Darren Wilson Ferguson Trial

Well I can't support the should have not being big on the aesthetic police. I think it would be a virtue for people to get over themselves and I find taking offense to be one side of a coin that is rude no matter heads or tails. What if someone sports a swastika? No more distracting than the nike swoosh which doesn't necessarily make you think you gotta have nikes. A false or abstract sense of decorum is always in jeopardy. I don't think an image of political correctness will define whether the beer drinking fan enjoys football or not even though it might cause some to be concerned for their personal image.

 

Then they would be beggars. Swastika's being symbols don't offend. It is the interpretation of them we are upset with. The main character of ignorance in this world surrounds this one aspect of not being able to tell the difference one thing from another.

 

Technically, they already do that. They have crosses clearly visible in their tattoos and some players have crosses and bible verses on their cheeks. They also have prayer circles on the field before and/or after games. Not that I care one way or the other.....

As far as the NFL response, I don't think they want to touch this with a 10 foot pole. They probably would have preferred to have been able to stay silent about the entire issue. But I wouldn't be surprised if there have been some backroom discussions about potential responses or policies.

 

Like trying to fulfill expectation in some marriages, you are damned if you do and damned if you don't.

 

Ignorance is bliss


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Ok.

 

Well, they do have such a rule in place; they just chose not to enforce it this time. Big mistake.

 

The only reason people are mad is because their TV is telling them to be mad.


In Ohio, a white cop kills a black 12 year old with a toy gun on the playground. Meh, nobody cares. http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2014/11/24/Cleveland-boy-with-fake-pistol-killed-by-police.html
But when the TV riles people up over the death of a thug during a police altercation, all hell breaks loose

Fucking pitiful....

 

Was mentioned earlier in this thread...


But, yeah, It's not "national news" probably because the locals didn't tear the town apart.

 

Then its time to tear that mother down


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It goes on. It goes on, Judah...............................

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City grand jury decision not to charge a white police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a chokehold sparked outrage and protests on Wednesday, and the U.S. Justice Department said it would investigate the incident.
Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, was illegally selling cigarettes on July 17 when police officers tackled him and put him in a chokehold. Police said he had been resisting arrest. The city's medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
The deadly encounter on Staten Island, New York City's smallest borough, was captured on video, which quickly spread over the Internet and fueled debate about how U.S. police use force, particularly against minorities.
Last week, a grand jury in Missouri decided not to indict a white police officer in another racially charged killing of a black man. The decision in that case sparked a spasm of violence in Ferguson, Missouri, with businesses burned and looted.
The Justice Department is investigating whether Brown's civil rights were violated through excessive force.
On Wednesday, about two dozen demonstrators lay down in Grand Central Terminal's main hall in Midtown Manhattan in a silent protest as the evening rush hour began. In Times Square, about 200 people gathered, chanting "No indictment is denial. We want a public trial."
On Staten Island, near the site where Garner was apprehended, some demonstrators defiantly crushed cigarettes in front of reporters and passersby - a reference to the reason that police gave for approaching Garner in the first place.

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Yeah... The Mayor couldn't even believe that decision....

 

That is the stupidest one of them all. A grand jury decided against charging the cop and then the attorney general launches an inquiry.

And NYPD has been ordered to undergo "retraining on restraint".

So which is it?

 

So much worse than the Ferguson incident. This time, we have video footage. There are no conflicting eyewitness reports. The suspect was clearly not attacking the officer, who was using a hold banned by the NYPD for being too dangerous. This grand jury decision absolutely sucks.

 

I was reading the other day 99% of grand jury cases brought forth by prosecutors secure an indictment but out of those only 20% brought against police officers get an indictment. Apparently indicting a cop is a difficult thing to do.

 

Of course it was worse then Fergusion as in this case the suspect was not fighting and assaulting the officers. But this hold that was used was not a banned hold by the NYPD. They have banned a specific choke hold but this one was not it.

 

It seems that we've lost this battle. The New York case shows that this isn't about lack of video evidence, and it isn't strictly a racial thing either. In the second video, a black female police supervisor is seen showing absolutely no concern for the suspect's life. She looks like she's only there for quiting time and payday, like somebody who sells popcorn in a theater, not somebody who makes life and death decisions.

Extreme police brutality may be here to stay.

 

It's looking that way...