If they gunned me down

From the news reports we're getting in Britain, it seems the Brown shooting is a simple open and shut case; Brown and his black pal were lurching down the middle of the road either drugged up or drunk, so the officer asked them to get on the sidewalk before they caused a traffic accident, but they lunged at him and tried to grab his gun so he was forced to fire in self defence..

I don't know Bob you tell me the difference between someone at 13 vs 17. 4 years of growth. It was the portrayal of a 13 year old child instead of a 17 year old soon to be man. Which one do you think he would have preferred on his drivers license or school ID? 13 or 17?

They used the 13 year old photo to garner more sympathy. Like I said, they were guiding the news instead of reporting it. It is something I would expect a lawyer to do, not the media.

Oralloy said: It is too early to tell what the facts of the event were. We don't have enough information.

It's a shame the gun toting heroes who can't believe a black man was ever shot without deserving it are here.

Let someone murder a Travon Martin and they **** themselves yellow defending the perpetrator.

It's a shame the gun toting heroes who can't believe a black man was ever shot without deserving it are here.

On the contrary, it's a shame that you and ossobuco are here. You two buffoons babble through threads without ever having a bit of understanding of the thread subject, and you make outrageously offensive comments about anyone who does contribute knowledge to a thread (your comment quoted above being a prime example of your typical offensiveness).

edgarblythe wrote:

Let someone murder a Travon Martin and they **** themselves yellow defending the perpetrator.

Stop lying. There was no murder. And the only perpetrator was Trayvon.

Trayvon was casing houses because he planned later that night to get high on PCP and break into some of them (if he'd broken into a house where a family was home while he was high on PCP, it likely would have been a disaster).

When a neighborhood watch captain noted that he was casing houses,
Trayvon violently assaulted that neighborhood watch captain and was shot legitimately in self defense.

My own teenager is guilty of posting sneering, tough-guy photos of himself. I've warned him about it ever since I allowed him to join any social media sites. I sent him a link to this and got the "OOOhhhhh Mom" and eyerolls.

At least the governor has had the sense to take all the cops out of Ferguson. At the last reporting I got, it was not clear which agency will take over.

I don't understand this. The real name will inevitably be known. What's wrong with forbearance and patience? anonymous is causing problems instead of being helpful.

I don't think you addressed my post.