Mother of policeman who shot dead Michael Brown was 'a serial con artist

[CatWoman]

Mother of policeman who shot dead Michael Brown was 'a serial con artist who defrauded thousands of dollars from neighbors in stolen credit card scheme'
It appears the apple didn't fall far from the tree.


Neighbors claim the policeman accused of shooting dead an unarmed teenager in St Louis had a serial con woman for a mother, MailOnline can reveal.

Darren Wilson’s mother Tonya Durso won the trust of her neighbors then cheated them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by stealing their identities and taking out vast loans and credit card debt.

At the time she committed the offenses she was on parole for similar crimes elsewhere the state and afterwards died at the age of 35 under mysterious circumstances.

Neighbors today revealed how they were stunned that Wilson became a police officer after his mother behaved so deviously towards them.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726614/Mother-policeman-shot-dead-Michael-Brown-serial-artist-defrauded-thousands-dollars-neighbors-stolen-credit-card-scheme.html#ixzz3AamnZ2mq
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[rudolph the red]

1. Well, there ya go

he must be a racist murderer.

[FarPoint]

3. Let me help you...

Wilson is a racist murderer who disgraces the uniform of LEO's across the nation.

[rudolph the red]

7. Or maybe not.

we don't have any facts. If you have already served as his judge and jury then good for you.

[Bobbie Jo]

20. You left out executioner.

Oh wait.....

No, there are actually plenty of facts out there, not the least of which, we have an unarmed 18 yo who was shot and killed while on his knees and with his hands up in the air.

Fact.

There is no mitigating fact that would justify this act. None.

[Bobbie Jo]

27. What does that even mean?

[CatWoman]

29. it means he fancies him/herself a victim.

[rudolph the red]

35. It means that a officer can be attacked by an unarmed person

and resort to deadly force. I am not saying that that is what happened because I do not have all the facts yet. Many on this site have already found the officer guilty and are ready to move to the penalty phase.

[MohRokTah]

38. A citizen is competely in their rights to determine guilt or innocence of any person in any case.

The only time the standard of "innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" applies is in the jury box and behind the bench.

[rudolph the red]

40. I will not argue that at all.

You, and anyone else are free to form and express any and all opinions.

[MohRokTah]

43. Cool.

It is my opinion that the cop is a first degree murderer and should pay the highest penalty possible in Missouri for that crime.

[rudolph the red]

48. I agree that it looks pretty damning for him,

there would have to be some pretty extraordinary actions taken by Michael Brown to justify the shooting.

[kcr]

51. DUers can hand down sentences? Wow

I didn't know that. I wish someone had told me.

[rudolph the red]

53. You know what I meant

[kcr]

58. Yep, I do n/t

[cwydro]

46. I'm confused

On DU I have learned that he was shot while running away.

Now I hear he was on his knees.

Which is true?

Either? Neither?

[WillowTree]

67. Yeah. And I've heard he was shot either 3 or 7 or 9 times.

But sooooo many people think they know what "really" happened. Pretty amazing, but not unusual. People's emotions get stoked and they're all more than willing to believe whatever fits their perspective, regardless of whether or not there are demonstrable facts to support it.

[WillowTree]

70. OOPS! Just now saw someone else say it was 8.

[Captain Stern]

87. Why do you say it's a fact that he was shot on his knees with his hands up in the air?

It may have happened exactly that way, but it might not have. Why do you claim that it is a fact?

[FarPoint]

167. None at all.

[Iggo]

92. We don't have any facts?

Um.

Bullshit?

[1monster]

94. I've heard two of the witnesses, one his friend and one who didn't know him, tell what they saw

when the young man was gunned down. I don't know that the LEO who MURDERED the kid is a racist, although I do suspect it; but the witnesses were more highly credible than anything that has come the from Ferguson and St. Louis PDs.

We have the facts. We know plenty enough to know that this was premeditated murder. Anyone else would be in jail awaiting arraignment and trial.

