WHY does the media do this??  Of course I know why, but they'd never mention race if a white thug was shot by cops. And they'd never mention race if a black thug shot anyone.  Another effort by the media to stir up trouble.

And sorry, 18 yo is NO T a "man." He's a BOY to any mature adult.

When two "men' have ZERO fear of an armed cop and shove him into his car and continue to assault him, the cop has every right to defend himself by any means necessary.  What if the two thugs got his gun?

QuotePolice have not disclosed the name of the man who was killed, but family members say it was 18-year-old Michael Brown. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference that an officer encountered two people on the street near an apartment complex Saturday afternoon in Ferguson, a predominantly black suburb a few miles north of downtown St. Louis.

http://www.mail.com/news/politics/3036086-police-black-teen-shot-missouri-was-unarmed.html

Now, THIS writer gets it. NOW, he's not a "man," but a "teen." Soon, they'll start calling the two "yutes". 

QuoteFERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a black teenager by police sent hundreds of angry residents out of their apartments Saturday in a St. Louis suburb, igniting shouts of "kill the police" during a confrontation that lasted several hours.

A St. Louis County chapter of the NAACP called for the FBI to look into the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, a predominantly black suburb a few miles north of downtown St. Louis.

http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-crowd-shooting-kill-police-230624269.html

They PUSHED a police officer into his squad car?  I would call that a very prominent act of aggression, and if I were that police officer, I would have feared for my life. The majority of us would be AFRAID to push a police officer in any way, much less into his car.  If the kid was shot inside the car, I would say game over.

I think the police had every reason to find these kids dangerous, and act accordingly.  Just from the little I've read, the PR problem may be multiple shots fired outside of the car.  I know, rational thinking says the officer was still afraid. 

I don't feel we have enough information on this story.

A thought for people - do NOT act other than POLITE with police officers.  Anything else is asking for trouble.

DaisyJane   

Want to hold judgement on the actual killing to the facts are made clear. An 18 year can overpower a grown man, but not very likely, especially not a police officer, then again from all the COPS episodes I have seen the requirements to serve as a police officer in the US must be incredibly low.

As for the looting, it seems the looters came from outside Ferguson, not that this will matter to the racists that will attack the every black for this opportunist pillaging.

EDIT: Think mr. Hanson perspective can clarify the current state of racial tension very eloquently

QuoteRace? We have become so inured to Trayvon Martin as Obama's might-have been son, the stereotyping police, the "typical white person," "my people," "a nation of cowards," "punish our enemies," etc., that such polarization from on high is normal. Divide and conquer is the new old politics. After Obama won a decisive victory in 2008 that transcended race, we were suddenly told the world of the old white guy was over — ad nauseam — and race became essential, not incidental, to those who had proclaimed a need to go beyond race. In truth, the race fixation was not about justice, but raw power, the pathway to obtaining it and the mechanism for keeping it. - Victor Davis Hanson: The un-midas touch

Quote from: carlb on August 10, 2014, 11:40:02 AM
WHY does the media do this??  Of course I know why, but they'd never mention race if a white thug was shot by cops. And they'd never mention race if a black thug shot anyone.  Another effort by the media to stir up trouble.

And sorry, 18 yo is NO T a "man." He's a BOY to any mature adult.

When two "men' have ZERO fear of an armed cop and shove him into his car and continue to assault him, the cop has every right to defend himself by any means necessary.  What if the two thugs got his gun?

Why does a boy dog lick his balls? Notice that there is one circumstance upon which the "media" won't even speculate -- the race of the cop. The official line is that the officer's identity (and, thereby, his race) hasn't been released pending the results of an investigation. But believe me, whether it's official or not, plenty of people know whether the cop was black or white.

As to some of the other commenters, the 18-year-old high school graduate 'teen' is quite old enough to buy cigarettes, own a rifle or shotgun, run for local office, or join the military and get his ass shot off in Afghanistan. How is he not a man, legally speaking?

Now the required rioting and looting of businesses begins.

Vandalism, looting after vigil for Missouri man

Nearly three dozen people were arrested after tensions around the case following a candlelight vigil Sunday night, as crowds looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles and taunted officers who tried to block access to parts of the city....

...Several businesses were looted, including a check-cashing store, a boutique and a small grocery store. People took items from a sporting goods store and a cellphone retailer, and carted rims away from a tire store. Some climbed atop police cars as the officers with riot shields and batons stood stoic nearby, trying to restrict access to the most seriously affected areas.

http://news.yahoo.com/vandalism-looting-vigil-missouri-man-043816425.html

Quote from: carlb on August 11, 2014, 01:09:24 PM
Now the required rioting and looting of businesses begins.

Vandalism, looting after vigil for Missouri man

Nearly three dozen people were arrested after tensions around the case following a candlelight vigil Sunday night, as crowds looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles and taunted officers who tried to block access to parts of the city....

...Several businesses were looted, including a check-cashing store, a boutique and a small grocery store. People took items from a sporting goods store and a cellphone retailer, and carted rims away from a tire store. Some climbed atop police cars as the officers with riot shields and batons stood stoic nearby, trying to restrict access to the most seriously affected areas.

http://news.yahoo.com/vandalism-looting-vigil-missouri-man-043816425.html

Lemme,  see now, a black teen was shot by some police officer-the news said so, so it is now ok to loot businesses and disrespect all law officers?  Yeah, that makes perfect sense doesn't it?  Way to go media, you've done it again.  I'm not leaving out the chief doo stirers either, the ethnically self-challenged, just looking to make things worse.  Just wait until they have to share with the illegals.  They'll get their share of gang-banging, pillaging, shootings and everything that goes with that behavior.