Police state reached

[Rupert Pupkin]

President Barack Obama sent no White House representative to the memorial Mass held yesterday in Rochester, New Hampshire, for James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) terrorists.

President Obama, however, did send three White House aides to Monday’s funeral for Michael Brown, the 18 year old who committed a strong arm robbery and assaulted a police officer.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/...urnalist-james

[Rudeboyelvis]

Such a rare occurrence as a high-ranking officer’s death should have warranted a great deal of attention from our Commander-in-Chief, but Obama has yet to make any public comments regarding his death. Not only has Obama been unable to make any comment about the General’s sacrifice, he also was unable to find the time to make it to General Greene’s funeral, held in Arlington National Cemetery. Obama himself was conspicuously absent, but so were the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense. The highest ranking and most senior member of Obama’s administration that found the time to pay respects to the General that was murdered by the enemy was Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno.

This is beyond outrageous, and should be taken as a blatant slap in the face of every military member and civilian that knows and understands the tradition, honor, and respect that comes with military service. In what can only be a gross oversight, or else a belligerent middle-finger, Obama hasn’t even ordered flags to be flown at half-staff, like he did for the deaths of singer Whitney Houston, as well as the former communist and South African President Nelson Mandela.

There are no words to describe the amount of disrespect that was on display by Obama’s deliberate absence from the General’s funeral.






http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/greene.asp

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

President Barack Obama sent no White House representative to the memorial Mass held yesterday in Rochester, New Hampshire, for James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) terrorists.

President Obama, however, did send three White House aides to Monday’s funeral for Michael Brown, the 18 year old who committed a strong arm robbery and assaulted a police officer.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/...urnalist-james

Well, you know, in America we're supposed to believe all people are equal, which means a teenage boy's life is worth every bit as much as a 40-year-old journalist's.

The "robbery" is alleged as the video, if you watch all of it, appears to show him paying for his cigarillos, and the scuffle appears to be an argument over the price. At the absolute worst, it's shoplifting, not a "strong arm robbery" (nice work on parroting Fox News exactly; you make it clear where you get your news from). The store owner never reported a robbery; it was called in by a customer who witnessed the scuffle. The store owner was a bit befuddled when the cops showed up demanding the video, which they didn't demand until after Michael Brown had been shot dead in the street for jaywalking. But carry on with your character assassination of a young black man. You're in fine company; the NYTimes did quite a dance yesterday, trying to make the average teenager into a thug and the cop who killed him (who grew up in a criminal household and started his career on a police force so corrupt the city disbanded it and had the county take over) into a victim. It was astounding.

Good grief, if arguing with a bodega owner was a death penalty offense, half the people in NYC would be dead.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Well, you know, in America we're supposed to believe all people are equal, which means a teenage boy's life is worth every bit as much as a 40-year-old journalist's.

The "robbery" is alleged as the video, if you watch all of it, appears to show him paying for his cigarillos, and the scuffle appears to be an argument over the price. At the absolute worst, it's shoplifting, not a "strong arm robbery" (nice work on parroting Fox News exactly; you make it clear where you get your news from). The store owner never reported a robbery; it was called in by a customer who witnessed the scuffle. The store owner was a bit befuddled when the cops showed up demanding the video, which they didn't demand until after Michael Brown had been shot dead in the street for jaywalking. But carry on with your character assassination of a young black man. You're in fine company; the NYTimes did quite a dance yesterday, trying to make the average teenager into a thug and the cop who killed him (who grew up in a criminal household and started his career on a police force so corrupt the city disbanded it and had the county take over) into a victim. It was astounding.

Good grief, if arguing with a bodega owner was a death penalty offense, half the people in NYC would be dead.

Apparently Obama thinks the kid's life was worth much more than the reporter's life. He sent 3 people to the kid's funeral and zero to the report's funeral.

It wasn't just shoplifting. He physically pushed the owner of the store. That is a "strong-arm robbery". And that's not why he got shot. He got shot because he assaulted the police officer and he charged the officer while the officer was pointing the gun at him and telling him to freeze.

You have gone so far to the left that now even the liberal NYTimes is too far right for you.

You are the one assassinating character. You are assassinating the character of the police officer (who has a perfect record).

Nobody is assassinating the character of Michael Brown. The truth is simply coming out now. We heard all these lies about this innocent kid being shot in the back. Now we are hearing the truth and you define that as "character assassination.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Well, you know, in America we're supposed to believe all people are equal, which means a teenage boy's life is worth every bit as much as a 40-year-old journalist's.

The "robbery" is alleged as the video, if you watch all of it, appears to show him paying for his cigarillos, and the scuffle appears to be an argument over the price. At the absolute worst, it's shoplifting, not a "strong arm robbery" (nice work on parroting Fox News exactly; you make it clear where you get your news from). The store owner never reported a robbery; it was called in by a customer who witnessed the scuffle. The store owner was a bit befuddled when the cops showed up demanding the video, which they didn't demand until after Michael Brown had been shot dead in the street for jaywalking. But carry on with your character assassination of a young black man. You're in fine company; the NYTimes did quite a dance yesterday, trying to make the average teenager into a thug and the cop who killed him (who grew up in a criminal household and started his career on a police force so corrupt the city disbanded it and had the county take over) into a victim. It was astounding.

Good grief, if arguing with a bodega owner was a death penalty offense, half the people in NYC would be dead.

Wow. I didn't realize you witnessed the entire ordeal unfold - including being in two places at once, right before your eyes. You should have said something sooner, they've been looking for you!

The truth is, still, no one really knows what happened. and never will. But following your logic, clearly the cop bashed himself in the face to make the adult black man look bad.

It's amazing how you can continue to accept your emotions as fact. And only assume one side of the story is correct because that is what you want to believe.

You're sounding more and more like our dearly departed veterinarian.

[OldDog]

I'm shocked that the Times ran this outrageous hit piece
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us...ries.html?_r=0

Not an angel???



I get into scuffles every time I argue with Bill over what he charges me for a bottle of Weller 107. We always laugh about it later.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Slide 2 you can clearly see he is trying to pay for whatever he has by grabbing the clerk by the throat and shoving the money down his collar.

After that "transaction" it's astonishing that the clerk didn't report the "poor child that ought to be in college" to the police.

But he didn't, therefore its RACIST to conclude that a crime occurred.

Ask Al Sharpton. Or GR.

[dellinger63]

Never miss an opportunity to politicalize a tragedy if it suits your needs.

With an election not too far away Dems need to shamelessly light a fire under the African American community while simultaneously screwing them up the ass, legalizing millions who will inevitably compete for the same jobs so sorely needed by those same African Americans.

And to be clear if Obama had a son he would look like neither Trayvon Martin nor Michael Brown but rather

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by OldDog

I'm shocked that the Times ran this outrageous hit piece
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us...ries.html?_r=0

Not an angel???



I get into scuffles every time I argue with Bill over what he charges me for a bottle of Weller 107. We always laugh about it later.

He looks like a fine young man. I have no idea why everyone would look at that and think he's a thug. It's the strangest thing.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

He looks like a fine young man. I have no idea why everyone would look at that and think he's a thug. It's the strangest thing.

Does he deserve to be dead? From that video...no. but since this fine upstanding police dept conveniently has no video equipment anywhere...we'll never know will we

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Does he deserve to be dead? From that video...no. but since this fine upstanding police dept conveniently has no video equipment anywhere...we'll never know will we

and the policeman who confronted him for jaywalking supposedly didn't know that the guy was a robbery suspect.
what really happened will most likely never be known.
i do hope that ferguson, and all other cities and municipalities will immediately order cameras. it would be a way of protecting both citizens and police.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Does he deserve to be dead? From that video...no. but since this fine upstanding police dept conveniently has no video equipment anywhere...we'll never know will we

There was a video that was shot right after the shooting. On the video, you could hear one guy explaining to another guy what happened. He said that the officer had his gun drawn and the guy came charging at the officer. I'm not 6'4, 295 pounds. I'm 5'9 and 150 pounds. I'm not nearly the physical threat that a 6'4, 295 pound guy is. Despite that, I know that if I am confronted by an officer and he draws his gun and tells me to freeze, if I don't comply and I charge at him, I'm probably going to get shot. That is just reality. When an officer has a gun on you and he tells you to freeze and put your hands in the air, it's probably not a good idea to go charging towards him. If you do, there is an excellent chance you are going to get shot.

Did he deserve to get shot? I don't really know how to answer that. If you engage in a behavior that is likely to get you killed, there is a good chance that you are going to get killed. Charging towards an officer who has a gun on you is likely to get you killed.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Does he deserve to be dead? From that video...no. but since this fine upstanding police dept conveniently has no video equipment anywhere...we'll never know will we

We should have taken odds on when the classic lib response would surface - not that it wouldn't - of course it would.

Take the only evidence that proves the suspect's thug-like behavior and tie it directly to the consequence of a completely different set of unverifiable circumstances.

That's all you know. He was a thug in the store and committed a strong-armed felony against the clerk/store-owner.

You have no friggin' clue what transpired between he and the cop - only that the cop has a busted skull and he's dead.

A + C = B

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

President Barack Obama sent no White House representative to the memorial Mass held yesterday in Rochester, New Hampshire, for James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) terrorists.

President Obama, however, did send three White House aides to Monday’s funeral for Michael Brown, the 18 year old who committed a strong arm robbery and assaulted a police officer.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/...urnalist-james

Actually four, counting Sharpton.