[Cha]

103. Hey rudolph.. it was Darren Wilson who served as Judge, Jury, and Executioner. nm

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

162. Painfully obvious.

[TheDebbieDee]

124. The murdering cops scam artist mother is as irrelevant

As the victim's alleged strlngzarm robbery...

[L0oniX]

178. ^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[sabrina 1]

129. He's definitely a killer. Someone lost a son that day. And that teenager's mother

worked hard to get her son through high school and into college.

She wasn't busy scamming people out of their hard earned money.

So we have a couple of facts right there.

[FarPoint]

2. Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

He should come clean...he chooses to hide and let others lie and cover for him.

[billhicks76]

18. Horrible Article

This article is BS character assassination through guilt by association. What this mother did has nothing to do with this officer. It would be wrong to connect Michael Brown to his family or friends as well. Let's be consistent folks. Maybe this officer became a cop because he was appalled at his mother. Either way it's irrelevant. We need to stop the police from murdering, assaulting and trampling privacy but stupid articles like this aren't the way and are unfair in their own right.

[FarPoint]

19. Well...we do know what he did....

We see where he gets his family values now. Works for me.

[billhicks76]

42. Difference Between You And Me

I don't judge by association. You also have no idea how he was raised or if his mother raised him or at what age she gave birth. This is just like saying Michael Browns shoplifting is relevant. Stop giving us a bad name and dragging the guys mother into this.

[AzDar]

64. Preeee-cisely.

[4b5f940728b232b034e4]

68. You don't believe in genetics?

How can it have nothing to do? It shows both what kind of person he is physically and the type of instruction he received as a child. It's both nature and nurture that drove him to kill.

[billhicks76]

74. Ignorance

Too many holes in that prejudiced argument to even bother responding.

[Arrowood]

93. That is the same argument some folks in Germany made in 40s.

Yes, Godwin applies but lordy that is ignorant.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

165. I wonder what's hanging in your family tree?

I think the officer wildly overreacted and the militarized response to media and peaceful protesters should land people in jail but -- datum! -- your line of argument is beyond ridiculous.

[earthside]

177. That is the racist philosophy-right there.

It is genetics; it is the way they live .... they can't help who they are.

That reasoning must be rejected absolutely.

What this fellow's mother did or did not do has nothing to do with the alleged crime.

Just as Michael Brown ought not be found guilty on the court--public-opinion because of a shoplifting allegation, neigh can the police officer be found guilty because of anything his mother reportedly did.

[840high]

76. Agree. You beat me

to it. I expect better on DU.

[Ms. Toad]

98. My reaction, as well. n/t

[defacto7]

157. Logical fallacy. n/t

An association fallacy of the type inductive informal fallacy. This type of fallacy can be expressed as (∃x ∈ S : φ|x)) → (∀x ∈ S : φ|x)), meaning "if there exists any x in the set S so that a property φ is true for x, then for all x in S the property φ must be true."

Just because his mother was a crook doesn't make him one. A person's guilt or innocents has to stand on it's own merits. Maybe he became a cop to make up for his feelings of guilt over his mother's crimes? In any case, he seems to have failed to fulfil his responsibility to protect the public, but that has no more to do with his mother than his brand of toothpaste.

[GoneFishin]

176. Good. Be sure to note that the benefit of that reasoning extends to set B commonly called black

people (and other names I won't mention). Also note that even if he stole a box of cigars, or a warehouse full of cigars, that does not provide an iota of support for his summary execution any more than if he used the wrong brand of toothpaste.

[defacto7]

191. spot on. n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

4. He is not responsible for his mother's crimes

This "stain is in the blood" thinking is dangerous and offensive.

[cwydro]

6. I know...sheesh

What happens to DU when there is any kind of racial incident?

[MohRokTah]

10. Reading the article, his mother performed these acts in his formative years.

Problem is, seeing a parent pull this sort of shit and having that parent out of their life so early, there's no predicting the effect on the child as it will differ uniquely for every child in such a situation.

