St. Louis Police demand apology from Rams for 'Hands up, Don't shoot' gesture

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  1. ArmySoldier

    ArmySoldier Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Please reread my comment that you quoted when I said "When they aren't in the act".
     
  2. sneakypete

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    I would agree with you if it had been a government agency demanding an apology. It wasn't. It was a union.

    Or are you now going to claim that unions don't have the right to publicly defend their members?

    You can't have it both ways,bubba.
     
  3. mak2

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    The point is one is illegal and is a crime. The other is one of the basic freedoms of this country. How your comment is relevant in any case?
     
  4. TexMexChef

    TexMexChef Well-Known Member

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    I doubt any white NFL player is a moron.
     
  5. sneakypete

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    There is a bigger picture of Brown assaulting and robbing the store owner,or of him attacking and trying to disarm the cop?
     
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    See, you did precisely what I said you'd do.

    Enjoy the fail flavored breadstick.

    We have to address the violent subculture of our black community, but we cannot address the violent subculture malignantly grown to massive proportions inside our increasingly confrontation based militarized police force.

    We have to ignore the vast amount of military weaponry, the ridiculous rights trampling contempt of cop charges, the bogus and compulsory and reactionary use of lethal force, etc, because the black community is violent, and that's all.

    Thanks for falling right into it.
     
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    Aphotic Banned

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    Where's the evidence of attempted murder? The photos I've seen are of a man who looks like he has some razor burn, let alone life threatening injuries as the result of a violent beating he took.

    Again - investigate, obtain warrant, arrest. Not - see someone in street, stop them, attempt to affect arrest that results in fight and lethal shooting, let corpse rot for four hours.
     
  8. sneakypete

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    And that line is so thin it may as well be non-existent when the protestors start encouraging the rioters.
     
  9. Bluesguy

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    Nope, basic business property insurance does not cover riots or terrorism, you have to get higher coverage to do so and it's an added cost.

    Just an unbelievable statement. I don't live in a flood plane so I don't have flood insurance, but I guess if you live in a black community you better pay the added cost for rioting and looting, is that what you are saying?
     
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    What colour are the heroic other 56%? Oh, look what I found...http://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp

    Care to comment? (I'd stick to playing pedal steel if I were you...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzgDzTmegr0
     
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    It is not. Either they are committing a crime or they are not.
     
  12. Whaler17

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    Hmmm, you seem to misunderstand the difference between protected and supported. Have the St. Louis Police arrested the Rams for doing this? Well.......have they???
     
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    I do not support Professional sports especially football. Football is an exercise in thuggery. The right thing to do is boycott Rams games support another group of thugs.
     
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    Good point. What they should have done to show solidarity with Brown is to attack and beat the refs.
     
  15. Dale Cooper

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    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. They don't have the critical thinking skills to have figured this out.
     
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    I enjoy going to the Rams game but I am rally glad I was not there yesterday. If they don't get fined or suspended I will never go again and a lot of fellow St Louisans are now hoping they go back to LA this morning. Good riddance. I have no doubts they are interested in drafting Ray Rice as well.
     
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    ROFLMAO!

    He bobs! He weaves! He dives for cover!

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    Let's not forget that the protestors give the rioters a crowd to hide in. A crowd that supports and cheers them on.
     
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    Brown supporters do not want to know the truth. The truth wrecks their whole world.
     
  19. mak2

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    So would you be in favor of making protests illegal like rioting, you know, since you cant tell them apart?
     
  20. sneakypete

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    I see. YOUR mindset states that the criminals shouldn't suffer,but their victims should suffer if they don't have insurance against criminal acts.

    That says a lot about you.

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    They have no sense of responsibility because they have been taught since childhood that nothing is ever THEIR fault.
     
  21. ArmySoldier

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    You don't have to investigate or obtain an arrest warrant for ANYONE attacking a police officer. I suggest you retake the CJ101 class you're citing.
     
  22. Junkieturtle

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    No you cannot which means you can't pass judgment either way, and it especially means you can't accuse them of crimes without evidence and treat them as if they were. Well, I suppose you CAN, but not if you care about two little things called integrity and credibility.
     
  23. Yosh Shmenge

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    It would probably be wise to consider what the general racial makeup of the nation is from whence the prison population comes
    (though I note Hispanic prisoners, who undoubtedly make up a large part of any prison population, are undoubtedly lumped in with whites and have no racial designation of their own according to the Bureau of Federal Prisons).

    Here's a clue: As of 2010 whites made up 72.4% of the nation's populace and blacks accounted for 12.6% so if you extrapolate that
    with the FBP statistics we see whites are under represented (even with Hispanics lumped in) while blacks are dramatically over represented in the prison population. You would do well to consider all the factors.
     
  24. Texan

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    They'll have to compete with Jerry Jones. He seems to gravitate towards "rehabilitating" thugs when he can make money out of the deal.
     
  25. ArmySoldier

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    My original comment was very relevant. You have since strayed me off topic with off topic questions.

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    I CAN because it's not one individual rioting, it's a mass group of people that cannot be identified. Much like terrorism.
     

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