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Who cares.

If dude gets on the damn sidewalk like he ask, he be alive and probably would've gotten away with stealing some cigs or whatever.

Then he made it worse by grabbing for a gun. I understand that police brutality is a huge issue with regards to cops and minorities.

but this ain't one of those issues.

I totally agree with you.

However, many brush off the policy brutality and awful race relations side. There's been no actual meaningful attempt to fix these issues.

That's the bigger thread with what happened in Missouri, NYC, and Cleveland. There's an underlying current of mistrust due to misguided mindsets in law enforcement.

Honest question, how does a city that is almost 70% black end up with a mayor that is white and a city council that is 80% white?

Voter disenfranchisement, potentially?

This is little more than a parting shot by the USAG because all he sees are race issues. He has stated that since he's been in office. As there are far more blacks than whites in Ferguson, of course there will be significantly more arrests and ticketing of blacks.

Yes, cops will dismiss tickets for their friends, and it looks disproportional when there are majority white cops. When you figure in that most people choose their friends from their own ethnic group, that will explain that stat away.

As for the comments and emails about the POTUS, I've seen far more cartoons depicting Bush as a monkey than I've seen of Obama depicted as a monkey. Why is it only racist for one side? Wouldn't it be more equal to be able to depict a president as you wanted, regardless of race?

lol please don't try and argue this point, pretty please. Go to any anonymous website where people can post anonymously and you see all the vuglar racial hatred towards Obama.

This is little more than a parting shot by the USAG because all he sees are race issues. He has stated that since he's been in office. As there are far more blacks than whites in Ferguson, of course there will be significantly more arrests and ticketing of blacks.

Yes, cops will dismiss tickets for their friends, and it looks disproportional when there are majority white cops. When you figure in that most people choose their friends from their own ethnic group, that will explain that stat away.

As for the comments and emails about the POTUS, I've seen far more cartoons depicting Bush as a monkey than I've seen of Obama depicted as a monkey. Why is it only racist for one side? Wouldn't it be more equal to be able to depict a president as you wanted, regardless of race?

Who cares.

If dude gets on the damn sidewalk like he ask, he be alive and probably would've gotten away with stealing some cigs or whatever.

Then he made it worse by grabbing for a gun. I understand that police brutality is a huge issue with regards to cops and minorities.

but this ain't one of those issues.

Oh please may I? Go to google and search 'George W Bush as monkey' and see how many hits you get. Vulgar racial hatred is for those people that can't discuss obamas's policies, and I think that gets pointed out just because Obama happens to be black. It actually ticks me off a bit that Obama can't be publicly depicted as a monkey because he's black. Is that not discrimination too? The cartoons of bush were in nationally publicized articles. Are we not allowed to insult this president because he's black? Where's the equality in that?

This is why we can never have meaningful dialogue in this country.

instead of addressing the issue, you went straight into defense mode, and went with the typical "yea but, look what they do".

Just take away all the law there and like the thugs dispose of themselves.

Honest question, how does a city that is almost 70% black end up with a mayor that is white and a city council that is 80% white?

This is why we can never have meaningful dialogue in this country.

instead of addressing the issue, you went straight into defense mode, and went with the typical "yea but, look what they do".

We're not talking about what others do. we're not talking about what whites or blacks do other places. we are talking about what FERGUSON PD does.

And its jacked up. stick to the topic.

I thought I was. The DOJ found no correlation between race and the shooting of Michael Brown. The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing both by local jury and by the DOJ. The DOJ then does a full sweep of everything and anything they can find to prove their position of finding racism, and oddly enough they do. This keeps their narrative of racism going. AG Holder has been all about race ever since he was appointed to office, but only from one point of view. If he really wanted to end racism, he would have investigated the black panther party at the polls as well as he did the Ferguson PD. A black racist is just as wrong as a white racist, or an Asian racist, or a Persian racist in my book.

Now tell me, as the USAG was involved in this issue, am I not supposed to talk about my opinion of him? He was involved in this issue, correct? The entire article shows me that the AG and his office failed to find any racism for the Brown incident, so they dug until they found some perceived wrongdoing. They could find that in any office in the country, law enforcement or not. This seems more of a "seek and ye shall find" investigation than proof of any illegal activities.

How's that for staying on the topic?

Damn fine question DC. How can that even happen?

There's an issue in Ferguson. The fact that the demographics is mostly black, yet the people in charge aren't even remotely half way mixed. Hell, at least in Cleveland, there's a good number of black and hispanic cops. people want to feel they can relate to the law.

Of course, IIRC, in the last local election, only 11% of the total Black registered voters showed up to vote.

Can you really blame them for not voting? African Americans, as well as minorities as a whole, have lived through broken promises. Continually segregated schools, lowest rate of social mobility among developed nations, and police brutality do nothing but reinforce nothing will ever change.

Can you really blame them for not voting? African Americans, as well as minorities as a whole, have lived through broken promises. Continually segregated schools, lowest rate of social mobility among developed nations, and police brutality do nothing but reinforce nothing will ever change.

The last individual who acted on meaningful change for the impoverished, of all races, was assassinated in Memphis. There has been no Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., or similar figure which fights for the impoverished.

Too many people are willing to go with the status quo in order to secure a lifetime career in politics.

Of course, IIRC, in the last local election, only 11% of the total Black registered voters showed up to vote.

From what I read on wiki, the TOTAL voter turnout was 12% of all registered voters.

All 3 candidates were white men.

My guess is, and this is just a guess... that the 70% black population didn't feel like anybody running represented them... so evidently before they can vote, they need somebody to vote FOR.

I agree the African-American community needs to be more involved with voting, but I think it goes beyond being too lazy. It's not at all difficult for me to find the time, transportation and motivation, but I can't say the same for everyone. I'm sure economics has as much or more to do with it than ethnicity.

I'm not making excuses, just mildly disagreeing.