[HipChick]

13. Black people are stereotyped all the time

for crimes of a few..going back a few centuries

[DavidDvorkin]

16. And?

It's therefore okay to mimic such idiotic thinking on DU?

[CatWoman]

31. why not?

there's so much idiocy to go around..........

[DavidDvorkin]

34. Therefore we should add to it?

[CatWoman]

89. I guess I'm stuck on that goose/gander thing

[sibelian]

152. Maybe getting unstuck would be good. nt

[CatWoman]

23. *bam*

[Chemisse]

17. This is the kind of things Republicans would say to discredit someone.

I feel this kind of smear is beneath us.

[cwydro]

47. Thank you for a breath of reason on this site.

Crazy days here.

[JI7]

65. no, when the dead victim is being smeared it's not beneath anyone to respond to the person

that is doing the smearing .

[840high]

97. Wonder if this poster will

object when it's done to us.

[Marr]

182. Agreed. /nt

[RKP5637]

45. Agree! n/t

[enough]

75. Truly. (nt)

[Agschmid]

136. Yup.

[Cha]

154. No, he's not. We know him by his actions. Doesn't help to sweep his mother's history under the rug

though.

[Chemisse]

5. How is this at all relevant?

Nobody should be smeared over something their dead mother used to do - not even a trigger-happy cop.

[cwydro]

8. Because it is fun for all the finger pointers

to feel validated.

[Xipe Totec]

9. Point. nt

[MohRokTah]

11. Other than as an interest story because of the infamy of the cop?

The answer would be not at all.

[JI7]

22. it's done to people of color all the time

Even when it's not a family member.

The way people bring up black on black crime anytime something bad happens to a black person

[DavidDvorkin]

32. So we should mimic that idiocy of racist idiots?

[JI7]

50. in a case where the dead victim is being treated that way, yes it's ok to do the same to the killer

[DavidDvorkin]

61. No. It's vile in all cases.

[JI7]

63. no, it's not equal . when it's the cop and his buddies who are smearing the person he killed

it's not equal to those who RESPOND to those attacks.

[Logical]

84. Yes it is vile. His fucking mother has NOTHING to do with anything! nt

[JI7]

86. doesn't matter, when one side is smearing the other side with BS

people will respond .

if the entire police dept, media whores and racists weren't doing the same it might be one thing.

but i have no problem bringing it up in this case.

[Logical]

104. Let's check in to michaels mom too then! nt

[JI7]

108. he is already being smeared in other ways by the cops

mainly they are doing the black thug thing. because black guys are all dangerous and so the cop was justified in shooting him dead even if he was not armed.

[Logical]

109. We look so fucking stupid bringing up the cops mother. Brilliant! nt

[JI7]

110. there is no "we" here. i'm more concerned about innocent black teen being shot to death

than what racists approve of.

[Logical]

112. What are you talking about? Everyone here thinks the cop is a murderer....

What the fuck does his mom have to do with it??? Simple fucking question.

[JI7]

114. what does the video of the store have to do with it?

[Logical]

115. NOTHING, just like the cops mom did not shoot him! nt

[JI7]

121. so the cop should come out against the trashing of hte person he killed

[Logical]

125. WTF are you talking about? Done with your coveluted mess of posts! nt

[JI7]

126. you don't know that this cop killed an unarmed black man ?

[ecstatic]

116. I agree. +1. nt

[sibelian]

153. Okay. That's the end, isn't it?

It is the end of any semblance reasonable ethical thinking. You clearly haven't the faintest understanding of what a moral position actually IS.

I didn't think so, actually, in your case. You haven't surprised me, particularly.

[JI7]

155. yeah, yeah, i'm not surprised by some others either as they love to feel superior

over what people say on the internet against people who actually commit murder and cover for the killers.

