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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: 4, Insightful) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday August 10 2015, @08:59PM
If you figure up every black male shot by police in the last 3 years they still number less than blacks murdered by blacks in the last 30 DAYS.
What is your point? Why does this matter? It is significantly worse for the government to be corrupt than it is for random criminals to be corrupt. The government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people, so it is far worse when an institution of the people abuses people's rights. You seem to think we can just ignore government abuse because you think there is a worse problem happening elsewhere.
At the end of the day you will never solve a problem without getting to the root, why do cops shoot black teens?
Because cops are usually incompetent, racist, and outright malicious. A supposedly higher crime rate from some race does not warrant targeting someone for being a member of said race; that is unconstitutional (because skin color does not grant them authority to destroy someone's rights) and racist garbage. Your fearmongering overlooks the countless innocents who have their rights violated.
The government routinely violates the constitution and people's rights, and that is not a problem that can or should be solved by merely reducing the crime rates.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Monday August 10 2015, @09:53PM
You're generalizing all police in the same manner you claim they're targeting potential criminals.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2015, @10:10PM
> You're generalizing all police in the same manner you claim they're targeting potential criminals.
Nobody is born a cop. It is a self-selecting group.
So, while he is generalizing about the police, it isn't even close to the way the cops target black men.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday August 11 2015, @12:50AM
Really? Where did I use the word "all" or say anything similar? And even in cases where a specific cop does not violate people's rights themselves, they will often stick up for and lie for cops that do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @01:12AM
> And even in cases where a specific cop does not violate people's rights themselves, they will often stick up for and lie for cops that do.
Don't you know, when one muslim does something terrible, any muslim who does nothing is actually condoning it.
But when one cop does something terrible, other cops have no responsibility at all.
That's the difference between being a member of a widely distributed religion and being a cop with a clearly defined management hierarchy.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Tuesday August 11 2015, @04:58PM
Because cops are usually incompetent, racist, and outright malicious.
Right there.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday August 11 2015, @09:11PM
What part of "usually" is not clear? Even the ones who don't do the rights violating tend to defend and lie for those that do. I strongly believe "usually" is correct.