So what I gather from this thread is that black= criminal. In terms of the riot..how soon we are to forget the riots in Vancouver because of "Hockey". Let's not bring race involved with being criminals and making poor life decisions.
Nice first post Jon.
No one has mentioned anything about race. Just a community full of idiots who are claiming that the kid was an angel and the cop shot him for no reason. It obviously had nothing to do with the fact that he was a young punk (proven by the video of him strong arm robbing a convenience store just minutes before his altercation with the officer) who tried to fight the cops (but the cop's version of the story couldn't possibly be true because he is a cop).
It's an unfortunate situation regardless of what brought about the end result. However, I would be willing to bet that the community that raised this young man, (the same community that thinks that rioting and looting their own local businesses is a way to bring about positive change in their city) is completely responsible for the way this kid conducted himself on a daily basis which eventually led to his death at the hands of the law.
That story would read the same whether it was taking place in the white trash trailer park that I grew up in or whether it was in the predominantly black Ferguson, MO. The only difference is that it would not make headline news because Jesse Jackson and his comrades wouldn't show up to stir the pot.
Children are unarguably a product of their environment and Ferguson, MO is proving what kind of an environment this kid grew up in... Black, white, brown, red, yellow, none of it changes a damn thing.
Levi
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