[malaise]

57. And that is the point

precisely What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

[Chemisse]

60. If it is wrong for one group (racists), it's wrong for others.

How can we complain about the smearing of the reputations of murdered black boys if we do the exact same thing to a different target?

[JI7]

62. not in this case where it involves the officer who did the killing and the dead victim being smeared

[Marr]

183. And do you think that's ok?

I don't, either way.

[JI7]

187. not if the op was a cop

[HuckleB]

41. +1

[RKP5637]

49. Exactly! The guilt or not does not have anything to do with his mother IMO. n/t

[djean111]

12. His mother is irrelevant. Totally. Same smear tactic, same wrong.

And no excuse.

[greytdemocrat]

14. Yeah...So???

[CatWoman]

28. it garnered a post from you

my thing is, if you don't like a story and/or thread, stay away from it and keep your snark to yourself.

I personally find this information curious. He learned his filth from someone.

[Arrowood]

96. Next they'll be examining the bumps on his head to determine...

Any inherited proclivity towards criminal acts.

[pintobean]

15. The Daily Mail.

Always so accurate.

[CatWoman]

25. did you say that on the Daily Mail thread that shows a picture of the policeman?

[pintobean]

54. Didn't see it

but the recent Bristol Palin is broke story tickled the shit out of me.

[Enrique]

26. they are also insightful

Wilson, who has a licence for hunting and for fishing, has a metal American flag in his front lawn and small couch sits on the porch suggesting that he likes to relax out the front of his house during the warm summer nights.

Not a big deal, just a little goofy.

[Nye Bevan]

21. This has the same relevance to the shooting as the events in the convenience store. (nt)

[MohRokTah]

44. Cahracter assassinations can go both ways, AND SHOULD.

The cops declared character assassination first.

[JI7]

55. exactly, but it's something to take note of

the outrage over this being done to this cop has been more than what happened with brown.

the outrage over this is more than the outrage over him being killed .

[cui bono]

133. No, should NOT. It's just as disgusting no matter who does it or why.

Should we go kill the cop right now? No.

Should you steal from someone who steals from you? No.

Should you rape someone who rapes you? No.

[AngryAmish]

30. Like you, I have considered the ban on taint of blood complete bullshit.

If his mother was a crook justice demands his jailing. JUSTICE.

[HuckleB]

39. You win POST OF THE WEEK!

Well done.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. Wow, that's some powerful investigative journalism, right there.

But, then, we've come to expect no less from the Daily Fail.

[HuckleB]

37. Ah, beat me too it.

[HuckleB]

36. The Daily Fail?

Really? All right. His mother might be a creep, and it appears by his actions, that he is, too. But we don't need to go full on tabloid like this. It serves no good purpose.

[cwydro]

52. Go back and read the feeding frenzy on DU

during the Duke case.

Same thing.

[HuckleB]

56. I don't doubt it. -eom-

[eppur_se_muova]

59. Sorry, no corruption of blood has legal force -- check the Constitution.

No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.

The story re his mother may be interesting, but it tells us nothing about him. Many people react to their upbringing by trying to become everything their parents were -- others by becoming everything their parents were not.

[cwydro]

71. Truly.

But it does tell us about the OP.

[Lancero]

66. Funny that we love smear tactics when they are used against people we don't like.

Defend it how you like, but just like Michael Browns past actions had no bearing on his murder, so did the actions of the police's mother.

[Duckhunter935]

69. you should just self delete this

[CatWoman]

85. no

[Jim Lane]

72. This story is notable only for the reaction to it.

Neighbors today revealed how they were stunned that Wilson became a police officer after his mother behaved so deviously towards them.

IOW, we have a bunch of Americans who are prepared to say that children of felons are disqualified from being police officers.

Maybe we should poll them about the eligibility of grandchildren.

I hope this isn't what they really believe, and is just a reflection of their outrage at the killing.

[ecstatic]

117. Um, the quote doesn't say that. It only says that they were stunned,

probably more struck by the irony of it all. Obviously, they couldn't not prevent him from becoming a cop. If they could, MB would be alive right now.

