It's funny to see these thugs in Ferguson bitching about how they have nothing

[Wilikon]

Sheriff Clarke ~ Irresponsible Groups Descended on Ferguson MO Like Vultures on a Roadside Carcass

http://youtu.be/HMQCFqgAGyM

[jaysabi]

The Blaze. Journalistic integrity at its finest.

The blaze tried to mike brown you too?

Haha!    No, I'm just not high on blogspam (on either side) that takes a story and repackages it into inflammatory material to feed a particular base's rigid mindset. The Blaze is certainly one of those. The left has their share of them too. They're just obnoxious articles that add very little, if any, value to what are important conversations.

There was a time when the news was about informing people, now its just about marketing and clicking on ads. The news outlets will print anything to get you to look.

I agree. Media is a business, and the purpose of owning a business is to make money. Any cable media is no longer in the business of reporting news, but spinning news to press their viewers' preconceived rage points. Then there is another step to the extreme in websites like The Blaze that really whore themselves out to get you to click that link. You can tell how much integrity one of these 'news' sites has by how often they use subjective adjectives in their headlines. For example, "Absolutely Disgusting" might be something that appears in a headline about the behavior of a black shopper to get conservative minded folks to click through and see for themselves just how disgusting some people are.  (See the previous Blaze link if you want to see for yourself!)

The problem is these headlines work. They make a ton of money. That's why there's so many of them.

And that is why we have a brain and sort out or believe what we want and reject what we do not want. I would copy paste a few lines and and always give credit by adding a link to the original source where I saw that information. In this case you could bypass the blaze and just watch the video while getting some context. Then not trusting the blaze you could google/duck duck go/ bling that youtube video and read the behind the scene of that video. Maybe there was an personal history between the cop and the dude on the video being "mike browned", before.

Obviously most people do not care and are too lazy to do too much research and prefer to trust the main stream media, the one that makes the most money with the most advertising. That is their choice and is perfectly acceptable too

If people were interested in unbiased information, something like The Blaze wouldn't exist. People don't want that though. They want pieces that make them feel superior to groups they view as inferior, so they can post them wherever and rant about how terrible some groups are for doing or thinking [insert racial or political stereotype here]. The Blaze is worst than most because it foments division and hatred by playing on racial undertones, otherwise there'd by no reason to point out the race of people they're writing about in the headlines. 'Check out the disgusting way this black shopper acted around this cop' or whatever the headline was. The point isn't that some guy was disrespectful to a cop, it's that he's black and he's acting in a way you should hate. The headline tells you that much.

My question is, if you know a site is a disgraceful click monger and their presentation of information is so biased and serves no legitimate news function, why do you post them? Even if, as you say, people have brains and can decide for themselves if a source is worthy? If you're posting it and saying 'Decide for yourself if this is relevant information,' then it just looks like you're posting things you agree approve of. And in the case of this specific Blaze story, the story trying to appeal to people on the basis of 'look at this ridiculous black guy' is what's disgusting.

If people were interested in unbiased information, something like CNN wouldn't exist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZFZmQCA1KE

Nor Fox News, yada yada. 

Yawn.

[TheButterZone]

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2014/12/chicago-based-reporter-who-published-darren-wilsons-address-wanted-a-list-police-protection.html

Ironic, but in the grand scheme of things, Chicago.gov administers a civil rights-free zone, so she wouldn't even be allowed to defend herself without an order from SCOTUS.

[picolo]

Not all protestors robbed stores but they have all been lied on TV when they heard it's a racist crime when the policeman was clearly in self defense.

The black community is suffering from its leaders telling them they are victims. You can't improve if you think you are a victim.

[yldouright]

Is it possible one might not be able to improve because one really is being victimized?

[saddampbuh]

Is it possible one might not be able to improve because one really is being victimized?

not really, most minority groups in america have been victimised at one point or another and still managed to get ahead, is it possible blacks will ever stop blaming their laziness and criminality on other people being mean to them?

[yldouright]

not really, most minority groups in america have been victimised at one point or another and still managed to get ahead, is it possible blacks will ever stop blaming their laziness and criminality on other people being mean to them?

You're focussing on the wrong thing. Minorities are not the only victimized people and events are happening that will eventually touch even you in just as serious a way if you haven't experienced it already. Fergusen is just the beginning of the New World Order and you shouldn't ignore it just because you happen to dislike the people it is happening to because the final outcome would have our founding fathers rolling in their graves.

[picolo]

The Black communities are receiving a lot of money from the tax payer and suffer because of it. They would benefit more of a free state and free markets because they would be willing to work harder and cheaper than richer people.

[saddampbuh]

You're focussing on the wrong thing. Minorities are not the only victimized people and events are happening that will eventually touch even you in just as serious a way if you haven't experienced it already. Fergusen is just the beginning of the New World Order and you shouldn't ignore it just because you happen to dislike the people it is happening to because the final outcome would have our founding fathers rolling in their graves.

what has blacks stealing and breaking things because they're upset about the cops shooting a cigar thief got to do with a new world order

[yldouright]

what has blacks stealing and breaking things because they're upset about the cops shooting a cigar thief got to do with a new world order

You don't see a correlation when the citizenry have their constitutional rights blatantly violated and martial law is enacted without due cause? You have no problem with a youth getting shot for a cigar but you can sit idly and watch your money get 'bailed in' by legislation bought by banksters!? Dude, you need a serious value system check. I'm hoping you're reading and understanding better, picolo. You need to focus your anger on the cause and not the symptom.

[commandrix]

...when they have thousands of dollars of ink tatted all over their bodies and up their arms.

This is what people mean by the "entitled" culture. People think a paycheck is meant to blow on fun stuff while the government picks up the tab for your basic necessities like food, housing, healthcare or child care.

What's even worse to me is that they seem intent on destroying the little they do have when things don't go their way. So some thug kid got himself killed by a cop. I wanted to grab those guys by the collar and tell them that, if they don't like it, they should think of ways they can get out of the ghetto and none of those ways involve being a thug who riots at the drop of a hat.

[saddampbuh]

You don't see a correlation when the citizenry have their constitutional rights blatantly violated and martial law is enacted without due cause? You have no problem with a youth getting shot for a cigar but you can sit idly and watch your money get 'bailed in' by legislation bought by banksters!? Dude, you need a serious value system check. I'm hoping you're reading and understanding better, picolo. You need to focus your anger on the cause and not the symptom.

the black went for the cop's gun, i have no problem with him getting shot. blacks are disproportionately targeted by police because of the amount of crimes they commit and the problems they cause the rest of society.

[yldouright]

saddampbuh
It is scarcity that causes desperation and all other manner of ills. I submit this scarcity is a manufactured one. When every avenue that you take to improve your well being only results in others being enriched by your efforts and this is the only mode over generations, the world has a problem. You have to ask yourself if it okay for one person to accumulate enough wealth to purchase the labor of 140,000,000 men (or women) for a year and then ask yourself if it is okay for a small group of people with this wealth to meet outside the jurisdiction of your sovereign government to plot the means to subject all to their will. You have accepted the reported police account as completely truthful. It is historically a dangerous thing to be complacent about the trust we place in those that rule us. You are probably a victim of too many hours in front of network television and you need to correct this. Read what you can about Bilderberg and try to understand better the root causes of the scarcity first, then think about what it would be like to grow up without means, the benefit of parental guidance and societal scorn of your impoverished situation. Once you've done that, tell me if you still believe what has happened in Ferguson is acceptable. Even the simple act of getting dressed in the morning is a complicated exercise for too many people and that complicates everything else. If you don't believe me, try the following experiment:
Live just one month without the benefit of a clothes dryer (I won't ask you to give up the the washing machine 'cuz it might cause a divorce) and tell us what you learned. I have other experiments that concern diet that would be even more telling but we can start with the less challenging dearthful situation.

[Rishblitz]

all these groups have been lied to by their leaders.

[picolo]

all these groups have been lied to by their leaders.

Yes and by the governement that tell them they are victims and they need the governement when they need more freedom and less governement actions.

[saddampbuh]

saddampbuh
It is scarcity that causes desperation and all other manner of ills. I submit this scarcity is a manufactured one. When every avenue that you take to improve your well being only results in others being enriched by your efforts and this is the only mode over generations, the world has a problem. You have to ask yourself if it okay for one person to accumulate enough wealth to purchase the labor of 140,000,000 men (or women) for a year and then ask yourself if it is okay for a small group of people with this wealth to meet outside the jurisdiction of your sovereign government to plot the means to subject all to their will. You have accepted the reported police account as completely truthful. It is historically a dangerous thing to be complacent about the trust we place in those that rule us. You are probably a victim of too many hours in front of network television and you need to correct this. Read what you can about Bilderberg and try to understand better the root causes of the scarcity first, then think about what it would be like to grow up without means, the benefit of parental guidance and societal scorn of your impoverished situation. Once you've done that, tell me if you still believe what has happened in Ferguson is acceptable. Even the simple act of getting dressed in the morning is a complicated exercise for too many people and that complicates everything else. If you don't believe me, try the following experiment:
Live just one month without the benefit of a clothes dryer (I won't ask you to give up the the washing machine 'cuz it might cause a divorce) and tell us what you learned. I have other experiments that concern diet that would be even more telling but we can start with the less challenging dearthful situation.

never owned a clothes dryer in my life, pick something else

i accept the official version of events because the thug's dna was found on the cop's gun. don't tell me wilson should have sat there and taken a beating because he should feel sorry for how the capitalist crisis of overproduction and white privilege and the ongoing legacy of slavery made the poor innocent black steal cigars to fill with marijuana and get violent for being told to not walk in the road

poverty can indeed lead to crime but there are plenty of communities suffering deprevation which don't experience crime rates at anything like black areas. the sooner we accept there is something defective and dysfunctional about blacks that makes them act in this way and stop pretending its all about socioeconomic conditons the better things will get for the rest of us

[yldouright]

saddampbuh
I don't know the world stats on this but here in the US, being a police officer has the lowest probabiity of injury of all blue collar jobs. Thirty years ago, they were comfortably in the middle of the pack and sixty years ago they were in the top five. Could this be because they are paying less attention to our civil liberties when they perform their function? I don't like the idea of any law officer carrying a weapon when the civilians don't have one and yes, when the injuries of the unarmed apprehended are statistically astronomically higher and more severe than the armed officials making the arrests, it is a strong indication that there is less police 'work' than vicimization.

[picolo]

saddampbuh
I don't know the world stats on this but here in the US, being a police officer has the lowest probabiity of injury of all blue collar jobs. Thirty years ago, they were comfortably in the middle of the pack and sixty years ago they were in the top five. Could this be because they are paying less attention to our civil liberties when they perform their function? I don't like the idea of any law officer carrying a weapon when the civilians don't have one and yes, when the injuries of the unarmed apprehended are statistically astronomically higher and more severe than the armed officials making the arrests, it is a strong indication that there is less police 'work' than vicimization.

I would be surprised if a police officer that patrols in tough neighbourhoods has the lowest probability of injury out of all blue collar jobs!

Restricting gun access for citizens means you still have a lot of guns, only it's the governement that has all the guns and can use it against the citizens.

Bad people will get the guns somehow. Look in France.

[saddampbuh]

saddampbuh
I don't know the world stats on this but here in the US, being a police officer has the lowest probabiity of injury of all blue collar jobs. Thirty years ago, they were comfortably in the middle of the pack and sixty years ago they were in the top five. Could this be because they are paying less attention to our civil liberties when they perform their function? I don't like the idea of any law officer carrying a weapon when the civilians don't have one and yes, when the injuries of the unarmed apprehended are statistically astronomically higher and more severe than the armed officials making the arrests, it is a strong indication that there is less police 'work' than vicimization.

or it might have something to do with a falling crime rate

[Wilikon]

George Soros funds Ferguson protests, hopes to spur civil action


Liberal billionaire gave at least $33 million in one year to groups that emboldened activists

There’s a solitary man at the financial center of the Ferguson protest movement. No, it’s not victim Michael Brown or Officer Darren Wilson. It’s not even the Rev. Al Sharpton, despite his ubiquitous campaign on TV and the streets.

Rather, it’s liberal billionaire George Soros, who has built a business empire that dominates across the ocean in Europe while forging a political machine powered by nonprofit foundations that impacts American politics and policy, not unlike what he did with MoveOn.org.

Mr. Soros spurred the Ferguson protest movement through years of funding and mobilizing groups across the U.S., according to interviews with key players and financial records reviewed by The Washington Times.

In all, Mr. Soros gave at least $33 million in one year to support already-established groups that emboldened the grass-roots, on-the-ground activists in Ferguson, according to the most recent tax filings of his nonprofit Open Society Foundations.

The financial tether from Mr. Soros to the activist groups gave rise to a combustible protest movement that transformed a one-day criminal event in Missouri into a 24-hour-a-day national cause celebre.


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/14/george-soros-funds-ferguson-protests-hopes-to-spur/?page=1