Ferguson murder

[Cloud3514]

Brown allegedly had marijuana in his system. Yup, racists and right-wingers are going to have a fucking field day today.

[chitoryu12]

You may have seen claims of people "looting" McDonalds. That's not what they did.

https://twitter.com/Remorse_1/status/501326930302746627/photo/1

[Cloud3514]

Well, CNN has confirmed that the convenience store that Brown allegedly robbed never actually filed a report about a robbery.

[Witchyjoshy]

I find it consistent with what I know about the USA that lots of white people who have never had to be racially profiled are thinking the police are doing a bang-up job.

Paint a black person as a thief and suddenly, everything is justifiable.

I hate this racist country.

[Ultimate Paragon]

I find it consistent with what I know about the USA that lots of white people who have never had to be racially profiled are thinking the police are doing a bang-up job.

Paint a black person as a thief and suddenly, everything is justifiable.

I hate this racist country.

Most Americans aren't racist.  And things are a lot better here than in, say, Italy.

[chitoryu12]

Seriously, watch the live streams tonight and compare them to how the mass media reports it. It's the best way to realize just how full of shit the current CNN/MSNBC/Fox narrative is.

[Ultimate Paragon]

Seriously, watch the live streams tonight and compare them to how the mass media reports it. It's the best way to realize just how full of shit the current CNN/MSNBC/Fox narrative is.

I swear, it's like they're operating out of alternate universes or something.

[chitoryu12]

Apparently the cops are already trying to harangue journalists and protesters. They won't even let people stop walking.

I know it seems crazy for me to be all "Don't trust the media" like some kind of whacko conspiracy theorist, but I watched this shit happen with my own eyes, at least as close as I could without actually flying to Ferguson. What's happening on the ground through the completely uncensored streams doesn't match the narrative the cops and media are trying to push. The protests aren't violent. There's no riots. Molotovs aren't being thrown and protesters aren't shooting at the police. It's all lie after lie, and thousands of people are watching it happen.

In fact, the protesters have been trying to stop the violence. The vandals and looters are criminals taking advantage of the chaos, but the way the media makes it look the protest is a riot. It's all an attempt to justify to the public why they keep launching tear gas and firing rubber and wooden bullets at peaceful protesters and journalists.

[Cloud3514]

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/2014/8/a-tour-through-realferguson.html

At least Al Jazeera is doing what they can.

[I am lizard]

Seriously, watch the live streams tonight and compare them to how the mass media reports it. It's the best way to realize just how full of shit the current CNN/MSNBC/Fox narrative is.

MSNBC?
I'm not surprised that Fox or "Prmising Younge Men" CNN are trying to push "teh spookeh negros" BS on us, but MSNBC is generally a fairly non-bulshitty Newssource.

[Ultimate Paragon]

Seriously, watch the live streams tonight and compare them to how the mass media reports it. It's the best way to realize just how full of shit the current CNN/MSNBC/Fox narrative is.

MSNBC?
I'm not surprised that Fox or "Prmising Younge Men" CNN are trying to push "teh spookeh negros" BS on us, but MSNBC is generally a fairly non-bulshitty Newssource.

MSNBC is full of bullshit too.  But I'm surprised at the stance they're taking on this.

[MadCatTLX]

Apparently the cops are already trying to harangue journalists and protesters. They won't even let people stop walking.

I know it seems crazy for me to be all "Don't trust the media" like some kind of whacko conspiracy theorist, but I watched this shit happen with my own eyes, at least as close as I could without actually flying to Ferguson. What's happening on the ground through the completely uncensored streams doesn't match the narrative the cops and media are trying to push. The protests aren't violent. There's no riots. Molotovs aren't being thrown and protesters aren't shooting at the police. It's all lie after lie, and thousands of people are watching it happen.

In fact, the protesters have been trying to stop the violence. The vandals and looters are criminals taking advantage of the chaos, but the way the media makes it look the protest is a riot. It's all an attempt to justify to the public why they keep launching tear gas and firing rubber and wooden bullets at peaceful protesters and journalists.

Got a link to the stream and when I should start watching for the shit going down?

[chitoryu12]

Apparently the cops are already trying to harangue journalists and protesters. They won't even let people stop walking.

I know it seems crazy for me to be all "Don't trust the media" like some kind of whacko conspiracy theorist, but I watched this shit happen with my own eyes, at least as close as I could without actually flying to Ferguson. What's happening on the ground through the completely uncensored streams doesn't match the narrative the cops and media are trying to push. The protests aren't violent. There's no riots. Molotovs aren't being thrown and protesters aren't shooting at the police. It's all lie after lie, and thousands of people are watching it happen.

In fact, the protesters have been trying to stop the violence. The vandals and looters are criminals taking advantage of the chaos, but the way the media makes it look the protest is a riot. It's all an attempt to justify to the public why they keep launching tear gas and firing rubber and wooden bullets at peaceful protesters and journalists.

Got a link to the stream and when I should start watching for the shit going down?

https://new.livestream.com/timcast

Tim Pool's the main Vice stream that I was watching. Last night that link provided both Tim's own stream and the two girls that did their Pulitzer-deserving sneaking.

[Witchyjoshy]

I find it consistent with what I know about the USA that lots of white people who have never had to be racially profiled are thinking the police are doing a bang-up job.

Paint a black person as a thief and suddenly, everything is justifiable.

I hate this racist country.

Most Americans aren't racist.  And things are a lot better here than in, say, Italy.

Most Americans are racist, they just don't know it or realize it.

You don't have to be a member of the KKK to be racist.

Most white people never have to deal with the kinda shit black people have to deal with when it comes to the police.  Of course, since they never experience it themselves, they think that there are other reasons for the police to pick on black people.

And when the police DO pick on someone who is white, repercussions are immediate.

Just to compare, a cop strangles a restrained white college student and everyone involved was almost instantly fired.

A cop chokes a black man to death and investigations are "still going."

A cop shoots a black teenager to death (I know 18 is technically an adult, but it's eighTEEN so fuck you) and he gets a significant part of America siding with him.

[Eiki-mun]

At this point, the only way the victims can get any fairness is if the entire Ferguson police force goes to jail for years.