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Rockyj

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14. From Ferguson...

Reply to KeepItReal (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2015, 09:34 PM

May 2015

to Occupy protestors if this happened no one would be alive.

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Media (and Police) Double Standard On Wide Display In Waco [View all] KeepItReal May 2015 OP

I was watching Chris Hayes JustAnotherGen May 2015 #1

Heard on NPR they are being charged with organized crime sweetloukillbot May 2015 #5

It's a riot! It's a brawl! It's a melee! Blue_Adept May 2015 #2

I don't see everybody calling them thugs. bravenak May 2015 #3

I did, if that's any comfort to you. NaturalHigh May 2015 #6

My bad. I was talking about the reporters on Tv. bravenak May 2015 #7

I don't think they were all white. NaturalHigh May 2015 #9

Many hispanics identify as white. bravenak May 2015 #12

Ashleigh Banfield called them 'thugs'. Frank Cannon May 2015 #23

I heard them called thugs cwydro May 2015 #36

The op is really about the media and police JustAnotherGen May 2015 #17

In military terms, this was a fire fight. Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #4

Media blaming...the eatery?? Holy high deflection, Batmedia, how about blaming the avowed gangs of criminals??? Fred Sanders May 2015 #8

They ran out of handcuffs so they had officers stand guard over the detainees. NotoriousRBG May 2015 #10

I think that's part of the explanation... Whiskeytide May 2015 #32

How exactly do you treat this in print? WestSideStory May 2015 #11

I'm under the impression some think these are weekend harley riders... Historic NY May 2015 #13

ITA JustAnotherGen May 2015 #16

From Ferguson... Rockyj May 2015 #14

Uh huh... 99Forever May 2015 #15

Gang war isn't enough JustAnotherGen May 2015 #18

Sorry some people won't speak exactly as you demand. 99Forever May 2015 #19

It's not about 'speaking' or 'writing' JustAnotherGen May 2015 #20

I have no idea what you are on about. 99Forever May 2015 #24

I'm still waiting to hear what's positive about a gang war too! JustAnotherGen May 2015 #26

Have fun with that. 99Forever May 2015 #27

That was the agenda of the op - JustAnotherGen May 2015 #28

Well since you clearly know more about my life and experiences than I do... 99Forever May 2015 #34

My daddy was a 'Bama man JustAnotherGen May 2015 #35

What could we do for young white men and hispanic men JustAnotherGen May 2015 #21

I'm hearing the same "WHOOOOSHHHHHHH....." (over people's heads) as I did in my thread. Coventina May 2015 #29

Yep - it is but it's not the individual per se JustAnotherGen May 2015 #30

I think it's less an accidental whoosh, and more a purposeful flush. LanternWaste May 2015 #38

As does the collective of white leaders decrying this, the fingers pointing to socio-indictment... LanternWaste May 2015 #37

B-b-but they're just good old boys Frank Cannon May 2015 #22

With all due respect - my first crush was a Duke JustAnotherGen May 2015 #31

Waco isn't a big city 1939 May 2015 #25

+1 Sobax May 2015 #33