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Question about Michael Brown leads to beating
CNN ^ | 3/29/15 | Ben Brumfield

Posted on 03/29/2015 9:56:11 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck

When one man sat down next to a second man in a St. Louis light rail car and asked him his opinion on the shooting of Michael Brown, it was not the beginning of a discussion.

It was the start of an assault, police said.

The second man, who was white, didn't want to answer the question. Then the first man, who was black, boxed him in the face. Two more African-American men joined in the beating, according to a police report about Monday's incident.

It was caught on surveillance cameras on the MetroLink train and a passenger recorded it with a cell phone and posted the video online. It has gone viral.

Police confirmed to CNN that the online images came from the attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: michaelbrown; race
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To: ek_hornbeck

Thank God it didn’t happen in a Starbucks.

“I’ll have a coffee black like my eye.”


41 posted on 03/29/2015 10:57:59 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: econjack

That’s a damn good question.


42 posted on 03/29/2015 10:59:37 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: ek_hornbeck

What’s interesting is that this was reported by CNN.


43 posted on 03/29/2015 10:59:47 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (>)
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To: ek_hornbeck

I think your emotions got ahead of your thoughts here. Not to worry, happens to all of us.


44 posted on 03/29/2015 11:00:22 AM PDT by Company Man (Always proofread to make sure you haven't words out.)
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To: ek_hornbeck; econjack
Who’s in more danger:
This reminds me of an old mental exercise. You're standing on a subway platform late at night and the train pulls in. You are directly between two cars when it stops and the doors open. One car is filled with Black 20 somethings who even though they seems to be minding their own business, are dressed "gangsta-ish". The other car is filled with more modestly dressed older people, mainly Black, Latino, Asians and Hasidics people who are also keeping to themselves. Which car would you enter without thinking about it? And most Blacks would answer the same way.
45 posted on 03/29/2015 11:01:32 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

My thoughts exactly. Let’s talk about race. This thug was taking that hairbrained scheme Starschmucks came up with to a whole new level.


46 posted on 03/29/2015 11:06:40 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: ek_hornbeck

From Antonio French twitter account, videos of racists ‘reclaiming space’ by harassing ‘white people eating brunch’.

The manager/owner asks them to leave, they don’t. Perhaps they should try this at a HIGH END eatery? (Atlanta)

https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench

https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackBrunchATL?src=hash


47 posted on 03/29/2015 11:06:54 AM PDT by machogirl
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To: ek_hornbeck
"white racism makes them turn..life of crime"

There is a kind of weird reasoning employed by defenders of black criminals. One ruse they employ is to, of course, deny that black crime is more frequent than white crime. They still fool many people with this lie. The "blacks are in prison only because of drug possession where whites get off" ploy is frequently used by the excusers.

The facts show that most blacks in prison (like whites and Hispanics) deserve to be there. They're not there because they were found with drugs on them. They're there because drugs were found on them as they were committing serious crimes, most of them violent crimes.

A study proved that blacks are far more likely to lie about their drug use than other groups. How did the researchers come to this conclusion? They simply asked the people in the study whether they used drugs or not. Then they took blood samples. Blacks were about five or six times more likely to lie about using drugs than other groups.

Their second ruse is to admit black crime is high, but it's only because black males are internalizing all the hatred directed at them by a racist, white society forcing them, the black males, to "act out."

I'm both amused and irritated by the phrase "acting out" as if these thugs are just actors in some sort or weird play.

48 posted on 03/29/2015 11:13:45 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: econjack
"we have a problem"

King Barack could have done a lot to change the course of the dialogue. He could have said all those things.

But we know, of course, that Dear Leader had no intention of doing something positive like that. He most certainly, like all the other race vultures, believes white racism still holds blacks back. A scoundrel like Sharpton as his advisor on race relations, leaves no doubt about his beliefs.

49 posted on 03/29/2015 11:17:21 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: Truth29; ek_hornbeck
It could get much worse. All that's necessary is what ek_hornbeck mentions in post #30.
50 posted on 03/29/2015 11:19:52 AM PDT by VR-21
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To: discostu
Why would you ask a complete stranger about an incendiary topic? No good is coming from that.

For the benefit of all who have never been exposed to ghetto thugs, this is a typical set up for a robbery or violent assault-- there was no intention to even listen to the answer. It usually starts with asking for a cigarette, money, directions, time, or, as in this case to use his phone. If they smell fear, or believe the risk is worth it, they will move on to step two. Here the victim could not get to his feet in time, and was boxed in so he could not create space-- bad situation to be in. The question was designed to distract him for a moment before he was sucker punched.

51 posted on 03/29/2015 11:57:52 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: econjack

This reminds me of the Starbucks story, wanting his counter people to engage customers in “conversations” about race before handing them a cup of hot liquid. What could possibly go wrong?


52 posted on 03/29/2015 11:58:58 AM PDT by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: ek_hornbeck
I wonder if YT will go CCW, now? If he reads this he prolly will...

http://takimag.com/article/the_talk_nonblack_version_john_derbyshire/print#axzz3VJbWxJN0

(In case you don't know or remember the story, Derbyshire got fired from National Review for writing this. Some "conservatives" still can't handle the truth.)

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53 posted on 03/29/2015 12:06:34 PM PDT by JCG
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To: logic101.net

Exactly...especially when they’re usually in a hurry.


54 posted on 03/29/2015 12:07:16 PM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: LambSlave

Very good information. A comete stranger asks me what time it is, one hand instinctively feels for my wallet and I start looking for his accomplice. If you are middle class and middle aged....the ‘yout’ view their relationship with you akin to a lion and a wildabeast. I can’t believe anyone would entertain for a minute that this really was a ‘conversatiin gone awry’.....it was predatory behaviour, plain and simple.


55 posted on 03/29/2015 12:10:51 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: ek_hornbeck
I too would love to discuss with Eric Holder the fact that 12% of the population is responsible for about half of the violent felonies in this country.

It is worse than that. Blacks are 12% of the population but the crimes are predominantly committed by black men between the ages of 15 and 25. So essentially 3% of the population is responsible for half the violent felonies.

Given this knowledge, if I were a young black man, I would act and dress as to set myself apart from what is a statistically criminal population. Alas it has been my experience that even successful young blacks feel the need to dress and speak in a way similar to the hoodlums.

56 posted on 03/29/2015 12:35:11 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: lacrew
In this day and age I believe it's a necessity for all us crackers to get a CWP and study some form of combative, such as krav maga.
57 posted on 03/29/2015 12:38:19 PM PDT by JGT
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To: KC_Conspirator

In Washington, snickering.


58 posted on 03/29/2015 12:59:14 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: lacrew
"Very good information. A comete stranger asks me what time it is, one hand instinctively feels for my wallet and I start looking for his accomplice. If you are middle class and middle aged....the ‘yout’ view their relationship with you akin to a lion and a wildabeast. I can’t believe anyone would entertain for a minute that this really was a ‘conversatiin gone awry’.....it was predatory behaviour, plain and simple."

Add to that, reach for your concealed piece and prepare to fire.

60 posted on 03/29/2015 1:32:22 PM PDT by Truth29
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