Has DU given up on the injustice in Ferguson?

[Live and Learn]

Citizens of Ferguson haven't.

Authorities arrest 35 in protest over Missouri shooting
By Eric M. Johnson - REUTERS

More than 100 demonstrators tried to block a U.S. highway and 35 people were arrested in clashes with authorities on Wednesday in a protest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, police said.

Protesters sitting or standing in the road around Interstate 70 on-ramps near where Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed by Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9 were arrested, St. Louis County Police spokesman Brian Schellman said.

The afternoon demonstration was generally peaceful, but a number of protesters hurled glass bottles, rocks and bricks at police, Schellman said.

Four people were arrested on charges they assaulted police officers, and 32 faced charges of unlawful assembly. One person was charged with both, Schellman said. Officers received minor injuries, he said.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/authorities-arrest-35-protest-over-missouri-shooting-022257842.html

[Cha]

1. Not me..not a bit! thank you, Live and Learn! Good on them for Keeping it Real.

[Live and Learn]

2. Back at you Cha. Thank you.

It is so easy today to move on to other issues and forget other important ones.

[Cha]

4. I know it is.. But, we can't forget this even though more Crises arise..

Michael Brown It's going to be ongoing for quite awhile and hopefully there will be Justice for Michael and Ferguson, MO.

Thank you for your update~

[Live and Learn]

5. It is more than just Brown. Why his death was the catalyst to set this

off, I don't know. But, it was and we shouldn't let the spark die and require another unneeded death to re-spark the flame (which will happen if we don't pay attention now).

[Cha]

6. Right! And, it's more than just Ferguson, MO.. it's where it's starting.

Michael Brown

[Live and Learn]

8. I hope so. Then again, I thought OWS would really start something.

Maybe it takes many starts but I hope we get it actually running sometime some we don't have to keep witnessing the ugly realities of power and corruption run amok.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Yes. They're too busy being outraged over Obama's march to an imaginary Iraq War III.

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[joshcryer]

10. LEAVE ISIS ALONE!!!

[pintobean]

7. It was done against the wishes of the Brown family.

[Live and Learn]

11. ??? Do you have a link to that?

The first one was but I haven't read that about this one.

And n reality, this is not about just Brown or his family so they really don't have any right to call it off. This is about justice for all, racial inequality, police brutality and a justice system that is totally corrupt and used to finance private institutions and corrupt public employed individuals.

How many people have to die at the hands of police officers before we say enough?

[pintobean]

12. This is the first one

after postponements. No one said the Browns had the right to call anything off. They don't want Micheal's name used to justify violence and illegal activity. They have every right to make those wishes known.

No, no links. My sources are local tv and radio stations.

[joshcryer]

9. DU discussion is driven by MSM reporting.

Not much can be done about it.

[YvonneCa]

24. It wasn't always... n/t

[madinmaryland]

25. GD has always been driven by the latest breaking news. It's just the nature of the beast. nt

[Louisiana1976]

26. And unfortunately, Ferguson hasn't been in the news in a big way lately.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Not me

But I'm discussing it elsewhere. I don't trust many DUers on the issues that created the culture where that could happen. And truth be told at last . . . We had a host in the AA Group get a hide in the group for saying what black folks really think.

The anti isms won - their chilling effect has finally given them their way.

We've shut up.

Hope they are Happy when the Koch educated HBCU students come of age politically . . .

[bravenak]

14. Yep.

Cosign.

[Electric Monk]

15. You mean this? It's not really what you describe, but I think it's the post you're referring to.

1dogleft (19 posts)
24. nothing

like a good conversation

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11878524#post26

Number23 This message was hidden by Jury decision. Hide
26. When you find one, why don't you bring it along to add to your posts in this thread?

Because so far, your "conversation" is sorely lacking in everything but ignorance and idiocy.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. If you can't see what that poster with ten posts at the time was up to -

Eh? Notice how he crept away on his tippy toes when I appeared? And the beauty of it is - I can't be alerted on. Or hidden.

I completely stuck to community standards and stood right within the boundaries of TOS.

