FBI Opens Investigation into Shooting of Michael Brown

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by cartman

USA Today is claiming they've been told by the Brown family attorney that no charges will be filed.

Seems pretty obvious at this point I'd venture to say.

[Lathum]

I like the big SEASONS GREETINGS sign

[Easy Mac]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Is West Virginia playing tonight?

Not enough couches.

I think they got the graveliest old white guy they could find to do this. Everyone trusts gravel voiced white guys.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Seems pretty obvious at this point I'd venture to say.

certainly seems like he is lining up the reasons why they aren't going to trial

[cartman]

Sounds like he is auditioning to replace Roger Goodell.

[Lathum]

shit is about to get really ugly

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Pretty sure that's the hope of the networks.

Sad but true.

[Easy Mac]

How did CNN not have the crowd noise turned on when the non indictment was announced?

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by Lathum

shit is about to get really ugly

I hope common sense prevails.

[larrymcg421]

Statement from Brown family:

We are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions.

While we understand that many others share our pain, we ask that you channel your frustration in ways that will make a positive change. We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen.

Join with us in our campaign to ensure that every police officer working the streets in this country wears a body camera.

We respectfully ask that you please keep your protests peaceful. Answering violence with violence is not the appropriate reaction.

Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference.

Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr.
Parents of Michael Brown, Jr.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

I hope common sense prevails.

Did pigs learn to fly?

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

I think they got the graveliest old white guy they could find to do this. Everyone trusts gravel voiced white guys.

I like that he is basically telling the media some of their questions are stupid.

[Solecismic]

It seems like the media present has a real difficulty understanding the difference between a Grand Jury and Homicide, Life on the Street. Has to be intentional, because no journalist would ever spend months on a story like this and not know these basics.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

It seems like the media present has a real difficulty understanding the difference between a Grand Jury and Homicide, Life on the Street. Has to be intentional, because no journalist would ever spend months on a story like this and not know these basics.

I basically told my wife the same thing when the guy asked the question about the grand jury vote. How can you not know that?


Part of the problem is journalism in't what it used to be.

[AENeuman]

I have not followed this at all. So the story was his hands were up and now the evidence says he was charging the cop while he was in the car?

Will the "hands up narrative" go down as an all time media blunder/tragedy?

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

How did CNN not have the crowd noise turned on when the non indictment was announced?

It's CNN?

[Galaxy]

Did the someone in the room just yell when the prospector left: "Will You Sleep Well Tonight?"

The Q&A was brutal and embarrassing for the "journalists" there.

[Lathum]

There goes the tear gas

[Solecismic]

I don't envy Obama having to make this speech. He looked angry and tired. But I think we needed to hear from him, even though he didn't seem certain of what he wanted to say.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Don Lemon ... did he really say this?

"Obviously there's a smell of marijuana in the air."

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Don Lemon ... did he really say this?

"Obviously there's a smell of marijuana in the air."

Haha. We noticed that also.

[JonInMiddleGA]

From the Chicago bureau reporter for the NYT comes one of my favorite tweets of the night:

Mitch Smith ‏@MitchKSmith 9m9 minutes ago

Gunshots. A protester slams me against a brick wall. Another apologized. Now Beauty World being looted. No cops in sight.

I do feel for the owner of Beauty World, but that's a classic riot tweet right there.

[Lathum]

Glad to see so many honoring the memory of Michael Brown by acting the waybthe family wished

[stevew]

Originally Posted by AENeuman

I have not followed this at all. So the story was his hands were up and now the evidence says he was charging the cop while he was in the car?

Will the "hands up narrative" go down as an all time media blunder/tragedy?

I quit paying attention but this is just basically a (slightly) overzealous cop and a citizen who made a really bad decision and it got mangled by a completely screwed narrative?

[miami_fan]

Kinda looks like an average pro sports championship celebration so far.

[DaddyTorgo]

That prosecutor's statement was fucking embarrassing.

As this one analyst is saying - it was a defense attorney's statement dressed up as a prosecutor's statement.