[Jim Lane]

159. I interpreted it differently

In the linked article, one of the scam victims in the neighborhood was quoted directly:

Finney added: ‘I’m surprised Wilson passed the background checks to become a policeman. People can change but that was a bad home. His mother was a serial conwoman’.

That struck me as going beyond an observation of irony. You say it's obvious that they couldn't prevent him from becoming a cop (I take your double negative as an inadvertent error), and I agree with you that they couldn't, but it appears that what's obvious to us isn't obvious to everyone.

[bigwillq]

73. So this is why he shot Michael Brown?

[840high]

77. Unrec. - sleazy post.

[exboyfil]

78. Should this thread even exist

Both my parents are drunks. What my parents are or do says nothing about my character.

[840high]

80. No. Should be deleted.

[HangOnKids]

82. Alert if you feel so strongly

OP has been here since 2001 and has no hides in 90 days. If you think it is sleazy then alert.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

100. Both my parents were saints. That's why I am one

I do get your line of thinking though.

[Logical]

81. WTF is wrong with you?

If Michaels mom would of been a con artist would it have mattered? Fuck no!!
Why bring his mom into this? It has NOTHING to do with anything!
We look like idiots when we do this.
Self delete this POS!

[CatWoman]

88. and wtf is wrong with YOU????????????????

this is MY thread.

don't like it?

exit stage right.

[JI7]

90. yup

there is more outrage at you posting this than a dead teen who wasn't armed.

[CatWoman]

95. to hell with them AND their "outrage"

[cui bono]

132. No there is not. n/t

[Arrowood]

99. It just says a lot about you...

... and absolutely nothing about the policeman.

[JI7]

106. yes, catwoman posting this is so much worse than shooting and killing an unarmed person

[Logical]

111. Lol, who the fuck is defending the cop? WHO? nt

[JI7]

122. the cops and many others

[cui bono]

135. You have seriously lost the plot several times in this thread.

[Arrowood]

161. Let see...

Let's go to the big board and get the final tally of people who made the following claim...

"Poorly made internet ramblings are worse than shooting a guy"

Survey says!

[bigwillq]

113. Hello

Welcome to DU!

[Logical]

105. Or call you out.....I think I will stick with that! nt

[GitRDun]

83. Interesting but

You can't go the other way on smearing the people involved, as fun as it might be. The only thing that matters is that hands up was met with gunfire.

[starroute]

91. It does look like a troubled family, though

This is not meant as a smear -- but I know from doing genealogy that certain branches of a family will be rock solid for generation after generation while others will be continually beset by problems. It's possible to escape from that sort of turbulence, just as it's possible to escape from poverty, but it's a handicap. And if we're trying to understand how a young police officer with an apparently promising career could throw it away in a thoughtless moment, his background may be very relevant.

Here are the Find-a-Grave listings for Darren Wilson's mother and grandmother. His mother was married three times, had children by two of those marriages, and died when Darren was about 16. Her own mother had died when she was eight.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11754035

Tonya Dee Dean Durso

Birth: Nov. 22, 1966
Death: Nov. 18, 2002

Dear wife of Dan Durso; dear daughter of William and the late Jacqueline Dean; dear stepdaughter of Madeline Dean; dear mother of Darren D. and Kara M. Wilson, and Jared Harris; dear sister of Joe and Debbie; dear step-sister of Steve and Lisa.


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=dean&GSfn=jacqueline&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=43956024&df=all&

Jacqueline Abel "Jackie" Dean

Birth: Oct. 17, 1935
Death: Mar. 22, 1975

[Quayblue]

101. i personally dont agree with this

But I will say this. People (including myself) are tired of corpses being indicted and tried with no option to self-defend. I view it as a "taste of your own medicine" reaction.

Ferguson PD really fucked up, simply and crassly put.

ETA: Catwoman... I understand where you're coming from and I throw no shade on you. Peace Sis.

