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Good old reliable Jerry Rivers.
Sorry Jerry. An 18 year old, 290 pound, 6’4” behemoth with a chip on his shoulder is NOT A “KID”.
Every time he’s outside reporting during a severe weather event, I cheer for the storm.
All the puff pieces about how black men are victims of racism and police violence just dropped significantly after it was revealed Micheal “baby” Brown robbed a store, beat on an Indian clerk....
As Senator Rand Paul of nearby Kentucky just wrote in Time Magazine, “Anyone who thinks race does not skew the application of criminal justice in this country is just not paying close enough attention.”
It is America’s dirty secret.
Wow. Am I really reading an indictment of black on white racism - from General Geraldo? I'm stunned.
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I think pictures of the cops face are now front and center in this incident.
If his face is bruised and cut significantly, or indeed at all, it will show what the officers state of mind, therefore his intent was as he was pulling the trigger.
I don’t mind saying that if some 6’ 6” 290 lb man was pounding on me and I had a gun he would be a dead big guy AND with multiple holes in his bod!
On the other hand, IF Brown did indeed fall to his knees with his hands up in the air, and then the cop started shooting, the cop is justifiably in big trouble no matter what.
Bottom line: We still don’t know all the facts.
I'm sorry, but public officials need to be careful what they say in situations like this. This comment would feed into the mindset of those angry over this shooting. The fact is, this may not have been a bad shoot at all, and the public should not be fed statements that are counter-productive.
Here Paul tries to come off as a candid straight shooter, and instead comes of as a dim-witted violence enabler.
Residents of the inner city will see the slain youngster as a surrogate for every black man ever killed by police violence.
This about the best we could hope for from Jerry Rivers. It still displays a very twisted view that police are the ones who instigate violence in Black neighborhoods.
Jerry, I'm not saying every police shooting is justified, but to act as if the police are the ones who cause the violence is the product of a very lazy mind.
I’ve never had much respect for Geraldo, but this time he really nails it. He pulls no punches in this well-written, factual article and it should be read by everybody.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Why the delay? the police likely did not wish to disclose evidence
“Whoraldo”...
Not a “minor shoplifting”, just a few like that over time can kill a business.