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christx30

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117. If someone at Bundy's ranch had opened fire,

Sat Nov 29, 2014, 08:52 PM

Nov 2014

it would be almost exactly the same thing. Yes, it was a court order instead of a warrant, but it's basically the same thing.

And 6 Branch Davidians were killed in that raid.

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What You Can Do if You're a 17-Year-Old White Male without Getting Shot by Police [View all] MineralMan Nov 2014 OP

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #1

That depends. If the description is of a MineralMan Nov 2014 #4

Is it just me... Cracklin Charlie Nov 2014 #81

No. No urge to put my hands up. But, I'm an old white guy. MineralMan Nov 2014 #83

Exactly. Thats what its coming to. nt 7962 Nov 2014 #112

It's not just you. KarenS Nov 2014 #126

Kind of like PsychGrad Nov 2014 #119

Are we sure there was a call? Politicalboi Nov 2014 #6

A customer inside the store called police. alp227 Nov 2014 #93

Nice try, major fail... Spazito Nov 2014 #10

Well SOME news reported that, you know like Rex Nov 2014 #13

But didn't that POS last night say something Politicalboi Nov 2014 #15

It is quite amazing the fallacy that wilson knew about the incident in the store... Spazito Nov 2014 #17

Help me out here... Whiskeytide Nov 2014 #22

The police chief, himself, stated wilson did not know about the incident... Spazito Nov 2014 #24

I saw that, and I have read a couple of accounts of it... Whiskeytide Nov 2014 #25

You know the old saying about assume, right? Spazito Nov 2014 #48

True. But my question still stands... Whiskeytide Nov 2014 #74

Your question is better directed toward the chief, the person who made the statements... Spazito Nov 2014 #75

OK. I just wanted to get your... Whiskeytide Nov 2014 #76

LOL, discount away... n/t Spazito Nov 2014 #77

People always tend to believe the statements that support their view... thesquanderer Nov 2014 #79

The DA said last night that Darren Wilson realized Mike Brown was the suspect rudolph the red Nov 2014 #57

So the police chief was lying and the prosecutor was telling the truth? Spazito Nov 2014 #61

Or maybe he mispoke. rudolph the red Nov 2014 #63

Or maybe the prosecutor deliberately "mispoke"... Spazito Nov 2014 #64

That's possible also, but I think that you are rudolph the red Nov 2014 #65

I provided the words of the police chief in my previous post... Spazito Nov 2014 #66

That matches exactly what the DA said last night rudolph the red Nov 2014 #69

You can continue to find fault with the facts presented to you... Spazito Nov 2014 #70

if you think about it BobbyBoring Nov 2014 #67

Yet that turned out to be a total lie. Rex Nov 2014 #11

People are not upset about shots that may have been fired during the alleged assault. Maedhros Nov 2014 #28

Except PsychGrad Nov 2014 #120

I'm sorry, but even if this were exactly what happened, my about-to-be-17 white son ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #31

Stop carrying that corrupt DA's water. Darb Nov 2014 #49

wilson at the time heaven05 Nov 2014 #68

So, petty theft is justification for shooting someone? world wide wally Nov 2014 #72

Hell, if your a white sports fan Kelvin Mace Nov 2014 #2

Yes, that's true. You know...youthful spirit and all. MineralMan Nov 2014 #9

you carry a BB gun...or a real one eom noiretextatique Nov 2014 #3

I almost included that one, too, but it's less MineralMan Nov 2014 #5

that may be the case now with a BB gun noiretextatique Nov 2014 #14

17 year olds don't. MineralMan Nov 2014 #16

sorry...this guy is 18,, not 17 noiretextatique Nov 2014 #26

My White friends and I did all those things (except the sexual assault) and more and lived to tell Erose999 Nov 2014 #7

If you're a white male you can get away with pointing guns at federal agents mb999 Nov 2014 #8

That's true if there are enough of you with guns, for sure. MineralMan Nov 2014 #12

Yeah, that didn't help the Branch Davidians. n/t christx30 Nov 2014 #108

Not at all the same thing as I'm talking about. MineralMan Nov 2014 #109

You mentioned a bunch of people with guns christx30 Nov 2014 #110

Bullshit. Not even a close analogy Nevernose Nov 2014 #114

If someone at Bundy's ranch had opened fire, christx30 Nov 2014 #117

You can have your medical alert device go off... BklnDem75 Nov 2014 #18

Yes. You can have that happen, too, MineralMan Nov 2014 #19

lol... BklnDem75 Nov 2014 #23

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #20

Yup. It's an amazing double standard. MineralMan Nov 2014 #21

When stopped ask police for a ride home. gordianot Nov 2014 #27

And if you're 18 & belong to a fraternity TBF Nov 2014 #29

Such bullshit Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #30

That part is likely untrue, since so much of the rest of the narrative is untrue Hekate Nov 2014 #33

I did not include grabbing a cop's gun in my list. MineralMan Nov 2014 #34

It's not even remotely true. It defies logic. Darb Nov 2014 #52

Providing cover? Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #78

who's got their head in the sand? heaven05 Nov 2014 #71

Nope on that. My co-worker's 16-year-old grabbed for a cop's gun while stupidly drunk - haele Nov 2014 #123

