Tag: Ferguson
The Darren Wilson Interview
I’ve watched the interview with Darren Wilson and George Stephanopoulos and all I got out of it was anger. During the interview all I kept thinking was… Liar. And while I get why he lied (Hello? Ongoing Federal Investigation), what I don’t understand is why he gave the interview so soon. Why not wait? Did ABC pay him? Payment is the only excuse I can think of for doing this interview so quickly.
Here’s why I think he’s lying in the interview. I also think he lied to the Grand Jury, and I’ll get to that later. Okay, here’s the big lie….
State Of Emergency Declared – Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Coming Soon
Via TPM: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) declared a state of emergency Monday, preempting a grand jury decision in the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown that is expected to be delivered any day. The order establishes that the St. Louis County police will be in charge of law enforcement in Ferguson in response to any […]
Anyone Notice the Silence from the NRA on Ferguson?
After most of America’s high profile shootings, you can count on the NRA to immediately get their PR Offensive on — using tragic incidents to extend their lobbying for the gun manufacturers who call the tune over there now and to do even more fundraising. All of this is focused around pushing back on any common sense controls on weapons and advocating that more of us carry — so that everyday can be the OK Corral or some such. But for this — a cop shooting an unarmed kid over jaywalking — they’ve been pretty quiet. It is a surprise, because you’d think that they’d see the government tyranny that they keep insisting that people need guns for and would be out defending this community that is clearly pushing back against that tyranny. As Cliff Schecter points out in the Daily Beast:
Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinking Badges
Matthew Yglesias at Vox brings up an important question. Above you’ll see a picture of Scott Olson, the Getty photographer who’s brought us many of the most striking images of protests and police crackdown that followed the shooting of Michael Brown. [Click on the link in my first sentence to see the picture] The other two men in the […]
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