racial discourse then they do to encourage racial harmony.

Lastly one man's call for justice is another's call for violence.

 

No one has the right to loot and burn any business no matter what the police did or did not do.
The police do not own the businesses.
The looters are not getting back at the cops.
The simple fact is some people see a way to steal and destroy other people's property.
They know if they yell racist loud enough they will be allowed to get away with it.
When was the last time a mob of white people looted and burned businesses because of something the police did?

Another simple fact. If a person is black they can do just about anything they want then start yelling racist and get away with it.
Want a new tv, loot a store and yell racist.
Almost every time a mob of black people decide to peacefully protest anything they end up looting and burning. Nothing is ever done to them even though they are caught on camera looting. White people are so afraid they will be called racist that they will allow black people to do anything they want, even allow them to steal and burn their business.

 

Right but that issue involves people other than the unarmed kid and the cop that killed him. That's the real problem. Dealing with looters is another thing all together.

 

Chances are the "gentle giant" might not be the innocent angel people are painting him to be.

Ferguson Police Report: Michael Brown Allegedly Took Part in ‘Strong-Arm’ Robbery



The incident report in a packet released by the Ferguson Police Department alleges that Michael Brown and a friend had taken part in a strong-arm robbery of a convenience store immediately before his shooting, releasing photos and video of a man wearing similar clothing to Brown and harassing an unknown man at a Kwik Shop.

According to the report, tweeted online by HuffPost’s Ryan Reilly, the first page states that Officer Darren Wilson was responding to a sick call last Saturday when dispatch alerted him that two young black men had robbed a Kwik Shop.

“Brown grabbed a box of Swisher Sweet cigars and handed them to Johnson,” says the report. “[REDACTED] witnessed [REDACTED] tell Brown that he had to pay for those cigars first. That is when Brown reached across the counter and grabbed numerous packs of Swisher Sweets and turned to leave the store.”

When a bystander attempted to stop Brown from leaving, Brown allegedly “grabbed [him] by the shirt and forcefully pushed him back into a display rack.”

These photos were released with the packet:

 

It is the same issue. Those who are looting and burning are the same ones who were supposed to be peaceful demonstrators.
They are using the death of a black man, not a kid, to steal and burn the property of others that have nothing to do with it.

 

This may be one of the few things we will ever agree on: and you are right - when the militarized police were moved out, state police moved in (if I recall the news right), then peace was restored. Hopefully it will stay that way.

 

There are opportunists, radicals of all bent, and anarchists who seek to use such events for their own gains, or their own agendas to cause and benefit from chaos.

 

Those are two different instances and committed by different people.

 

Why the chaos in the first place? Why not let the investigation continue?
I would be willing to bet not a very high % of the people causing the chaos even knew the black man who was killed or what happened to cause the shooting.
It was an excuse to loot and burn, get something for nothing. Then yell racist at anyone who tried to stand in their way or arrest them for theft and destroying property.

Eliminate the chaos and there wouldn't have been any looting or burning.

 

How do you know who did the looting and burning? Who caused the chaos to begin with?
Who used the chaos to loot and burn?

 

It wasn't the kid that was killed.

You're complaining about the burning, looting and violence after the kid got killed. I agree, it's wrong and there's no excuse for it. I want to know what happened with Brown and did the cop murder him or what?

 

He wasn't a kid to begin with. Looks like you didn't look at the pics of the black boy robbing a store?
Notice how he treated anyone who tried to stand in his way.

 

True: eliminate the chaos.

Yet here is something: did someone within the police department or a local political figure decide to take advantage of the moment to see how effective the militarized police would handle the masses? Or did someone overreact on that end?

In the end, yes, only a very small % of people causing the chaos knew the man who was killed: In a riot, or even the beginning of one, it does not take much for someone to figure out what is motivating any heated moment, and then seek to fan the flames. While most protesters are genuinely peaceful, there will always be a low % on all sides who seek to use the demonstrations to instigate matters and cause tensions to reach the breaking point.

 

So you think the police shot a black boy just to see how well they would handle a mob?
How did the police know there would be a riot?
People are always looking for an excuse for black people. If they loot and burn it is the fault of the police.
If they rob a store and attack the police and get shot it is the police fault.
If the mob together and damage anything they want it is the cops fault.
If the cops try to stop a mob from destroying a city it is the cops fault.

Are people really that afraid of being called a racist?

 

No, what I am saying is this: someone/s appear to have taken advantage of the situation (the tensions and inflamed passions from the shooting) or panicked and overreacted, to achieve their own ends.

Those who broke the law need to have their day in court, no matter if they are politicians, crooks, rioters, or the police.
We have a system of justice, and agitators such as the NBPP and Jackson among others, among all radicals of all sides, have only exasperated the mess.

 

Right on cue with your false propaganda bullshit except this time its really dangerous bullshit that can actually cause a riot and get people hurt or killed. Here take a look at Mike Brown laying dead in the street and notice the differences between this picture and the photos released by the police especially the shoes and socks. It is not the same person.

But even if it is Mike Brown it was not justify the police officer gunning him down when he was unarmed and trying to surrender.

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/michael-brown/

 

From what I have seen on the news it would seem like the peaceful demonstrators took advantage of the situation.
Do you actually think a single looter will ever see the inside of a courtroom?
All they have to do is yell racist and everyone runs out of their way.
It is sad to see a whole country become so scared of one word.
Where are the men of this country?

 

It's no more dangerous then the cries of racism your making. After the investigation is ongoing so no one really knows what happened yet. For all we know he did go for the officer's side arm but who gives a crap about a dead cop right.