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In reply to the discussion: Michael Brown roughing up store clerk [View all]Judi Lynn
(164,156 posts)124. Your values are wildly inadequate for the requirements of real life.
Your reasoning is less developed than a 2-year-old's.
Why would you imagine DU readers/posters need your assistance in remembering what they have already seen repeatedly time after time after time?
No one here has ever claimed he was "an innocent little boy".
You reveal too much about yourself. You should be embarrassed to show how unprepared for actual conversation you are.
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If the cops can't deal with violent but UNARMED people without shooting them 12 times in the back...
Erose999
Nov 2014
#86
THAT'S THE POINT TODAY. "Attacking a cop" WAS NOT PROVEN IN A COURT OF LAW. GET IT NOW?
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#100
After seeing a minute of someone's life, you call them a bully and do not doubt he beat his killer?
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#115
I do not extrapolate that into him "roughing up" Wilson later It is possible to grab and shove aside
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#135
the problem with that account is that I saw his friend state that the cigars were pilfered.
DeadEyeDyck
Nov 2014
#75
and the problem with that is that the store clerk did NOT phone in a theft, and said no theft had
niyad
Nov 2014
#136
"may have been." Gee, if ONLY American jurisprudence had a way of putting people under oath......
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#102
What Media have you been watching?? The Media have been portraying Michael Brown as a thug! eom
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2014
#17
I think it's more respect for deceased. But I do agree that without bullying the clerk, none of this
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#24
I just gotta ask you fellas that swallowed Wilson's testimony hook, line, and sinker,
Darb
Nov 2014
#39
How is it a distortion to show a recent high school graduate's graduation picture?
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2014
#54
Bullshit, the media portrayed him as a huge, menacing thug. Nice try with the thread.
Rex
Nov 2014
#80
No one is saying that he was a "perfect little angel". But since when does "roughing up a store
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2014
#13
Michael Brown has been and is being portrayed as a thug on U.S. media. Only a few
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2014
#28
Murdered for giving lip to a cop, and possibly jaywalking. The OP should think that one over....
Hekate
Nov 2014
#93
You didn't know that stealing $5 worth of cigars is the same as trying to murder a police officer?
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2014
#70
Is this a death-sentence-worthy felony? THAT is the question. And who appointed the cop...
Hekate
Nov 2014
#25
The death penalty is not appropriate for roughing up a store clerk.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2014
#27
he was human. no one is saying he was "perfect little angel" exept for smug racist shits.
cali
Nov 2014
#38
"Let's not distort the fact". Indeed... please take your own advice to heart.
LanternWaste
Nov 2014
#45
that you felt compelled to post this at this time, speaks volumes about what you are.
cali
Nov 2014
#83
Look folks, we've got another one who thinks the kid deserved to die in the street
Hekate
Nov 2014
#94
An outright lie ("angel") undercuts your position. Plus, the pictured isn't a capital (DP) offense.
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#98
Interesting anecdote that is entirely irrelevant to what happened in that street.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#132
Yes. He was no angel on that day. But I doubt very much that he should die for it. He also
applegrove
Nov 2014
#137