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84. Google the Utah shooting of Dillon Taylor

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 01:20 PM

Nov 2014

Funny there isn't cries for an indictment there. That cop (who happened to be black) never faced a grand jury. And oh yeah, no one rioted and looted and burned down Salt Lake City, either.

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IN FERGUSON: Police cars, businesses on fire, "much worse than the worst night" in August [View all] brooklynite Nov 2014 OP

oh well heaven05 Nov 2014 #1

Good point JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #2

? what? Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #151

Yep JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #160

So maybe I misunderstood? Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #161

I make no apologies to how I expressed myself JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #163

You wouldn't be of that opinion if they looted and burned your property. Beacool Nov 2014 #126

you don't know that for certain heaven05 Nov 2014 #130

Yeah, sure............ Beacool Nov 2014 #132

are you kidding? Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #152

See my post - response upthread to you JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #162

Now I'm more confused. Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #166

Are you an African American? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #168

I'm sorry, but does that really matter? Really? AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #176

What's it to you? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #188

I could ask you the same question. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #205

Ha ha ha JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #211

Oh please, don't play that game. Beacool Dec 2014 #186

I did not justify it JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #189

It sounded like you found justification in these people's acts. Beacool Dec 2014 #192

You need to take heaven05 Dec 2014 #193

A wrong does not justify another wrong. Beacool Dec 2014 #202

Yeah one does have to have a moral compass in life heaven05 Dec 2014 #203

No one is saying that anger and frustration at this gross injustice is not justified. Beacool Dec 2014 #206

This, exactly. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #208

NEVER!!!!!!! heaven05 Dec 2014 #214

I'm afraid you're utterly wrong on this, heaven05, as is the usual. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #207

That's a false equivalence. Beacool Dec 2014 #185

been peacefully protesting heaven05 Dec 2014 #194

Burning property only perpetuates the racists' point of view. Beacool Dec 2014 #204

Sad, but so damn true. This, too, should be a no-brainer. nt AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #209

The racist heaven05 Dec 2014 #213

I certainly wouldn't if 840high Dec 2014 #178

So what heaven05 Dec 2014 #196

So what? Jobs lost, people 840high Dec 2014 #198

I know what you do believe in....... heaven05 Dec 2014 #199

You can't bring him 840high Dec 2014 #200

I just read that an Advance Auto store was burned. What did that store, and the owner, have WhoWoodaKnew Nov 2014 #3

Misdirected rage Papagoose Nov 2014 #4

if many heaven05 Nov 2014 #9

I'm speaking from my little corner of the world Papagoose Nov 2014 #17

It's more common then you think Reter Nov 2014 #64

if you say so heaven05 Nov 2014 #66

Racism is the systamatic subjugation, duhumanation, and denigration of a group on the basis of race. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #117

I just think it's unfair that someone, who had nothing to do with this, gets their WhoWoodaKnew Nov 2014 #124

This business's owners is a 2 billion dollar conglomerate headquartered in Virginia Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #154

And what of all the people that work there and need their jobs? WhoWoodaKnew Dec 2014 #155

I guess you didn't read my previous posts. Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #164

Do any of them have spouses or kids? Did any of them WhoWoodaKnew Dec 2014 #165

no i'm sure they were all terrible people. Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #167

It's a simple fact that none of the people that worked in these businesses WhoWoodaKnew Dec 2014 #172

Bet they will not rebuild there. Who 840high Dec 2014 #179

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! catnhatnh Nov 2014 #5

Wait a minute..... Adrahil Nov 2014 #10

no justification heaven05 Nov 2014 #14

Don't whine to me about "LEGITIMATE" protest catnhatnh Nov 2014 #15

So let's be clear, your FINE with the looting? Adrahil Nov 2014 #19

Perhaps you don't do nuance.... catnhatnh Nov 2014 #22

Well said! nt Bragi Nov 2014 #89

Do you care about the peoples lives being ruined in the process? Adrahil Nov 2014 #133

Tell that to Natalie DuBose christx30 Nov 2014 #136

Natalie DuBose ChazII Nov 2014 #143

Yeah, but, she wasn't blocking a street, christx30 Nov 2014 #144

I wasn't being sarcastic. ChazII Nov 2014 #145

This message was self-deleted by its author christx30 Nov 2014 #146

OK, then, they should destroy their own property cpwm17 Dec 2014 #210

And I wonder what he will say when christx30 Nov 2014 #60

During the riots of the sixties... Adrahil Nov 2014 #134

+1 n/t cosmicone Nov 2014 #53

Why are you so anxious to defend CAPITALIST property? Odin2005 Nov 2014 #95

As opposed to SOCIALIST property? ManiacJoe Nov 2014 #100

Well.... Adrahil Nov 2014 #135

I can understand the anger and frustration of the people of Ferguson. I understand the JDPriestly Nov 2014 #113

