On 11/24/2014 8:28 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 11/24/14 8:24 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Watching the various media networks hyping up the potential
demonstrations when the Grand Jury decision is announced about a half
hour from now.

Watch them come back with a 2nd degree murder or manslaughter charge.

All the wind will be taken out of the network sails.



I dunno. It's not easy to indict a cop in a killing, especially of a
minority kid.



Politics may play a role.

I don't know what to think. None of us have all the evidence and data.
I admit that I can't ignore the fact that shortly before he encountered
Wilson the "Gentle Giant" was recorded in a convenience store stealing a
box of cigars and manhandling the proprietor.

Apparently pot was found in his system in the autopsies. Cigars laced
with PCP are documented as producing a feeling of invincibility in some
people.

Not a judgement. It's just that I don't think he was the fine,
outstanding citizen he's been made out to be.

There's also the altercation in the patrol car that has been
acknowledged by all, including Brown's defenders.

Bottom line is that I think this event has taken on two different
agendas. The first is the event itself and was Wilson to blame.

The other is the issue of minorities being singled out and stereotyped
by the police. The demonstrations so far center on this.

Many have complained that a predominantly black neighborhood has a
police department made up of mostly whites. I've heard some say that
they should have mostly black officers in these neighborhoods.

So what direction are we headed? In some ways it seems it's back to
racial segregation like back in the 40's and 50's.