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Old 03-17-2015, 06:49 AM
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Ferguson shows the real underbelly of the midwest?

First we had the police chief light a fire by calling a shooting an attempted assassination of two cops.

Then we have the lieutenant governor claim the justice department is more racist than Ferguson.

and of course, the suspect was beaten in police custody.


Seems to me pretty obvious that we have such an ingrained culture of discrimination and race hate in Ferguson that authorities are not capable of functioning under 2015 USA standards and laws.

What a terrible place.

Just how much of the country is like this?

The radical right is a real problem in this country... electing Obie has really made this clear.
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Old 03-17-2015, 08:24 AM
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My home town (Chicago) is the most segregated big city in the country. The hostility between the black and white community is as intense as anywhere in the country. The politics are particularly ugly, as we are seeing in the upcoming run-off between the Rahmfather and Chuy. It's straight down racial lines. The city council districts are the most ridiculously gerrymandered voter districts of any kind in the country.



It's like a giant Ferguson without the street demonstrations.

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Old 03-17-2015, 08:25 AM
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Seems to me pretty obvious that we have such an ingrained culture of discrimination and race hate in Ferguson that authorities are not capable of functioning under 2015 USA standards and laws.
Well, yes.

But reality is that said discrimination and hate stems from the reparations entitlement of those who want something (props) today for receiving nothing (but bad news) yesterday, not those who rightfully believe that makes little sense.

Nobody became a law enforcement authority to be forced to shoot a black kid who felt entitled to free goods and tries to kill you when you tell him he can't have it.
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Old 03-17-2015, 08:30 AM
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Old 03-17-2015, 08:58 AM
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Old 03-17-2015, 05:21 PM
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Nobody became a law enforcement authority to be forced to shoot a black kid
You are a bit extreme on the beginning of the Ferguson nightmare.

I think it best we just nuke the place. Nothing good, healthy or positives seems to exist there. Now or prior.
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The defenders of Mike Brown were also premature on their conclusions.

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