Because its easy to destroy. cstanleytech Nov 2014 #121

I'm on your side for legitimate protest Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #156

This, just this. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #173

"Frankly" sarcasm thingy here, No, it does not undermine anything heaven05 Dec 2014 #215

You know who caused everybody to take their eyes off the ball? Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #16

Exactly this. Adrahil Nov 2014 #20

Spooky, isn't it? It's almost as if it happened BY DESIGN. 6000eliot Nov 2014 #21

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I think he did (or more likely manslaughter), but... Adrahil Nov 2014 #31

oh really, Fujimaster?!!! Carolina Nov 2014 #52

Your facts are wrong. cosmicone Nov 2014 #59

MB was walking down the street minding his own business Carolina Nov 2014 #63

You have a very low bar for "minding his own business" FBaggins Nov 2014 #67

Even last summer Carolina Nov 2014 #107

I didn't comment on who knew what. FBaggins Nov 2014 #109

Oh really, did you not say Carolina Nov 2014 #110

He was fleeing the scene of a crime that he committed... FBaggins Nov 2014 #114

My language skills Carolina Nov 2014 #115

Then perhaps it's your reasoning skills? FBaggins Nov 2014 #118

Your bias is so apparent Carolina Nov 2014 #119

Lol... how ironic FBaggins Nov 2014 #120

yeah he shouldn't have mouthed off to that heaven05 Nov 2014 #139

hey Michael Brown faced heaven05 Nov 2014 #141

those are created facts to justify murder heaven05 Nov 2014 #138

Yours is an opinion, too. Wilson could have been pulling his piece and Brown was attempting.... marble falls Dec 2014 #150

So, are you saying that an innocent man cosmicone Dec 2014 #169

If I were black, male, under thirty? Yeah, I think I would. marble falls Dec 2014 #170

Utterly illogical cosmicone Dec 2014 #171

no, he didn't say black man heaven05 Dec 2014 #217

Yes, you're right cosmicone Dec 2014 #222

P.S believe whatever heaven05 Dec 2014 #223

your rationalizations excusing wilson heaven05 Dec 2014 #216

As a scientist, I'm not willing to disregard facts. cosmicone Dec 2014 #221

I don't beleive it was there when heaven05 Dec 2014 #224

I applaud you for heaven05 Dec 2014 #218

He clearly did... Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #54

Maybe, but that seems like a reach without any real information Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #157

Yep, a lot of people here angry at the destruction of Capitalist property. So stupid. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #93

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How do you feel about the police shooting and killing unarmed black men? nt MrScorpio Nov 2014 #103

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But he's not here, is he? MrScorpio Nov 2014 #112

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after this heaven05 Nov 2014 #140

Have you forgotten the elections of an all white administrations that ignores the needs of the jwirr Nov 2014 #50

Who knows why the KKK chose to burn it. Maybe a black man owns it. valerief Nov 2014 #73

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #81

I don't play with disruptors. Ignore forever! nt valerief Nov 2014 #82

Firstly, it's terrible that innocent people are involved in this Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #153

The community will lose that store. People 840high Dec 2014 #181

police should have stood guard in front of businesses! they pushed crowds toward/past that area. Sunlei Nov 2014 #6

The National Guard was busy guarding the Governor 4139 Nov 2014 #7

You are blaming the police for criminal acts? Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #8

I AM heaven05 Nov 2014 #11

I won't go so far as to 'blame' the GJ who were merely acting at the behest of KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18

I will gladly blame the ignorant, likely tainted and possibly racist GJ members LonePirate Nov 2014 #32

I should say I'm withholding judgment on the bad faith of the GJ until I have KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #33

I hope the Justice Department investigates the police department in Ferguson. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #116

no one on the grand jury heaven05 Dec 2014 #191

Yeah, I get your point. Those grand jurors are hiding behind the mask of KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #195

okay heaven05 Dec 2014 #197

Your bias is noted. 840high Dec 2014 #182

yours is obvious heaven05 Dec 2014 #190

police never responded to 911 calls or alarms from those businesses. Sunlei Nov 2014 #13

Well, that's where the protests have been before. Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #24

I meant without any police protection those businesses were doomed. here is 1 they caught.. Sunlei Nov 2014 #45

Ok, now that is wrong. kjones Nov 2014 #92

there is a tipping point and the number of black people being killed samsingh Nov 2014 #38

What "brown" do you mean? valerief Nov 2014 #75

sorry meant officer wilson samsingh Nov 2014 #87

Just wanted to get you to fix it! :) valerief Nov 2014 #88

thank you - that was my very bad samsingh Nov 2014 #97

You may want to actually fix it in that post. nt valerief Nov 2014 #98

done samsingh Nov 2014 #125

racist dog whistle for sure noiretextatique Nov 2014 #91

I sure am... the police Carolina Nov 2014 #55

What planet do you live on? nt valerief Nov 2014 #74

Are you denying Carolina Nov 2014 #105

You responded to the wrong person. valerief Nov 2014 #128

? Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #158

tell that to heaven05 Dec 2014 #219

what bait? Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #25

UNREC brooklynite Nov 2014 #36

The only job of the cops and national guard Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #99

