Commentary: Leave Michael Brown’s Juvenile Records Alone

Black Entertainment Televison News ^ | September 5, 2014 | Jonathan P. Hicks

[SampleMan]

Hmmm, looks like BET removed my comment. I mentioned:
-rush to judgment and subsequent investment in outcome
-the autopsy report
-disproportionate policing might be linked to diproportionate crime rates
-militarization of the police should concern everyone
Just wondering, which statement/fact was found to be unacceptable to BET?

[MinuteGal]

On June 30, a Florida judge threw out George Zimmerman's libel suit against NBC.

No word yet on an appeal. Looks unlikely.

Leni

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Thanks for the update.

I recall that a prominent conservative and former U.S. Army major general

• sued and won against the AP;
• the AP appealed all the way to the SCOTUS;
• SCOTUS reversed the lower courts saying that
  • AP did not mean to lie about the general
  • they just made errors.

NBC of course lied about Zimmerman and they did it with malice. I hope Zimmerman keeps going.

Richard Jewell was hyped by the media as the Atlanta Olympic bomber (1996). He sued and won.

BTW I remember the case with the general. It was the University of Mississippi riots in the '60s. Maybe AP did make "errors" but it was because they willingly believed the many lies about anyone associated with the John Birch Society. We see exactly same kind of stuff happening today.

[OldSmaj]

Agree that the officer made no statement about his prior knowledge of St. Brown's activities, at least not my knowledge, either.

However, few have stopped to think that maybe St. Brown reacted as he did (I'm convinced he was charging the officer when shot) because he assumed that the officer knew of his actions at the convenience store, i.e., the strong arm robbery, and decided that he was not going to allow the officer to arrest him.

It is an assumption on my part, and the thoughts of St. Brown cannot be assumed or speculated and certainly are not admissible in a court of law, but it does go to state of mind, which can be presented in a court of law, under the right circumstances.

And, any reasonable person, when presented with the possibilities, would assume the same thing, I think.

Of course, there is always the possibility that the officer was just a racist bastard that woke up that morning and decided to kill a black gentle giant.

(I was never too good at sardonic sarcasm.)

But hey...it could happen!