Not surprising, but what a fucking joke.

[B & B]

Ferguson don't go away mad, Ferguson just go away.

[ColtCrazy]

The amounts of stupidity on Twitter are astounding.

[BishopMVP]

I can't understand part of the police response here... How do you end up with unmanned police cars nowhere near your riot police perimeter? That's so much of an incitement for the protestors that want to destroy property I'm wondering if it's a deliberate honeypot.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I can't understand part of the police response here... How do you end up with unmanned police cars nowhere near your riot police perimeter? That's so much of an incitement for the protestors that want to destroy property I'm wondering if it's a deliberate honeypot.

Wouldn't surprise me - especially combined with the fact that they waited until nighttime to make the statement and set things in motion also, which really seems to fly in the case of any sense.

[lungs]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I can't understand part of the police response here... How do you end up with unmanned police cars nowhere near your riot police perimeter? That's so much of an incitement for the protestors that want to destroy property I'm wondering if it's a deliberate honeypot.

Maybe it's a car they wanted to get rid of anyway.

[B & B]

Bait Car: The Movie

[JonInMiddleGA]

Between looting the liquor store & busting out the McDonald's window, I'm not sure if we're watching riots/looting or a parody.

[panerd]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Wouldn't surprise me - especially combined with the fact that they waited until nighttime to make the statement and set things in motion also, which really seems to fly in the case of any sense.

as somebody said earlier in this thread it was so people who have nothing to do with this and their children could get home from work and school without dealing with the peaceful protesters.

[panerd]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I can't understand part of the police response here... How do you end up with unmanned police cars nowhere near your riot police perimeter? That's so much of an incitement for the protestors that want to destroy property I'm wondering if it's a deliberate honeypot.

Yeah those poor protesters being forced and coerced into overturning cop cars.

[stevew]

Maybe they just wanted new cars?

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by B & B

Bait Car: The Movie

[ColtCrazy]

Watching the BBC World News feed and Ferguson looks like so many of the protests you've seen videos of from other countries. Reminds you no where is immune from this.
Can't watch places like CNN. It almost seems like they are hoping something will happen.

[Buccaneer]

It was the hope of the networks to see rioting but then some of you fell right into their trap as if validating your passive voyeurism.

[ColtCrazy]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

It was the hope of the networks to see rioting but then some of you fell right into their trap as if validating your passive voyeurism.

Which is why I avoid Fox and CNN like the plague.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by ColtCrazy

Which is why I avoid Fox and CNN like the plague.

Hey, gotta watch something during the Raw commercial breaks.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by ColtCrazy

The amounts of stupidity on Twitter are astounding.

And just as bad on Facebook, I just stay away from both for a couple of days.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

This is stupid at its finest.

[BillJasper]

I can understand wanting to strike back at police, but I don't understand burning businesses. Seems counterproductive.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

I can understand wanting to strike back at police, but I don't understand burning businesses. Seems counterproductive.

time honored tradition though

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by panerd

Yeah those poor protesters being forced and coerced into overturning cop cars.

Protestors/Looters are idiots... But considering how much time the state apparatus had to prepare for this, if the goal was to minimize property damage I have some serious questions.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

I can understand wanting to strike back at police, but I don't understand burning businesses. Seems counterproductive.

Are the looters part of the protests? Or are they just taking advantage of the situation for personal gain. Or if I put my tin foil hat on I'd say they were government agents planted to make the protesters look bad (it wouldn't be the first time they pulled this tactic).

Aside from that some protesters feel that sitting quietly won't do anything and they won't let other people live in peace until their grievances are redressed.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Are the looters part of the protests? Or are they just taking advantage of the situation for personal gain. Or if I put my tin foil hat on I'd say they were government agents planted to make the protesters look bad (it wouldn't be the first time they pulled this tactic).

You serious, Clark?

[NobodyHere]

The first and second sentence you quoted? Absolutely.

The third? A far maybe.

[MizzouRah]

Just a sad situation.. glad I live north.