Shooting and protests in Ferguson, Missouri

[Jeade]

Even if you punch a cop in the face after a robbery you shouldn't get shot to death by the police. That's not an appropriate response at all. I'm not sure racism is fundamentally what guided the policeman to kill, but it seems likely that if the guy had been white he would be arrested and not dead.

Uh, that police officer's face was fractured.
That wouldn't give the police officer the right to shoot him in the back as he's running away or as the suspect has his hands up, but instead, the suspect charged back at the officer.
I'm not even sure how you'd NOT fear for your life in a situation like that.
I'd shoot without question, and the officer (supposedly) did the same.
If that's what happened, that's entirely acceptable.

Edit:
This footage was taken last night. Vice has been doing some pretty decent coverage of the event, however biased the reporters themselves may be.

[LordBerenger]

No need to be there to see how this "nigga" stole something.

Still. 90% in this thread are basement dwelling, most likely well off Europeans sitting comfortably at home spreading their tinfoil hat conspiracies and giving their thoughts on race and politics like it matters and that don't even live on the same continent (NOH8).

[GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER]

I live ten minutes away and most of the stuff you're hearing is thin ass gruel. It's largely fabricated.

[Xant]

Even if you punch a cop in the face after a robbery you shouldn't get shot to death by the police. That's not an appropriate response at all. I'm not sure racism is fundamentally what guided the policeman to kill, but it seems likely that if the guy had been white he would be arrested and not dead.

So what, he should just let that guy punch him unconscious, maybe kill him, then take his gun and do whatever with it?

[Molly]

Read this morning that the police arrested a 90 yrs old lady who's a Holocaust survivor. With cable binders... Brave men!

[Vovka]

wondering will there the USA USA USA well as forgiving of rioters as they ask Russia 

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Read this morning that the police arrested a 90 yrs old lady who's a Holocaust survivor. With cable binders... Brave men!

shoot may even 90 year old black in spanish Jew grandma

[Jeade]

Read this morning that the police arrested a 90 yrs old lady who's a Holocaust survivor. With cable binders... Brave men!

She was part of a group of people who intended on storming into the Wainwright building downtown.
Not only was it minutes (literally) away from closing for the day, but multiple security officers inside the building had to brace themselves against the door to keep everyone out.
It was quite the crowd.

Epstein says she and her fellow protesters aimed to walk into Nixon’s office and formally ask him to de-escalate the situation in Ferguson. But police and security officers blocked the door, preventing them from entering.

“I really didn’t think about being arrested or doing anything like that,” Epstein told Newsweek. “I was just going to be somebody in the crowd. I guess maybe I was impulsive: Someone said, ‘Who is willing to be arrested if that happens?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’m willing.’”

A police officer informed the crowd that Nixon and his staff were not in the building, Epstein says, and urged them to leave. When she and eight other protesters refused, they were arrested for failure to disperse. Police handcuffed Epstein behind her back and took her to a nearby police substation. She was booked, given a court date of October 21, and then told she could leave.

Link to that article here.

To piggyback on what Daruvian said, this is also a HUGE opportunity for media to boost ratings. Ratings are through the fucking roof nationwide right now.
Be careful with your opinions.

A photo from the Wainwright building as things were just getting started:
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[Molly]

90 years old...

[Umbra]

90 years young! She is very lively

[Vovka]

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90 years young! She is very lively

some one post her photo in Fapocalypse

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And so it begins!

[Jeade]

90 years old...

We can't demand justice and equality if we don't treat people equally.
There aren't any caveats about the illegality of something.

A 90 year old woman trying to break into a building is just as illegal as an 18 year old man. 

[Xant]

It's retarded. How is it relevant how old she is or that she is a "Holocaust survivor"? It's not.

[Molly]

It shows a lack of common sense for me.
Old tiny lady, put in cuffs... seriously?

Just look angry at her and tell her to leave.

Cuffs? Really? <.<

[Xant]

Well, she did want to get arrested. It'd be rude not to give her the full treatment.

[Christo]

It shows a lack of common sense for me.
Old tiny lady, put in cuffs... seriously?

Just look angry at her and tell her to leave.

Cuffs? Really? <.<

Human rights