Posted on 08/20/2014 5:08:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The following statement was released by Keith Kelleher, president of SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri & Kansas, in response to the shooting of Ferguson, MO, resident Michael Brown and the unrest that is occurring there:
The aftermath of the tragic shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, reveals the urgent need for justice to prevail in order to bring a level of calm back to the community. The initial lack of information coming from the Ferguson Police Department and its militarized response to protesters has clearly erased any faith in local authorities to uncover the truth.
To that end, the members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas call on Governor Jay Nixon to do everything in his authority to de-escalate the militarized atmosphere in Ferguson and allow residents to practice their 1st Amendment right to peaceful assembly and protest.
Additionally, we call on the governor to appoint an independent investigator to work along with the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice, who also have been called in to investigate.
Michael Brown was shot six times while unarmed. Some accounts indicate that his hands were raised in the air when shot. The community demands that someone be held accountable for this abuse of force.
We express our heartfelt sympathy to the family of Michael Brown and call on Gov. Nixon to move swiftly and with transparency to review the facts, inform the community and bring charges wherever the investigation shows that there was misconduct.
We also believe that it is only when people of good will unite and organize for racial and economic justice that incidents like this will cease to occur.
The reporter on IaMB must have gotten hoarse. He sounds much different tonight.
I thought maybe it was a different guy, but he just said the “I gotta go see a man about a horse” thing again.
Well, they got that same lady leading the chant, and the Marching Cobra (singular).
Just deliver Police Officer Derren Wilson into the hands of that lynch mob, and watch them string him up.
Then the protestors will be satisfied with their street justice.
They are not interested in the due process aspect of the incident , they just want to hurt the White Man.
If they truly wanted justice, they would be waiting to listen to what Derren Wilson has to say in the proper hearing.No way a police officer would execute anyone, let alone in plain sight in daylight with dozens of witnesses. Wilson was assaulted, had his eye nearly knocked out, his weapon grabbed, and then he was bum rushed, all by Brown.You bet Wilson shot Brown. And Brown earned it. Thats likely what will be justice whether the Ferguson crowd likes it or not.
Or is it a fact that if you are a black LEO assailant, LEOs are not supposed to defend themselves? What a laugh. The Al Jolson shoe polish crowd from Washington, FBI and Holder’s Justice Dept., have fed this so called Civil Rights riot all they could. They need the distraction.After all Holder is about to be impeached.And Obama isn’t far behind.
The Varsity Squad had to attend the press conference and Grand Jury Hearing.
(Remember in a fairly recent case where the public wanted a Grand Jury hearing and we were told the Grand Jury can't just 'convene' that quickly?)
They're worn out.
spotted 2 that look like they are trouble makers. (red/orange shirt over face and gas mask on his face with pants half way down his butt)
Heard Grand Jury will be working this case till mid October. Timed perfectly to release findings approximately three weeks before election.
Well lookie there, more champions of the 2A on display. /s
Armed New Black Panthers?
Yep. Open carrying.
AARRGGG. I read this in every msm article and I'm about to go postal!!
Michael Brown was armed with his fists, feet and intimidating size, just like Trayvon was armed with a sidewalk.
Pretty brazen ... Would have to station guards during lunch break to keep those weapons from being stolen in many communities.
When you are rioting all day every day, it kinda loses the “wow” factor.
The party is over.
Tonight’s marchers were peaceful. They just chanted “Here’s your peace, we want Justice.”
Saw the Black Panthers for a minute. They were just checking in.
Most of the people on scene are paid , whether media or protesters, or FBI guys, or Black Panthers, or Cops.
A ton of money being used tonight for a slow death to an unwarranted cause.
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