The Darren Wilson Interview

The Darren Wilson Interview

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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....

Anyone Notice the Silence from the NRA on Ferguson?

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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: