ferguson

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by finnbow

OTOH, one needn't worry about prejudicing a jury against a dead victim. I suppose they thought the video would make the protestors reconsider who it was they were protesting for.

Finding that the cause celeb had just prior to his encounter with the LEO thugged a shopkeeper would be a letdown.

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[Pio1980]

The likelihood that thru the robbery he was complicit in his demise due to his encounter with the LEO gets lost in the fervor of the protest.


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[finnbow]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

May not be prejudicial to the victim but sure as hell goes a long way to ensure that any possible criminal case against the officer will not be in Ferguson. My observation is based on the fact that violence re-erupted after this video was released and did very little to paint the victim as a perp.

That's probably a good thing. I find it difficult to have sympathy for the looters and other miscreants on the street who probably didn't know or care about the victim other than as a cause celebre for their pent-up grievances.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by finnbow

That's probably a good thing. I find it difficult to have sympathy for the looters and other miscreants on the street who probably didn't know or care about the victim other than as a cause celebre for their pent-up grievances.

I accept your POV while not agreeing per se.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by finnbow

OTOH, one needn't worry about prejudicing a jury against a dead victim. I suppose they thought the video would make the protestors reconsider who it was they were protesting for.

Don't think they were thinking about the protestors at all. They were out to defuse demands for William's prosecution. And it was a good move, PR wise, except I think it should have been a different press conference with a different spokesman that dropped the video stuff into the mix. The purpose was all to obvious the way they did it, and probably has contributed to further unrest in Ferguson.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Don't think they were thinking about the protestors at all. They were out to defuse demands for William's prosecution. And it was a good move, PR wise, except I think it should have been a different press conference with a different spokesman that dropped the video stuff into the mix. The purpose was all to obvious the way they did it, and probably has contributed to further unrest in Ferguson.

I think we're largely saying the same thing. Those who are actively calling for immediate prosecution are the demonstrators.

[Pio1980]

I'd probably be putting my energy into working for a representative and responsible city admin and police force since that seems to be the root of the real problems. The cop in question seems a good sort in a bad situation with an unsympathetic force. I don't have much for Brown since his actions speaking to his lack of character and community respect led to his demise, the details of which should eventually come out.

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[nailer]

Originally Posted by icenine

translation: I am a white guy and moderate too. Probably a government worker to boot.

Color me multigrain Euro.

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Police clash with defiant crowds in Ferguson

But remaining protesters — chanting "No justice! No curfew!" — refused to leave the area. Some stood with their hands up, the emblematic pose used by many protesters to characterize the position witness have said Brown had assumed when he was fatally shot.

"We ready. We ready. We ready for y'all, " people chanted, while others screamed "We are Mike Brown."

About 45 minutes past the curfew deadline, five armored tactical vehicles approached the crowd in an effort to break up the crowds that refused to leave West Florissant Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares in Ferguson and the scene of protests for the last week.

"You are in violation of a state-imposed curfew. You must disperse immediately. Failure to comply, may result in arrest," officers spoke through a loudspeaker.

As officers put on gas masks, a chant from the distant crowd emerged: "We have the right to assemble peacefully."

A moment later, police began firing smoke into the crowd of protesters.

Officers also carried rifles, gas masks, plastic handcuffs and helmets in preparation for the night, and filled shopping center parking lots and stood in front of the entrances of businesses, some of which had been looted the night before.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ting/14190517/

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