Posted on 12/08/2014 5:08:43 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
So... when is Obama going to invite him to the White House to have a beer ?
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Secretary of War (1881–1885)[edit]
In 1877 he turned down President Rutherford B. Hayes’ offer to appoint him Assistant Secretary of State, but later accepted an appointment as President James Garfield’s Secretary of War, serving from 1881 to 1885 under Presidents Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. During his term in office, the Cincinnati Riots of 1884 broke out over a case in which a jury gave a verdict of manslaughter rather than murder in a case that many suspected was rigged. Forty-five people died during three days of rioting before U.S. troops dispatched by Lincoln reestablished calm.[25]
These “ferguson” folks are punk pikers?
I’m going to need more evidence before I render an opinion of any law breaking going on here.. /s
I’m amazed that he didn’t burn his own place down.
You have to admit, even though he is ‘black’ and doesn’t have ‘white privilege, he was an IMMENSE SUCCESS.
Wonder if Holder told him he was so powerful and would be able to start a riot just by letting out his “raw emotion” in front of all those people. Ya know, encouragement.
Ferguson is a CPUSA operation
The events related below stand in stark contrast.
Trial[edit]
The four officers were indicted for manslaughter, as well as tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. Acting director of the Dade County Public Safety Department, Bobby Jones, suspended the officers on December 27. He said that since 1973, the four had been cited in 47 citizen complaints and 13 internal affairs probes. In addition, two other officers, Herbert Evans, Jr. and Ubaldo Del Toro, were charged with being an accessory to the crime, as well as fabricating evidence. The six officers were fired less than a month later.
Because of the volatile atmosphere in Miami, which presiding judge Lenore Carrero Nesbitt had termed a “time bomb,” the trial was shifted to Tampa. Jury selection began on March 31, 1980. The trial was heard by an all-male, all-white jury. The lead prosecutor of the case was Janet Reno, later the U.S. attorney general.
The defense said that the police were under attack. Officer Charles Veverka, who received immunity in exchange for his testimony, disputed this. Veverka said that officers hit McDuffie 10-12 times with clubs and fists until he was motionless. They attempted to cover up the attack by using a police car to run over the motorcycle and claim that McDuffie’s injuries were the result of a fatal accident.
Hanlon, who had also received immunity, testified that he had choked McDuffie to the ground with his nightstick before Marrero began striking the man. He said that Marrero struck McDuffie with a flashlight. Hanlon, the only defendant to take the stand, said that he was the officer who had driven over McDuffie’s motorcycle.[citation needed]
The three men who gave sworn statements were Veverka, Hanlon and Meier.[citation needed] Hanlon was charged with felonies, while Veverka was charged with a civil rights violation, but was acquitted.
On April 25, officer Mark Meier was given immunity. He testified that the high-speed chase had slowed to 25 miles per hour when McDuffie shouted, “I give up.” Meier said that between three and eight officers surrounded McDuffie, pulled off his helmet and proceeded to beat him with nightsticks. He said that the officer struck him at least twice. Because the murder weapon was not identified (because of inconsistent witness testimonies), the jury determined that there was sufficient reasonable doubt to acquit the defendant.
On May 8, Del Toro was acquitted. Judge Nesbitt. said that the state had failed to prove its case. Nine days later, a jury acquitted the remaining officers on all 13 counts of the indictment after less than three hours of deliberation.
Riots[edit]
The verdict resulted in protests in the Miami streets; approximately 5,000 people attended a protest at the Downtown Miami Metro Justice Building. By 6:00 p.m., the protest had turned into a riot; three people were killed and at least 23 injured, with several of those in critical condition.
Florida governor Bob Graham ordered 500 National Guard troops into the area; despite his doubling their number the next day, the riot continued. Twelve more people were killed and 165 were injured as violence spread to the Black Grove, Overtown, Liberty City and Brownsville sections of the city. In addition, fires, burglaries and looting increased, with police reluctant to enter some areas for fear of sniper fire.
In the end, 18 men and women died, three hundred and fifty people, some of them children, were hurt, and six hundred people were arrested. Property destruction exceeded $100 million.[1]
By the third day, the violence declined as the city imposed an 8:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m. curfew, coupled with a temporary ban on the sale of firearms and liquor. Graham sent in an additional 2,500 National Guardsmen to the 1,000 already in the city.
Local police barricaded parts of Coconut Grove to warn motorists away from the area, as drivers had reported having rocks thrown at them. The city came to a standstill. Reports of sniper fire at freeway drivers also stopped traffic until the guards could restore order.
He’d be right at home down in cellblock number 9...
Id like a transcript of their conversations....if not the audio itself...
I have to wonder if Attorney General Ricky didnt “correspond” with this jackass before he spewed his incendiary mess
Just staying the course as Zero admonished him to do.
Louis -I Caint USe My Head’-School of Semi Professional Rabble Rousing...?
classes on ouruh Campus over to the Mall...or on the intnet
It does not matter. He could be caught on video burning the town down and they would not do squat. Black privilege.
he stayed the course in advance...
I haven’t even looked into the details behind that one, Lincolns son Robert was calling the shots.
Just posted it to illustrate there are riots, and then there are RIOTS.
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