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A man was gravely wounded in a gun battle with police in Ferguson, Missouri on Sunday night after a day of peaceful rallies to mark the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer one year ago. Several volleys of gunshots rang out as police in riot gear tried to disperse demonstrators blocking traffic and smashing storefront windows along a street that was a flashpoint of last year's unrest in the St. Louis suburb after Michael Brown, 18, was slain. Police later said the gunfire began with two groups of agitators apparently shooting at each other.
http://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-protests-mostly-peaceful-anniversary-brown-shooting-015555407.html
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Anniversary commemorations had begun hours earlier with a peaceful march through the St. Louis suburb. The scene changed dramatically after dark. Dozens of protesters converged on West Florissant Avenue, which bore the brunt of last summer's rioting, and chanted: "Shut it down" in the midst of a severe thunderstorm.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday August 10 2015, @04:49PM
And monitoring the MASSIVE real-time coverage on Twitter at #Ferguson and #BlackLivesMatter know EXACTLY how peaceful and amazingly non-violent the Ferguson protests - as well as Baltimore, Cleveland and Chicago - have been for whole year now.
Mothers are there, with their school-age children. This is a massive, community response.
The police have demonstrably falsified testimony and destroyed evidence in everyone of these principal incidents. They maintain celebrations for the killings of Michael Brown, Sandra and others.
There is almost no doubt that police or racist agitators are behind this violence.
How in America of 2015 do you think these established forces and powers will EVER allow a successful demonstration of popular will and movement for justice?
They won't. These demonstrators will be vilified and crucified, with all the ugly arsenal of race-hate, backed by corporate media hegemony. They did this in the 60's, crushing a generation of black activism that was the most effective and galvanizing force in emergence of a popular movement in 100 years.
Make no mistake - the police showed up to bring violence to Ferguson, not respond to violence.
You see, the marchers in Ferguson ate like those gathered on the Boston Common, in March 1770. Their demands aren't any different against the forces arrayed against them.
You aren't black? Don't worry. Tomorrow, it will be you.
Look at the Twitter deluge of citizen information and take off the filter of official and corporate media from your intelligence. The revolution will NOT be televised.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 5, Interesting) by digitalaudiorock on Monday August 10 2015, @05:24PM
Exactly. Yet based on other SN threads here someone will likely come along cherry picking isolated Internet posts, videos, whatever talking about how to kill cops or whatever...
I've been watching that sort of reaction to these topics lately. Frankly, it reminds me of the spin that got applied to shit that was going on when I was 10 in 1963, and frankly I find that disturbingly telling.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday August 10 2015, @05:34PM
Or diluting with "All Lives Matter" bullshit.
"Hello Fire Department? Our house is engulfed in flames!"
"Yeah, well ALL houses matter."
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @06:06PM
I don't understand what you mean. Could you explain? Was that in reference to the news focusing solely on Ferguson and Baltimore police claiming, and never proving, they were injured in riots and were merely retaliating against violent crowds?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @06:56PM
The news is contorting the truth to get more viewers, especially when Rev Racist is on MSNBC.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Tork on Monday August 10 2015, @05:46PM
And monitoring the MASSIVE real-time coverage on Twitter at #Ferguson and #BlackLivesMatter know EXACTLY how peaceful and amazingly non-violent the Ferguson protests - as well as Baltimore, Cleveland and Chicago - have been for whole year now.
Last year, during that time where the media showed us all the footage of burning businesses etc, my wife and I spent three hours watching two different live feeds from people IN the protests. Not only were the vast vast vast majority of people peaceful, but we watched a couple of dudes attempt to break into a place only to be kicked out by other protesters. That's right, the protesters were protecting the local businesses. The actual press/media were kept behind the police line, so those stories didn't make it to the media, instead they just showed a few buildings on fire and gave everybody the impression it was a war-zone.
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @06:44PM
So you say one set of protesters tried to do harm, and the other set of protesters did good. Good to know. But then you conclude that "the protesters were protecting the local businesses". Are you not doing the same one-sided oversimplifications that you are accusing the media of doing?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Tork on Monday August 10 2015, @07:28PM
But then you conclude that "the protesters were protecting the local businesses". Are you not doing the same one-sided oversimplifications that you are accusing the media of doing?
I think you read what you wanted to read in my comment. I'll give you a hint: The scope of my remark was confined to the footage I saw from the perspective of two of the protesters.
I'm not really sure I understand what's so offensive about what I said. The press were kept out, the local police there told them "stay behind us". You didn't get to see an important side of the story because of that. Not sure why my pointing that out to you has you scratching around to label me a hypocrite.
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2, Informative) by Jiro on Monday August 10 2015, @05:51PM
By coincidence, I was recently at the Boston Tea Party museum in Boston, which covered an event that happened only a few years later at Boston.
They had something of a reenactment. The leaders were careful to add every so often "and by the way, remember that this is treason".
If the analogy to the Revolutionary War that you make is correct, all the protestors should be hanged for treason, assuming they don't succeed in overthrowing the government.
(Score: 1, Touché) by stackOVFL on Monday August 10 2015, @06:50PM
Ok, so you're saying the cops did not shoot at a black guy shooting at them? I'd like to say you are right but I'm having a problem with all the reports of blacks killing blacks, folks shooting guns at or pepper spraying the police. Or maybe you're calling BS on all of the media reporting? Maybe those folks shooting and looting weren't from your community but does it matter? The situation has degraded to the point where the no one (cops, me, anyone) can tell the "good" protesters from the agitators and thugs. Why are the good protesters wearing masks? Oh those are the thugs I guess. I feel the terror there and I sure as shit would not put one little white toe anywhere near that place.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday August 10 2015, @06:55PM
Fuck off, closet Klansman.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 1) by stackOVFL on Monday August 10 2015, @08:04PM
Ahh, very good. You resort to name calling to make your point? Thank you for making mine. You can't intelligently discuss this at all can you? The fact is you cant debate me because you know I'm right. The issue is black on black. You know all of what I said is true. Well good luck tiring to stir the pot with all your BS. The media is reporting the truth and they have the evidence to back up their claims. You have nothing save name calling, well done.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @07:44PM
Good protesters wearing mask? Maybe they don't want FBI to ruin the rest of their lives because they were out protesting.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Monday August 10 2015, @10:23PM
That part is something I'm going to dispute. Racism in the US has been since its inception first and foremost a means of rich white people convincing poor white people that the poor white people have more in common with the rich white people than they do with the poor (or enslaved) black people. So if you're white, it's really unlikely to be you next, because that would screw up the deal that is basically 400 years old: "You may be downtrodden, dirt poor, abused by your boss, beaten by your husband, cheated by your bank, but you're still better than a n*****!" And the corollary to that: "Watch out for those who want to make the lives of black people better - they're just trying to put you on the same level as n*****s! And look at how bad their lives are, would you want that for your kids?"
This was all started in response to an armed rebellion by black slaves and white indentured servants revolted against their masters in the Virginia colony.
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