KnR Hekate Nov 2014 #32

Thanks. MineralMan Nov 2014 #36

When I think of the shenanigans my brother pulled before his testosterone leveled off & his brain... Hekate Nov 2014 #43

Yes, something rotten indeed. MineralMan Nov 2014 #60

These guys lived UglyGreed Nov 2014 #35

Yes, so they did. MineralMan Nov 2014 #37

SMH UglyGreed Nov 2014 #41

Parroting a gun ban group doesn't help your case. N/T beevul Nov 2014 #87

What I posted was the picture UglyGreed Nov 2014 #88

The clothes don't matter either. You can dress in grubbies while white and not get shot. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #38

You can even wear a hoodie. If you're a young white guy, that is. MineralMan Nov 2014 #40

Mr. Mineralman ... yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #39

Not unless you morph into a white male teenager. MineralMan Nov 2014 #42

Yikes... yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #45

LOL! MineralMan Nov 2014 #46

Yes, and I am in yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #50

I love San Francisco! MineralMan Nov 2014 #54

Cool beans.. yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #58

A white kid can also walk to a store to buy some skiddles for his brother workinclasszero Nov 2014 #44

Quite true. MineralMan Nov 2014 #47

Great post. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #51

Thanks! MineralMan Nov 2014 #55

You can kill a bunch of people while drunk driving kairos12 Nov 2014 #53

That too, especially if your parents are wealthy and influential. MineralMan Nov 2014 #56

Even many of the white mass shooters have been appreneded without being shot by police. It says Erose999 Nov 2014 #59

What you say is true. Odd, isn't it. MineralMan Nov 2014 #62

too bad Brown did none of those things santroy79 Nov 2014 #104

Did none of which things? MineralMan Nov 2014 #107

The cops in Pennsylvania Nevernose Nov 2014 #116

great post heaven05 Nov 2014 #73

Thank you. MineralMan Nov 2014 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author unreadierLizard Nov 2014 #80

Michael Brown DID NOT ROBBED THE STORE. Video was doctored - Farmbrook Nov 2014 #84

Do you have statistics to back this up? JEFF9K Nov 2014 #85

No more than you do. But this is not a sociology paper. MineralMan Nov 2014 #86

K&R, dead on. nt MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #89

Thanks, Manny. MineralMan Nov 2014 #92

Perfect! loyalsister Nov 2014 #90

Go for it. I'd be honored. MineralMan Nov 2014 #91

Plenty of white people are killed by police. Brutally murdered, on video, and the cops walk. blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #94

AMEN to that!!!! See my post #111. We have a POLICE problem. 7962 Nov 2014 #115

MinMan, with two 12 year olds added to the toll, I can't stop thinking about my son, your post Hekate Nov 2014 #95

Well it was in DUs left column, whic is a first for me, I think. MineralMan Nov 2014 #96

You can also rob a bank and not go to jail! lib87 Nov 2014 #97

get over it already santroy79 Nov 2014 #98

I think I won't, but thanks for your suggestion. MineralMan Nov 2014 #106

Cops are generally not very intellectual people True Blue Door Nov 2014 #99

Uh, no: Wella Nov 2014 #100

Nice post!!!!! santroy79 Nov 2014 #101

Thank you. Its a POLICE problem. 7962 Nov 2014 #124

Until we stop drawing lines between folks and understand that militarized policing is the issue Wella Nov 2014 #125

I agree. It does nothing to further reform. nt 7962 Nov 2014 #129

Only if you're not in the same area and get questioned by the LEO's ileus Nov 2014 #102

I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about, really. MineralMan Nov 2014 #103

Some Lives Are Valued More Than Others in This Country lib87 Nov 2014 #105

Tell that to these white kids killed by black cops 7962 Nov 2014 #111

Yes to out of control police problem, but in these 3 instances is there evidence these cops NoJusticeNoPeace Nov 2014 #127

No, thats the whole POINT. No evidence of that in ferguson either. 7962 Nov 2014 #128

The entire Ferguson incident was racial; I see we have MUCH work to do NoJusticeNoPeace Nov 2014 #130

*sarcasm* Only because you're putting race into it! lib87 Nov 2014 #132

I know, it is Brown's fault for being AfAm, if he wasnt there would be no race issue LOL NoJusticeNoPeace Nov 2014 #133

Thats your opinion. And if it was then are the opposite cases racial too? 7962 Nov 2014 #134

So shooting the kid those last two shots from 25 feet away in the head, if Wilson NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #137

I didnt say I was OK with it, just that the shooting itself doesnt prove racism 7962 Dec 2014 #138

you ignore the history of white cops noiretextatique Dec 2014 #139

You nailed it MineralMan malaise Nov 2014 #113

Thanks. MineralMan Nov 2014 #118

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #121

K&R very well said nt SunsetDreams Nov 2014 #122

you can beat up any woman or kid at any time hopemountain Nov 2014 #131

I'm not sure about that JonLP24 Nov 2014 #135

Mineral Man, I'm sorry, but Shankapotomus Dec 2014 #136