General Discussion

ReRe

(12,189 posts)

22. Seriously...

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 12:48 PM

Aug 2014

... it's every day now, WillyT. This one didn't make MSNBC, at least since 10AM. Won't, either, unless people get in the street and start shouting "Don't shoot! Don't Shoot!" As soon as the police state takes it's place, the media will move in. And THEN it will hit the M$M.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

52 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

What The Hell Is Going On ??? - 'LAPD Shoots, Kills Black Man During 'Investigative Stop'' - HuffPo [View all] WillyT Aug 2014 OP

..he was reaching for his waistband, he was reaching for officer'g gun Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #1

Ban all Guns!! n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #2

Golly! It sure seems like we have a rash of black men initiating struggles with police. Orrex Aug 2014 #3

+1 historylovr Aug 2014 #29

It's obvious. Obama made them all uppity. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #38

The root cause of this? budget cutters in the GOP. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #4

all true...except the killing of black folk is a tradition noiretextatique Aug 2014 #28

Yeah, we have a long and honorable history of that. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #32

not if they bucked the system noiretextatique Aug 2014 #49

There are so many of these incidents occurring around the country that I wonder if someone Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #5

You are so perceptive. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #14

The Justice Department is investigating in Ferguson rbrnmw Aug 2014 #16

Holder investigated Oakland, too. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #20

Dang! Wow! Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #21

They have a Youtube channel dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #31

Oh, I've read about them. Plenty. Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #36

martial law ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #33

I think I am in love. eom littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #46

Thank you for posting! nt Ilsa Aug 2014 #50

It sure looks this way to me! Tumbulu Aug 2014 #24

I wonder how many of these cops voted for Romney. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #39

95% Abouttime Aug 2014 #47

"..It is unknown if the suspect has any gang affiliations.." Nor is it unknown if he was a unicorn! uponit7771 Aug 2014 #6

Yeah, that was just a special line. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #52

Shot in the back while laying on the ground!?!?!! Wow... how is this one going to be ignored uponit7771 Aug 2014 #7

The same way the black onecaliberal Aug 2014 #18

Aw Fuck. calimary Aug 2014 #8

"No officers were injured during the incident" so clearly this was a life-or-death struggle. arcane1 Aug 2014 #9

A USA state by state graph of this behavior littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #10

No government agency accurately tracks police shootings dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #23

I wish I could remember where I read that..... BobbyBoring Aug 2014 #30

Perhaps here:? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #34

That's messed up. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #43

That's messed up. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #44

Oops. Sorry guys. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #45

Wikipedia keeps month by month reports of killings by police OnlinePoker Aug 2014 #40

Just practice PeoViejo Aug 2014 #11

Police Fascist Plutocracy rickyhall Aug 2014 #12

We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2014 #13

We need citizen review boards that have power and authority over police forces. 1monster Aug 2014 #26

and folks on DU wonder why black folks riot. rbrnmw Aug 2014 #15

I've stopped using the term 'riot'. I now use the term 'resistance' and will do so VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #25

thanks I will use it from now on too rbrnmw Aug 2014 #27

I wonder if the Final Solution started this way? jwirr Aug 2014 #17

It's been like this for decades in LA. The only group that is worse is the LA County Sheriff. libdem4life Aug 2014 #19

"I think we're in a sea change of culture." dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #35

SMH Mr Dixon Aug 2014 #37

Agreed. Still, social media and instant tecnhology and Gen Xers give me some hope. libdem4life Aug 2014 #41

Today I was telling a friend that it felt like the 60's. nt Ilsa Aug 2014 #51

Seriously... ReRe Aug 2014 #22

Are they intentionally provoking civil unrest? redqueen Aug 2014 #42

Another soul lost at the hands of Police stopthemandess8 Aug 2014 #48