Apparently, they've moved from the city to the county. Crowds are protesting at West County Mall now. Yeah, that's going to get more people to believe in and fight for your cause.

My question in all this, as was also in the Michael Brown issue... When will the African American and/or the inner city community hold their own accountable? When will they hold the drug dealers in their own communities accountable? When will they hold the baby mama's accountable?

^^^^
Never

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
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Never

Oh, believe me, I have no doubt about that.....

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Originally posted by stickman428:
All these protests have done is made me no longer care about inner cities and the people who live there.

THIS!!

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Originally posted by stickman428:
All these protests have done is made me no longer care about inner cities and the people who live there.

They protest the "injustice" to which they say they are subjected to, but I don't see the "community organizers" doing anything for the betterment of anyone but their own selves and their wallets.

During the riots in the mid-1960s, the political powers-that-be faced a similar situation and folks wondered why they just didn't cordon it off and let them burn it down. The PTBs said they weren't ready for that to happen; today, I'm not so sure that would not be the answer.

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When will the African American and/or the inner city community hold their own accountable? When will they hold the drug dealers in their own communities accountable? When will they hold the baby mama's accountable?

The "great society" welfare addiction is the biggest scourge to ever hit mankind. As I said previously: Money that is not earned does not have the same value to people. People who are dependent become angry and restless.

There is a mindset among a certain percentage of the population, not all of them black, that they are "entitled" to anything they want without working or earning anything. If .gov doesn't give them enough, they steal.

It's like a cancer. It has metastasized in our inner cities. It's slowly destroying this country.

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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When will the African American and/or the inner city community hold their own accountable? When will they hold the drug dealers in their own communities accountable? When will they hold the baby mama's accountable?

The "great society" welfare addiction is the biggest scourge to ever hit mankind.
There is a mindset among a certain percentage of the population, not all of them black, that they are "entitled" to anything they want without working or earning anything. If .gov doesn't give them enough, they steal.

It's like a cancer. It has metastasized in our inner cities. It's slowly destroying this country.

I believe it is exponentially destroying the country.

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Originally posted by KevinCW:
They vandalized the mayers house... so tear gas being deployed

Which is really ironic, since she strongly criticized the judge's verdict.

See how well appeasement worked for you, lady?

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Originally posted by snoris:

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Originally posted by KevinCW:
They vandalized the mayers house... so tear gas being deployed

Which is really ironic, since she strongly criticized the judge's verdict.

See how well appeasement worked for you, lady?

The mayor is incredibly clueless. She was just on the TV news live and was asked about the incident at her house last night. She said it was "irritating" to have had her windows broken out and paint thrown into her house but it "wasn't about that." Exactly what is it about?

Make an announcement.

"You have 1 hour to disperse and return to your homes or all EBT cards in the city will be turned off for 90 days beginning 1 October."

They'll police their own real quick.

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Originally posted by ArLEOret:
Stickman428, my sentiments exactally! These people go 'nuts' when the evidence is against them and they go after the big bucks. Noticed that Browns father was there after he and mom split a big payoff. Neither of them raised Brown, his grandmother did but they grabbed the loot.

Stockley's family settled for $ 900,000 two years ago.

I read the wiki page on the mayor, Lyda Krewson: "in 2003, Krewson took out a home equity loan to help an unsuccessful fight against Missouri's concealed carry law. In 2011, she led the city's successful effort to pass a smoking ban"

"In 1995 Krewson's husband, Jeff Krewson, was murdered in an attempted carjacking in front of their house"

A quick search has james wade as the murderer. Convicted and sentenced to several life sentences. He and a couple of other convicts escaped and were recaptured.

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Originally posted by OneWheelDrive:

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Originally posted by ArLEOret:
Stickman428, my sentiments exactally! These people go 'nuts' when the evidence is against them and they go after the big bucks. Noticed that Browns father was there after he and mom split a big payoff. Neither of them raised Brown, his grandmother did but they grabbed the loot.

Stockley's family settled for $ 900,000 two years ago.

Smith's family?

Live stream of protests

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Originally posted by Erick85:
Apparently, they've moved from the city to the county.....

Only a matter of time before they receive a response they never imagined. While the cities are too PC to do much - locals will not take it well when these morons threaten local homes and families.

Is it just me, or does it seem like the police are not taking any shit from the rioters? During the Ferguson protests, er...RIOTS it looked like they were directed to hold back, but I'm not seeing that now.

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Originally posted by Sigmund:
Is it just me, or does it seem like the police are not taking any shit from the rioters? During the Ferguson protests, er...RIOTS it looked like they were directed to hold back, but I'm not seeing that now.

I'll let KevinCW weigh in when he sees your post, but I can tell you one thing that is very different. We have a new governor, and he has taken a much firmer stand against protest turning to violence. Gov. Greitens is a breath of fresh air after Nixon. I'm lovin' it.

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Originally posted by Sigmund:
Is it just me, or does it seem like the police are not taking any shit from the rioters? During the Ferguson protests, er...RIOTS it looked like they were directed to hold back, but I'm not seeing that now.

The live stream I was watching last night was a great example of what you noted. The police took a very vocal, unruly and rather large crowd and moved them a considerable distance from the loop in University City eastward back into the city of St. Louis along Delmar. It was done in small, controlled steps that were obviously well thought out and planned. With each pause after a block or so, the crowd slowly began to dissipate until finally only 'media' and 'journalists' remained along with a handful of protesters who appeared confused and out of steam.

They also did a great job of preventing large crowds from getting onto the interstates and wreaking havoc on Friday night. That success led to multiple crowds of significant size roaming through the streets in several different locations but they did a really good job in remaining fluid and responding to augment personnel in areas where the need arose.

It's encouraging to see the cooperation and coordination between various agencies. It's especially gratifying to see such positive results despite the public statements of the newly-elected mayor and newly-elected circuit attorney who sound like they'd rather be out marching with the protesters.

Let's see... ten officers injured, one with a broken jaw.

Video of yutes stomping on a police car, breaking the windshield... and no yutes shot!

Great restraint by police.

Put the useless waste of oxygen in jail indefinitely!

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Originally posted by Jager:
Make an announcement.

"You have 1 hour to disperse and return to your homes or all EBT cards in the city will be turned off for 90 days beginning 1 October."

They'll police their own real quick.

^^^Absolutely correct. This should be done.