I was inspired to post this in response to the imminent grand jury decision in the Ferguson, MO case. Certain people are poised to riot in the streets because they aren't going to get their "pound of flesh."
Fact is, the Brown kid was a thug. He's on video stealing a box of cigars and shoving a store clerk just before he was shot by the police officer.
This is the man that others want to burn down their city over?
It makes no sense to me. If the police officer was guilty of excessive force, karma will take care of him no matter how the grand jury decides.
Respect the decision of the grand jury. Just like the rest of us had to respect the decision of the jury back in 1995.
O.J. Simpson might have beat the rap with the help of a sharp tongued lawyer, but he could not escape the consequences of his crime.
This is the man that others want to burn down their city over?
It's my belief that none of the rioters, and darn few of the protesters, care about Michael Brown in the least. They just see an opportunity to punish the world for the injustices they're convinced they have suffered. This is the result of stewing kids in envy and bitterness and "why me", instead of challenging them to take responsibility for their own lies.
The white kids may be richer, and less likely to get killed in their youth, but if they're anything like the ones I know who wanted to join in, they're just about as angry and miserable and self-destructive as the kids raised on welfare. Where the liberal kids I knew when young idealists who honestly wanted to help people, the ones I know now are just deeply disturbed, to the point where all of them are on depression meds.
I knew liberalism was unhealthy even in high school (blessings on my 9th grade teacher who insisted we use real-life examples in support of our political theories!), but I honestly never expected this. Envy is a cancer that can destroy a whole culture.
My comment may not have been made clear, as to me, OJ dying in prison would be justice served and therefore a happy ending.
I believe you and I are on the same page.
We have seen other instances where justice was ignored as well, the Zimmerman/Treyvon incident for example. Regarding the Z-T fiasco, this article serves to sum things up : George Zimmerman's Oxbow Incident.