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Hysteria over Ferguson grand jury an indictment of America
The Boston Globe ^ | November 24, 2014 | Derrick Z. Jackson

Posted on 11/24/2014 2:16:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The national hysteria over the Ferguson grand jury is a fresh indictment of America. The core issue is a charge of police brutality by a white officer shooting an unarmed black 18-year-old man. Yet all around the country, the talk is about black violence.

Here in Boston, police are sending out robocalls to public school students and sending messages to college students to stay calm. In Oakland, California, businesses are putting steel plates on their doors. In Los Angeles, Police Chief Charlie Beck said he hopes to get advance notice from Missouri authorities about whether or not the grand jury indicts Ferguson officer Darren Wilson for Brown’s shooting. And in Ferguson, some schools are already closed in anticipation of the decision, gun sales have skyrocketed and a state of emergency was declared by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

To be sure, Attorney General Eric Holder and many black clergy have also asked for police restraint for any protests after the grand jury decision is announced. But such balanced pleas have been drowned out by the drama of an FBI warning that the grand jury’s decision “will likely be exploited by some individuals to justify threats and attacks against law enforcement and critical infrastructure.”(continued)

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: bananamonkey; ferguson; missouri; raceriots; riots
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To: RightGeek
So they have chosen to rally around a street thug who goes around terrorizing store owners.

Nice.

21 posted on 11/24/2014 2:24:48 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yet all around the country, the talk is about black violence.


That’s what it should be about. Too damned many of them cannot act civilized.

Too damned many of them contribute absolutely NOTHING to society but destruction. We need to export a lot of these worthless thugs.


22 posted on 11/24/2014 2:25:11 PM PST by boycott
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Yet all around the country, the talk is about black violence."

That's not an indictment of AMERICA.

That's an indictment of BLACK AMERICA.

Because the coming riots are predictable in the face of overwhelming evidence.

23 posted on 11/24/2014 2:25:39 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ('The HERO of the (0bamacare) story is Mitt Romney' - "Stupid" Jonathan Gruber)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wouldn’t say there’s national hysteria. Sure some people are worked up, but it’s a big country, some people are always gonna get worked up over stupid stuff. Most folks don’t care, just another circus in a part of the country they’ve never been.


24 posted on 11/24/2014 2:26:38 PM PST by discostu (YAHTZEE!)
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To: SamAdams76

“So they have chosen to rally around a street thug who goes around terrorizing store owners. “

That is what is most troubling. I could swallow the cops-be-racists line a lot better if they could produce a case where a good, hard working individual were abused, but case after case it is a thug or wanna-be.


25 posted on 11/24/2014 2:26:54 PM PST by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Graybeard58
What per cent of people (including F.R. members) would be flat out disappointed if there were no riot?

I, for one, would be very happy, but then again I don't watch NASCAR for the crashes nor do I riot when my sports team wins/loses a championship.

The fact is that with the professionals in place, i.e.. Anarchists, Communists, and their compatriots, it will be the weather that may keep them somewhat calm but they are there to RIOT, it is baked into that cake!

26 posted on 11/24/2014 2:28:37 PM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: TigersEye

the few comments posted on the globe....seem to be from people who understand whats really going on

Miko..Miko

Ojay Ojay

Rotknee,..Rotknee

the names change... the agenda....not so much


27 posted on 11/24/2014 2:28:38 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Graybeard58

I frankly feel the riots should be happening because of our lawless gubbamint allowing millions of illegals into our country and destroying our infrastructure, overloading the SS / MCare systems, polluting our culture and our language, creating a national security threat and sucking the juice of life out of this country.

One black store robbin, cop attackin thug capped by dah po po makes headlines? Come on dog!


28 posted on 11/24/2014 2:28:51 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: NorthMountain
Careful, North! It may be a trap! Derrick did not say the right magic incantation for a DRINK -

by a white officer shooting an unarmed black teenager.

29 posted on 11/24/2014 2:29:09 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: sauropod
Derrick "Zero" Jackson

The reason police are taking these precautions is that the protesters have been threatening violence for weeks.
30 posted on 11/24/2014 2:29:41 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Uncle Miltie

That’s an indictment of BLACK AMERICA.


And overall, black America sucks. This country would be like Haiti or Detroit if not for whitey. They destroy our cities and neighborhoods.

It’s because they have no spiritual values. Why? Over and over it starts with PARENTS. Most have no clue what family means.


31 posted on 11/24/2014 2:30:35 PM PST by boycott
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To: MeshugeMikey

Credit to the Globe then for not shutting down the comments section like so many publications do when the replies don’t support the agenda.


32 posted on 11/24/2014 2:30:48 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: DonaldC

I am glad that thug is dead. He can’t bread now and make me pay for his spawn.

And I hope they rip up the place they live in. Could care less about that thug neighborhood.


33 posted on 11/24/2014 2:31:18 PM PST by jimpick
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To: Graybeard58

Announcing the grand jury indictment or lack thereof at 5:30 pm plays into the rioting being greater than it would otherwise be.

This is kind of like airing the big game so as to get the biggest audience in all four time zones.

I guess there will be gridlock on the Los Angeles freeways as folks bail out of work at 2:30 pm to riot.


34 posted on 11/24/2014 2:31:21 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: boycott
It’s because they have no spiritual values. Why?

That was not always the case, until evil LBJ came along.

35 posted on 11/24/2014 2:31:31 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh right, because we haven’t already seen looting and vandalism and violence against whites (knockout “game”) in the aftermath of anything blacks don’t like. So it’s “rayciss” to get prepared when they’ve loudly and often threatened more of the same.


36 posted on 11/24/2014 2:32:39 PM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: RightGeek

Poor, mistreated child.

Oh wait! He’s the OTHER guy?


37 posted on 11/24/2014 2:32:51 PM PST by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: TigersEye

Indeed. I expected there to be no option to make comments frankly.

they want to appear to be “fair”...I suspect


38 posted on 11/24/2014 2:33:10 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: 17th Miss Regt
You're RIGHT!

The miserable bugger is trying to mess up my aim ...

39 posted on 11/24/2014 2:33:22 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: dfwgator

It’s because they have no spiritual values. Why?

That was not always the case, until evil LBJ came along.


Exactly.

I was listening to the radio the other day and the discussion was about how children hold on to their spiritual values as the get older. The answer was what they learned from their PARENTS.


40 posted on 11/24/2014 2:34:25 PM PST by boycott
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