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Guest 02-08-2015 02:11 PM

Michael Brown.
 
Watch this. It was immediately removed from the Brian Williams thread.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152409165407282

Guest 02-08-2015 02:27 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008696)
Watch this. It was immediately removed from the Brian Williams thread. I received it in my email yesterday. This could have perhaps let people see that he had some awful anger issues and maybe helped calm the riots.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152409165407282


I added a line. I wish we could edit.

Guest 02-08-2015 02:33 PM

I am shocked at this !!!!

I am sitting here thinking could this be manipulated ? Today so much phoney stuff around, but it looks legit.

Why was in on the Williams thread ?

I checked the recorded source of this and it does not tell you much.

IF this is legit, we have a town almost burned to the ground. We have so much money spent by George Soros to pay for riots. We got the President and attorney general involved in this. To make this guy a saint ?

WHY WOULD THIS NOT BE NEWS ON ALL CHANNELS ?

Guest 02-08-2015 02:40 PM

I put it on the Brian Williams thread just wanting to show it to somebody.

I am sure the Mods removed it because it was either political, controversial or off the direct subject.

I can't vouch for it's authenticity. But if it's real, it could have well changed the course of events.

Guest 02-08-2015 02:55 PM

Although this event is deplorable, it has been reported that this is not Brown.

Guest 02-08-2015 03:10 PM

they certainly are safe from any prosecution for what was said...impossible to understand any of it.

Guest 02-08-2015 03:42 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008728)
Although this event is deplorable, it has been reported that this is not Brown.


Reported this is not Brown, by whom?

Guest 02-08-2015 03:52 PM

What I don't understand is why anyone thought he was a saint to begin with. The video of him stealing from the store and his rough treatment of the clerk clearly showed he was no angel. He was a thug who happened to be black, who was killed by a white police officer. Enter Al Sharpton, who doesn't miss an opportunity to exploit a situation. After all, it wasn't his neighborhood being burned to the ground! Those weren't his shops that were looted! Forget the evidence and facts, let's just run with emotion. I can't believe that he is taken seriously by anyone, especially by the president of the United States.

Guest 02-08-2015 04:04 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008728)
Although this event is deplorable, it has been reported that this is not Brown.

WHERE was this reported ????

Guest 02-08-2015 04:08 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008754)
What I don't understand is why anyone thought he was a saint to begin with. The video of him stealing from the store and his rough treatment of the clerk clearly showed he was no angel. He was a thug who happened to be black, who was killed by a white police officer. Enter Al Sharpton, who doesn't miss an opportunity to exploit a situation. After all, it wasn't his neighborhood being burned to the ground! Those weren't his shops that were looted! Forget the evidence and facts, let's just run with emotion. I can't believe that he is taken seriously by anyone, especially by the president of the United States.

Mr. Sharpton AND his network have seen better days !!

"MSNBC registered its lowest full-day rating in nearly a decade on Tuesday, a devastatingly low benchmark that shows just how severe the network's decline has become.

The liberal cable news network drew an average of 55,000 viewers in the all-important 25- to 54-year-old demo on Tuesday, its lowest full-day rating since July 2005, according to Nielsen ratings provided by an industry source. CNN had nearly three times as many viewers in the demo, Fox News nearly five times as many.

That low reflects a more general decline in recent years. In January, MSNBC's daytime ratings for January were down 20 percent in total and 37 percent in the demo when compared to the previous year. In prime time, total viewership was down 23 percent, while the demo dropped by 39 percent.



In October, MSNBC President Phil Griffin said the network was "experimenting" with new ways to regain momentum, spawning widespread speculation that he planned to make significant changes to the lineup. Ronan Farrow's show, which debuted last year and has received dismal ratings ever since, is one program that is widely believed to be up for removal. On Tuesday, it brought in just 11,000 viewers in the demo.

An MSNBC spokesperson declined to comment on the Tuesday ratings.


MSNBC suffers lowest ratings in a decade - POLITICO.com

Folks are growing tired of the same old trap clap !!

