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Where's the Conservative Outcry on Ferguson Police Abuses?
The Atlantic ^
| 03/10/2015
| CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
Posted on 03/10/2015 7:58:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: DiogenesLamp
They went in looking for a racist scape goat, and I just assumed when they couldn't find one, they created one.
That's it, exactly. DoJ concluded that Wilson's use of lethal force was justified. They then took a deeper look into how the Ferguson justice system worked and discovered that it was structured bottom to top to generate revenue rather than promote public safety.
Then they noticed that Blacks, accounting for 70% of the population, accounted for 85% of the revenue-generation targets and decided it was enough of a correlation to give them a pretext to cry "RACISM" as a means of advancing their larger agenda.
After reading the article take a good look at the comments. Particularly the one by the guy who says (seemingly gleefully) that he's dashing off to crucify Conservatives in the Racial Justice class he teaches. The truth is that there's no way to find any sort of common cause with these people. So why try?
To: SeekAndFind
The BIG story was that the whole ‘hands up don’t shoot was based on a lie.
MSM ignores that. Instead, talks about some stupid email (where are Hillary’s?) and keeps the black victimhood machine going.
To: DiogenesLamp
Yes, and Friedersdorf was his “underblogger”.
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posted on
03/10/2015 8:15:52 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: SeekAndFind
The people of Ferguson elected their abusers.
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posted on
03/10/2015 8:16:33 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: tanknetter
I dare them to take a look at Detroit. I’m guessing they’ll find a similar situation with an almost entirely black government.
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posted on
03/10/2015 8:16:59 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: SeekAndFind
This author is a well-known moron.
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posted on
03/10/2015 8:18:12 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: SeekAndFind
Coming soon to a PD near you.
White people will be targeted for arrests.
Black arrests will be avoided.
Don’t want to be called racist by the DOJ.
To: TigerClaws
The BIG story was that the whole hands up dont shoot was based on a lie.True.
But what's even bigger is what's coming.
PD's arresting people based on racial quotas.
To: SeekAndFind
From his name, the author of this drek appears to be Irish-German. He should stop writing about politics and concentrate on ruthless drinking.
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posted on
03/10/2015 8:50:11 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: SeekAndFind
What abuses. They were below the national average regarding pulling over blacks vs whites.
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posted on
03/10/2015 8:52:55 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: SeekAndFind
Um.. Apparently our many many critical posts about local corruption only counts if it is about Ferguson. A broken light violation in my area will cost you the price of a bulb, a trip to the local sheriff station, $20 for the officer to see if the bulb works, and $85 in court service fees, victim recovery fund, battered women fund and local policing fund.
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posted on
03/10/2015 8:54:24 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: SeekAndFind
Maybe because we don’t see that a group that everywhere is disproportionately responsible for crime and violence is “wronged” when 67% is guilty of 91%.
Wasn’t the author watching the news late last summer?
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posted on
03/10/2015 9:08:58 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Stop calling the plagiarist "Dr." KIng . . .)
To: SeekAndFind; 2ndDivisionVet; GOPJ; NFHale
How many conservatives are in Ferguson’s public offices ? (elected by those same black voters who rioted and looted?)
Maybe the Dems in charge setup all those fines policies because their residents demand too many services and pay too few taxes to pay for them.
Sooner or later the bill comes
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posted on
03/10/2015 9:12:02 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
To: SeekAndFind
Conservatives were outraged over the lies being spread by media and an attempt to scapegoat an innocent man into a racist. If a police is guilty of some crime, then he should be punished, but not when he’s not
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posted on
03/10/2015 9:13:38 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: SeekAndFind
Maybe because there are no such abuses
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posted on
03/10/2015 9:14:23 PM PDT
by
montag813
(ue)
To: SeekAndFind
It is Democrats that want to collect revenue any way they can to spend on their favorite program of the week. With more government comes, well, more government... More government requires more money from its citizens since it doesn't produce wealth itself.
I want less government. With less government comes less demand for money from government with more freedom.
This Atlantic writer is a hypocrite because he wants more government while at the same time complaining that more government is demanding more money from the people it enslaves...
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posted on
03/10/2015 9:25:02 PM PDT
by
DB
To: SeekAndFind
Conservative outcry?
We’ve cried out over Fast n’ Furious, shovel ready jobs,
conservative car dealers losing their dealerships, TARP,
securing the borders, Obama Care, Benghazi, the IRS scandals,
gay marriage, presidential interference in local law
enforcement issues, and the list goes on. We have just
about out cried our eyes out. What more does this asshat
expect from us?
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posted on
03/10/2015 9:42:30 PM PDT
by
Sivad
(NorCal red turf ;-))
To: SeekAndFind
Well.... the facts show that compared with the rest of the nation, Ferguson actually has a better record.
Less arrests per black, it’s just that there are a lot of blacks in the community.
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posted on
03/10/2015 9:51:07 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: SeekAndFind
No city in America better illustrates government run amok than Ferguson, Missouri.
Really, Conor?
How about Chicago?
If you took a vote on corruption and overkill (you know, “running amok”) who do you think would win, Chicago (or other big cities like Detroit, Philly, e.g.) . . . or Ferguson, Missouri?
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posted on
03/10/2015 10:00:39 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Stop calling the plagiarist "Dr." KIng . . .)
To: SeekAndFind
So you'd think that they'd be outraged to learn that officials in one municipality treat residents as revenue sources rather than citizens.
Show me a government at any level that doesn't do this; you can't.
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posted on
03/10/2015 10:02:59 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
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