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Yeah, no evidence Kelvin Mace Oct 2014 #1
The problem with Federal Civil Rights Charges is ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #15
Yes alot of witnesses that the officer shot the kid but that doesnt mean that the cstanleytech Oct 2014 #17
Because murder is not a Federal crime Recursion Nov 2014 #236
I think it would help calm things if Holder came out and said the same quote... Oktober Oct 2014 #2
Um, this one won't be going 'quietly away.' - nt KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #11
agreed nt BootinUp Oct 2014 #12
True ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #16
As usual, your rush to take offense... Oktober Nov 2014 #36
Actually, your repeated use of pronouns with unclear antecedents KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #59
excellent heaven05 Nov 2014 #63
Rush rush rush... Oktober Nov 2014 #65
You would have a point... Oktober Nov 2014 #85
I don't think he could do that legally Travelman Nov 2014 #81
Good point... Oktober Nov 2014 #83
No surprise. It's a hard rap to make stick. malthaussen Oct 2014 #3
You will be lucky if you get a manslaughter conviction I suspect. nt cstanleytech Oct 2014 #18
How do you figure it's 1st? You think Wilson planned this out beforehand? (nt) Recursion Nov 2014 #237
Of course not.."These aren't the days of Civil Liberty you are looking for Move along, move along" diabeticman Oct 2014 #4
and they won't let this be announced until after the election....that was the point in the delay! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #5
What could the authorities possibly know that we don't seveneyes Oct 2014 #6
those dont matter Agalbraith Oct 2014 #19
Too much sugar tonight... MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #21
Have you read some of the responses on this thread? AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #120
Should the responses on this thread be unexpected after what has been reported? MrMickeysMom Nov 2014 #146
So.....yeah AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #148
So, yeah… I don't agree with that statement at all... MrMickeysMom Nov 2014 #149
White guilt? blackspade Oct 2014 #24
If the evidence doesn't support it... Oktober Nov 2014 #38
Now you are being disingenuous. blackspade Nov 2014 #40
Lots of people, civilian and LE, have been in a situation where they killed someone with a firearm.. Oktober Nov 2014 #43
Sigh. blackspade Nov 2014 #52
thank you heaven05 Nov 2014 #61
Your welcome! blackspade Nov 2014 #154
Some people are blind to that fact. Gemini Cat Nov 2014 #66
Indeed. blackspade Nov 2014 #155
What "facts" heaven05 Nov 2014 #49
the facts that the grand jury has Agalbraith Nov 2014 #72
Civil rights charges are NOT heaven05 Nov 2014 #73
I know civil are not murder charges Agalbraith Nov 2014 #75
thanks heaven05 Nov 2014 #95
Virtually no one has found Wilson "not guilty." branford Nov 2014 #106
some people heaven05 Nov 2014 #109
You're certainly entitled to believe Wilson is a murderer, branford Nov 2014 #113
I know I'm heaven05 Nov 2014 #115
WOW AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #119
I would apply the heaven05 Nov 2014 #123
No I have not found him not guilty. Agalbraith Nov 2014 #118
You're right, civil rights charges are not murder charges. branford Nov 2014 #82
"general claims heaven05 Nov 2014 #91
Copy and paste is a mother sometimes. Agalbraith Nov 2014 #96
I stand by that heaven05 Nov 2014 #98
The area is racist, Ferguson is racist, the police are racist, therefore, the grand jury is racist. Agalbraith Nov 2014 #99
I stand by what I said heaven05 Nov 2014 #100
Answer the question Agalbraith Nov 2014 #101
black people can't be racist heaven05 Nov 2014 #112
black people can't be racist -- amazing. Agalbraith Nov 2014 #117
relegate where ever you please heaven05 Nov 2014 #121
This is like watching a prize fighter AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #122
hopefully he's nothing but a troll Agalbraith Nov 2014 #126
been here much longer than you heaven05 Nov 2014 #130
I dont care how long you've been anywhere Agalbraith Nov 2014 #134
extremely frustrated and maturity is lacking heaven05 Nov 2014 #136
Black people CANNOT be racist Agalbraith Nov 2014 #140
you're flirting heaven05 Nov 2014 #141
thank you heaven05 Nov 2014 #131
you have it backwards Agalbraith Nov 2014 #135
right heaven05 Nov 2014 #137
ask him. He'll tell you as much Agalbraith Nov 2014 #138
you are insufficiently heaven05 Nov 2014 #139
Black people CANNOT be racist Agalbraith Nov 2014 #142
Seriously? You actually believe that? NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #180
In experiencing certain realities of this culture heaven05 Nov 2014 #182
It's not a comparison of numbers to see who has the most racists per capita... Oktober Nov 2014 #191
There are no heaven05 Nov 2014 #193
Anything to rationalize right? Oktober Nov 2014 #194
Not when heaven05 Nov 2014 #195
So it's not just people of the appropriate skin pigmentation.. Oktober Nov 2014 #202
I'm not trying to bait you at all... NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #196
see response #195 heaven05 Nov 2014 #197
I read it. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #198
well...... heaven05 Nov 2014 #199
Fair enough. We're obviously not going to agree on the matter. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #200
From a popular definition of racism Recursion Nov 2014 #238
bingo...another truth people like to ignore and pretend the system works noiretextatique Nov 2014 #203
Bravo... Oktober Nov 2014 #108
The decision to file civil rights charges will ultimately be made by AG Holder, branford Nov 2014 #102
Yes heaven05 Nov 2014 #105
I have not formed an opinion as to Wilson's guilt or innocence. branford Nov 2014 #110
I object heaven05 Nov 2014 #114
that's not true and you know it AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #125
??? heaven05 Nov 2014 #127
Can you please point me to the codified AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #129
One standard heaven05 Nov 2014 #132
this fact has been studied endlessly noiretextatique Nov 2014 #205
it is not codified in law, but in practice noiretextatique Nov 2014 #204
+ 1000 heaven05 Nov 2014 #210
So just your opinion AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #221
yeah...my opinion and a few centuries of legal research noiretextatique Nov 2014 #222
Do you read what you write ? Oktober Nov 2014 #111
legal standard?! noiretextatique Nov 2014 #224
Standing ovation AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #124
here's a fact: when are police ever indicted, let alone convicted? noiretextatique Nov 2014 #201
All the time. Simply Google "police officer guilty," branford Nov 2014 #206
I did heaven05 Nov 2014 #212
Try performing you search under Google News, and advance a few pages or narrow your search. branford Nov 2014 #214
oh please heaven05 Nov 2014 #216
A black commits a violent crime against a white because of the color of their skin, branford Nov 2014 #223
with the access heaven05 Nov 2014 #225
By many definitions that's not "racist" per se, no Recursion Nov 2014 #239
How about we use the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of racism branford Nov 2014 #240
My definition is from Cazenave, and is very widely understood in political and sociological contexts Recursion Nov 2014 #241
more often then you would think Agalbraith Nov 2014 #207
there have been several beatings and murders of BLACK people noiretextatique Nov 2014 #208
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #209
they goad and bait heaven05 Nov 2014 #211
they are advocates....i see them for who they are noiretextatique Nov 2014 #218
You posed a question, but do not like the answer. branford Nov 2014 #213
I just realized this BS you write heaven05 Nov 2014 #215
Huh? Hiding behind the law? branford Nov 2014 #217
it means: white people have hid behind the law for centuries noiretextatique Nov 2014 #219
Are President Obama and AG Holder also "hiding behind the law" if they don't file branford Nov 2014 #220
oh boy! heaven05 Nov 2014 #227
+1000 heaven05 Nov 2014 #226
Great post. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #228
the 'mob' heaven05 Nov 2014 #230
I have sycophants? NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #235
what, to you heaven05 Nov 2014 #55
Based on the evidence released, I would have to agree with them. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #7
That was the problem with the original Rodney King verdict too. 7962 Oct 2014 #13
Unacceptable… There is no justice here MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #8
"Justice" is not defined as an end result of which you approve. branford Oct 2014 #10
You mean to say... MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #20
For a state prosecution, the focus is probably on the forensic evidence. branford Oct 2014 #26
Well said, I just wish more here would read your posts rather than automatically judge the officer cstanleytech Oct 2014 #29
"A civil rights prosecution requires that the government not only essentially prove amandabeech Oct 2014 #32
I'm not a legal expert, but I don't interpret what's been already judged here as "unreliable"... MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #33
You need only Google eyewitness testimony for ample articles on its unreliability. branford Nov 2014 #35
what about heaven05 Nov 2014 #53
You clearly only skimmed my post and may quite a few assumptions yourself. branford Nov 2014 #76
yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 Nov 2014 #46
Good lord AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #77
it figures heaven05 Nov 2014 #87
I feel incredible pain and sorrow AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #89
right heaven05 Nov 2014 #93
You have no interest in rational AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #97
That was leaked information heaven05 Nov 2014 #50
You know that it's actually racist to assume that only the "correct" makeup of races on the GJ Oktober Nov 2014 #54
Please! heaven05 Nov 2014 #56
I just wanted you to know... Oktober Nov 2014 #57
call me racist heaven05 Nov 2014 #60
Ahh, it's rare but satisfying... Oktober Nov 2014 #64
no closed mind heaven05 Nov 2014 #67
When you say that nothing can change your mind... Oktober Nov 2014 #68
People on here heaven05 Nov 2014 #69
Enjoy... and I hope you'll start to think about how you participate in that culture... Oktober Nov 2014 #71
The fact that you label him AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #78
White wash. jwirr Oct 2014 #9
Buck-buck-BRAWWWWK! KamaAina Oct 2014 #14
Sometimes legal reality is politically inconvenient. True Blue Door Oct 2014 #22
A high threshold.... blackspade Oct 2014 #23
Beyond any reasonable doubt AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #79
That is at trial. blackspade Nov 2014 #103
It is a high bar for everyone AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #104
You are welcome to your illusions about the justice system. blackspade Nov 2014 #107
That's funny AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #116
yeah, right... blackspade Nov 2014 #143
yeah.......right AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #144
Just can't let it go, huh. blackspade Nov 2014 #145
There is only one standard AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #147
Then you live is a dream world. blackspade Nov 2014 #150
Not all attorneys are created equal. branford Nov 2014 #152
And none of this in any way refutes my post. blackspade Nov 2014 #153
Although I disagree with much of your class and race analysis concerning the justice system, branford Nov 2014 #158
That is a grand question... blackspade Nov 2014 #161
If you have no major issues with fundamentals of western jurisprudence, branford Nov 2014 #169
I don't agree on several of your points... blackspade Nov 2014 #174
As an aside, I'm a big proponent of officers with cameras. branford Nov 2014 #175
I was totally with you until your third paragraph. blackspade Nov 2014 #177
My point was that what constitutes a undoubtedly lawful shooting, branford Nov 2014 #178
Could you please try and argue AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #160
You have to be joking. blackspade Nov 2014 #162
Sigh AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #163
Heh. That made me laugh. blackspade Nov 2014 #167
what does it take? heaven05 Oct 2014 #25
It takes evidence AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #80
Have fun with the riots Ferguson and St. Louis. n/t DRoseDARs Oct 2014 #27
You would think though that it would lead to less riots since its the DOJ cstanleytech Oct 2014 #28
Just out of curiosity, did you support the Rodney King uprising in Los Angeles after KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #34
Oh I totally disagreed with the rioting then as now. I also disagreed with the verdict as the cstanleytech Nov 2014 #37
Well, it was arguably the 'rioting' that you oppose that compelled the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #41
" Denny's beating vanish into the dustbin of history." Wrong beating. cstanleytech Nov 2014 #42
yeah, yeah yeah heaven05 Nov 2014 #45
+1 I've noticed that trend. Gemini Cat Nov 2014 #70
Those pretty little words AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #128
So I take it then that you have full faith and confidence in the system as represented by KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #164
I'll put it this way AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #165
Their being "under a freaking microscope" did not prevent DA McCulloch KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #168
Yes.... AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #170
I did answer it. It's immaterial what the evidence and forensics say, so long as KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #171
Yes or no AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #172
The DoJ prosecutes civil rights violations, not murder and\or its lesser variations. It's entirely KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #173
Got it AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #176
The evidence doesn't matter? What matters is who presents it? Oktober Nov 2014 #179
The prosecutor in this case must avoid not only a conflict of KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #187
Seems like you are trying to prove a negative... Oktober Nov 2014 #188
I love the way you deflect and evade the question: do you have KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #189
It's an accepted legal standard... Oktober Nov 2014 #190
As I said earlier upthread, you and I are not going to convince one another about KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #192
Oops, mis-spoke in my original. Thanks for the annotation. I would though remind you that George KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #62
No, I never said Bush planned anything I said I think the DOJ was probably cstanleytech Nov 2014 #84
your words, slick heaven05 Nov 2014 #47
Umm I am one of the "poor" . cstanleytech Nov 2014 #86
then you heaven05 Nov 2014 #88
Gee I didnt know I had to be both poor and black to have an opinion. cstanleytech Nov 2014 #90
you are entitled to have heaven05 Nov 2014 #94
C'mon Phlem Oct 2014 #30
The entire GOVERNMENT there is violating the People's Civil Rights.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #31
Well maybe this will be what will goad the people to get involved in their government then and cstanleytech Nov 2014 #39
right heaven05 Nov 2014 #48
They've busted almost everybody.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #156
I just checked and according to cstanleytech Nov 2014 #157
Amazing how lax those laws are,...until you consider Republicans. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #159
True I mean they have gerrymandered the hell out of alot of the country but cstanleytech Nov 2014 #166
Actually, the question is does having a criminal record only prevent you from running as a Democrat? Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #186
come on people heaven05 Nov 2014 #44
If the legacy of Michael Brown's extra-judicial execution is to lead to a new KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #74
We'll see what turnout is like in Ferguson. LuvLoogie Nov 2014 #151
I believe heaven05 Nov 2014 #184
What is a copologist? NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #229
It's my neologism for a 'cop apologist'. I'm an old fart and don't KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #231
Wilson will get his eventually JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #181
Yeah heaven05 Nov 2014 #183
Don't let it get you down JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #185
That's because they are putting all their efforts into going after Zimmerman. Township75 Nov 2014 #51
we knew that would be the decision Heather MC Nov 2014 #58
Well of course as to go after him they would have had to be able to prove cstanleytech Nov 2014 #92
Just "look ahead" and stop getting "all sanctimonious" Corruption Inc Nov 2014 #133
when I was in high school heaven05 Nov 2014 #232
breaking marcusqueen Nov 2014 #233
yep +1000 heaven05 Nov 2014 #234
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