Federal civil rights charges unlikely against police officer in Ferguson shooting

[heaven05]

232. when I was in high school

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many decades ago having my mind filled with lies about the 'greatness and exceptionalism' that was our democracy, I believed it. So much so, that coming from a family that had served this country since "buffalo soldier" days, I volunteered for the U. S. Army. 1 year and a half later I volunteered for service in Vietnam. After spending my days and nights there for 13 month, on convoy duty and night time berm guard duty, I came home expecting things to have gotten better for black people. They had not in spite of the window dressing gotten a few years earlier in the guise of voting and civil rights 'laws'. Then came Nixon in 1972 and his 'southern strategy'.

Used the GI bill to enter college, that bill IS described as an ' unnecessary entitlement' by many in the RW today. I stayed at one college for two years and ended up in Boston at Boston University for the next three. Mark Clark and Fred Jackson had already been assassinated by the chicago police a few months back. I took notice of the circumstances. Didn't like what I saw. Started fighting for the release of Angela Davis in 1971. We prevailed and a beautiful black sister was freed from the confines of the state incarceration system. Dr. Davis is still lecturing today. That fight for her freedom along with the assassination of George Jackson, the shooting and killing of white student protestors on the campus of Kent State opened my eyes further to the realities of the powers that were and still are running this country and the world. They care nothing of the fate of billions, just how much money, power and control they can accrue over those billions. Then came Reagan in Philadelphia, Ms. kicking off his campaign. 1980-88 start of what we are all facing from the fascists and racists on the RW side today. Height of RW hypocrisy, then.

Jump to 2014, voting rights under attack. The 'Right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' by black people under attack. And the attackers are the rabid pit bulls of the PTB, the republican and tea party congress people, present candidates and those in local and state governments. I'm voting just on principle tomorrow.

The point is for all on here deflecting, distracting and outright being willfully disingenuous about the state of racism in america and who the racists are, I'm just saying I'm glad to see resistance in Ferguson against all the lies and evil cropping up, again. Sad that it still is a fact of life in the black community to have to protest not to be murdered by racist 'officers of justice' who deny due process to their unarmed murdered victims. Yes I am so glad to see these protests there and in other places starting, again.

Many generations have passed since slavery days and people of color are still fighting for the right to vote and the right not to by lynched(murdered) by racists. Truly mind boggling, but given experience of decades with this system, not surprising in the least.


P.S. You really got things started and laid to rest about many as to who and who can't be trusted in a foxhole while in this latest battle in a long war for human, civil and voting rights. Thank you.