[laundry_queen]

120. I agree with your post

'taste of your own medicine' reaction - exactly.

[JI7]

123. exactly, if the fucking cops were not trashing the dead victim and not lying it might be different

but not in this case.

[Ms. Toad]

102. Way to go - mimic the vile things the other side is doing.

We should be better, and less hypocritical than that here.

[Logical]

107. +1000 nt

[ecstatic]

118. I don't know. I think it is relevant.

And not just for spiteful reasons. It provides a little context. Darren Wilson is a murderer and criminal, just like his mom.

[Logical]

127. His mom merdered someone also? nt

[Ms. Toad]

171. In a court of law, you would be wrong.

Prior bad acts, even prior bad acts by Wilson himself, are not admissible to prove he acted this time in a manner consistent with those acts. Here you are not even talking about his own prior bad acts - you are talking about someone else's.

It is just as much spite and character assassination as the police releasing the robbery allegations was - the purpose is to bolster the case against Wilson by smearing his mother. In some ways it is even worse, since we're not just digging up dirt on Wilson, we're going after his entire family. And we should be better than that.

[Glitterati]

119. At least the cop is still alive to defend himself

Michael Brown, not so much.

These cops are trying to convict a dead person, a person the cop murdered, through innuendo and crass accusations.

The cop's mother, at least had her day in court. Her son denied that same right to Michael Brown.

[Ms. Toad]

170. The cop's mother had her day in court -

and whatever punishment was meted out for that is long over. She does not deserve to be further humiliated for actions that she did not take.

Just because the Ferguson police department is acting badly does not give us license to do the same.

[Glitterati]

175. And this is always why we lose

because we just have to "mind our manners."

Sorry, when you opponent gets down in the gutter, you damned well better be prepared to brawl it out or lose and be called a coward. You can't take a knife to a gunfight and win.

[cwydro]

179. Someone's been at

the metaphor mix...

[Ms. Toad]

190. The only thing that happens when you crawl in the gutter

is that you turn into the filthy, slimy, mess you abhor.

[davidpdx]

128. There has been a lot of misinformation from different sources & it isn't even relevant to the issue

It is just as bad as people digging up information on Micheal Brown's family (which I'm sure is happening on the RW sites).

[notgoinback]

130. Do you consider Woody Harrelson a criminal?

After all, the actor's father is serving a life sentence for murdering a judge.

[JI7]

131. if Woody harrelson shot and killed someone and was trashing the dead person

the comparison would work better .

[cui bono]

134. Why are you instigating character assassination? That's just plain wrong.

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Did you like it when they showed the convenience store video for no reason other than an obvious attempt at character assassination of Mike Brown? I doubt it.

What you are doing is no better than what the FPD did, and I can tell you that was a lousy thing to do.


As an aside, I keep seeing Daily Mail as a link on so many stories about Ferguson. That's kind of weird. I've always seen people posting that the Daily Mail is not to be taken seriously.

[JI7]

137. catwoman posting on an internet board is not the same as a police dept trashing a person one of

their own shot and killed.

[cui bono]

138. It's character assassination and it should be beneath those who post on DU.

The killer's mother has nothing to do with this.

This is what happens when you let emotions get the better of you. You do stupid shit.

[JI7]

140. maybe the cop should call for it to end starting with his own police dept

who is doing it to the dead guy.

[cui bono]

141. Maybe. And maybe Catwoman should self-delete this OP. n/t

[JI7]

142. perhaps she will when the police dept stops trashing the dead person

[cui bono]

143. Why should it rely on that?

Should we only be as good as the police dept? Is that your standard of what kind of human beings we should all be?

[JI7]

144. the police dept should be held to a far higher standard than some private individual

posting on the internet.

[cui bono]

145. Yes, so do that. Still doesn't excuse someone acting the same way the FPD is acting.

Period.

