Posted on 12/02/2014 4:46:10 PM PST by Kaslin
n the wake of the Ferguson grand jury’s determination that there was no probable cause to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, incensed rioters took to the streets of that Missouri city and neighboring towns where they burned and looted a number of local businesses.
Those riots were preceded by an anguished speech delivered by Brown’s mother who tearfully lamented the grand jury’s decision before a crowd of supporters. She was joined by her husband and Michael Brown’s stepfather, Louis Head, who expressed his grief in a somewhat less constructive way.
“Burn this s*** down!” Head exclaimed as the crowd of supporters grew more agitated. “Burn this b**** down!”
The videotape of these remarks soon went viral and was featured on a variety of news websites and cable news networks. Some who were present for Head’s comments claimed that the crowd’s disposition changed after these remarks, and they may have precipitated some of the violence that marred that night. “I think he was expressing a sentiment that a lot of folks in that crowd felt,” St. Louis Alderman Antonio French told Jake Tapper. “When he said those words, though, the mood did change and things got a little bit out of control.”
Those remarks have also caught the attention of local law enforcement. Authorities announced on Tuesday that Head will face a formal investigation for those comments and the role they may have played in sparking riotous violence.
“No charges have been filed against Louis Head in the incident, but police have interviewed people who know Head and who were with him November 24, the day a prosecutor announced that Officer Darren Wilson (who has since resigned) would not be indicted in the August 9 shooting of Michael Brown, Police Chief Tom Jackson said,” CNN reported. “Police have not spoken to Head about his actions, but they intend to do so, Jackson said, adding that multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in the investigation.”
Jackson revealed that his department planned to look into Head’s remarks in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, but he did not classify it as a formal investigation at the time.
“We can’t let all that happened in Ferguson and Dellwood and the community die. Everyone who is responsible for taking away people’s property, their livelihoods, their jobs, their businesses — every single one of them needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he told the Fox News host after calling Head’s remarks “indefensible.”
Considering the charged environment surrounding this event and the unrest the Ferguson grand jury’s decision has sparked across the country, investigating Head for potentially inciting violence has to be a relatively low priority for law enforcement.
During a speech in Atlanta on Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder was interrupted by protesters. Holder insisted that the group of protesters shouldn’t be criticized, according to CNN.
“There will be a tendency on the part of some to condemn what we just saw, but we should not,” Holder said. “What we saw there was a genuine expression of concern and involvement. And it is through that level of involvement, that level of concern and I hope a level of perseverance and commitment, that change ultimately will come. And so let me be clear, let me be clear, I ain’t mad atcha, all right?”
It is entirely possible that insufficient evidence exists to charge Head with incitement. The state would have to prove that Head intended to ignite violence with his comments, and even a casual viewing of the video of his remarks does not leave the viewer with the impression that it was his premeditated intent to start a riot. Given the Justice Department’s concerns, however, it seems unlikely that Head will be a target of any federal investigation and local authorities will be informed that their actions in this inquiry could spark further unrest. And nobody wants that…
Anybody watching the Kelly Files? Good grief, the woman was arguing with a bonafide cave man. He is a congressional black caucus kook.
The split screen made me think Beauty and the Beast.
Yes! I saw him also and no matter how polite he “pretended” to be, you could just see and hear a rage in him. I was trying to decide if his seething was because he was flat out ugly or just hated white people.......then I realized it was probably both.
I saw a report that he was a bloods Gang member. If so it would go a long way to explain young Mr. Brown’s behivour.
That guy irritated the hell out of me. Facts did not matter to him one bit. He was rude and rude and ugly is no way to go through life.
You mean like how Mike Brown was rude and ugly to that store clerk? Short life, because of being rude and ugly.
Louis Head is a felon. He is a boyfriend of Lesley McSpadden who is supposedly the mother of Michael Brown.
(Yes, I know, mother McSpadden claimed to be married to Louis Head in an interview on CNN but that turned out to be not true.)
McSpadden’s mother has a different name - Pearlie Gordon. So she apparently is not married to Lesley’s father.
Pearlie Gordon and a cousin were assaulted by her daughter McSpadden and the drug dealing alleged step-father Louis Head.
Michael Brown’s father is Michael Brown Senior. Whether he was ever married to McSpadden is not clear.
The father and the alleged step father are members of rival gangs, the crips and the bloods.
Some people think that Michael Brown Sr. church was torched by supporters of rival gang member drug dealing felon boyfriend Head.
Does this clarify things?
Thank goodness she just had the Milwaukee sheriff on!
That guy is so impressive. Wish he could replace Bonehead or Tortoisehead. Guy is eloquent and just nails everything.
very true.
The sheriff was a class act. This man is precisely the type of leader that (who happens to be black) is desperately needed to solve this racial crisis. No nonsense, no excuses and 100% accurate.
Not sure if you clarified everything-
Louis Head- currently on probation?
Mcspadden?- Gordon WTF? was she even RELATED to mike Brown!
Assault charges- are they being pursued by grandma?
Who did mike brown actually live with? (grandma?)
Any news on Mikey’s juvenile record?
Yes!
Just like St. Trayvon-
All mention of arrests- gang affiliations-
drug usage, is hidden by the media
Completely.
What a bunch of bastards.
You look at the video tape and the investigation is complete.
What else is there to investigate?
He should already be in jail awaiting trial.
From what I have read -
Mikey’s juvenile record, no news. Apparently he had quite a record but it has not been released. There are hints that he had some assaults and is a gang member like his alleged stop-dad.
Mike Brown was living with a friend at an apartment. Supposedly he left his mother’s house because of the boyfriend and went to live with his grandmother. He didn’t like it there because grandmother was very strict so he moved in with a friend.
The last I heard assault charges were still being pursued. McSpadden’s boyfriend did quite a bit of damage with a pipe and the cousin ended up in the hospital. More recently the boyfriend is being accused of inciting a riot by screaming “burn this m.f.down” and “burn this bitch down.”
Nothing will come of it. The mayor and the governor are afraid of the mobs.
Not sure if boyfriend is on probation.
Not sure if McSpadden is has ever been married.
Not sure how McSpadden ever got that bright red hair.
Which might explain why Mike had to go live with grandma.
It wasn’t because of school.
It wasn’t because of his probation officer.
It was because Louis is a Crip, and Mike was a Blood. Can’t violate gang rules. Well... at least not unless there is a big chunk of change involved.
On CNN yesterday they were commenting that some of the rioting began a couple of miles away from where he spoke, at the same time. “They wouldn’t have heard those comments,” the newscaster said, so they wouldn’t have been reacting to the stepfather’s “incitement.”
Well, they could easily have “heard” those comments, through the magic of texting / cell phones, etc.
It was a silly argument, but another example of CNN apologizing for the rioters.
“Does this clarify things?”
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LOL. :)
And wasn’t the assault between the grandmother and mother related to t-shirt sales, some sort of souvenir/memorabilia turf war?
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