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bravenak

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15. Is it?

Reply to Skip Intro (Reply #13)

Mon Aug 11, 2014, 03:28 AM

Aug 2014

What do you think? Was the shooting justified?

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Violence breaks out near site of vigil for teen killed by police [View all] alp227 Aug 2014 OP

Gotta stop bad cops. bravenak Aug 2014 #1

How does looting do that? n/t Skip Intro Aug 2014 #2

Nothing works. bravenak Aug 2014 #7

The looting is justified, then? n/t Skip Intro Aug 2014 #8

You are not a good fisher. bravenak Aug 2014 #9

No answer, eh? n/t Skip Intro Aug 2014 #10

Do you have one? bravenak Aug 2014 #11

No answer then, eh? Skip Intro Aug 2014 #13

Looters are opportunists AgingAmerican Aug 2014 #14

Indeed. Hard for some to say, evidently. Skip Intro Aug 2014 #16

How many of the looters imthevicar Aug 2014 #24

I suspect people who would use an incident of looting ohnoyoudidnt Aug 2014 #25

I suspect people who would use an incident of looting ohnoyoudidnt Aug 2014 #26

Seriously ? Bonx Aug 2014 #33

I'd say none who actually looted. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #60

Like I said, imthevicar Aug 2014 #63

Is it? bravenak Aug 2014 #15

Seems to me that focusing on one symptom rather than the cause itself is disingenuous at best... LanternWaste Aug 2014 #27

Is this a 'who's the boss' answer? You won't answer her questions. Repeating yours won't work. freshwest Aug 2014 #30

+1000000000000 Tsiyu Aug 2014 #39

Not at all. Skip Intro Aug 2014 #51

I think she's only thinking of the guy who is dead. That's her issue. As to your claim: freshwest Aug 2014 #53

?! Skip Intro Aug 2014 #54

I'm just saying you are coming at this the wrong way to get what you want. EOM. freshwest Aug 2014 #55

My answer was in post one. bravenak Aug 2014 #56

Sounds logical to me. And folks need to see the big picture on all of this. Blinders won't work. freshwest Aug 2014 #58

We need to pay attention to what the 'authorities' are up to. bravenak Aug 2014 #59

Why can't you???? onecent Aug 2014 #50

At least as justified as this shooting. bemildred Aug 2014 #18

Who's justifying the looting, as opposed to analyzing it? nt alp227 Aug 2014 #29

Reparations Abouttime Aug 2014 #47

I agree. bravenak Aug 2014 #48

Generally it doesn't, but hypothetically... Jester Messiah Aug 2014 #19

An innocent person gets killed by cops and you care about looting? wow L0oniX Aug 2014 #20

Pressure of What ? warrant46 Aug 2014 #34

Pressure of a whole bunch of shit. bravenak Aug 2014 #37

Yawn warrant46 Aug 2014 #38

Then buzz off. bravenak Aug 2014 #40

You got two mehs and a seriously. Sissyk Aug 2014 #44

Surprised that was even alerted! bravenak Aug 2014 #45

How is looting local businesses punishing the police? ripcord Aug 2014 #3

It shows that their job to keep the peace is a facade. joshcryer Aug 2014 #17

Good thing there are some strict gun laws warrant46 Aug 2014 #35

SYG? blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #4

Punish them. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #5

how you solve this problem. jonjensen Aug 2014 #6

"more reginald dennys you have the less rodney kings you will have." Shandris Aug 2014 #12

How did looting help? 840high Aug 2014 #21

It helped by emptying the store before they burned it down seveneyes Aug 2014 #22

And when these businesses decide not to rebuild Iamthetruth Aug 2014 #28

People will still blame the former christx30 Aug 2014 #62

I live here and I'm White Syntheto Aug 2014 #23

Thanks for supplying those details, they're important. freshwest Aug 2014 #31

Also the looters got the ATM machine out before the fire warrant46 Aug 2014 #32

America has unfortunately been running several alternative societies for centuries. Please comment: freshwest Aug 2014 #41

Hmmm your quote warrant46 Aug 2014 #42

Definitely, very important, but it pales next to a death. Fortunately no one died in the fire! freshwest Aug 2014 #52

I wonder how many cut themselves running on the broken glass? warrant46 Aug 2014 #64

The QT... Syntheto Aug 2014 #36

Very true, all of that. Violence doesn't lead to good endings, nor does it build community. freshwest Aug 2014 #43

Sadly, large crowds *always* draw the "break/burn/loot stuff" idiots... Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #46

Yup. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #61

Fucking fucking fucking PIGS. kath Aug 2014 #49

On TV I heard Michael Brown's sister saying she caught the incident on her cell phone camera aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #57