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The Other Ferguson Tragedy (a month old, but author was on Fox News Sunday today)
Wall Street Journal ^ | Nov. 25, 2014 | Jason Riley

Posted on 12/28/2014 11:28:21 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

We now know that Michael Brown was much more of a menace than a martyr, but that won’t stop liberals from pushing an anti-police narrative that harms the black poor in the name of helping them.

The black teen in Ferguson, Mo., robbed a store, attacked a white police officer and was shot dead while resisting arrest. That was the conclusion of a St. Louis County grand jury that brought no charges against the officer after considering all the physical evidence, along with eyewitness accounts from blacks in the vicinity of the confrontation.

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I usually disregard anything anybody from the Wall Street Journal says, but Mr. Riley really surprised me. He is somebody I am going to pay attention to in the future.
1 posted on 12/28/2014 11:28:21 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Google “The Other Ferguson Tragedy” and use the google link to bypass WSJ’s paywall.


2 posted on 12/28/2014 11:32:05 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Black lies matter. 'White privilege' is dog-whistle for 'kill white people.')
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Let me google that for you
3 posted on 12/28/2014 11:34:18 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Black lies matter. 'White privilege' is dog-whistle for 'kill white people.')
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The Wall Street Journal is one of the few relative conservative newspapers in the country. They are not to be mistakenly lumped in with the left wing media crowd.

Jason Riley is very conservative. He was on Fox News Sunday this morning and was straight forward about the black community needing to blame the criminal behavior of blacks instead of blaming the police. Jason is very smart and.....black.

4 posted on 12/28/2014 11:39:25 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ya know, Im kind of getting to the point of thinking that if THEY do all kill each other the world may be a better place.


5 posted on 12/28/2014 11:41:53 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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Jason L. Riley’s so good he’s almost worth the price of the subscription... Anyone know how much the online sub is?


6 posted on 12/28/2014 11:45:16 AM PST by GOPJ (White people in black neighborhoods should expect to be the victims of black crime.- Flaherty)
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The Wall Street Journal is one of the few relative conservative newspapers in the country.

BWAHAHAHAHA! The paper of Karl Rove and Chamber of Communists?

7 posted on 12/28/2014 11:50:40 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (NO COMPROMISE! NO BIPARTISANSHIP! STOP OBAMA NOW!)
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They have an introductory rate of $12 for 12 weeks, but the regular price is $28.99/month.
8 posted on 12/28/2014 11:54:42 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: HotHunt

Jason may be smart and black out the WSJ article is impossible for me to find without a link back to the WSJ, which does not let me in.

Anyone find that article on a free site?


9 posted on 12/28/2014 11:55:59 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Your screen name gives you away.


10 posted on 12/28/2014 11:57:39 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jason Riley is a good writer. Recommended.


11 posted on 12/28/2014 12:05:17 PM PST by warpsmith (Wake Me in 2016)
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To: Veto!
Click on the link in the google search to bypass the pay wall.

Let me google that for you

12 posted on 12/28/2014 12:10:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Black lies matter. 'White privilege' is dog-whistle for 'kill white people.')
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That one quit working. Try googling it yourself and see if that link works.


13 posted on 12/28/2014 12:11:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Black lies matter. 'White privilege' is dog-whistle for 'kill white people.')
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I saw him this morning too. I’d heard his name before but didn’t know who he was. Now I feel just the way you do. Everybody else on the panel was spewing p.c. b.s. Riley really “spoke truth to power”.


14 posted on 12/28/2014 12:11:52 PM PST by jocon307
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/jason-riley-the-other-ferguson-tragedy-1416961287
15 posted on 12/28/2014 12:15:56 PM PST by HotHunt
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The Wall Street Journal is one of the few relative conservative newspapers in the country. They are not to be mistakenly lumped in with the left wing media crowd.

I don't see much difference.

WALL STREET JOURNAL TO JEB: DON'T BUDGE ON AMNESTY, COMMON CORE

16 posted on 12/28/2014 12:53:20 PM PST by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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http://www.encounterbooks.com/books/please-stop-helping-us-how-liberals-make-it-harder-for-blacks-to-succeed/

Jason Riley reminds me of a younger Dr. Thomas Sowell or Dr. Walter Williams.


17 posted on 12/28/2014 1:07:57 PM PST by griswold3 (Just another unlicensed nonconformist in am dangerous Liberal world.)
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...robbed a store...

And, assaulted, manhandled, and downright, attacked the store owner! Hannity keeps saying he intimidated the store owner. Why can't Hannity say it like it is? (Oh, I know! Repeat, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat....)

18 posted on 12/28/2014 1:26:34 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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I really like Jason. He is often on the panel with Bret Beier.


19 posted on 12/28/2014 1:57:41 PM PST by Mercat (Merry Christmas to all my freeper friends)
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To: South40
Well, good for you. To each his own.

It reminds me of someone who lives in a cave and only reads the cave drawings on the walls from prehistoric times. Even then they would criticize the punctuation and grammar.

Good luck watching those cartoons on Saturday morning. Oh, I forgot. You haven't owned a TV in 30 years.

20 posted on 12/28/2014 1:59:52 PM PST by HotHunt
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