While Fox has its bias, MSNBC has a certain "hateful" edge to it...meanness.

In any case, they need to change and do it quickly.

Guest 02-08-2015 04:32 PM

Prolly cause it's total BS

Guest 02-08-2015 04:39 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008754)
What I don't understand is why anyone thought he was a saint to begin with. The video of him stealing from the store and his rough treatment of the clerk clearly showed he was no angel. He was a thug who happened to be black, who was killed by a white police officer. Enter Al Sharpton, who doesn't miss an opportunity to exploit a situation. After all, it wasn't his neighborhood being burned to the ground! Those weren't his shops that were looted! Forget the evidence and facts, let's just run with emotion. I can't believe that he is taken seriously by anyone, especially by the president of the United States.

When this was shown on TV, I don't understand why people didn't see him for the THUG is really was. Guess they were to busy burning down the town. ;o(

Guest 02-08-2015 05:07 PM

According to Snopes.com, it is not him.

snopes.com: Mike Brown Beating Video

Guest 02-08-2015 06:21 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008793)
According to Snopes.com, it is not him.

snopes.com: Mike Brown Beating Video


Interesting response from Snopes.


And to the poster above, prolly is spelled and said probably.

Guest 02-08-2015 07:21 PM

Editing Posts
 
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I added a line. I wish we could edit.

You CAN edit your own posts. Click on the Edit Post button in the bottom right corner. Edit your post and click Save.

Guest 02-08-2015 07:31 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008840)
Interesting response from Snopes.


And to the poster above, prolly is spelled and said probably.

It was "different" but until somehow it is shown to be 100% accurate it is out of mind and done

Guest 02-08-2015 08:07 PM

You know, I started to say, "Why are we still bring him up?" I"M. GLAD. YOU. POSTED. THAT. Guess anyone won't have to put up with that punk ass thug anymore, especially the small, old and frail as he was so good at beating up.

Guest 02-08-2015 09:34 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008876)
You CAN edit your own posts. Click on the Edit Post button in the bottom right corner. Edit your post and click Save.

No 'edit' button in my posting area despite notice on bottom of page indicating I 'may edit'. Do have buttons to 'quote post', 'multiquote off' and 'quick reply'.

Guest 02-08-2015 10:24 PM

Snopes.com said, "Since Brown's death in August 2014, several rumors have circulated about him that have later been proved entirely false: one involving his supposed arrest record, another claiming he had gravely injured Officer Darren Wilson, and one displaying a photo of gun-wielding murder suspect Joda Cain that was touted as depicting the "real Mike Brown."
Read more at snopes.com: Mike Brown Beating Video

Snopes.com said the video was false and cited several things about how it could not be Michael Brown.

I am not a fan of Michael Brown by any means but less of a fan of posters who go for the sensational without backup citatations.

Guest 02-08-2015 10:31 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008980)
Snopes.com said, "Since Brown's death in August 2014, several rumors have circulated about him that have later been proved entirely false: one involving his supposed arrest record, another claiming he had gravely injured Officer Darren Wilson, and one displaying a photo of gun-wielding murder suspect Joda Cain that was touted as depicting the "real Mike Brown."
Read more at snopes.com: Mike Brown Beating Video

Snopes.com said the video was false and cited several things about how it could not be Michael Brown.

I am not a fan of Michael Brown by any means but less of a fan of posters who go for the sensational without backup citatations.

It is fun to guess what posters are who. Your post is very typical of most of your writing.

Guest 02-09-2015 06:59 AM

Michael Brown was not an angel. I don't think anyone ever said he was. His death was a catalyst. Young black men are tired of being harassed for no reason other than the color of their skin. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, there is still racism in America. Until the day comes when all law enforcement officers treat black and white youth equally, Fergusons are going to happen. Both the deaths and the rioting.

What occurred in this video is an obscenity, plain and simple. However, I'm with Snopes. This does not look like Brown. The kid is big but Brown was bigger. Brown was lighter skinned. The biggest tell, though, was the earrings. Brown never had his ears pierced.

It might be worth checking something like a YouTube video for facts before posting it here. YouTubes are not known for their veracity.

Guest 02-09-2015 07:10 AM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008964)
No 'edit' button in my posting area despite notice on bottom of page indicating I 'may edit'. Do have buttons to 'quote post', 'multiquote off' and 'quick reply'.

Oops! Just noticed that there is no Edit Button on my posts either. I guess it is because we are all logged in as Guest and the system cannot tell one Guest from another.

Sorry for the misinformation.

Guest 02-09-2015 07:47 AM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1009043)
Michael Brown was not an angel. I don't think anyone ever said he was. His death was a catalyst. Young black men are tired of being harassed for no reason other than the color of their skin. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, there is still racism in America. Until the day comes when all law enforcement officers treat black and white youth equally, Fergusons are going to happen. Both the deaths and the rioting.

What occurred in this video is an obscenity, plain and simple. However, I'm with Snopes. This does not look like Brown. The kid is big but Brown was bigger. Brown was lighter skinned. The biggest tell, though, was the earrings. Brown never had his ears pierced.

It might be worth checking something like a YouTube video for facts before posting it here. YouTubes are not known for their veracity.

You bet your sweet bippy we have racism and so sadly the president and the attorney general made it much worse by not handling this situation in a way that not all of us felt protected. They rallied the folks who acted in such a way that more and more of us lost respect for the behavior of the mob. That isn't how black people act or white people act or Asian or anyone acts to gain positive attention to their problem

And as for the veracity of this tape, who knows? It looks like him and the one that truly WAS him,showing him bullying the small shop keeper who he probably stole from all of the time make it look like he was a big bullying kid. AND if he were white and behaved in the manner described to a police officer, punching him in his police car, he would be one dead white kid.

I feel so bad for my friends who are black who worked awfully hard to be successful with so many strikes against them, so much prejudice, so many hurdles, and now because it is hard to ignore burning, stealing, destroying, they have more to overcome, again.

There is a right and wrong way to do anything.

Guest 02-09-2015 08:14 AM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1009062)
You bet your sweet bippy we have racism and so sadly the president and the attorney general made it much worse by not handling this situation in a way that not all of us felt protected. They rallied the folks who acted in such a way that more and more of us lost respect for the behavior of the mob. That isn't how black people act or white people act or Asian or anyone acts to gain positive attention to their problem

And as for the veracity of this tape, who knows? It looks like him and the one that truly WAS him,showing him bullying the small shop keeper who he probably stole from all of the time make it look like he was a big bullying kid. AND if he were white and behaved in the manner described to a police officer, punching him in his police car, he would be one dead white kid.

I feel so bad for my friends who are black who worked awfully hard to be successful with so many strikes against them, so much prejudice, so many hurdles, and now because it is hard to ignore burning, stealing, destroying, they have more to overcome, again.

There is a right and wrong way to do anything.

It has also become the "in" thing to be called a racist as well, and that does not serve those who truely are suffering from prejudice

Guest 02-09-2015 10:48 AM

And the biggest question is would he have been stopped if he had been a white kid? Would the police officer have shot a white kid in the exact same circumstances? We'll never know.

Guest 02-09-2015 11:22 AM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1009180)
And the biggest question is would he have been stopped if he had been a white kid? Would the police officer have shot a white kid in the exact same circumstances? We'll never know.

Do not want to continue this conversation again, BUT I, AND THE WORLD KNOW he attacked a police officer in his car, was a suspect in a strong arming, and I could care less if he was black, green, purple or whatever, HE put HIMSELF in a situation that had no good ending.

Guest 02-14-2015 02:23 PM

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Posted by Guest (Post 1009180)
And the biggest question is would he have been stopped if he had been a white kid? Would the police officer have shot a white kid in the exact same circumstances? We'll never know.

You're kidding right?

If a white kid high on drugs had robbed a store, roughed up the owner and then walked in the middle of the street ... and then beat up on the cop and then later ended up charging the cop head down ... you ask would the white kid have been shot?

Absolutely.


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