[gerryann]

Originally Posted by dillywho

For what it's worth, I think the protests are more about publicity than true concern for anyone, of any color. Let the media stop focusing on them and see how soon it all comes to a screeching halt. Remember when people were continually jumping the fence and disrupting baseball games on pretty much a daily basis? They quit showing or evening mentioning them and it stopped.

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You are so correct....get the media to stop. Unfortunately, they're like vulchers and will never stop as long as they feel there is a story. They create most of it by being there.

[onslowe]

In answer to Rubicon's question, no.

Mike V's post is similar to my opinion.

The media are nauseating in their effort to create issues. Take the time to write to their sponsors and tell them you view them as wholly complicit in the work of the media to bring about serious emotional problems (without facts) among our populace. And you will refrain from buying their product and encourage all your friends and neighbors to do the same.

That's how the tedious 'community leaders' cow the sponsors.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by janmcn

Claims against the NYPD cost the city $212 million in 2014 alone | MSNBC


Claims against the NYPD have cost the city of New York $212 million in 2014 alone. That money would pay some teacher's salaries. This article mentions the claims that were lodged against Officer Daniel Pantaleo. So much for protect and serve.

janmcn: I managed many a lawsuit in behalf of police officers and teachers because the company I worked for a company that wrote several schools and muncipalities .

First can civilians really understand what an officer has to deal with. They are suppose to protect the public under a civil code yet the criminals they deal with have no such inclination or obligation. They use that to their advantage by making false accusations to impunity They are further assisted by unethical attorneys looking for a big payout and make outrageous claims holding an officer to standards that no one could meet on this earth. Attorneys best method is to force muncipalities or schools to pay high defense costs. Often it becomes clear that simply paying the claim and not admitting to liability is the most feasible economic outcome. so don't let the big dollar numbers sway you into believing that all those allegations agains the police were right. Further you have civilians judging officers who have little understanding of their world

People need to ask themselves how does one take down a giant? The race baiters are playing the public like a fiddle and the media is only to willing to oblige because it sells papers also ask why didn't the Goldmans and Browns push people into the streets when OJ who obviously was guilty was let free because the mostly black jury wanted him free and rode stampede on the remaining jurors..but they didn't they went the rule of law way

[gomoho]

Rubicon - my concern is "did it have to result in a take down"? I agree Gardner resisted arrest and should have done what the officer said. He knew the drill and I'm sure they knew him so I'm surprised they couldn't talk him down. And why were there so many officers on a call about selling loose cigs? These are some of the questions I and I'm sure many others are asking. Perhaps if the judge had allowed for release of the grand jury trial some of these questions would be answered.

[billethkid]

forget the protestors they are a minority count in the overall scheme that just happens to capture the fancy of the media and further it's agenda.

If anybody really wants to know how the local folks feel....get away from the protest site and knock on doors and ask the local citizenry how they feel about what is going on.

The example of the media in Orlando focused on the 20 people walking around in an intersection with their hands up....the media presented it as and here is the reaction here in Orlando.....when IT IS NOT!!!! It is the 20 people out of the hundreds of thousands that live there.

Remember the media wants us all to look at the world through the straw they presnt. And when viewing the side of an elephant through a straw, the media will immediately enlist the thinking of how gray the world is!!!!!!

The first doubt in the equation is the media's bias!!

[rp001]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I am very afraid that unless our president does something emphatic, we are heading for a race war. When we stopped for food or comfort on our trip up and back to Ohio last week, I noticed a distinct coldness from the black people I encountered. No returned smiles. I feel like a bad atmosphere is building. I know I have no respect for the folks who looted and burned in their own neighborhood. How can this be made better? Hatred breeds hatred.

BUT... people cannot be allowed to break laws because we don't want to hurt their feelings.

I would ask myself why? What really has changed? It's the "new political climate" that has turned all minorities off. We are treating them different and they are repaying in kind!