StL County Cops Shoot Teen

[Dugout DickStone]

I would have shown them my ID.

Why?

So I don't get tazed?

This guy probably has some sort of settlement coming. Second cop overreacted, but we can't see everything that happened.

So there is a law that says show id or get tazed?

[mocat]

that video makes me almost shake with anger

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Dems doing what Dems do, politicizing the Michael Brown shooting to try to drive "their" black demographic to the polls. Disgusting but utterly predictable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/us/politics/at-risk-in-senate-democrats-seek-to-rally-blacks.html

[michigancat]

Dems doing what Dems do, politicizing the Michael Brown shooting to try to drive "their" black demographic to the polls. Disgusting but utterly predictable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/us/politics/at-risk-in-senate-democrats-seek-to-rally-blacks.html

Disgusting

[sonofdaxjones]

All crisis is good . . . for us:  America's Democratic Party

[Cire]

That guy in MN deserves to get a lot of money.   But that could have been avoided had he just complied.  If I get pulled over for speeding because I didn't see a sign  I'm not just walking away

[ChiComCat]

How dare they encourage minorities to vote!

[Cartierfor3]

There's been a lot of "Michael Brown was a criminal" stuff going around. Even if he did some bad things, that doesn't make it ok to gun him down like a wild animal. Is the argument "Yeah, that cop shot him down real good, but hey, he got into some trouble previously so its ok"? Because I don't think a criminal past makes cops just shooting people ok.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

There's been a lot of "Michael Brown was a criminal" stuff going around. Even if he did some bad things, that doesn't make it ok to gun him down like a wild animal. Is the argument "Yeah, that cop shot him down real good, but hey, he got into some trouble previously so its ok"? Because I don't think a criminal past makes cops just shooting people ok.

Don't forget he had just beat up the cop that shot him. But yeah, he was just a big gentle giant.

[8manpick]

There's been a lot of "Michael Brown was a criminal" stuff going around. Even if he did some bad things, that doesn't make it ok to gun him down like a wild animal. Is the argument "Yeah, that cop shot him down real good, but hey, he got into some trouble previously so its ok"? Because I don't think a criminal past makes cops just shooting people ok.

Don't forget he had just beat up the cop that shot him. But yeah, he was just a big gentle giant.

Policemen, judge, jury and executioner.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

How dare they encourage minorities to vote!

Yes there's the spin! Just another voter registration effort. Nothing unsavory about trying to make the Brown shooting a political issue to drive the black demographic, historically apathetic in midterms, to the polls.

Speaking of Dems doing what Dems do, it must be election season... Time to press the minimum wage again! http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/216342-obama-to-pitch-minimum-wage-boost-in-milwaukee

I guess the stock student loan speech comes next? Or maybe it's the "war on women" speech.

The Democrat Party: Champion Of The Little Guy Every Other September.

[8manpick]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

[Dugout DickStone]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

Depends.  Are they poor?

[Kat Kid]

So it was unacceptable for the people of Ferguson to peaceably assemble and the cops had every right to disperse the crowd.  So then when the people of Ferguson want to affect political change through voting that is also poo poo'd. 

It is almost as if there is a group of people in America that feel disenfranchised because other people think they should have no say in our democracy.

[michigancat]

Why don't republicans just try appealing to the blacks going to the polls?

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

If you think this sort of proxy system is good for democracy, then you're rough ridin' crazy.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

So it was unacceptable for the people of Ferguson to peaceably assemble and the cops had every right to disperse the crowd.  So then when the people of Ferguson want to affect political change through voting that is also poo poo'd. 

It is almost as if there is a group of people in America that feel disenfranchised because other people think they should have no say in our democracy.

Excellent display of pseudo intellect. Must listen to NPR. 

[waks]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

If you think this sort of proxy system is good for democracy, then you're rough ridin' crazy.

Link? Or are you just confusing the Chris Farley classic, Black Sheep with reality?

[michigancat]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

Why don't republicans do the same?

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

If you think this sort of proxy system is good for democracy, then you're rough ridin' crazy.

Link? Or are you just confusing the Chris Farley classic, Black Sheep with reality?

Bro, do you even ACORN? 

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

Why don't republicans do the same?

Not sure other than it's illegal and immoral.

[michigancat]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

Why don't republicans do the same?

Not sure other than it's illegal and immoral.

It must not be enforced too much or you wouldn't be worried about it. I say give it a shot.

[Dugout DickStone]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

Why don't republicans do the same?

Not sure other than it's illegal and immoral.

It must not be enforced too much or you wouldn't be worried about it. I say give it a shot.

Can't beat 'em join 'em

[waks]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

If you think this sort of proxy system is good for democracy, then you're rough ridin' crazy.

Link? Or are you just confusing the Chris Farley classic, Black Sheep with reality?

Bro, do you even ACORN?

You mean the organization that hasn't even existed since 2010? Topical stuff here. 

[waks]

Isn't getting people to the polls, regardless of the impetus, good for democracy?

They don't go to the polls, the community organizers register them to vote then do absentee ballots straight line D for them in perpetuity.

Why don't republicans do the same?

Not sure other than it's illegal and immoral.

It must not be enforced too much or you wouldn't be worried about it. I say give it a shot.

It must not happen too much (read almost never) or it would be enforced. Voter fraud is a conservative myth.