Michael Brown Shooting

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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    muskydan said:

    badbrains said:

    benjs said:

    JC29856 said:

    i_lov_it said:

    Would this be getting the same attention if it was a Black Cop shooting a Black kid or a White cop shooting a White kid I wonder.

    Part of a larger problem, read through the thread...if a surfer (black white Brown or Australian) was eaten by a shark every 28 hours you think it would draw attention?
    Depends. Is the shark black?
    Maybe it's a great WHITE =))
    Ever funnier, well played
    Thank u thank u thank u, I'll be here all week lol
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Godfather. said:

    i_lov_it said:

    Would this be getting the same attention if it was a Black Cop shooting a Black kid or a White cop shooting a White kid I wonder.

    no it would not but if you just look back in history this is common with some groups of people, yeah yeah I lnow what some of you are thinking...probably calling me the R word
    but I'm just calling like it is.

    Godfather
    I agree with you on this...I mean it would get SOME attention but not the type of attention we are seeing lately.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    edited November 2014
    badbrains said:

    benjs said:

    JC29856 said:

    i_lov_it said:

    Would this be getting the same attention if it was a Black Cop shooting a Black kid or a White cop shooting a White kid I wonder.

    Part of a larger problem, read through the thread...if a surfer (black white Brown or Australian) was eaten by a shark every 28 hours you think it would draw attention?
    Depends. Is the shark black?
    Maybe it's a great WHITE =))
    I'm not a Shark expert but one would think they're unbiased lol
    Post edited by i_lov_it on
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    i_lov_it said:

    badbrains said:

    benjs said:

    JC29856 said:

    i_lov_it said:

    Would this be getting the same attention if it was a Black Cop shooting a Black kid or a White cop shooting a White kid I wonder.

    Part of a larger problem, read through the thread...if a surfer (black white Brown or Australian) was eaten by a shark every 28 hours you think it would draw attention?
    Depends. Is the shark black?
    Maybe it's a great WHITE =))
    I'm not a Shark expert but one would think they're unbiased lol
    =)) you would hope haha
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    i_lov_it said:

    badbrains said:

    benjs said:

    JC29856 said:

    i_lov_it said:

    Would this be getting the same attention if it was a Black Cop shooting a Black kid or a White cop shooting a White kid I wonder.

    Part of a larger problem, read through the thread...if a surfer (black white Brown or Australian) was eaten by a shark every 28 hours you think it would draw attention?
    Depends. Is the shark black?
    Maybe it's a great WHITE =))
    I'm not a Shark expert but one would think they're unbiased lol
    I once caught a brown shark while surf fishing for stripers? I remember thinking do sharks masturbate?

    I remember a time while fishing the Caribbean I caught a blowfish and this old man went running by me in the water with his trucks down at his ankles yelling blowfish blowfish!
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    I half swiped a story about my dislike for cops...can't articulate it with my thumb now but i will when im capable. Harpoon leads to maccallan leads to totally waxed...but i did remember why i don't really like coppers...ill hold these thoughts, pearl jam Camden e center related story
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    Btw...the DW testimony mentioned wax like 40 fucking times. Over and out!
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    MacCallan, now there is a fine scotch!!!! Delish! The 15 yr is my 2nd favorite behind any age of Aberlour!
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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,385
    rgambs said:

    MacCallan, now there is a fine scotch!!!! Delish! The 15 yr is my 2nd favorite behind any age of Aberlour!

    Balvenie 14 yr Caribbean Cask for me. Great stuff :)
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    The Balvenie is a little sweet for my taste. The double casking is fine with Aberlour but Balvenie just puckers me a little.
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Way off track but I love Lagavulin 16 and Laphroaig. I love my peaty scotch.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Lagavulin! The drink of choice for Ron Swanson! I tried it in Italy for the first time this summer.... Very good stuff!!!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,385
    edited November 2014
    rgambs said:

    The Balvenie is a little sweet for my taste. The double casking is fine with Aberlour but Balvenie just puckers me a little.

    Fair enough! Seems to depend if I'm having a smoke with it or not. A cigar and Lagavulin 16 is great, but our after-hours work meetings are typically accompanied by exclusively Caribbean Cask. We seem to get good shit done with its assistance.

    I'm also fairly new to the world of scotch - probably under two years since it stopped feeling like rubbing alcohol and started feeling warm and tasting delicious and complex.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    benjs said:

    rgambs said:

    The Balvenie is a little sweet for my taste. The double casking is fine with Aberlour but Balvenie just puckers me a little.

    Fair enough! Seems to depend if I'm having a smoke with it or not. A cigar and Lagavulin 16 is great, but our after-hours work meetings are typically accompanied by exclusively Caribbean Cask. We seem to get good shit done with its assistance.

    I'm also fairly new to the world of scotch - probably under two years since it stopped feeling like rubbing alcohol and started feeling warm and tasting delicious and complex.
    I am sure many people would find this to be crass, but try tipping that bottle straight back one time and sippin straight from the mouth, preferably in front of a nice campfire on a cold night.
    I find that the notes of caramel, vanilla, and fruit flavors are more easily accessible if you DON'T let it breath in a rocks glass. Also, there's just nothing like passing a bottle around the fire, that's the good life. Send a little green around in the other direction and that's the GREAT life!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,602
    celebratory scotch and cigars?
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  • Guitar92player
    Guitar92player Posts: 664
    edited November 2014
    Here's my take on this incident:
    I personally do not think this is a race issue. Not all white-on-black incidents are race issues. I have conservative and liberal views, and on race I lean liberal, so I care about all individuals and the struggles they go through. But in this case, Brown, based on evidence, did indeed struggle with the officer.
    However, I think the officer did not need to shoot the guy 12 times. He initially wounded the guy while they struggled in the car and then the guy ran (according to the officers statement). According to him, the guy charged at him and he shot him down. Yes, that is one way to do it, but was it his only option? He had mace. He could've blinded the guy. He also could've called back-up prior to pursuing. He stated that while fighting him off in the car, he described it as if he was 5 years old fighting off Hulk Hogan. If so, he should've called back-up. He is clearly not a capable cop to have handled this guy alone. His life indeed was in danger because he is a weak cop who decided to fatally shoot the kid to bring him down. Not all of us are strong people. I'm not saying I could've taken on the guy, but if I knew this guy was stronger, I would've called backup. Simple as that.

    This case proves that there needs to be body cams on all officers

    Race is a major issue in America. Minorities are still treated unfairly, but this is not a case that deals with it. Michael Brown was no innocent saint. He was a thug, or at least tried to be a thug. Sadly though, regardless of his actions and lifestyle, he was killed by, what I believe, poorly thought-out actions by a cop.
    ~Carter~

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    or you can come to terms and realize
    you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
    makes much more sense to live in the present tense     - Present Tense
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Now the latest news.

    http://m.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/ferguson-cop-resigns/story-fn3dxix6-1227139787567
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    JC29856 said:

    i posted this previously...no mention about the contraband rate versus the arrest rate. although more white are found with contraband 34% compared to black 21% the arrest rate nearly doubles white arrest rate 5% to black 10%
    http://ago.mo.gov/VehicleStops/2013/reports/161.pdf

    if you need cute little charts to "figure out numbers and what there for" then look here
    http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/10-insane-numbers-ferguson-killing

    here is a cute little interactive arrest rate map for you
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/18/ferguson-black-arrest-rates/19043207/

    like they say cops and numbers never lie

  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Anybody hear this or see this?

    http://boingboing.net/2014/11/28/professor-who-assisted-i.html
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    any mind readers out there ?
    I had to delete my post but I will say this .......no I better not...

    Godfather.

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