The Somewhat Serious Discussion Thread

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Cleveland police officer shoots 12-year-old boy carrying BB gun | cleveland.com

Tragic situation. Have to wonder what on earth the kid was thinking...

Also...the comments to this article make my head hurt.

 

[005]

I saw this making the rounds on twitter earlier. I saw one earlier this week about police shooting an unarmed man in Brooklyn.

Haven't looked into either situation, but police shootings are becoming a very hot news topic lately.

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Grand jury is coming back on the Ferguson, MO officer soon. No indictment expected. Prepping for big time riots...

 

[005]

Yeah, that is gonna get really ugly I have a feeling. Don't know what the grand jury decision should be, but it'll get nasty.

 

[005]

No indictment.

 

[BenTenn]

No indictment.

Yeah, aint gonna be a good night in Missouri.

 

[005]

Looting makes it seem like more of a tantrum than a real issue.

 

[BenTenn]

Looting makes it seem like more of a tantrum than a real issue.

It's just an excuse for them (people of Ferguson, not meaning black people) to show their asses.

 

[wU-Tang Vol]

Looting makes it seem like more of a tantrum than a real issue.

Bingo. I just don't understand the point that makes. Surely they thought of another way to logically get their frustration across than stealing hot cheetos

 

[wU-Tang Vol]

Why is a building on fire? What message does that send?

 

[Vercingetorix]

Mobs burn and loot when they get pissed. It's totally irrational, but it seems to be universal. Angry mobs have been burning down their own neighborhoods since at least the Roman Empire and probably before.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I mean, even Canadians (!) looted in Vancouver (!!) a few years ago when hey lost the Stanley Cup.

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

If looting is all that happens, I'll be glad. I was half expecting a somewhat organized assault on police...

 

[005]

True, burning and looting and breaking things seems to just be a thing that happens. But, boy, it just opens you up for criticism and gives people a reason to ignore whatever larger issues are there.

 

[Vercingetorix]

True, burning and looting and breaking things seems to just be a thing that happens. But, boy, it just opens you up for criticism and gives people a reason to ignore whatever larger issues are there.

The larger issues they're pissed about are never going to get addressed anyway.

 

[005]

That might be true.

 

[wU-Tang Vol]

More tear gas coming it seems

 

[Vercingetorix]

I don't know whether Officer Wilson had legitimate cause to fear for his life, but it seems pretty clear that he didn't really regard Brown as a human being. This is a caricature.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Also described Brown as looking "like a demon."

 

[005]

Crazy the perspective he had of Brown in that situation.

Wonder what his record as a police looks like.