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African Americans are very concerned about what’s happening in Ferguson. Whites are not.
The Washington Post's The Fix ^ | August 18, 2014 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 08/20/2014 11:39:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The situation in Ferguson, Mo., has led to vastly different reactions between black and white Americans.

A new Pew Research Center poll shows many more African Americans than whites say:

1.The shooting of an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer "raises important issues about race" (80 percent of blacks and 37 percent of whites)
2.The police response to the shooting has gone too far (65 percent black, 33 percent white)
3.They have no or not much confidence in the investigation into the shooting (76 percent black, 33 percent white)

As we wrote last week, these kinds of numbers were all too predictable, as they have been repeated over and over in high-profile situations like those involving O.J. Simpson, Rodney King and Trayvon Martin -- in large part because black and white Americans have vastly different views of the biases of the American criminal justice system.

The most interesting data point in the new Pew poll, though, is that even at this very early juncture, Americans as a whole see the shooting of Brown as more of a racial issue than the shooting of Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: blacks; ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri; whites
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is about way more than just Brown and/or the police. It is about race and the reality of things. It is about control and Liberty. It is about us as a people and us as a nation.

Are we going to acquiesce to tyranny or not?


21 posted on 08/21/2014 2:24:41 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm white and I'm very concerned and disgusted.
Concerned about the abuse of the rule of law.
Concerned about the on-going dishonesty of the lame stream media.
Concerned about the leftist race pimps spewing their divisiveness and their lies.
Concerned about the actions of the corrupt presidential administration.
Concerned about the weakling Missouri governor's responses to real crime, and his calls for "prosecution" (not investigation, mind you) of the law officer, who, after the initial rush-to-judgement lies had been replaced with the true facts coming out, appears to have acted properly with regard to a hopped-up, lawbreaker, punk, thug, hood who attacked him after having committed a strong arm robbery (and who had himself photographed making jackass gang signs).
Concerned about the morals of the looting comunity.
22 posted on 08/21/2014 3:44:00 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s because blacks IQs seem to be at an all time low and they will believe anything that their black slave masters tell them. As a whole, they hold no family, cultural or moral values anymore.


23 posted on 08/21/2014 4:20:19 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Of course Negroes are concerned.

The violent behaviour of their similarly pigmented brothers causes them to lose credibility.

When Negroes use the "n" word, which they frequently do, they are referring to "those people" who are rioting and looting.

24 posted on 08/21/2014 4:39:17 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only a specific Program, Plan, and Leadership will end the chaos of dysfunctional government.)
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To: Sacajaweau
We saw that bully robbing a store and intimidating a store keeper. Thank goodness the guy called the cops and got a bolo out on the 2 thugs.

The shopkeeper did not call police. He doesn't want trouble with his clientele. A customer who witnessed it called the police.

25 posted on 08/21/2014 4:52:12 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There's a good old fashioned trait called "social peer pressure". If the blacks wanted to stop it bad enough, it could have happened by influence by their community leaders, parents, ministers, etc.

Events now of this type are perpetuated by the media as "blame whitey"

26 posted on 08/21/2014 4:58:14 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Holder is there to try to steer public opinion to race-based opinion and not against the government, i.e., Puppet, RATS, et al.

I think that’s abundantly clear. But while the overwhelming majority of people are stupid enough to fall for it, I don’t believe in this case it will work unless the Feds find something to lunch Wilson on, whether factual or fabricated.


27 posted on 08/21/2014 5:57:50 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: logi_cal869

“Lynch”

not “lunch”.

(fat fingers and spell check...”smart” phone my asset...)


28 posted on 08/21/2014 6:00:06 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
2.The police response to the shooting has gone too far (65 percent black, 33 percent white)

The police response to the shooting? Did they mean to the looting?

29 posted on 08/21/2014 6:14:30 AM PDT by Moltke ("The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution if you only know how to use it.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My only concern is do I have enough ammo for when things really get hot.


30 posted on 08/21/2014 6:22:55 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Sacajaweau
Thank goodness the guy called the cops and got a bolo out on the 2 thugs.

Reports are the store owner did not call the cops, but that a customer did.

31 posted on 08/21/2014 6:33:16 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: FreedomStar3028

3. Let them burn down their city and kill each other. Let normal people in the city, if there are any, put the insurrection down.


32 posted on 08/21/2014 6:36:53 AM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: Resolute Conservative
My only concern is do I have enough ammo for when things really get hot.

Plenty of .22 is what you need. If a few looters start getting hit by .22 slugs, it will take the wind out of their sails pretty quick. Plus, the report is not as loud as a .223 or .308.

33 posted on 08/21/2014 6:40:35 AM PDT by Disambiguator (#cornedbeef)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are African Americans at all “concerned” about African Americans rioting, looting, burning and murdering in their neighborhoods?


34 posted on 08/21/2014 6:40:46 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Disambiguator

Yeah, I was well stocked before the shortage. I use .22 mag over LR however. My plan is past 250 yards .300 WinMag, 250-75 yards the 5.56, inside that .22 or 12 gauge. Handgun is purely backup for close-in.


35 posted on 08/21/2014 6:45:30 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: McGavin999

Cops are the new lawyers. Everybody hates them, until they need one.


36 posted on 08/21/2014 6:48:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: timestax

That’s about it.


37 posted on 08/21/2014 8:21:00 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Coverage of Ferguson is dominating Fox, CNN and MSNBC. This is for one reason and one reason only, ratings. Are all those eyes watching the cable news channels Blacks? I don’t think so. It’s JACOR (Just Another Charge of Racism).


38 posted on 08/21/2014 8:35:10 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

We all know that crap is king.


39 posted on 08/21/2014 8:35:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"...in large part because black and white Americans have vastly different views of the biases of the American criminal justice system."

Ah, no. Blacks seem to be more willing to be manipulated by lying race hucksters, biased media and insane progressive politicians.

The charges that got Black people riled up in Trayvon and by the slowly revealed facts in the Brown case have been lies. These lies are propagated by people who expect to benefit from the lies. Black Americans will get riled up, but will benefit in exactly no way. In fact, they will be harmed by the race hatred incited by the progressives/Democrats. Other Americans; White, Black + others will be less willing to hire Black Americans due to the image presented of Blacks to other Americans. Bad all the way around, expect for the Race Hustlers and their Progressive/Communist/Democrat pals.

40 posted on 08/21/2014 8:40:53 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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