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SlyPokerDog said:
Police officer and young demonstrator share hug during Ferguson rally in Portland

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http://www.oregonlive.com/multimedia/index.ssf/2014/11/photo_police_officer_and_citiz.html
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In the Mark Mason thread.
 
That pic is probably staged, so lame.

(My first response to this pic is what I really thought)
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Did you read the article I linked and the article linked in that article about the kid?
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Sometimes you can't convince a cynic.

Children are capable of great things and can captivate the best in all of us.
 
Hobbesarable said:
It was, eh?
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Yes, Black Klansmen hired a group of young looking little people to hug and distract the police while they burned and looted the city. The liberal media is once again hiding the truth from us.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Yes, Black Klansmen hired a group of young looking little people to hug and distract the police while they burned and looted the city. The liberal media is once again hiding the truth from us.
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I dig sarcasm even without the green font. :devilwink:
 
MarAzul said:
Why is the lad crying?
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It was one of the most emotionally charged experiences I've had as a mother. He trembled holding a Free Hugs sign as he bravely stood alone in front of the police barricade. Tears rushing from his eyes and soaking his sweater, he gazed upon them not knowing how they would react. After a while, one of the officers approached him and extended his hand. Their interaction was uncomfortable at first. ... There were generic questions about his favorite subject and what he liked to do in the summer, but the one that mattered hit straight to the heart. He asked Devonte why he was crying. His response about his concerns regarding the level of police brutality towards young black kids was met with an unexpected and seemingly authentic (to Devonte), "Yes. *sigh* I know. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." The officer then asked if he could have one of his hugs.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/11/post_495.html#incart_story_package
 
Ah! "His response about his concerns regarding the level of police brutality towards young black kids" That's what I thought Some one not telling the kid the whole truth
That is really despicable. Making the whole thing even worse than it is. This article is in the same theme, same evil.
 
Someone should tell the kid, and it could even be the media, that you really shouldn't go pick a hassle with a cop. You really could end up getting hurt if you scare him badly enough.
Then there is this little tid bit. The town of Ferguson is about 75% black people. Only 12% of the citizens voted in the recent election (prior to this Nov.) and then over half of those that voted were white citizens.

Now the facts are, you really can't bitch about the City management and the police if you don't vote. Burning the damn town down and wanting to hang a white cop as your first civics participation is
really fucking dumb. Someone need to tell the kid these facts.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/twelve-percent-turnout-insult-your-children
 
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MarAzul said:
Someone should tell the kid, and it could even be the media, that you really shouldn't go pick a hassle with a cop. You really could end up getting hurt if you scare him badly enough.
Then there is this little tid bit. The town of Ferguson is about 75% black people. Only 12% of the citizens voted in the recent election (prior to this Nov.) and then over half of those that voted were white citizens.

Now the facts are, you really can't bitch about the City management and the police if you don't vote. Burning the damn town down and wanting to hang a white cop as your first civics participation is
really fucking dumb. Someone need to tell the kid these facts.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/twelve-percent-turnout-insult-your-children
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This young man has every right to be scared.
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SlyPokerDog said:
Did you read the article I linked and the article linked in that article about the kid?
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No but I am sure he is a great kid. Not cynical about him at all, or even the cop. Not everyone can be lumped in together. This kid is probably going to be 10 times the man Michael Brown was on the path to being. Not saying the big dummy couldn't have got his shit together but it sounds like he was a piece of shit programmed by thug culture.
The whole thing is a shame really
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Wow, white people really do get angrier when they get older. Maybe old white people should start hugging cops too.
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Yeah, I had no idea they were knocking off my buddies at such a prodigious rate. Dang! I been wondering where they all went.
 
BrianFromWA said:
Keep Portland Weird!
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No worries there. Was just back home early this month. Weirder than fucking ever. Vancouver seems to be filled with more meth heads than I remember. Weird feeling more uncomfortable around people in Vancouver as opposed to Vegas.

As a whole you people look miserable. Cold and fucking miserable. Had thought about moving home soon...FUCK that. I'll just fly back more often. In the summer of course.
 
Did have breakfast at something called Waffle Window...pretty good.Of course there was some freak with dreadlocks bathing in the bathroom.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
No worries there. Was just back home early this month. Weirder than fucking ever. Vancouver seems to be filled with more meth heads than I remember. Weird feeling more uncomfortable around people in Vancouver as opposed to Vegas.

As a whole you people look miserable. Cold and fucking miserable. Had thought about moving home soon...FUCK that. I'll just fly back more often. In the summer of course.
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I was just remarking that one of the more memorable pictures in this whole Ferguson saga is a 12y/o peacefully protesting black boy getting a hug from a cop in the whitest city in America.
 
BrianFromWA said:
I was just remarking that one of the more memorable pictures in this whole Ferguson saga is a 12y/o peacefully protesting black boy getting a hug from a cop in the whitest city in America.
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Oh, I was just commenting on Portland being one of the most likely cities to have Gatorade or Brawndo if you get the reference coming out of public water fountains. Only someone might actually understand what I meant.
 
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