What's the biggest reason for Blacks not advancing

I will withhold judgement until the facts are actually out. It looks bad for the cops at this time though. However, there are things in dispute as to what happened. It would be nice if there were some type of video from the police car.

— Multiple eyewitness accounts say that Brown was killed while attempting to surrender.

— Brown's friend Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown at the time, says that the two of them were walking in the middle of the street when a police car approached, and the officer told them to get on the sidewalk.

— Eyewitness Piaget Crenshaw says that Johnson, Brown and the officer got into a verbal confrontation, and the officer attempted to put Brown in the police car. When Brown began to flee, with his hands in the air, she says, the officer got out of the car and started shooting at Brown. (Crenshaw has photos of the shooting, which have been turned over to the police.)

—Another eyewitness told the press that the officer was in his car when he started shooting at the boys. (At least one shot was fired from the police car.)

— Johnson says that he and Brown started running when they heard the first shot. He told local news station KMOV that the officer "shot again, and once my friend felt that shot, he turned around and put his hands in the air. He started to get down and the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and fired several more shots."

— Meanwhile, St. Louis County police, who have been called in to investigate Brown's death, say that Brown assaulted the officer before he was killed. St. Louis County police chief Jon Belmar told reporters on Sundaythat Brown shoved the officer back into the police car, "physically assaulted" him, and attempted to grab the officer's gun. According to Belmar, the officer only began firing at Brown after the assault.
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StPaulHusker said:
So you think they are justified targeting innocent business owners?
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(FWIW, I don't think that it's justified. That said, it may well be understandable. It is certainly drawing more attention than a strongly worded letter.)

 
Moiraine said:
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tschu said:
I'm just gonna leave this here

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/18-year-old-shot-dead-missouri-witnesses-article-1.1898333
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And their response was to riot, loot and burn down buildings, I'm sure that's society's fault also.
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I imagine when the system itself fails and you feel like this crap happens all the time, you start to want to do things that aren't legal because the legal stuff did nothing for you.
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Or they are doing it because they are a bunch of opportunistic a$$hole$.

 
StPaulHusker said:
Moiraine said:
BrayWyatt said:
tschu said:
I'm just gonna leave this here

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/18-year-old-shot-dead-missouri-witnesses-article-1.1898333
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And their response was to riot, loot and burn down buildings, I'm sure that's society's fault also.
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I imagine when the system itself fails and you feel like this crap happens all the time, you start to want to do things that aren't legal because the legal stuff did nothing for you.
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Or they are doing it because they are a bunch of opportunistic a$$hole$.
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So human?

 
StPaulHusker said:
Moiraine said:
BrayWyatt said:
tschu said:
I'm just gonna leave this here

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/18-year-old-shot-dead-missouri-witnesses-article-1.1898333
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And their response was to riot, loot and burn down buildings, I'm sure that's society's fault also.
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I imagine when the system itself fails and you feel like this crap happens all the time, you start to want to do things that aren't legal because the legal stuff did nothing for you.
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Or they are doing it because they are a bunch of opportunistic a$$hole$.
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lol

 
Moiraine said:
I imagine when the system itself fails and you feel like this crap happens all the time, you start to want to do things that aren't legal because the legal stuff did nothing for you.
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Right. If you feel like the system is rigged against you (and there is evidence on your side) then your response is probably not going to be to work through the system.

 
BigRedBuster said:
So, anyone who has a system stacked against them is justified in rebelling by looting, and vandalizing everything in their sight.
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I'm currently fighting a speed camera ticket from Sioux City. That's a system transparently designed to screw people without due process. Does this mean I get to grab a brick and upgrade my entertainment center with 60 sleek inches of Council Bluffs plasma?

 
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