Posted on 08/02/2015 9:35:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A year ago Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown. What has followed has been the greatest national reckoning on racism since the beating of Rodney King.
On Aug. 9, one year ago, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown after a brief scuffle in the middle of a small street in Ferguson, Missouri. There wasn’t any video of the encounter, but many bystanders and local residents saw the aftermath. For four hours, Brown’s body sat in the summer sun, slumped and face down, blood pooling in the street where he was killed. Neighbors, shocked at the violence and the police’s disrespect for Brown’s corpse, took photos and shared video. “They killed him for no reason … they just killed this n—er for no reason,” said one man in a video recorded just after shooting. “Do you see a knife? Do you see anything that would have caused a threat to these [expletive] police? They shot that boy because they wanted to shoot that boy in the middle of the [expletive] day in the middle of the [expletive] street.”
But Brown wasn’t the first unarmed black person killed by police officers in 2014, although he was the first to inspire mass demonstrations, riots, and an unprecedented, draconian police response of armored vehicles, automatic weapons, and tear gas. He wasn’t even the first unarmed black person killed that summer. That was Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who was killed a month earlier. In the video of his arrest and death, he’s surrounded by police, arguing. “I didn’t do nothing,” he tells an officer. “Every time you see me, you want to harass me, you want to stop me.” An officer puts him in a chokehold, while others hold him face down on the sidewalk. He pleads, “I can’t breathe,” but police continue...
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Apparently facts don't matter, just skin color.
That is the funniest one-liner EVER.
Outstanding!
Put me down in this column.
Years agao I cared, but their behavior since Obunghole was elected has pissed that away until I am filled with contempt and left with viewing Lincoln's idea of repatriation to Africa as a missed opportunity.
I’ll second that. I have lost any white guilt that I never had anyway...these racists liars like this sponge can just step off and die.
Imagine if the cops just scooped Brown's body up and left the scene?
The howls of "cover up" would STILL be ringing in our ears.
They HAD to "leave" Brown's body where it fell, to ensure that all available evidence was collected and properly accounted for.
It doesn't matter what "color" a person is, nor how famous.
The investigators don't move a body, ANY body until they've obtained evidence.
He's not relevant to the narrative.
Please move along. Nothing to see here.
Oh, and you a raciss!!!
Wow, no bias in this story. A little rabble rousing going on.
.... They killed him for no reason … they just killed this n—er for no reason ...
The n—er was shot because he attacked a law enforcement officer. But facts don’t matter. Only #blackliesmatter.
If the body was immediately removed there would be claims of cover up. The racist sees race in everything and will lie to promote their agenda.
Murder rates are up for both Baltimore and Washington, DC. Mostly black on black killings????
We’re not supposed to talk about that.
It wouldn’t have hurt to put a drape over the body, especially as they saw photos being taken.
If he’d been a lion, too...
If he is stupid enough to work 70 hours a week he doesn’t matter!
Doesn't this silly immigrant know that the "American Dream" was unfriendly to "others" and, BTW is dead?.
It was a racist, heteronormative construct of White, Christian old dead White guys anyhow. (Do I need a /sarc tag?)
“Depending on where a homicide occurs it takes time for certified forensics officials to reach the scene.”
The grand jury report fully explains the length of time required to move the body and there were several good reasons. In that Brown was killed by a Ferguson officer, the rules in effect required the investigation to be conducted by another police department. It took time for the St. Louis PD to send in its investigators. The body could not be moved until the crime scene was fully measured, photographed and all evidence collected. The body could not be moved until the medical examiner came to the crime scene and collected the body.
The investigators on the scene were dealing with an unruly and hostile crowd which was often attempting to enter the crime scene and disturb the evidence. Gunshots were heard in the background. The investigators felt concern for their own safety.
Had the Ferguson officers removed the body they would have been accused of tampering with evidence. All they could do is act as human shields until the St Louis PD detectives arrived to conduct the investigation.
Once the St. Louis detectives arrived and surveyed the scene they constructed a barrier with tarps to block the body from view of the crowd. However, they followed the rules for evidence collection, crime scene management and the handling of the body scrupulously. Note there has been no lawsuit alleging evidence was tampered with or the crime scene investigation was improperly conducted.
Furthermore it is not unusual for a dead body in a shooting to be left in place for hours while the scene is being investigated. In reality removing the body quickly is a sign of disrespect for the deceased, assuming a thorough investigation is desired. A thorough, by the books, handling of the crime scene by competent and professional detectives, shows great respect for the deceased.
I have read the grand jury report. Some of these journalists and commentators should do the same before making incindiary accusations of “disrespect”.
Thanks for your insight.
Had to wait for the coroner/forensic team to preserve evvidence
Ferguson demonstrated to everyone that assimilation was impossible, and that after 50 years of reparations blacks were even further behind everyone coming to this country from every corner of the globe.
It's called black fatigue. It usually afflicts many previously white supporters of black causes who simply have been worn out by the constant complaining and blaming of whites by blacks for black-created problems.
In the minds of racialists like Bouie no black person ever causes their own problems. Always and forever Evil Whitey is the mischief maker who causes all black problems. At some point things will come to a head with unfortunate consequences for the racialists.
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