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Ryan Fitzomething

(139 posts) Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:21 PM Dec 2014

Protester in St. Louis area charged with arson [View all]

Source: The Associated Press

Dec. 27, 2014 3:49 PM EST

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A protester who advocated for peaceful demonstrations in Ferguson has been charged with setting fire to a convenience store in a neighboring suburb.

A St. Louis County jail official said 19-year-old Joshua Williams was being held Saturday on $30,000 bond on charges that included arson.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports media outlets and store surveillance captured images of a man trying to set a pile of wood on fire early Wednesday outside a QuikTrip in Berkeley. Charges filed Saturday said Williams confessed in a videotaped interview.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/487e1ec66d334f12a7471966f03a088b/protester-st-louis-area-charged-arson

Edited: Apparently, memories are short, here. Cops gunning people down left and right is, I would submit, a greater problem in this country than what this teenager allegedly did.

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Protester in St. Louis area charged with arson [View all] Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 OP

I have no use for rogue cops, but I'll shed no tears for an admitted arsonist. n/t ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #1

I Want to See His Confession Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #2

You will, at his trial. n/t ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #7

Maybe the police gave Williams the "Jon Burge treatment." For those not up on KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #8

Or maybe he tried to burn a business down. Ace Rothstein Dec 2014 #9

I see you had to go back about 20 years to come up with something to presumably compare this to? George II Dec 2014 #13

Right. Because after Burge and Rampart, all police abuse everywhere magically stopped KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #14

As the saying goes, "just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me"! George II Dec 2014 #23

Well there was this not to long ago in my town Ash_F Dec 2014 #18

See above. George II Dec 2014 #24

Or maybe he confessed because they showed him the video of him lighting the fire, GGJohn Dec 2014 #16

"lighter sentence" TheCowsCameHome Dec 2014 #19

LOL, I didn't catch the irony of my statement. GGJohn Dec 2014 #21

Ah, now we see first hand what a "New York minute" really is! George II Dec 2014 #12

I am afraid I cannot Sherman A1 Dec 2014 #3

Pretty stupid on his account...when he had been photographed over and over.. Historic NY Dec 2014 #4

Pretty dumb. 840high Dec 2014 #29

What was that supposed to accomplish? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2014 #5

He was trying to prove that black teens should be profiled... 4139 Dec 2014 #10

hey look, filthy trash stands on DU reddread Dec 2014 #15

? I don't understand your reply 4139 Dec 2014 #17

Semantics, on the internet, where tone of voice can't be heard Babel_17 Dec 2014 #25

which is what a sophisticated poster would have done reddread Dec 2014 #27

Yes, my point was the only people he helped were the haters. 4139 Dec 2014 #33

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #20

Did you mean "IF he was trying....."? White or black..... George II Dec 2014 #26

nice coaching reddread Dec 2014 #28

Good. nt greytdemocrat Dec 2014 #6

UNBELIEVABLE, even this admitted arsonist gets a pass around here.... George II Dec 2014 #11

I can both oppose unjustified police violence AND arsonists at the same time. branford Dec 2014 #22

No you can't... bobclark86 Dec 2014 #32

Now another 19 year old will be consigned to the rolls of "convicted felon" Calista241 Dec 2014 #30

It's sad, but he should have thought of that before attempting to light the store up. GGJohn Dec 2014 #31

Apparently you didn't see the video... Historic NY Dec 2014 #35

Yeah, I saw the video, if he's a first time offender, the DA may offer him a deal. GGJohn Dec 2014 #36

I'm having trouble feeling much sympathy. branford Dec 2014 #34