18 and Dead.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

All this for the theft of $50 in cigars?

And now we have a dead kid and a nationwide shitstorm.

[Rajoo]

I wonder what level of civic sense does one expect from a black teenager living in Ferguson in 2014?

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

And now we have a dead kid and a bunch of intractable morons throwing shit at each other.

Fixed.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by nailer

Fixed.

Exactly.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

And now we have a dead kid and a nationwide shitstorm.

A largish 18 year old young man, apparently with an attitude.

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[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

I wonder what level of civic sense does one expect from a black teenager living in Ferguson in 2014?

Some will rise and flourish, others sadly not.

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[icenine]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

I wonder what level of civic sense does one expect from a black teenager living in Ferguson in 2014?

I think a lot of it might have to do with the fact that economically and socially they are disconnected from the power structure. I sort of make a connection between the corruption in Bell, California and Ferguson. Not to suggest the same thing is happening but it seems like the average Ferguson citizen is living in a town whose local government may be just a sort of a job for people rather than a force for the community.


I know that things on the forum here are pretty tense, but I think it is because of perception. Same in Ferguson too but of course that is real life.
It might not be that Brown was completely innocent, and it might be true that Wilson was indeed threatened by him. But the way the local government there has handled the situation is just really bad.....no attempt to show any sort of deference to the idea that their citizens need to be informed as to what is going on. No attempt to connect with the citizens on the part of the police department. No transparency.

They should not have released the video of the robbery until they had some sort of release of information about their investigation into what happened at the scene. If they do not have any sort of definite evidence to support Wilson then they should not have released the video at all. It makes it LOOK like they are smearing someone......they did not need to do that. They could have waited until much later to release it. The video just inflamed the situation without any sort of need to do so since things were already tense. Even if it was not their intent the perception the police department fed is "Look the guy here did the robbery so of course he deserved what he got."


there was no reason at all to do that. Superfluous distraction that made everything worse. And if the ballistic reports show 7-9 gunshot wounds and all they have is the word of Wilson then in retrospect the video release will make their case look even worse.

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

A largish 18 year old young man, apparently with an attitude.

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Well at least some on this thread are not in fear to look at reality.

This is the whole cruks of the story, nothing more nothing less.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Some will rise and flourish, others sadly not.

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Rise from what and with what was what I was referring to. What's the base level of social awareness.

[icenine]

CRuks

what an idiot. At least you are allowed to see what that moron posts. I think it is sort of hypocritical to constantly want him to be ignored and complain about quoting him but at the same time to be able to view his posts. Perhaps if we were unable to view his posts when we ignore him the result would be more to everyone's liking.