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aint_no_life_nowhere

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57. On TV I heard Michael Brown's sister saying she caught the incident on her cell phone camera
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 05:46 PM
Aug 2014

She was describing what the video shows, move by move. Has anyone heard this? Is the video out there on the web?

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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
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