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17. Were you under the impression that you are deciding the charges?

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #14)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 11:32 AM

Aug 2014

Has McDonald's pressed charges? Do you know?

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Ferguson Protesters Did Not "Loot" McDonalds Sunday Night [View all] bigtree Aug 2014 OP

One of the problems with corporations? Trillo Aug 2014 #1

sorry for the lateness of this to the post, but this may be important to the story bigtree Aug 2014 #42

How is that not "looting"? Recursion Aug 2014 #2

yes, you are missing the distinction bigtree Aug 2014 #3

The definition of looting. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #39

there might be a reasonable and legally valid defense, in this case bigtree Aug 2014 #58

There was no emergency. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #62

personal emergency bigtree Aug 2014 #64

TG what would it take for you to change your mind? Would, could any Vincardog Aug 2014 #65

I can't see the emergency in this case. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #88

it's fortunate then that you don't get to define that emergency bigtree Aug 2014 #90

The courts are not on your side. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #91

as a juror in that town bigtree Aug 2014 #92

Are the alleged protestors members of the military? Do they not have the right Vincardog Aug 2014 #94

Please protest in a respectful manner. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #95

What has that got to do with breaking a window go get milk to ease the suffering Vincardog Aug 2014 #96

The right to assemble doesn't give way to breaking the law. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #97

Your assumptions are not facts. No one is guilty until tried and convicted. Shooting Vincardog Aug 2014 #98

The police said they were shot at last night. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #99

Please post a link. What happened to your assumptions about window breakers Vincardog Aug 2014 #100

Blaming the victim is an old tactic. Vincardog Aug 2014 #93

You will when you have to suck some tear gas Warpy Aug 2014 #101

Perhaps you missed the tear gas coming from both directions last night. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #70

Teargas - Try it on yourself sometime ThoughtCriminal Aug 2014 #84

I'm familiar with cs gas. talkguy365 Aug 2014 #89

Remember the parallel pics from Katrina? According to the captions, a white couple tblue37 Aug 2014 #63

Bingo! +1000 blackspade Aug 2014 #45

How was it not murder? heaven05 Aug 2014 #4

I'm pretty sure it was murder Recursion Aug 2014 #16

Yes, you are. Iggo Aug 2014 #5

Context is everything tkmorris Aug 2014 #6

+1 Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #9

+1 more Amimnoch Aug 2014 #33

Reminds me of Katrina pics -- "looting" vs "finding" bread. moriah Aug 2014 #43

Black people "loot", white people "find"... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #53

Yay, that's my picture! I've seen it pop up a few times in the past week. arcane1 Aug 2014 #55

It's at Huffington Post... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #57

Oh, yes, if they're black, it's looting. If they're white, it's quick thinking. valerief Aug 2014 #7

^^ Correct. Lex Aug 2014 #15

Yeah, I remember the Katrina photos. Recursion Aug 2014 #18

Glad you explained it to him. zeemike Aug 2014 #40

Boom! Cali_Democrat Aug 2014 #59

Were you similarly confused by the Katrina Photos? 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #12

No, they both looked like looting to me Recursion Aug 2014 #19

Oh ... Okay. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #25

Yeah from your safe chair in front of your computer SomethingFishy Aug 2014 #27

Maybe I'm wrong about what "looting" means Recursion Aug 2014 #28

Looting is about opportunism, not survival or health gollygee Aug 2014 #78

Do you not remember the Fox News piece during Katrina? SomethingFishy Aug 2014 #20

As I've said twice, I remember those photos, and they both seemed like "looting" to me Recursion Aug 2014 #21

And you're missing the point that while you may be oh-so-colorblind.... few actually are. moriah Aug 2014 #52

Although I agree with you about this description of the McDonald's break-in Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #72

Contracting it down to "armed robbery" certainly was more than media spin. moriah Aug 2014 #76

That, I agree with (the shortening). Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #86

What would you suggest that they should have done Stellar Aug 2014 #22

Same thing I would have done: break into a McDonalds Recursion Aug 2014 #24

OK, point taken. Stellar Aug 2014 #83

Got milk and water from their homes? 840high Aug 2014 #38

Can't - many of them were blocked off from being able to leave the area Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #73

Thanks. I didn't know that. 840high Aug 2014 #77

I was up late last night watching one of the live streams Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #85

CNN live stream was not very good. 840high Aug 2014 #87

The actions also fit well within the first three parameters of the word 'requisition' LanternWaste Aug 2014 #69

McDonalds: Last place I would "loot." Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #8

And another generation gets added to 2 centuries worth of this repertoire. nt BumRushDaShow Aug 2014 #10

Ok, not looting got it. Just burglary. nt cstanleytech Aug 2014 #11

Yes, Burglary ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #13

Odd, I was under the impression that its still burglary regardless if they left money for cstanleytech Aug 2014 #14

Were you under the impression that you are deciding the charges? Lex Aug 2014 #17

Nope I'm just trying to make sure we are all on the same page since its not "looting". cstanleytech Aug 2014 #26

Their intent was not to commit a crime but to help someone in a medical emergency. Lex Aug 2014 #29

Did they have a key? No. Thus they broke in. Did they take something? Yes. Thus it is burglary cstanleytech Aug 2014 #30

Wrong. If the intent was to help someone in a medical emergency Lex Aug 2014 #34

Wow. You have a really messed up set of priorities.[n/t] Maedhros Aug 2014 #41

Their intent was to commit a crime to help someone in a medical emergency Recursion Aug 2014 #31

I'm not "acting like" anything. I'm telling you that if their intent Lex Aug 2014 #35

Exigency is not an affirmative defense for theft Recursion Aug 2014 #36

I'm a bit late with this, but it was buried in someone's timeline bigtree Aug 2014 #44

Well, that's a huge difference Recursion Aug 2014 #46

if this account holds up, we'll see bigtree Aug 2014 #49

Now that does change it a whole hell of alot. cstanleytech Aug 2014 #60

So whether or not it is a crime depends on whether the company decides to press charges? Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #74

No. It depends on if there was actually any illegal entry. cstanleytech Aug 2014 #75

it may not be an important distinction to you bigtree Aug 2014 #37

That's why I included the conjunction, "AND" ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #23

So if someone breaks into my house nilesobek Aug 2014 #32

That's not what I am saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #47

I'm a cashier graveyard shift nilesobek Aug 2014 #51

�The necessity defense" bigtree Aug 2014 #54

They knew enough to have scarfs to cover their faces EC Aug 2014 #48

that might be good advice, as an afterthought bigtree Aug 2014 #50

Milk's not really helpful for CS. DirkGently Aug 2014 #56

I know what would happen to me.... ReRe Aug 2014 #61

. bigtree Aug 2014 #66

So they broke in to a locked business to take something they did not pay for Iamthetruth Aug 2014 #67

It is looting. Period. 840high Aug 2014 #68

It's not that clear cut bigtree Aug 2014 #71

I was tear-gassed with about 3000 other people. Tear gas burns like hell ... kwassa Aug 2014 #79

does milk work? lululu Aug 2014 #80

not so much bigtree Aug 2014 #81

Treatment for tear gas. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #82