Whatever Mr. Brown was, the cop was not hired to be a judge and executioner.
So the guy starts to run away- no excuse for shooting him.
I see the problem is the cop- too much "force".
It is no wonder that local people hit the streets. The rioting is predictable when you have cops that shoot readily, then turn to riot gear and teargas -while things were still peaceful.
-A matter of living up to expectations. Good luck backing it down again.

A few years ago the issue of arresting afro-americans was in the news in this state, so they decided to keep records with details of arrests. These records show there are a disproportionate number of afro-americans being arrested.
Glad I don't live in that climate.

Your response typifies part of the problem.  You're saying the guy was running away, but more and more evidence as it trickles in points to the fact that he was running towards the officer.  The police department released medical reports on the officer and he has a broken eyesocket. The initial autopsy reports show all the bullets were from the front.

The entire hands up don't shoot fiasco is going to turn out to be just that, a big giant fiasco.  It probably never happened, but let's wait and see what facts come out after the grand jury hears  the evidence, which is going on right now.  Think back on all the cases just like this one where, as time has gone by, the reality of what happened did not match what we were first told.

And when you say such nonsense like cops that shoot readily, that is such bull$h1t it's beyond belief. That implies they are just running around willy-nilly like shooting at will. Why don't you try examining the record to find out how often cops in St. Louis shoot anyone, including black people.

Interestingly enough it happened yesterday when a man with a knife charged directly at police officers. They shot and killed him. There was no rioting. Do you know what the difference was? There was no idiot like the guy that was with this Michael Brown character who claimed Brown had his hands up and was surrendering. I'm going to bet right now that was a complete and utter lie. This whole thing might boil down to that one fool opening his mouth trying to cover his ass.

Yet you, perhaps with a case of white guilt, will go ahead and repeat that as true. So go ahead stand up right now put your hands up and say hands up don't shoot. Maybe it'll make you feel better.

a disproportionate number of cars traveling over the speed limit get tickets.....

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I wouldn't be too sure about that. I think that such a war is the objective of some of the outsiders who have inserted themselves into this mess. The New Black Panthers for example. Almost everyone who's been arrested in the past day or so has been from somewhere other than Ferguson. I don't think "justice", however you define it, is very much a part of a lot of those folks agenda. The worse things get, the better some of these fringe groups  like it.

WebsterMark wrote on 08/20/14 at 13:26:17:


Understood. But when one of these incidents finally does go really sideways, it isn't going to matter to everyone caught in the crossfire whether some mysterious conspiracy lit the fuse or just some a**hole like Sharpton. Sooner or later the lid's going to blow off and it isn't going to be pretty. Ironically it's going to be especially ugly for the blacks . A lot of them are so pissed of at the whites whom they perceive as their oppressors, that they can't see the forest for the trees. They depend for darn near everything on those same white folks that they have been taught to hate.

NOW the"facts"include the cop with a busted eyeball orbit. Either THAT'S a lie OR they withheld that little detail.IF it's true,then Why did they keep that quiet?

Considering European news is also covering this issue and the rioting...

...may I ask a question or two, in order to ascertain a few facts :

1. Are LEOs in the area equipped with pepper spray ?

2. Are LEOs equipped wirh a baton ?

3. Are LEOs in the area equipped with a taser ?

4. Are the handguns issued to LEOs in the area set on full-auto mode only ?

Because the one thing which is difficult to understand to the "Plain Joe" guy here in Europe , is ...

...why didn't the LEO spray the guy, or use the baton to defend himself from Mr. Brown ?
(considering Mr. Brown was unarmed, the most bodily damage he could have caused was a slap in the face or a black eye at worst)

... why didn't the LEO use the taser to immobilize Mr. Brown from a distance ?

... having decided to DRAW... why didn't the LEO fire the famous warning shot in the air (as is common protocol here in Europe) or shoot him once in the leg to drop him ?
The four shots in the arm show that Mr. Brown was trying to defend himself, it is an instinctive gesture to cover oneself with the arm(s), hence, the LEO fired at Mr. Brown at least 5 times too many.

All the evidence we are fed through the news say the LEO, black eye or no black eye, killed Mr. Brown through ruthless violence, going well beyond any acceptable and necessary force.

That said, my own personal experience in the US (1968 - 1973 as a schoolboy in Virginia, and as a regular visitor twice/year from 2003/2011 shows America is inherently a more violent society than anywhere in Europe.
Fights among schoolkids are egged, confrontations are provoked and almost encouraged, and people are educated to "take things into their own hands", which often sparks family feuds... not to mention neighborhood gangs...

Even in stereotyped mafia-ridden Sicily things aren't as violent as in some parts of the US...