So uh, is anyone following what's going on in St. Louis?

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  1. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    No.
     
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    Yes. The people should be angry. But they shouldn't burn down their own neighborhoods.
     
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    ...or should they?
     
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    FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with people lobbing Molotov cocktails at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd.


    http://koin.com/2014/08/13/protests-turn-violent-again-in-st-louis-suburb/
     
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  6. EL PRESIDENTE

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    Damn. Should have stuck to looting play stations as part of their protests.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Arresting reporters in a MacDonalds will help.
     
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  10. EL PRESIDENTE

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    All useless stats.
     
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    Not to put a damper on this protest, but the mathematical probability that more black people = more black arrests.

    Some of the statistics are a bit construed.
     
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    Not saying the stats are all that useful, but 60% of the population are black. 93% of the arrests are of blacks. The higher arrest rate isn't just because there are more black people in the city.
     
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    Lol yeah after I posted, I saw the stat again. I retract my statement...
     
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    Published on Aug 13, 2014
    READ DESCRIPTION

    We are Anonymous.

    These files compiled in this video contains audio of St. Louis police dispatch from the date of August 9th 2014, the day Mike Brown was murdered by a Ferguson PD officer. We have released these tapes to the public so as they are able to get a sense of the atmosphere the moments before and the hours after Mike Brown was shot.

    These raw audio files have been compiled and long quiet moments have been cut down. Time stamps are available within the video.

    Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theanonaudio/f...

    Incident begins at around noon..(9:08 time stamp)

    ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE DISPATCH AUDIO TAPES, AUGUST 9TH 2014 11:05 AM - 6:05 PM, INCIDENT IS REPORTED AS "CROWD CONTROL PROBLEM" AT 12:05PM, NO SHOOTING MENTIONED UNTIL IT IS CALLED IN TO DISPATCH BY WITNESS. FERGUSON PD DENIES IT KNEW ANYTHING AT THAT TIME. NO EMS WAS CALLED.

    EXCERPTS:

    9:35: "Ferguson is asking for assistance with crowd control . . ."

    10:58: "Now they have a large group gathering there, she doesn't know any further. . ."

    11:20: "We just got another call stating it was an officer-involved shooting . . ."

    11:30: "Be advised, this information came from the news . . ."

    11:55: "We're just getting information from the news and we just called Ferguson back again and they don't know anything about it . . ."

    20:00: ". . .destruction of property . . ."

    21:55: "They are requesting more cars. Do you want me to send more of your cars?"

    43:55: "Attention all cars, be advised that in reference to the call 2947 Canfield Drive, we are switching over to the riot channel at this time . . ."

    [video=youtube;zta9FyoA7TU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zta9FyoA7TU[/video]
     
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    Go to a local school and separate out all the bullies. Half will become criminals and the other half will become police.
     
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  17. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Would me having a gun save me against the militarized police? How many guns would I need to feel safe from the police?
     
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  18. Minstrel

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    Well, you need your gun. Then you need your backup gun. Plus your gun needs a gun (if your gun isn't secure, are you?) and then you need an extra gun in case you end up in a Mexican stand-off.

    So, let's tally that up...8 guns, I think.
     
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  19. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    One gun is not supposed to make you feel safe from the government. 100 million guns is supposed to make you feel safe.
     
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    Wow, that seems like an exaggeration. I already posted a coldly sober estimate.
     
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