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| (nationalmemo.com) |
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| Michael Brown (Family Photo/ Facebook) |
Midday August
9, 2014, eighteen year old Michael Brown was shot by Ferguson police officer Darren
Wilson. Michael Brown was black, Wilson is white. Beyond those few facts,
the info available to the public is largely incomplete, one-sided, hearsay, self-serving,
unclear or contradictory. The police are naturally reluctant and many times legally
prevented from releasing information about the ongoing investigation. What little
official info released, such as the past histories of the officer and the
deceased, is carefully parsed. Into that void, factoids, spin, speculation and
outright misinformation flows.
The St Louis County Police
Department assumed control of the investigation and their finding are being
presented before the Grand Jury. Results are expected to be unsealed about
mid-November. Wielding the might of the FBI, Eric Holder’s Department of
Justice is conducting a multi-pronged investigation for possible civil rights
violations by Wilson and the Ferguson Police Department as a whole.
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| Al Sharpton and Mike Brown's Body (atlantadailyworld.com) |
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| Protesting at the St Louis Cardinals Game (Mariah Stewart - The Huffington Post) |
Outside activists
continue to press their own Ferguson-camouflaged agendas. After the riot could no longer be extended, they immediately started pushing
to replace the St Louis County Prosecuting Attorney for what could
be seen as a deficiency of melanin. Recently,
several vocal supporters interrupted a performance of the St
Louis Symphony. A small group protested outside the St Louis/ Dodger playoff chanting
“Justice For Mike Brown” and were
countered by some foul-mouthed fans chanting “Let’s Go Darren”: a bad show all around. Violence seems to be the goal of the few: a
shooting of a Ferguson cop resulted in a night long confrontation in front of
the Community Center, orchestrated by 5 to 10 angry activists.
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| Obama Discussing Ferguson Before the UN (Richard Drew, AP) |
If I had to guess
what will happen - based on what little is known - I think Officer Wilson will be
indicted for excessive force: for the last two shots that went into Michael Brown’s head from above. It will be far too easy for the GJ to refer the questions around those two shots for resolution by trail. Then, unlike today's ongoing media barrage, a jury will be presented with the totality of facts and explanations and theories from both sides. Officer Wilson will have to hope for an unbiased, intelligent, wise and above all, brave jury. And just like
the first Rodney King and George Zimmerman trials, despite all the efforts of the activists and the media, I feel the cop will be acquitted.
What happens then?… I have only fears.
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| (Mike Ramirez - IBD) |
It's amazing how the race hucksters can make anything into a racial issue. From overt acts, to "microaggressions", to "NRA == KKK", even the most innocuous and innocent actions become racially-motivated.
ReplyDeleteOur new "post-racial world" has become consumed by racial tension. It's no longer about "equality"; they have equality under the law and in the eyes and hearts of the community. Now, it's about punishment. The hucksters call it by a different name, but that's what it is. Slavery ended (approximately) five generations ago, and the youngest two generations weren't around for the Civil Rights movement, but they can still be whipped into a violently-angry mob over the injustices of yester-century — and never mind that the Civil Rights movement was about NON-violent civil disobedience.
As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. We can thank the likes of "Reverends" Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson for that.
I'm keeping an eye on it as well, as business takes me near by there, every couple of months, the last two trips rescheduled, because I didn't want to be there. My crash pad is 2 and a half hours east. If things get bad and she needs to get out of there before you are there, let me know. She is welcome to use my place.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the extraordinarily kind offer, Brigid. We're very fortunate that the house we chose to accommodate our two fractious German Shedders happens to be surrounded by a great group of neighbors. They almost immediately took the wife under their wing - a decidedly odd experience for California natives that lived on a street for years and did not know the neighbor across the way. Given the realities, a bug-in is the likely scenario - and she is well prepared for that.
DeleteShe's reciprocating the neighbor's kindness; today she's holding a Saturday at the Range to *safely* introduce or refamiliarize the neighbors to 9mm pistols. Several of the neighbors want to arm for self defense, so she showing them the safe handling of the various 9s available.
I think she - and the neighbors - will be fine. They're also discussing mutual assistance in case of emergencies. Good on them.
If the house sale continues as planned, I should be back in St Looney with her within weeks - just in time for the Grand Jury's findings. Oh, joy. But, at least she'll have her bullet sponge with her. ;)