Ferguson / Staten Island Decisions -- No Indictments

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I supposed we could test Wilson for racism, but I suspect you'd just lose your shit about the chain of custody falling apart, and how someone planted racism in his urine when it was stored in a refrigerator.

 

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LOL. That was great.

 

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St. Louis is one of the most segregated cities in America. There are about a thousand links on it. Here's one:

http://www.businessinsider.com/colin-gordon-maps-white-flight-in-st-louis-2014-8

What's interesting about that link is that it shows that wherever the black population moved, the white population later moved away. It is something that has been repeated all over the city. Also, as to the institutional (legalized) portion ... 1970 is not that long ago when you think about it. People and families set patterns, and those patterns stand for a long time. One of those patterns is that African-Americans in St. Louis have gotten the message loud and clear that they are not welcome in the suburbs. (Having been around St. Louis for a good amount of time, I can tell you this is absolutely evident throughout the city and county, and not very subtle either.)

You keep saying they should be able to prove institutional racism. Yes. It has been proven to anyone who wants to see it. Trouble is the power structure doesn't care.

 

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The family might disagree, but the norms of the neighborhood doesn't.

Pretty sad that the guy stands out in the neighborhood for not being a delinquent.

Why would he need to shy away from the streets? Aren't the people who hang out there good people?

"Stem a rise in shootings" So how can the officer take care to combat that and ensure that he gets home safely?

How dare he pull his gun out before going down a darkened hallway in a place where shootings are common?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/nyregion/police-tactic-scrutinized-after-accidental-shooting.html?_r=0

 

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So you don't have to make a cop feel threatened to get shot, you just have to be in an area where other people might have made him feel threatened? Oy.

 

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Or have parents with criminal records.

 

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Do you feel safer in a bad neighborhood than a good neighborhood?

 

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Read the story closer. It's no wonder why Mr Gurley had no time to be on the streets. He lived in Red Hook Apartments with mother of his daughter and daughter. His girlfriend like in Pink House Apartments where he was shot:

He told friends that he was relieved to have a reliable paycheck to help provide for his 2-year-old daughter, Akaila, and her mother, Kimberly Michelle Ballinger.

He was a familiar face around the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn where he lived with his daughter and her mother.

Still, his life took him between two of New York City’s more dangerous pockets: his home in the Red Hook Houses and the Pink Houses in East New York where Ms. Butler lived.

The wrote this in a manner that is so confusing that it seems perfectly normal. Maybe one of the ladies arranged for the cop to shoot Mr Gurley because they found on that he was two timing them.

 

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I guess we can add "having a girlfriend as a single parent" to the list of reasons it's OK to shoot black people in some people's worlds.

 

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Regardless of how any of us feel, it was against policy for him to have his gun out in that situation.

 

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Any time a cop feels unsafe, it's justified to fire away?

 

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Absolutely not. This is why all cops should carry body camera's. It will
help to make them feel safer and more confident.