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Ferguson grand jury decision: Brown's death should be call to action not violence
Fox News ^ | 25 Nov 2014 | Juan Williams

Posted on 11/25/2014 5:56:33 AM PST by Hoodat

Where is the black leadership now that a grand jury has decided not to indict the police officer that killed Michael Brown?

Where is Al Sharpton? He advertises himself as a spokesman for the best interests of black America. But he is absent.

Where is Jesse Jackson, another popular media personality who says he speaks for black America? He’s missing in action, too.

It breaks my heart to see televised images of violence from Ferguson, Missouri juxtaposed next to President Obama, the first black president. The president represents black power beyond anyone’s imagination just a few years ago.

President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have been meeting with younger civil rights activists who are on the front-line in Missouri. . .

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; demagogicparty; ericholder; ferguson; jessejackson; juanwilliams; koolaid; memebuilding; michaelbrown; missouri; obama; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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To: YOMO

It depends on whether NG was called out as front-line troops or as back-office workers to free up police (who are supposed to be better trained for non-lethal intervention).

Adding guns to a mixer like this is a mistake if the gun holders are not trained in the applicable rules of engagement.


61 posted on 11/25/2014 7:51:48 AM PST by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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To: Hoodat

Shouldn’t be a call to anything. Obey the laws! Period! (Well, at least if you bend them, don’t break them!)


62 posted on 11/25/2014 7:54:41 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Blue Highway

Sadly, I will be breaking bread on Thursday with some family members that do epitomize the liberal mindset. Pray for me.


63 posted on 11/25/2014 7:55:00 AM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: MortMan
...if the gun holders are not trained in the applicable rules of engagement.

The rule: "I live and you may die!"

64 posted on 11/25/2014 7:56:16 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: joshua c

jc,

I believe in the truth and justice.

When a man attacks a police officer, the officer is justified in defending himself.

Native American cop, Korean assailant...
Croatian American cop, Caucasian assailant...

Doesn’t matter to me.

...but it does matter to those who are racist and seek any opportunity to bearing false witness as a means of getting stuff.

The answer lies in addressing the culture of the community that produces the criminal and that is in no way limited to one race or the other.


65 posted on 11/25/2014 8:00:21 AM PST by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: Hoodat
Juan Williams spoke too soon. Al Sharpton has already denounced the grand jury decision and is going to Ferguson today.

Maybe the Democrats should introduce a "Restoring Community Confidence in Law Enforcement" bill which will stipulate that whenever a member of the African American community is killed by a law enforcement officer on duty, the grand jury must indict said officer, if said officer is of the Caucasian race.

66 posted on 11/25/2014 8:00:31 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Hoodat

“work toward a vision of justice”

BS.

Want blacks to have better lives?
Teach them the rules.

THE RULES

1. Complete school.
2. Get a job.
3. Get married.
4. THEN and only then have children.

Your chances of living in poverty in the U.S. are almost zero if you follow this exact order.


67 posted on 11/25/2014 8:04:04 AM PST by servo1969
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To: ExTxMarine

Sigh. If only those needing to see and comprehend these words could. BTW, thank you for your service and that of every active duty and reserve member of all branches of the military. Your service allows the rest of us to enjoy the blessings of this great nation.


68 posted on 11/25/2014 8:10:22 AM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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Where is the black leadership? Well at least they have leadership. It is amazing to me how the asian community can even remotely function with no high profile asian leadership at all


69 posted on 11/25/2014 8:17:15 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%i)
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To: Verginius Rufus
Al Sharpton has already denounced the grand jury decision and is going to Ferguson today

Did he denounce the black jurors too? Or just the white ones?

70 posted on 11/25/2014 8:49:38 AM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: seekthetruth

jeremiah nixon is a worthless pos.

Let’s hope this is the beginning of the end of his political career.


71 posted on 11/25/2014 8:57:55 AM PST by Augie
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To: Hoodat

Has any information come out on whether or not the vote was unanimous? If it wasn’t the breakdown would not necessarily be on racial lines. A number of the witnesses who corroborated Darren Wilson’s version were black.


72 posted on 11/25/2014 10:58:47 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Augie

Nixon was looking ahead at a US Senate run in two years.
I think it got fatally singed in Ferguson.


73 posted on 11/25/2014 11:00:49 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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