Darren Wilson expressed himself first BeyondGeography Nov 2014 #12

I'm sure no bank will ever lend money to rebuild the businesses warrant46 Nov 2014 #23

I dont blame them Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #27

I don't believe even the Non Union thugs at Walmart warrant46 Nov 2014 #29

And the people in the neighborhood christx30 Nov 2014 #28

Yep! I know there was such an effort to have yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #43

Actually banks will probably still issue loans and insurance companies will still sell them policies cstanleytech Nov 2014 #122

why can't it be understood heaven05 Dec 2014 #220

I don't get it - destroy others property when they are not even involved in the whole thing liberal N proud Nov 2014 #30

The Mob has no future veiw of their actions warrant46 Nov 2014 #34

Not everyone in the protests were there for the same reason FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #35

Outside of grabbing a couple of bottle os liquor, it doesn't further their own cause either. liberal N proud Nov 2014 #44

...^ that 840high Nov 2014 #62

The owners of capital are the real bosses. They want to bloody the bosses nose. harun Nov 2014 #104

... liberal N proud Nov 2014 #106

...^ that 840high Dec 2014 #183

i'm heartbroken about the man who was executed by the police samsingh Nov 2014 #37

They will never rebuild. The mob has killed the town. Good going morons. n/t Joe Magarac Nov 2014 #39

Did you call the KKK a mob. Farmbrook Nov 2014 #42

Touche, Farmbrook Carolina Nov 2014 #57

Yes, the racist KKK Mob, the new John Birch Lynching Society, has certainly ruined Ferguson. nt valerief Nov 2014 #77

This is all so Rodney King. bemildred Nov 2014 #40

"Big deal Businesses got burned down" Mike Brown Died! Protest is never pretty! Farmbrook Nov 2014 #41

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You're sick. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2014 #49

go back to Freeperville Carolina Nov 2014 #61

Say it loud, Farmbrook Carolina Nov 2014 #58

American history is a lot more complicated than that, mind you.... AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #180

Words without action are empty and meaningless. Carolina Dec 2014 #226

I just finished reading the entire transcript of the grand jury............... Old Vet Nov 2014 #47

Thanks whitey. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2014 #51

I wont fuck with that whitey remark, Some may find it racist even. Old Vet Nov 2014 #65

After some thought............ Old Vet Nov 2014 #68

No, no it is not etherealtruth Nov 2014 #69

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Your post displays a lack of understanding of context and social mores n/t etherealtruth Nov 2014 #86

I agree with the original post, but whitey is racist Tunkamerica Dec 2014 #159

Sad but true, and anyone who thinks otherwise is in denial. Fact. nt AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #175

What recurring donations are you signed up for? Wheres your star? My nickname is 'Whitey" btw. marble falls Nov 2014 #96

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you can alert noiretextatique Nov 2014 #90

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #79

This is so sad for everyone. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #48

Indeed, it's a terrible shame. =( AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #177

No TRIAL for Wilson? Not even a CHANCE that justice can prevail? vkkv Nov 2014 #56

The family could still file a civil suit FBaggins Nov 2014 #71

Too bad Snow Leopard Nov 2014 #76

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Right the KKK wouldn't have caused these riots. In fact, a black Wilson wouldn't have killed Brown valerief Nov 2014 #80

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Google the Utah shooting of Dillon Taylor Drayden Nov 2014 #84

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of course not. there is a long tradition of black officers killing white people noiretextatique Nov 2014 #94

Nice bucket o' water you got there. Darb Nov 2014 #102

Explain the funny part, please. marble falls Dec 2014 #149

OK. Sorry, while I can understand the anger, I will never understand JDPriestly Nov 2014 #111

I think Tommy Lee Jones said it best as Agent Kay cstanleytech Nov 2014 #123

They destroyed businesses owned and operated by AA. Beacool Nov 2014 #129

+10000000 JDPriestly Nov 2014 #142

The people who are burning and looting are not concerned with being politically smart. Beacool Nov 2014 #147

Yes. We had riots in LA in 1992. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #148

I was pretty young, but I remember the L.A. riots. Beacool Dec 2014 #225

because it isn't their town. pothos Nov 2014 #131

That's not the right answer, fella. nt AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #174

This is not helpful. Beacool Nov 2014 #127

Hell of a thing to show the world. 840high Dec 2014 #184

Yep, it does. Beacool Dec 2014 #187

Lot of newbie right wingers drawn to this thread! BillZBubb Dec 2014 #201

Sadly, we've got a few other idiots, too..... AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #212