An honorable man

[Christians4LessGvt]

An honorable man.
I probably don't agree with him on much.
But honesty and integrity is refreshing from any side.
My hat is off to this guy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/03/16/lesson-learned-from-the-shooting-of-michael-brown/

[Xavier_Onassis]

Michael Brown will not shoplift any more Swisher Sweets, and Darren Wilson will patrol no more in Missouri. Probably more important is that Ferguson's policy of arresting of its people for Driving While Black will result in the end of this practice.

[sirs]

What will be truly interesting to watch, is crime statistics for Ferguson, under this supposed new wave of "police policy reforms".  Will violent crime go up, as a result....or will it go down?

[Xavier_Onassis]

No, what will be most interesting to watch if and how  Ferguson's local government stops looting its citizens. They sort of deserve it by not electing better city government.

Crime will diminish mostly based on the percentage of younger people in its population. They did not need Darren Wilson or Michael Brown and will be better off now that both of them are no longer around.

[sirs]

No, the Justice Dept had to throw a bone of some sort to the "black community" for failing to bring Officer Wilson up on any charges, when the facts actually supported his version of events completely, much to the dismay of retired socialist professors, who had already convicted him of some hate crime.   So, they push a report citing how Blacks are cited for more crimes, compared to their percentage of the population, when what is likely occuring is that Blacks are being cited for more crimes, because they are comitting more crimes.  So, the logical follow-up then is if there is an effort to decrease the repercussion of their actions, will they increase the amount of criminal activity, or will they not. 

We shall wait and see

[Xavier_Onassis]

You have no idea of what the fuck you are talking about. You never have and never will.

[sirs]

Couldn't refute the point being made I see.  Nu surprise there

[Xavier_Onassis]

You had no point. you ignorant dolt. There is no significant relationship between the greedy Ferguson government members and the citizens who should have voted their sorry asses out long ago. There may be a slight correlation between the younger Fergusonians and the view that behaving honestly is something only fools practice, since the local government is so greedy and opportunistic and their parents are so apathetic about doing something about taking over the city hall.

But you?  You do not know shit. You are just a hopeless parrot regurgitating rightwing crap on command.

[Plane]

  When is the next election of aldermen there?

   Marching and burning stores is less effective than winning elections.

   But even winning elections is ineffective if the candidate pool is very shallow.

   Where are the idealists?  Is there any plan to win and USE the win?

   Even electing communists is better than telling city hall that the public will put up with abuse.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Every community will get the vary worst government that it will tolerate.  That is a basic principle of democracy. It will be up to the people of Ferguson to elect a government that is not dedicated to impoverishing them with traffic fines and other  such  crap. A better city government might not have hired that fool cop in the fiplace. Marching has little effect. Burning stores will serve to raise prices one way or another, so I agree on that.

The future of Ferguson will be up to its people. Nor sirs and his idiotic claptrap.

[Plane]

  According to Eric Holder that cop was not a fool.

    But to throw a bone to the hateful , the justice department leveled a lot of accusation against the entire city government.

    Could be true stuff, but hardly the sort of thing you would want to kill some one about. Nor do I see the justice department taking other cities, with the same sins, to task at all.


    Reminds me of Lester Maddox, his reforms as governor were mostly to close speed traps .

     There are people who forget that Lester Maddox was a popular reform governor, seems as if there was something else he did that overshadowed his positive accomplishments.

[sirs]

You had no point. you ignorant dolt.

Of course I did.....which is why you had to deflect, ignore, then insult.  Leftwing SOP crap

[Xavier_Onassis]

Lester Maddox may have closed speed traps, but what he is famous for, other than racist smears, is issuing axehandles to  White patrons of his restaurant to threaten any Black people who thought they might like to try his chicken. He also was famous for his ability to ride a bicycle facing backwards, a difficult, yet mostly useless skill.

[Plane]

Lester Maddox may have closed speed traps, but what he is famous for, other than racist smears, is issuing axehandles to  White patrons of his restaurant to threaten any Black people who thought they might like to try his chicken. He also was famous for his ability to ride a bicycle facing backwards, a difficult, yet mostly useless skill.

And do not forget , saying Phooey , every time he was told he couldn't do that.

The point made is that the problems of Ferguson are not most importantly speed traps or unfair fines, if this sort of problem were absent the tragic event that left Michael Brown dead could still have happened. 

[Xavier_Onassis]

The lack of respect for the police was a major factor in Ferguson. The town government was a bunch of thieves and the cops were their agents. Perhaps it could have happened if circumstances had been different. But I suspect that Ferguson will change as a result.