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Michael Brown’s size does not matter
The Philadelphia Tribune ^ | September 7, 2014 | Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist

Posted on 09/08/2014 12:38:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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President Woodrow Wilson (D) on Birth of A Nation (the first motion picture screened at the White House): "It is like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true".
1 posted on 09/08/2014 12:38:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not all blacks are stupid.


2 posted on 09/08/2014 12:48:06 AM PDT by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

-—That perverse distortion was used to justify myriad lynchings of Black men, women and children during the nation’s Jim Crow decades ——

Wow... These democrat KKK thugs hung children too....and republicans....


3 posted on 09/08/2014 12:54:46 AM PDT by Popman (Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This journalist is intent on expressing his belief that black people are incapable of physical violence apparently.

If he feels as such, I’d like to see him put up money on his tacit claim that an unarmed black man has never beat a person to death with their bare hands.

He won’t of course because he makes money off of writing what ignorant racist people want to read and he’s not paid to write factual intelligent articles.


4 posted on 09/08/2014 12:55:36 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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Micheal Brown was a misunderstood lad
He was just turning his life around
and was going to Church
and was only trying to embrace the police officer
after he embraced the store employee
and the Swisher Sweets fell into his hands, praise God !!
and he wasn't trying to tackle the police officer ,or knock him off his feet ,
but wanted to grant him a good CHristian fellowship hug ,
but , it was misunderstood as an assualt (3rd for the day )
and the unarmed lad was fatally shot,
before he attended the very fist class in air-conditioning
although the 'college' will not confirm his admission or involvement
poor Micheal is a misuderstood "gentle giant" with only 50 FEDGovt. agents to proove his innocence.
The world is upside-down, with only Parks and Crump to protect his innocence with their "social engineer"
.. and pigs will fly on a magic carpet after being declared "halal" !
5 posted on 09/08/2014 1:01:30 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (There once was a man in Nantucket, after ISIS beheadeing he was beheading to play golf)
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Michael Brown’s size only mattered to the unlucky who were on the other end of his assault.


6 posted on 09/08/2014 1:09:14 AM PDT by anton
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Daniels


7 posted on 09/08/2014 1:15:17 AM PDT by 867V309 (Crusade: the only solution.)
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... the slimers have simplified their defense of Brown’s killing. He was not an 18-year-old teenager, but a man-sized Black male 6’4” tall and well over 250 pounds was a threat to public safety. In other words: a “thug” — and therefore someone whom any White person should be able to execute with impunity.

? No, he apparently assaulted a police officer and was reportedly attempting to do so a second time when he was shot.

No one of sane mind has said "any White person should be able to execute" anyone with impunity. No one.

Straw man arguments, isn't that what this is called?

By the way, how many black people were killed by other black people this weekend in Chicago? With impunity?

8 posted on 09/08/2014 1:44:22 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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No. Michael Brown’s size only became relevant after some claimed he was a gentle giant, with the emphasis on gentle. If Michael Brown charged the police as some claim, then his size is certainly relevant. We know Michael was unarmed. That’s not disputed, but would a charging unarmed giant be a greater threat than a smaller person? I think so, and if the policeman reasonably feared for his life, he’s allowed to defend himself.

Of course I don’t know what’s true or not about this shooting. I hope our legal system is able to wade through the nonsense and reach a just conclusion. Some people will likely be disgruntled with the result regardless, but what’s better? Do we really want to settle these cases in the streets? I hope not.


9 posted on 09/08/2014 1:47:15 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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“No one of sane mind has said “any White person should be able to execute” anyone with impunity. No one.”

Excellent point! Some authors try to appear as though they impartially judge the facts, but so many of them spin things to fit an agenda. Me? I have no agenda beyond wanting to know the truth and have justice done. If the policeman was unjustified, I’m all for punishing him to the fullest extent of the law, and I haven’t heard anyone (on the police side of the debate) say white people should be able to gun down blacks with impunity. No one.


10 posted on 09/08/2014 1:56:41 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Alternate Reality post of the day.


11 posted on 09/08/2014 1:59:32 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

....the largely overt assertion that he deserved to be killed.

....he deserved to be killed.

Fixed.


13 posted on 09/08/2014 2:21:40 AM PDT by maddog55
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To: NoLibZone

I totally agree with that. How do we fix the stupid ones?


14 posted on 09/08/2014 2:27:56 AM PDT by ImNotLying
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ha! They’re the ones who pointed out that he was a giant! We just took issue with the adjective “gentle”.


15 posted on 09/08/2014 3:01:51 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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You Freepers should back off ... cause white racist pathology can’t obscure this blunt fact: police officer Darren Wilson, who was armed, shot to death Michael Brown, who was unarmed, from a distance of more than 30 feet ... after the white racist cop purposely stepped in front of the swinging hands of St. Swisher of Sweets ... after the poor unfortunate lad was forced to take the supplies he needed to begin his college studies from a convenience store without payment ... because white racists failed to provide him with enough money otherwise!

16 posted on 09/08/2014 3:14:18 AM PDT by Zakeet (Obama: fail ... deny ... blame ... golf ... distract ... lie ... repeat)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How disingenuous to refer to Brown as “unarmed” if he was indeed trying to get the officer’s gun. Same with St. Trayvon.


17 posted on 09/08/2014 3:17:42 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Black-on-white crime in America

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/223696071.html?page=1&c=y


18 posted on 09/08/2014 3:19:33 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Picture speaks for itself


19 posted on 09/08/2014 3:22:39 AM PDT by KC Burke (Gowdy for Supreme Court)
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save


20 posted on 09/08/2014 3:29:33 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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