Tossing aside one's principles just because someone else has done it and you want revenge is not very mature or honorable. It is no better than the behavior you are attempting to avenge because it is the same thing.

Your defense is basically that of elementary school children when they say "s/he started it".

[JI7]

146. it's not like she killed anyone or is covering up for someone who did so , so it's not the same

thing at all.

[cui bono]

148. We're not talking about the killing. We're talking about the character assassination and

integrity.

So you think because someone else does something bad it gives you moral grounds to do whatever you want, to toss aside maturity and principles.

Perhaps we should look into your mother's history and see why she raised you to think this way. Since you think that's an okay thing to do you wouldn't mind, would you?

[JI7]

149. i don't believe in the "both sides do it" bs while ignoring the main thing which is a Dead Person

being trashed in this case.

[cui bono]

151. We're not ignoring it, it is an active part of this discussion.

I'm saying, just because the FPD is doing it to Mike Brown (Dead Person), does not make it right to do the same sort of character assassination/guilt by association to the cop who killed him.

Like I said, your defense is simply "s/he started it, so there". You are saying that one need not hold onto their own standards/principles/morals if someone else doesn't. That's very immature and shows a lack of integrity. Period. End of story.

[JI7]

156. what an official police dept does/says and what someone posts on the internet is not the same

thing at all.

[HipChick]

168. Stereotype much? Because that's how we got here..

for decades, go to a mall..groups of young black men are singled out, followed around stores...because of racist perceptions....
Wilson should get a taste of what he executed in his decision making

[cui bono]

186. Stereotype? What are you talking about? Where did I do that?

I am well aware of racism and speak out about it here and elsewhere.

Doesn't justify the OP or similar behavior.

[BainsBane]

139. This is no more relevant than the convenience store incident

or random pictures of Michael Brown. The only thing that is relevant is what happened at the time of the shooting.

[Faryn Balyncd]

147. Why do we have to get our news from the UK? Why are US corporate media worthless?

[WinkyDink]

164. People mock the UK Daily Mail, but I find it way more informative than my paper.

[defacto7]

158. If there is anything logical in this

we're all damned.

[Arrowood]

169. Maybe OP comes from the one pure bloodline in all of humanity....

All angels... all the way back to cavemen.

What are the odds? We should consider ourselves lucky to be in the presence of one so flawless.

[Enthusiast]

160. Wilson, the weasel.

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[WinkyDink]

163. And maybe his father was a gamblin' man. Irrelevant.

[Boom Sound 416]

166. What's your family like?

Can I use one of them to attack you?

I have all kinds of questionable characters and bad actors across my family.

But that ain't me

[KG]

172. and his papa was a rolling stone.

and wherever he laid his hat was his home

[Sunlei]

173. I don't understand how tabloid-gossip is relevant.

[Bonx]

189. It's not. This thread is stupid.

[MineralMan]

174. Sins of the mother? Really?

I cannot imagine what the relevance of this might be to anything at all.

[Turbineguy]

180. It could be that some policemen

became cops because of the Bush Economic Miracle. A job with a bit of security.

[booley]

181. Is this actually relevant?

My best friend is a really decent guy.. from a family of really horrible people.

So first it doesn't' prove anything.
and second I don't' see what this has to do with the case. The mother didn't' shoot Michael Brown. Brown was shot, not defrauded out of money.

Seriously, how can we get upset at char assassinations of people like Brown or Martin or numerous others..

… and then do it ourselves?

[m-lekktor]

184. eh. personally i am indifferent that Daily Mail is the UK version of the NY Post.

I can take that into consideration when reading the article. i like to read it all!!

Apparently the neighbors think Michael Brown must be bad because the mother was (which is interesting) as well thus the shock at him becoming a cop. I guess that mindset is common all around.

[Marr]

185. Now you can't really complain the next time this gross tactic is used against someone

on the left, or someone with whom you agree.

That's one of the problems with sinking to the level of the worst people on the other side.

[cwydro]

188. Yep.

Spot on.