Police gun down 17 year old unarmed black teen. (Update) Darren Wilson Not Indicted

[T. Sanford]

Obama is moving thru Eric Holder in third person.

Obama is ghost writing for Eric Holder

I can respect his mmovement out here

 

[Stiff]

Obama's speech was some bullshit, I can't even front. I'm still pissed about it. Smh

What people got to understand about Obama is..if he were to come out and pick an obvious side on the case, the defense of the cop would LOVE it because they could claim that they can not be able to get a fair trial because the president forced opinion. And then they could have the case thrown out if the officer gets charged. He has to play it cool publicly. Behind closed doors, he sent Eric Holder on the case to handle shit. Dude been gettin busy on civil rights shit on the low for the past 6 years and niggas dont e n.o.

He already hinted at how he doesn't approve of how the local police have responded to the protests and said that people have a right to express themselves in the public space. When the L.A. riots were happening, all George Bush Sr. had to say about it was "anarchy will not be tolerated" and he sent in the Marines and 7th infantry division to quell the unruly negroes.

Also just because Obama is on his last term now doesn't mean he has nothing to lose. Midterm elections are coming up and needs to see more democrats in congress if he hopes to get ANYTHING else done for his last two years. Also, president's political careers don't end when they leave office even if he doesn't want to run for anymore office further. He don't want to have his name be mud when he leaves office. He still wants to be able to endorse candidates and yield influence, like Bill Clinton. Nobody fucks with Bush so all that nigga can do is sit up and paint cats all day.

Long story short, Obama can't just come out in a dashiki looking like Rafael de la Ghetto talking about "kill the pigs". He got to play the game on the public front. Eric Holder not a politician though and he's been putting in work.

I don't want or expect that. They're tear-gassing citizens and you tell THEM to chill? Nah, fuck that. I usually don't get pissed about him not saying much but there comes a point where you have to say something. Call for the arrest of the cop, SOMETHING.

He holds the highest office in the land so ANYTHING he says that deviates from kind of a middle of the road stance will make instant news, and he knows that. If he condemns the Police and teargas the story won't be anything Mike Brown related anymore it'll be "President scolds Police Force". Fox News would rally up representatives from every Police union in America to speak on how hard it is for police officers to do their job now knowing they don't have the support of the commander-in-chief and how it will make crime go up. They'll spin it to make it seem Obama supports the criminals and all kinds of madness. It's best that he sits back on this one publicly for now. There's a reason Obama didn't speak out about Trayvon Martin until AFTER the Zimmerman trial was over.

 

[Stiff]

Obama's speech was some bullshit, I can't even front. I'm still pissed about it. Smh

What people got to understand about Obama is..if he were to come out and pick an obvious side on the case, the defense of the cop would LOVE it because they could claim that they can not be able to get a fair trial because the president forced opinion. And then they could have the case thrown out if the officer gets charged. He has to play it cool publicly. Behind closed doors, he sent Eric Holder on the case to handle shit. Dude been gettin busy on civil rights shit on the low for the past 6 years and niggas dont e n.o.

He already hinted at how he doesn't approve of how the local police have responded to the protests and said that people have a right to express themselves in the public space. When the L.A. riots were happening, all George Bush Sr. had to say about it was "anarchy will not be tolerated" and he sent in the Marines and 7th infantry division to quell the unruly negroes.

Also just because Obama is on his last term now doesn't mean he has nothing to lose. Midterm elections are coming up and needs to see more democrats in congress if he hopes to get ANYTHING else done for his last two years. Also, president's political careers don't end when they leave office even if he doesn't want to run for anymore office further. He don't want to have his name be mud when he leaves office. He still wants to be able to endorse candidates and yield influence, like Bill Clinton. Nobody fucks with Bush so all that nigga can do is sit up and paint cats all day.

Long story short, Obama can't just come out in a dashiki looking like Rafael de la Ghetto talking about "kill the pigs". He got to play the game on the public front. Eric Holder not a politician though and he's been putting in work.

Definitely agree with this sentiment..

especially the bolded but its is infuriating how "even handed" he is you dont have to come out of pocket but fuck being stately have some real moments.. meaning speak leave the philosophical politics to the side.. I understand he did so in the Trayvon Martin case..

It almost made me me laugh when he said stop hollering.. i just got a mental image of Chappelle doing a skit mockin his tone.. Also has to be understood hes always displays a cool head.. and I dont expect him to depart form that.. But fuck the critics. He has a tough job. That is very unappreciated.

He didn't speak on Trayvon Martin until after Zimmerman was let off so the trial was already over.

 

[leftcoastkev]

just thought i share this

I know this on youtube, someone drop that lank please.

 

[Stiff]

I wish we as Black people would stop picking and choosing the what flavor of the week to hop on next.

Don't get me wrong I believe what happened to Michael Brown was wrong based on the things I've heard, but where are Blacks when White folks do other injustices against us.

Seems like one of our youth has to be killed by some corrupt policeman before we even ban together.

Look at the prison system for example Black men are the most incarcerated race of men in America.

I don't necessarily condone or justify recreational drug use but there is no way some brother should be getting decades behind bars for small amounts of drugs while some White boy/man can be driving drunk and kill a whole family and be diagnosed with affluenza (having to much money) and walk.

I don't see to many Black folks planning marches for our brothers unjustly locked down though.

There are more Black men like Darryl Hunt in America than there are Trayvon Martin's or Michael Brown's.

I see brothers and some sisters as well on this "free so and so movement" to knowing damn well so and so murdered somebody's son but you talking about free him though.

There is never any excuse to kill a man unless your life is threatened or your family's life is threatened.

We need to go on crusades against White infrastructure if you have that big of a problem with the White establishment.

Quit taking your business to White owned establishments and support Black owned businesses.

I see a lot of Black folks mad in Ferguson, MO about this situation and rightfully so yet they're burning up looting their own neighborhoods.

I don't know what kinda backwards logic and thinking that is.

1) @ bolded Nggas been fightin this battle for years, and it actually reached as high as you'd pray for it to go, right on the president's desk. And Obama recently (actually not recent at all, in 2010) signed legislation to reduce/get rid of mandatory minimums and fight for fair sentencing. Here's an article from Eric Holder recently,
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/politics/holder-mandatory-minimums/

but again thats been in the news for literally most of Obama's 2 terms. Odd that as concerned about it you are, you havent heard anything about it. *steve buschemi gif*

2) There is the ability to walk and chew gum. That logic of 'why we talk about this, but not that' is horse shyt.

3) @ underlined the fuck does that have to do w/ this. See #2

1) There are a few soldiers fighting that battle but not enough we need this type of energy put into getting our wrongly convicted brothers out of prison. There are more ways to hurt a person than killing them and this prejudice and corrupt judicial system is hurting our brothers everyday. That War on Drugs who you think that's for? Why do you think you get more time for rock forms of cocaine than powdered. What's this about a convicted felon can't vote. The United States Judicial system is slavery without the actual selling and Black folks don't realize it.

2) It might be horse shit in your opinion but I also don't hear you offering any solutions to the problems either. If these prejudice Whites know we'll be ready to go to bat for any brothers or sisters at the very least they will think twice before they do some questionable stuff and it might make them subconsciously avoid some situations all together. Black folks really don't realize the power we have but a lot of us have these crab in a bucket mentalities.

3) It has a lot to do with this. If you want to hurt these prejudice Whites nothing hurts them more than taking money out of their pockets. During the civil rights movement Black folks down in Alabama boycotted the buses. Those White folks eventually came wanting to talk to them on a resolution. A lot of y'all hate Whites (I'm not a part of that crowd but I understand yalls position). So if you hate Whites stop taking your hard earned dollar to the majority of their their businesses. Challenge several of your friends to do the same and tell them to challenged some of their friends to do the same and so forth. A lot of Blacks don't challenge the status quo.

Bro people are out here protesting..what sense does it make to say "y'all are protesting this, but you should be protesting THAT instead!"

There's a litany of issues that effect Black people in this country. Gotta start somewhere. The protests here are about racial profiling on a street level from police. You don't think changes in that area effect the incarceration of Blacks higher up on the justice system? Less profiling leads to less arrests.

I don't get people like y'all point of view. Say "y'all so angry about this, but you aren't angry about this over here though". You tryna prioritize anger? This is history right here that you tryna shit on. Young people are witnessing for the first time how powerful their voice can be. The movement is rough around the edges but this ain't the 60's where the civil rights marchers had training. People are legitimately angry about their conditions and they're venting that anger the best they know how. I believe this is only the beginning, not the end as you make it seem.

Not shitting on anything apparently you missed my whole point if you think that.

I agree with the protest but I wish we would show this type of enthusiasm about other issues as well is what I said.

Some of my brothers and sisters tend to think their line of thinking is how we all should think and I DO NOT agree with that.

I understand and agree with this sentiment but at the same time, this is a flash point type of issue: An unarmed black teenager gunned down by the police while having his hands up in broad day light. So it's like the match to light the dynamite which is the other issues that you're talking about.

I don't view these as separate. It's all evidence of injustice and inequality and that's what it's about. This was just the straw the broke the camel's back IMO. Black people don't feel like we're getting a fair shake on any level.

You notice how multiple issues were brought to light as a result of this case:

Police demographics that don't reflect community demographics

Unfair portrayal of Blacks in the Media

Racial profiling

Difference of tactics when dealing with Black suspects

The inability of police to separate trouble makers from peaceful protestors so teargassing the whole crowd(which is a real life beautiful metaphor of the Police's inability to differentiate between criminals in the hood and regular honest people in the hood)

The overall divide between Police and the Black community

Lack of Black's representation on a community level

and many more

It's deeper than Mike Brown, and people know this and feel this.

 

[MR.CJ]

We just had another shooting

 

[aneed123]

they just shot and killed a 23 year old black man supposedly with a knife acting "irradically" smh

 

[xxCivicxx]

Wtf

 

[obnoxiouslyfresh]

Another man was just killed! Dear Lord!!

 

[MR.CJ]

https://twitter.com/abroaddus/status/501800151372279809
https://twitter.com/abroaddus/status/501803891101818880
https://twitter.com/abroaddus/status/501805653175050240
https://twitter.com/abroaddus/status/501801797007454208

 

[1CK1S]

https://twitter.com/eyokley/statuses/501794257439436800
https://twitter.com/SenatorNasheed/statuses/501794299638337538
https://twitter.com/GeorgeSells/statuses/501806755412987905
https://twitter.com/fox2ch/statuses/501805123098533888
https://twitter.com/GeorgeSells/statuses/501797340974698496
https://twitter.com/ChiefSLMPD/statuses/501796619097239552
https://twitter.com/GeorgeSells/statuses/501796377685684224
https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench/statuses/501792957637623808

 

[zerocool]

Another man was just killed! Dear Lord!!

Man with knife shot and killed.....smh

 

[texasdaking88]

I understand a knife is a deadly weapon but wouldn't it have been easier to just taze him before he got that close????

 

[atribecalledgabi]

So these pricks with riot gear and shit were scared of somebody with a knife?

 

[lamontbdc]

I really hope black folks wake and realize how important it is to vote. Especially in your local elections. Folks showing up heavy for Obama just b/c he's black but won't even go down and vote on some shit that wlll affect you today. Just like them fools in Florida who never showed up to vote against stand your ground.

 

[Knock_Twice]

Dayum...

 

[Stiff]

Not a good look right there.... oh shit

 

[rapmusic]

Ferguson is going to be broke as shit when this is over.

 

[texas409]

aint this bout a bitch. the father of the cop who shot Brown lives in Orange, Tx 30 mins from my hometown

 

[7figz]

I really hope black folks wake and realize how important it is to vote. Especially in your local elections. Folks showing up heavy for Obama just b/c he's black but won't even go down and vote on some shit that wlll affect you today. Just like them fools in Florida who never showed up to vote against stand your ground.

And I hope Black folks who were previously co-signing cops wake the fuck up and realize who the immediate threat is and stop with all that cop defending bullshit.