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xocet

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22. That is exactly the one thing that they will not do....
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 09:14 PM
Aug 2014

Anything short of eye-witness-taken video (from three separate angles) of Wilson kneeling, covered in blood, fervently praying to Sumerian deities with a severed head in his hands would not generate an arrest at this point, and, if an arrest were to occur by mistake, the previous scenario would be the minimum evidence required for a conviction.

At this point, it is hard to believe that there is even a remote possibility that justice will be served in any fashion in this case. The country will be lucky if they don't shoot anyone else in attempting to squelch the protests and calls for justice.

About the only good thing that could happen due to this event would be a new federal law that all civil/governmental authorities who have in principle a right to wield lethal force would also be required to run live video feeds from both body cameras and gun cameras to an independent-review-board-type organization's archiving system - this would prevent the police from making up stories to protect their own when they violate someone's rights etc.



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Well, the media is controlled by a handful of whites, too. nt valerief Aug 2014 #1
I'm not sure that the whiteness of the PR firm is the first problem.. pepperbear Aug 2014 #33
They should have done with the State did and hired this fella 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #2
Ron Johnson is not a racist UpInArms Aug 2014 #12
Umm where did I say he was? 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #13
your post UpInArms Aug 2014 #15
Me thinks you read too much into that warrant46 Aug 2014 #23
Don't know about beatings, but you must've fallen on your head. DRoseDARs Aug 2014 #25
wow! now you are implying that Nixon is racist? UpInArms Aug 2014 #32
You really aren't paying attention and not even pretending to care. DRoseDARs Aug 2014 #35
I got a tip for them.. Arrest Darren Wilson. Cha Aug 2014 #3
That is exactly the one thing that they will not do.... xocet Aug 2014 #22
Agreed! bravenak Aug 2014 #27
well THAT'LL help! LloydS of New London Aug 2014 #4
Some idiots never learn. SoapBox Aug 2014 #5
so their way of handling media inquiries barbtries Aug 2014 #6
Which means more traffic stops and arrests of black folk in Ferguson justiceischeap Aug 2014 #16
no doubt barbtries Aug 2014 #24
no uncle toms? jonjensen Aug 2014 #7
That's for sure warrant46 Aug 2014 #21
Ahem 47of74 Aug 2014 #8
Just for the sake of levity... Anansi1171 Aug 2014 #31
Naturally... L0oniX Aug 2014 #9
Could be that's the only kind of PR firm that might take their business (n/t) thesquanderer Aug 2014 #10
When the Establishment wants to Defend Their Wrongful Actions LarryNM Aug 2014 #11
Sounds like a perfect situation for Michael Steele or Armstrong Williams Doctor_J Aug 2014 #14
They failed PR 101 by even accepting the gig. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2014 #17
Fergie, you're doin' a heckuva job! muntrv Aug 2014 #18
Do you think 'the firm' should be 70% Black? Like Ferguson? elias49 Aug 2014 #19
Do you not get Ruby the Liberal Aug 2014 #28
Oh grow up. elias49 Aug 2014 #34
It's the Clorox Move warrant46 Aug 2014 #20
Meet The Team Unknown Beatle Aug 2014 #26
I don't see anything wrong with that cosmicone Aug 2014 #29
At my University, we recently had a diversity teachable moment ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #30
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