Like - literally - to be honest with you - to tell you the truth. . . I did.


BTW - I whole heartedly agree with Number23 there. If ignorance and stupidity is all one has to offer in the AA Group - then why shouldn't we call it out? I mean - we can tell when one of those right wing bigots show up to shit in there. One reason and one reason only for that poster to post - and that was to spit in our faces.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do? Should I block him?

What do you think? He's not there to add anything - he's just there to well - just shit on black folks . . . as uh - if you look at my OP that did NOT get hidden and canNOT be hidden - I pointed out and gained agreement on.


Respectfully - and within TOS.

[Electric Monk]

17. That's a different picture than you were trying to paint with post #13

We had a host in the AA Group get a hide in the group for saying what black folks really think.

That's not why the post was hidden. It was hidden (educated guess here, since I wasn't the alerter or on the jury) for being rather rude to another poster, even if they might be a newbie/troll.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11878524#post26
your "conversation" is sorely lacking in everything but ignorance and idiocy.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. I triple double dog dare ya

To go read the thread. The entire thread.

She wasn't rude.

She put him in the place he needed to be and told the truth.

Once again - better to be a liar than tell the truth at DU.

I think the fact we are still giving him a chance to respond says a lot about our group.

When it requires more than a snotty demeaning one line answer - buddy boy crawled away - didn't he?

[Electric Monk]

23. You're saying she wasn't rude, but her rudeness was entirely justified and righteous?

Again, that wasn't the picture you were trying to paint in reply #13, above.

[JustAnotherGen]

37. Actually I

Was trying to paint a Modigliani.

[Number23]

32. Oh girl, PLEASE don't waste your time.

Got a noteabout this particular exchange. The irony of someone whose been called out by Skinner himself trawling threads and worrying about the "rudeness" of others here is the height of delicious irony and a strong lack of self-awareness.

Deciding which shade of electric pink to paint your toenails would be a far greater use for that mighty brain of yours.

[Electric Monk]

34. It's about reply #13 now. nt

[Number23]

35. I think #32 sums everything up even better

[JustAnotherGen]

38. Especially in the context

Of the thread.

[JustAnotherGen]

36. I know - know "what the game" is

If he wants to go in circles with me - I will eventually tell him to back off.

Since we don't have access to the GD Host Forum and folks want transparency - I think I need to block that newbie troll from the group.

He was clearly there to be rude and disruptive and shut down the conversation.

No worries though - I suspect by this time next year none of us will be here to give them a need for the vapors. Then they can shut down the AA Group, HOF, etc etc. Why keep something if the posters are elsewhere?

[rbrnmw]

19. ^^^This^^^

[ecstatic]

18. Meanwhile, "Officer" Darren Wilson has not been arrested. nt

[Louisiana1976]

27. True. He should be rooted out of wherever he's gone to hide and be arrested.

[KoKo]

31. Why....Why isn't he in Detention...there's enough about him that he should have been

brought up for charges and held for further review. Is it because the US Justice Department is in play and everything is "Pending Their Review?"

[egduj]

20. Have you forgotten about the naked celebrity pictures?

How can murdering cops compare to that?

[CakeGrrl]

22. Who knows about DU? I haven't.

I have little to no faith in local government. I'm waiting to see what the DOJ investigation yields.

If the local authorities want to try to go easy on him, I hope there's a civil suit brought that makes Michael Brown a daily reminder in his life. He shouldn't enjoy a single penny of the money raised to reward him for a single day.

[Louisiana1976]

28. Right on!

[cwydro]

29. DU has a very tiny attention span.

I'd like to learn when the grand jury returns its opinion on that shooting.

[KoKo]

30. I just saw this New Protest with 100's Arrested on "Democracy Now" yet there

was nothing on DU about it and Democracy Now goes on East Coast at 10:00 a.m.

Why is there so little about Ferguson? It seems once Eric Holder appeared all was Shut Down?

[eridani]

33. I follow new items and tweet them

Also participate in local support actions. Don't have time for rehashes of material that has been out there for awhile.