Policing a Riot

Townhall.com ^ | August 20, 2014 | John Stossel

[agere_contra]

The police do not have the right to execute suspects, unless there is no other way of stopping them and they pose an immediate threat to the safety of others.

Michael Brown, assuming current interpretations of security footage are correct, robbed and bullied a store clerk right before he was killed by police. That may well mean he was violent and dangerous, but even violent people should be brought to trial, not gunned down.

Michael Brown had assaulted a policeman and was trying to continue the assault when the injured officer shot him in self-defense.

The militarization of the police is a real, growing threat to America. However: Brown's death was a good shoot.

[Arm_Bears]

I guess folks should be thankful that Homeland Security hasn’t rolled in with their MRAPs and heavy weapons—Could be a lot nastier.

Could also be very telling.

[junta]

At WRSA they have a photo of the usual white scumbag commies clamoring for more government and on the other side the riot police, funny as hell. But here is what we get anarcho-tyranny having the likes of an urban underclass and the solution we clamor for basically the 82Abn lightweight division with badges to protect and serve the sh*t out of us.

[Cap'n Crunch]

Stossel wrote this? shame.

Did a militarized police officer shoot Thug Brown?

There was going to be a riot no matter what the cops rolled up in afterward. I don’t recall seeing military gear in the Rodney King riots.

Tear gas is suddenly military hardware? Cops have been using tear gas for decades to deal with riots.

If anything the media giving these animals sympathetic worldwide recognition/coverage has fueled the fire more than anything else.

[Kaslin]

It’s not necessary the Ferguson PD has these

[logi_cal869]

I’ve been in training and haven’t been listening as much to radio or posting/reading here. So my observations may be cliche.

What it is that I see is a distinct demographic responsible for the civil disturbances while just having received a week ago the most current warning from DHS about sovereign citizens and conservatives being a danger to the country.

I find that to be completely under-analyzed in media.

I hope it’s been analyzed here.

IMHO, the militarization of the police is a distraction (a symptom) from the real problems...makes good news, but doesn’t solve anything or get discussion toward that end either.

If the claim had been made prior, credit where credit is due.

[Carl Vehse]

"Brown's death was a good shoot.

And it had nothing to do with police militarism, despite the usual fifth-column MSM riot-inciting rhetoric.

What is applicable to the subsequent use of standard police riot control methods and equipment is the... well, lawless riots, lootings, shootings, and burnings that occurred.

[cripplecreek]

IMHO, the militarization of the police is a distraction (a symptom) from the real problems

Exactly.

[Kaslin]

Michael Brown “Fractured Cop's Eye Socket” During Attack of Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Reports Claim

[Kaslin]

It’s not necessary, the Ferguson PD has these

Comma inserted at appropriate place

[bert]

——under-analyzed in media——

To make such a statement is to illustrate total misunderstanding. The problem or subcultural condition is not under analyzed, it is purposely ignored by the media. The media of which you speak is first and foremost not media but but propaganda.

The reality being put forward is one that protects the Democrat party. There can be no analysis, no critical production of any event or particle of evidence contrary to the propagandistic narrative.

It can be well argued that the event precipitating the riots must and will be prolonged as long as possible to inflame enough voters to turnout in November to prevent loss of the Senate. Nothing else on the horizon matters. The Senate must be maintained at all costs. All costs can and does involve activity bordering on criminal.

Given the lawless mindset of the President, I question that capture of the Senate will have any real effect because the action will be ignored anyway. America is going to learn that drastic measures will be required to end the tyranny

[Ken H]

The militarization of the police is a real, growing threat to America. However: Brown's death was a good shoot.

Pretty much my take.

[MileHi]

If anything the media giving these animals sympathetic worldwide recognition/coverage has fueled the fire more than anything else.

Yep, and Eric witHolder ain't helping either.

[Cap'n Crunch]

And I see Governor Pontius Nixon has thrown the officer under the bus. The left will capitulate to the mob.

[caww]

Many admitted the violence was to bring the media attention they believe they do not get any other way.

[Boonie]

With the Obama administration in charge, if the DHS rolled in with their MRAPs, they very well could take the side of the protesters against the State Police.....

[Old Yeller]

I guess folks should be thankful that Homeland Security hasn’t rolled in with their MRAPs and heavy weapons—Could be a lot nastier.

Naw. Holder is only going to call them in when the white folk is rioting.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

“Michael Brown had assaulted a policeman and was trying to continue the assault when the injured officer shot him in self-defense.”

That is far from confirmed at this point. If that’s what happened, then yes, it was a good shot. But I’m still waiting for confirmation about what exactly transpired before Brown was shot.