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Truth and Justice Needed in Ferguson, MO [Nightly LIVE RIOT thread]
SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri & Kansas ^ | August 19, 2014 | Kaitlin DeCero

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: bigmike; blacks; darrenwilson; ferguson; fergusonriots; gentlegiant; livethread; michaelbrown; mikebrown; missouri; nixon; raceriots; racism; riots; seiu; unions
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Obama/Jarrett Administration can orchestrate an illegal alien invasion to change the demographic and electoral future of the country, and follow that up with stage-managed riots to ‘get out the vote’ and all we can do is watch.

Every day another blatant in-your-face FU to what is left of the US.


81 posted on 08/20/2014 7:58:26 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: spodefly

Crowd is smaller tonight. Maybe due to thunderstorm earlier.


82 posted on 08/20/2014 8:04:12 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: combat_boots

I don’t think that made the local media but it might have. If there was marching it was E. STL people coming into STL. No reason to march into E. STL.

There was a 100 person 1 hour protest in Clayton MO at the Justice Center. (that made the news)


83 posted on 08/20/2014 8:06:43 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: devolve
Someone was passing out free mind altering stuff in Ferguson Missouri . . .

"Ha, hahahaha. Ha, hahahaha. That was the FBI."


84 posted on 08/20/2014 8:12:09 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: stlnative

Local Media... (Joining the Media’s Facebook groups will give you an idea of the divide in St. Louis area by reading the comments on Facebook)

http://www.ksdk.com/
http://www.kmov.com/
http://fox2now.com/ (KTVI)
http://www.stltoday.com/
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/


85 posted on 08/20/2014 8:13:15 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: plain talk
even if they lynched that cop tommorrow - that would not be enough.

"After this, we goes out and gets us some mo TV's, right ?"


86 posted on 08/20/2014 8:17:14 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: stlnative

bm*


87 posted on 08/20/2014 8:18:39 PM PDT by stlnative (I Support Officer Darren Wilson)
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To: Jeff Head

Good summation, that pretty much gets it all.


88 posted on 08/20/2014 8:20:02 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: UCANSEE2
I'm watching the Live Feed on "IaMB" (I am Mike Brown) (not because I like it, but because the reporter isn't talking) and I'm thinking....

Walking around with signs waving over your head may not be the smart thing to do in a thunderstorm.

But I fully support their right to do so. Even if they have a tornado.

89 posted on 08/20/2014 8:23:31 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: stlnative

Makes it easier to understand why reporters who mixed with the crowd FULLY SUPPORTED the protest. It was a matter of life and death. You agree or you get hurt.


90 posted on 08/20/2014 8:25:56 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: jjsheridan5
But it won't be enough for the armchair quarterbacks.

and every night there are new ones, here.

91 posted on 08/20/2014 8:27:10 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2; plain talk

Just to make it clear, the picture above is aimed at the

MEDIA, Amnesty INTL,Holder, Obama,Black Panthers(both kinds), Black Muslims, Muslim Brotherhood, Crips, Bloods, (place your favorite gang name here), FBI, DHS, the Governor of Missouri, Spike Lee, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Ben Crump, ISIS, Palestine, Hamas, and Ferguson thugs.

It is not intended to represent ‘black’ people in general.


92 posted on 08/20/2014 8:32:46 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I love love the name of this thread. Nightly LIVE RIOT thread.

Thread of the day!


93 posted on 08/20/2014 8:36:57 PM PDT by JRochelle (No matter how long you live, you cannot outlive the damage done by Obama, to this country.)
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To: PghBaldy

absolutely, and hannity is mostly not live at 10 now, so thats a downer as well. I find it`s less credible when it`s taped, that`s just me.

She is a phony


94 posted on 08/20/2014 8:37:16 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Sarah Palin 2016 OR BUST)
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To: All

Protester counts are climbing - there are quiet protesters and loud ones. It looks like several small clusters of protesters. I’d say about 200+.

black in gal in pink dress in front of camera view is a KSDK reporter.

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930


95 posted on 08/20/2014 8:38:04 PM PDT by stlnative (I Support Officer Darren Wilson)
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To: BeadCounter; Jeff Head
I was remembering the confrontation last night (and the night before) where protesters tried to march forward until they made physical contact with police. The sound cannons put a stop to that.

Anyway, it made me think back to what Obama said. And I think we see it in action now.

GET IN THEIR FACE.

96 posted on 08/20/2014 8:39:25 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: stlnative
Yeah, it's getting down to the paid protesters and undercover FBI guys still marching.

There are more media there than anything else.

97 posted on 08/20/2014 8:41:35 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

All this would be over with if the media was not there. It would fizzle out in about 72 hours at least for the locals.


98 posted on 08/20/2014 8:42:34 PM PDT by stlnative (I Support Officer Darren Wilson)
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To: UCANSEE2

I am not seeing the same people in this crowd tonight.


99 posted on 08/20/2014 8:50:14 PM PDT by stlnative (I Support Officer Darren Wilson)
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To: stlnative

BTW, that map you posted of the hood.(on the other thread).

If you made it, nice job. Regardless to that, Thanks for putting it up.


100 posted on 08/20/2014 8:50:42 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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