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Capt. Ron Johnson: 'I Am Sorry' For Brown's Death
npr.org ^ | August 17,2014 | Scott Neuman

Posted on 08/18/2014 7:08:07 AM PDT by FR_addict

Capt. Ron Johnson, the Missouri Highway Patrol officer in charge of security in Ferguson, Mo., told a thousand-strong audience ... "I wear this uniform, so I'm standing up here to say I'm sorry.

"This is my neighborhood. You are my family. You are my friends and I am you," Johnson said, appearing to tear up.

"When this is over, I am going to go in my son's room. My black son," Johnson told the cheering crowd. "Who wears his pants sagging. Wears his hat cocked to the side. Got tattoos on his arms. But that's my baby."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ferguson; mhp; michaelbrown; obamasfault; ronjohnson
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To: FR_addict

Pants sagging defined: wearing them below the arse.


21 posted on 08/18/2014 7:26:21 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: fwdude
Reminds me of the Duke case, where the media crucified the Duke students. In the beginning, I believed the press accounts, but it didn't take long to realize that they were railroading the students, simply to achieve their agenda.

Crystal Mangum, the stripper who lied, was found guilty of killing her boyfriend in 2013. She was also convicted in a 2010 domestic case involving a previous boyfriend.

http://www.wral.com/mangum-found-guilty-in-boyfriend-s-stabbing-death/13143246/#kOtJxqBWrs2dB56K.99

22 posted on 08/18/2014 7:26:45 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: fwdude

He is reduced to pandering to the crowd.


23 posted on 08/18/2014 7:26:57 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

August is only half gone. There can still be a long hot summer

Perhaps the riots and looting and faux black rage will escape Furgeson into a real city.


24 posted on 08/18/2014 7:26:59 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: FR_addict
He sounds like he is apologizing for wearing the uniform.

He's saying if he had another son, he'd look like Michael Brown.

25 posted on 08/18/2014 7:29:29 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Vigilanteman

The family admitted it was their son through their attorney.
They said they never said he was an angel.

He is wearing the same clothes in the video as the body in the street. His underwear is showing in his death picture because of the baggy pants he is wearing. They couldn’t really deny it was Brown or they would have looked like fools.


26 posted on 08/18/2014 7:30:41 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: FR_addict; All
Quickee FR contest:

Guess which publoic office Ron Johnson runs for...a House seat..mayor..state legislator?

27 posted on 08/18/2014 7:31:03 AM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It doesn’t seem to be clear to people that there are those who either reject Ob and his advances; join with him and advance onto others, or accept his bribes and unwittingly get used.

This guy, black state trooper, appeared to jump at the chance, and is now regretting it, though he doesn’t know what hit him.

It’s so obvious from the start.


28 posted on 08/18/2014 7:31:24 AM PDT by stanne
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To: FR_addict

Their “heroes” all pretty much share the same MO:

Rodney

Thugvon

Crystal

Michael Brown

Scum of the Earth types


29 posted on 08/18/2014 7:32:05 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Get rid of "birthright citizenship" Out of room . . . no mas)
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To: FR_addict

I should have said sagging pants, not baggy pants.


30 posted on 08/18/2014 7:33:33 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Better advice would be; be polite to everyone, walk away from trouble, obey the law, and never, ever screw with a stranger, you don’t know who is just crazy enough to kill you.

That is the advice I gave my boys.

And something I didn’t think I would need to tell my boys, never attack a cop.


31 posted on 08/18/2014 7:34:17 AM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: FR_addict
My black son," Johnson told the cheering crowd. "Who wears his pants sagging. Wears his hat cocked to the side. Got tattoos on his arms. But that's my baby."

There's something perverse about calling teenage children or adults "my baby". Let him grow up. MAKE him grow up. The younger Johnson's sloppy deportment reflects badly not only on himself, but also on his father.

32 posted on 08/18/2014 7:34:34 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Vigilanteman
Even the Brown family lawyer admits it was Brown. According to the Brown supporters, the issue is that the video "besmirches" Brown (a term used by Gov Nixon) and has nothing to do with the shooting. Of course that is nonsense.

DOJ and the FBI tried to stop release of the video, but the local police went ahead any way. The real reason they didn't want the video released is that it destroys the narrative that the "Gentle Giant" Brown was shot by a racist cop. The public has less sympathy for the thug and gives more credence to the cop's story. Obama, Holder, and the Dems want to keep the pot stirred up to energize their base and to act as a distraction for the MSM away from the Obama scandals and his failed foreign policy. We now have a hot war in Iraq and the Ukraine is on a collision course with Russia. And all the MSM cares about is the death of a black thug in Missouri.

33 posted on 08/18/2014 7:35:19 AM PDT by kabar
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To: dangerdoc

1) Don’t throw $#!+ at armed men.

2) Don’t hang around with people who throw $#!+ at armed men.

3) Be an armed man.


34 posted on 08/18/2014 7:36:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Vigilanteman

“Was the perp in the video Brown or wasn’t it?”

The attorney for Brown’s accomplice has admitted that it was Brown. He then changed “robbing cigarillos” to “taking cigarillos”.


35 posted on 08/18/2014 7:36:33 AM PDT by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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To: FR_addict

I’m not.

Good riddance.


36 posted on 08/18/2014 7:38:13 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: NorthMountain

My advice covers point’s one and two.

I expect point three will be covered when they reach majority. They have been trained in safety and practical use.


37 posted on 08/18/2014 7:40:20 AM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: FR_addict

Culturally, I hope his son has something more to offer than baggy pants, tattoos, rap, the knock-out game, crooked hats, gangbanging, baby mamas, and break dancing.

Culturally, I am ready for black youths to offer a little more to society.


38 posted on 08/18/2014 7:43:38 AM PDT by boycott
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To: FR_addict; kabar; FreedomGuru
My understanding as well . . . which makes all this posturing by Johnson's statements that the shooting and robbery were unrelated all the more ridiculous.

It is like they are trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. But they are so enthralled by their titles and political power that they can't even reach the obvious conclusion that their own sh*t stinks.

39 posted on 08/18/2014 7:44:11 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: dangerdoc

Your advice is excellent, and thank you for raising fine sons.

I hope that when they reach majority, being an armed man will still be a practical possibility. The totalitarian left is hell-bent on disarming all of us.


40 posted on 08/18/2014 7:44:36 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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