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Ferguson In Flames, Shots Fired, Police Car Destroyed, Tear-Gas Deployed, Looting; NYC Brooklyn & Triborough Bridge & LA Freeways Blocked

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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/25/2014 00:56 -0400



 

Protests have gone nationwide

 

New York Live Feed:

 

 

And in LA... blocked I-10

Oakland protest gettng violent... and have blocked I-580


Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream

 

And Ferguson is in flames...

 

 

And a CNN reporter just got hit in the head with a rock live on air

UPDATE:

  • *U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE PROBE OF BROWN SHOOTING CONTINUES: HOLDER
  • *FEDERAL INQUIRY IS INDEPENDENT OF LOCAL FERGUSON PROBE: HOLDER
  • *ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER CALLS FOR END OF VIOLENCE

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UPDATE: Live Reaction Feed in Ferguson:

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Tiananmen Square?

 

 

 

 

 

Response in NYC

Officer Wilson's response...

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The Grand Jury result will be announced at 9ET...

  • *WILSON WON'T BE CHARGED, MICHAEL BROWN'S FAMILY SAY: USATODAY
  • *FERGUSON POLICE OFFICER AVOIDS INDICTMENT FOR TEEN'S KILLING
  • *GRAND JURY RETURNS NO TRUE BILL ON ALL 5 POSS. CHARGES
  • *OFFICER DARREN WILSON SHOT UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER IN MISSOURI

 

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AG McCullough appeared to blame social media...

For those wondering why release the decision so late

Live Feed (via NBC)

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Crowds are gathering

 

 

 

Just in case...

UPDATE: The Ferguson School District has been closed for tomorrow.

 

And protests are spreading

And citywide Tactical alert...

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Having quietly got married this weekend, the 28-year-old Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson - who fatally shot unarmed black teen Michael Brown in August - will discover shortly after 5pmET today if he will stand trial for Brown's death after the grand jury verdict is released by the St.Louis prosecutors office. As Brown's lawyer previously noted "ninety-nine percent of the time the police officer is not held accountable for killing a young black boy," Crump said. "The police officer gets all the consideration." Dragging the decision out over the weekend has some fearing it has merely stoked tensions, and protests have already been arranged for later this evening. Police, as we previously noted, are prepared; and the White House has reiterated their call for calm. After-school activities in Ferguson have been cancelled (somewhat suggesting the outcome is not what Ferguson residents are hoping for).

We shall see shortly...

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Some background color from ABC


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The Grand Jury

 

 

Locals are preparing

 

The White House has reiterated its calls for peaceful protest...

Perhaps something to consider...

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Could be a long night...

 

Maybe the preparation was worth it...

 

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Media is in Ferguson en masse

 

Not everyone agrees with the decision...

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A timeline of key events following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. (via FOX)

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AUG. 9 — Brown and a companion, both black, are confronted by an officer as they walk back to Brown's home from a convenience store. Brown and the officer, who is white, are involved in a scuffle, followed by gunshots. Brown dies at the scene, and his body remains in the street for four hours in the summer heat. Neighbors later lash out at authorities, saying they mistreated the body.

AUG. 10 — After a candlelight vigil, people protesting Brown's death smash car windows and carry away armloads of looted goods from stores. In the first of several nights of violence, looters are seen making off with bags of food, toilet paper and alcohol. Some protesters stand atop police cars and taunt officers.

AUG. 11 — The FBI opens an investigation into Brown's death, and two men who said they saw the shooting tell reporters that Brown had his hands raised when the officer approached with his weapon and fired repeatedly. That night, police in riot gear fire tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse a crowd.

AUG. 12 — Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson cancels plans to release the name of the officer who shot Brown, citing death threats against the police department and City Hall.

AUG. 14 — The Missouri Highway Patrol takes control of security in Ferguson, relieving St. Louis County and local police of their law-enforcement authority following four days of violence. The shift in command comes after images from the protests show many officers equipped with military style gear, including armored vehicles, body armor and assault rifles. In scores of photographs that circulate online, officers are seen pointing their weapons at demonstrators.

AUG. 15 — Police identify the officer who shot Brown as Darren Wilson, 28. They also release a video purporting to show Brown robbing a convenience store of almost $50 worth of cigars shortly before he was killed, a move that further inflames protesters.

AUG. 16 — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency and imposes a curfew in Ferguson.

AUG. 17 — Attorney General Eric Holder orders a federal medical examiner to perform another autopsy on Brown.

AUG. 18 — Nixon calls the National Guard to Ferguson to help restore order and lifts the curfew.

AUG. 19 — Nixon says he will not seek the removal of St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch from the investigation into Brown's death. Some black leaders questioned whether the prosecutor's deep family connections to police would affect his ability to be impartial. McCulloch's father was a police officer who was killed in the line of duty when McCulloch was a child, and he has many relatives who work in law enforcement.

AUG. 20 — Holder visits Ferguson to offer assurances about the investigation into Brown's death and to meet with investigators and Brown's family. In nearby Clayton, a grand jury begins hearing evidence to determine whether Wilson should be charged.

AUG. 21 — Nixon orders the National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson.

SEPT. 25 — Holder announces his resignation but says he plans to remain in office until his successor is confirmed.

SEPT. 25 — Ferguson Chief Tom Jackson releases a videotaped apology to Brown's family and attempts to march in solidarity with protesters, a move that backfires when Ferguson officers scuffle with demonstrators and arrest one person moments after Jackson joins the group.

OCT. 10 — Protesters from across the country descend on the St. Louis region for "Ferguson October," four days of coordinated and spontaneous protests. A weekend march and rally in downtown St. Louis draws several thousand participants.

OCT. 13 — Amid a downpour, an interfaith group of clergy cross a police barricade on the final day of Ferguson October as part of an event dubbed "Moral Monday." The protests extend beyond Ferguson to sites such as the nearby headquarters of Fortune 500 company Emerson Electric and the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis, site of a Monday Night Football game between the St. Louis Rams and the San Francisco 49ers.

OCT. 21 — Nixon pledges to create an independent Ferguson Commission to examine race relations, failing schools and other broader social and economic issues in the aftermath of Brown's death.

NOV. 17 — The Democratic governor declares a state of emergency and activates the National Guard again ahead of a decision from a grand jury. He places the St. Louis County Police Department in charge of security in Ferguson, with orders to work as a unified command with St. Louis city police and the Missouri Highway Patrol.

NOV. 18 — Nixon names 16 people to the Ferguson Commission, selecting a diverse group that includes the owner of construction-supply company, two pastors, two attorneys, a university professor, a 20-year-old community activist and a police detective. Nine of its members are black. Seven are white.

NOV. 24 - Grand Jury finds...

 
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Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:54 | 5485653 Whoa Dammit
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I imagine that most of those fires were caused by the cops who were shooting tear gas canisters straight up into the air last night. The canisters then landed on roofs of buildings.  

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:02 | 5485498 Trucker Glock
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1k comments.  Crazy.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:08 | 5485520 Rootin' for Putin
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Justice was served.
What didnt happen was the jury didnt go with the ever popular, "Misinformed and uninformed  people looking for an excuse to get an ipad or some big 40's  are complaining therefore its rascist to do anything other than what they want."

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:10 | 5485522 pupdog1
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From the looks of the aerial NBC camera footage, the savages burned down a shitload of businesses overnight, both big and small.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:10 | 5485523 Karaio
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This revolt has economic background, the death of the boy was only the trigger.

US very concerned about setting up color revolutions in Egypt, Ukraine, Venezuela, Brazil etc. forgot to lower unemployment indoors.

Now the black & white revolution in your yard.

Pepper in the ass the other is refreshment, you are now watching how things are when your government promotes a revolt in other countries.

I'm not happy about it because I saw happen in my country, the media does not show 10% of what is happening, the more cruel reality.

: - /

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 12:13 | 5486166 TeethVillage88s
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Karaio;

- This is US Government.

- Now, this is US Government on Coke & Whores (Washington DC & Wall Street).

Any Questions?

(it is an old TV Reference to Drugs, Demonstrated by a Fry pan which is your Brain or a Raw Egg which is your Brain... then they drop the Egg into a Hot Skillet to Fry)

No surprise to anyone that wants to know about any of this. Our FEAR is that not enough people care about other people. Typically people see the world as either right or wrong... and someone who is not successful or doesn't have money and a good Job... as simply someone who is wrong, wrong headed, Lazy, immature, alcoholic, drug addict, criminal, or mentally deficient.

Binary Thinking is a Cognitive Error, but we use it for parenting kids so it is a habit.

After Dot.Com Crash, Fraud of 9-11, Enron Scandal, Maddoff Scandal, Corzine Scandal, Knight Scandal, Peregrine Scandal, Standford Scandal, Sandy Weil Scandal, Robert Rubin Scandal, NAFTA Scandal, Graham-Blighbly Scandal, Dodd-Frank Scandal, Ratings Companies Scandal, Sub-Prime Scandal, Ninja Foreclosure Scandal, Rehypothication Scandal, Global Financial Scandal caused by Wall Street, JP Morgan Whale Scandal, Pallets of Money falling off trucks or Electrons in Pentagon, Torture, Rendition to Secret Prisons and Foreign Prisons, 12 Year war in Afghanistan, US Soldiers Guarding Poppys, $10 Trillion in Defense Spending in 12 years, WMDs in Iraq...

I've lost my Perspective on what is possible.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:20 | 5485553 Infinite QE
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Anyone notice that Ebola is starting to look like Sharpton?

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:33 | 5485761 Hamm Jamm
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all the black robots look the same...  at least their purpose

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:27 | 5485573 general ambivalent
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How many people here remember that when cops and firefighters were first established they were gangs? They had rivals and turf, and this often meant allowing people to become victimised or buildings to burn down while the rivals fought each other in the street; even in front of the burning buildings.

This wasn't long after America founded its Exceptional Republic. The cops were much closer to the image in the myth of Mike Brown the 'zombie thug'.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:28 | 5485579 Fix It Again Timmy
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I'd have more respect for the Brown family if they admitted that their son's demise was a result of his own actions of acting like a thug; I can't imagine them pleading their case before an international commission when their son was an aggravated thief who assaulted a police officer.  BTW, I'm no fan of the police and have been mistreated by them in the past...

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:59 | 5485850 CharlieMike
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Live like a thug, die like a thug.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:27 | 5485936 shovelhead
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More like live stupid, die stupid.

I'm gonna guess that charging a cop after assaulting him and trying to take his weapon shows a distinct lack of 'situational awareness'.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:30 | 5485613 yellowsub
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Black Friday starting early for some folks?

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 09:43 | 5485624 Dre4dwolf
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Cop walks America halts?

How about 

Go home or we shut Ebt off.

^^...

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:00 | 5485675 HumourMeBlack
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What if Michael Brown did a suicide by cop?

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:00 | 5485677 HumourMeBlack
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What if Michael Brown did a suicide by cop?

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:22 | 5485728 mrdenis
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Why arn't the drones protecting Amerika citizens .......

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:32 | 5485762 SMC
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Perhaps because they are too busy protecting Amerika's oligarchs!  ROFL.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:31 | 5485757 SMC
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Murdering a 12 year old in Cleveland...

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/11/cleveland_police_office...

 

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:51 | 5485821 loonyleft
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nothing will come of this either. The police have carte blanche to shoot anyone at anytime. All they have to do is believe that their life or the life of the public is in danger. It doesn't matter if it's a cane from the back of a truck, a wallet, a wii controller, as long as in the moment that the office felt that their was life threatening danger (or even severe injury)  to him or the public. 

So if a cop panics and shoots someone who is CC, or is swinging an airsoft toy rifle in a store, or carrying an airsoft gun in public, or has a hunting rifle in his truck, or a cane, or a knife, or a sandwich, none of that matters. As long as the officer believes that their life and the public's was in danger, they will walk. 

 

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:32 | 5485760 graveheart
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Here is some store camera footage of the unarmed young boy in the store he robbed:

 

 

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/08/now-there-are-four-sources-offic...

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:34 | 5485767 BillyPilgrim
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Look at all the Adolf-fanboys coming out of the woodwork all of a sudden.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:36 | 5485773 mrdenis
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brings a whole new meaning to our rights .. "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." - 

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 10:40 | 5485787 Hamm Jamm
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WOW  I guess you Rioters are really teaching the big mean POLICEMAN a lesson...        oh oh ... ..I"m gonna burn down all my community and that will teach the BAD MEN a lesson

Seems to me, that its one garbage cop that needs your attention !  Would it not be better to FOCUS on the murderer ...     

 

LOL

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:13 | 5485891 Hamm Jamm
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Lots of LOVE for shooting an UNARMED MAN !!      Yes ... We gunned down a person with NO GUN or WEAPON ..   

 

Perhaps HE was a NINJA...   yes, his hands were a deadly weapon...  so deadly ...   based on his lengthy past history of being an extreme cop killer 

 

Or maybe he's an ALIEN HYBRID ..... yes, yes...  with a forked tongue and he'll drain your blood...     

 

Or maybe the officer was afraid of everything ... scared of his own shadow, so that he had to gun down anyone that approached him...  soooo  scary !

 

No value for human life !!   and bothsides of the fight will lose.......      this idiocy repeats itself throughout history !

Wed, 11/26/2014 - 08:46 | 5490254 DukeDog
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Or maybe the angelic 290 pound cherub made a free choice to reach into a police vehicle to try to wrestle a gun from a cop doing his job, causing the firearm to discharge twice, the cop attempted to subdue said cherub by telling him to halt and drop for the crime he just committed, and instead the cherub made another free choice to go after the cop, twice, thrice, refusing a lawful order, even after being shot by the cop who rationally presumed some crazy mofo posed a legitimate threat to his own life. Maybe. Ya think. Much?

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:05 | 5485868 franzpick
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Looks like there may be new Mike Brown Streets and Avenues in cities around the country.  Well maybe not in Arizona.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:10 | 5485885 DukeDog
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Sept 24, 2014:

U.N. Speech Compares Ferguson Missouri To Mass Genocide of Yezidi’s In Iraq and Syria…

http://youtu.be/W8hG3cHg0P0

Because hundreds of beheadings, horrific crucifixions, mass murder, rape, and brutality took place in Ferguson and tens of thousands of Ferguson refugees were seen fleeing Missouri for the safer venues of the Illinois mountains…or something.

Nov 24, 2014:

Obama statement following announcement of grand jury decision: “First and foremost, we are a nation built on the rule of law (says the person who doesn't recognize Congress as a coequal branch of government) so we need to accept this decision was the grand jury's to make..." but..."in too many parts of this country deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color...Law enforcement should be trained to ensure officers conduct themselves in a way that is fair to everybody... Communities of color aren’t just making these problems up...we do have work to do here, we shouldn’t just try to paper it over.”

So, the President of the United States wants to ensure that independent of the grand jury decision, we all understand that what happened to Michael Brown involved racism...with not a single reference to Michael Brown's attack of the police officer. Incitement much?

Brown family statement: “We are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions...We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen.”

Officer Wilson's actions: Legally justified self-defense, as determined by a system that involved a grand jury considering all evidence and eye-witness accounts in reaching its conclusion.

What consequences should Wilson face? What is it that the system allowed to happen that needs fixing?

Notes to selves: Community organizers do not make good leaders. Never attempt to steal a gun from a cop and do not charge at him when you fail and he tells you to drop to the ground.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:17 | 5485901 BillyPilgrim
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One thing Americans never seem to realize is that these sorts of things do not happen in other Western nations, at least not on a regular basis like in the US. Here in the Netherlands I can't recall ever hearing a policeman shot an unarmed man 12 times, or even 2 times. Now and then they will shoot someone, but usually in the legs. Doesn't happen in the UK either, or Germany, of France.

Few days ago a policeman shot a 12-year old boy somewhere in the US because he was waving a toy gun, on a playground.

Boy happened to be black.

Nobody gives a shit.

Americans are always whining about the government and their freedom, yet dont give a shit when little children are executed for no reason, other than theyre black.

Awesome.

 

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:44 | 5485993 shovelhead
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Get back to us when you have a segment of 13% of your population responsible for over 90% of the crime.

You still have a way to go yet, but eventually you will.

Pity that people like you are too afraid to 'notice' reality because your friends might be offended by rationality.

 

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 12:25 | 5486236 BillyPilgrim
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1. Your numbers are off.

2. As you have African-Americans, we have Moroccans as the national scapegoat, responsible for a lot of crime.

3. Since you dont know me, it is epistemologically unsound to speak of " people like you" , which is a generalization, which always leads to bad thinking and conclusions which are wrong.

4. Reality is a lot more flexible than you seem to realize, and depends for a large part on a persons point-of-view. But it requires rational thinking to realize that, not emotional thinking.

5. Your name is apt.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:28 | 5485938 Wtfcity
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This site is full of white, racists, hypocrites. Whites say, blacks always whining complaining, only 13% of population. Latins to surpass whites as majoriy and whites are now whining and complaining. Its not fair, white man is under attack. Financial markets have been captured by nefarious criminals and most do not understand this and believe all nonsense the msm spews about the economy. Police force and justice system is corrupt and fabricate evidence against any black person they wish and those who havent witnessed this act as if this never happens. Whites riot and burn at a festival, whites refer to rioters as people. Blacks riot and they are apes and monkeys. The same white people who think some arab terrorist is hiding under thier bed will justify murdering millions because of some fabricated evidence the government puts in front of them. There are just too many hypocrites on here. You should go back to damn Fox news web site or tune in to Glenn Beck or something.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:49 | 5486036 shovelhead
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Here, let me turn the page on your Kumbaya songbook.

BTW:

I think the only one so far that has mentioned apes and monkeys is you.

Funny about that, isn't it?

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:46 | 5486015 Ms No
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Pardon me, I am having another David Icke moment here:  "According to the CDC the trial was doled out to 200 people but only proved effective to those with white skin and some scientists believe high levels of melanin in black people may be somehow affecting the sample".. "early tests for the drug, which could effectively combat the spread of ebola, have proved effective only with those with white skin"

WTF is going on now?  Are we about to experience a culling event?  Just more divide and conquer escapades?  I am gonna go read some David Icke and wait for the comet now.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:57 | 5486075 shovelhead
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It's another blatent example of racism.

Even the reptoid lizard people didn't want to be black, so, since they're running the show, they made the antidote for whites only.

Good ol' Dave keeps me updated on those lizardy reptoid rascals.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 11:55 | 5486067 A Fist Full of Fiat
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Perfect timing to release this. Now that it coincides with Black Friday I can get all of my holiday rioting out of the way at once.  Killing two birds with one stone, two protesters with on tear gas canister, whatever the case my be. How considerate of them.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 12:34 | 5486290 photonsoflight
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My mother always told me two wrongs don't make a right. Seems to me that browns parents should hold some responsibility for his upbringing. As for the police, my father told me to humor crazy people. Especially when they are armed.

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 14:18 | 5486949 TheGreatRecovery
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Amen.  What do you call a man (or woman) holding a gun?  "Sir".

Tue, 11/25/2014 - 14:17 | 5486942 TheGreatRecovery
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