The robbery story is so clearly total bullshit, it's not even funny.
After 5 days, the *best* cover they could come up with was something that makes the let's-build-a-wall-to-keep-out-kaiju plan in Pacific Rim look smart.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Aug 15, 2014 7:26:12 am PDT #4257 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Anne W. - Aug 15, 2014 7:28:36 am PDT #4258 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I think they're in stupid panic mode right now.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2014 7:43:23 am PDT #4259 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, that's fucking ridiculous.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2014 7:48:09 am PDT #4260 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I did it! So I'm either getting Invisalign or a TON of new glasses this year.
Tom Scola - Aug 15, 2014 7:48:37 am PDT #4261 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sadly, I think they're saying exactly what the right wing wants to hear.
juliana - Aug 15, 2014 7:51:18 am PDT #4262 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
tommyrot, I am so sorry for your loss.
The robbery story is so clearly total bullshit, it's not even funny.
After 5 days, the *best* cover they could come up with was something that makes the let's-build-a-wall-to-keep-out-kaiju plan in Pacific Rim look smart.
Absolutely stupid panic mode. And I'm disappointed in my social media feeds for still making it sound like Ferguson is on fire, for not boosting the report of Ezell Ford (shot in LA on Tuesday) or what's happening in Chicago right now, and in Anonymous for naming the wrong officer.
Steph L. - Aug 15, 2014 7:56:40 am PDT #4263 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Sadly, I think they're saying exactly what the right wing wants to hear.
Oh, totally. They needed a reason -- any reason, no matter how implausible -- that it was justifiable to shoot an unarmed civilian. And there are a LOT of people that are going to be glad to have this shred of an excuse to point to and say "See? He deserved it!" (And some of these people, statistically speaking, will be people who themselves shoplifted as kids, or who have children of their own who shoplifted, and yet they're all still alive.)
I mean, Jesus Christ, the SWAT team busted a drug- and gun-selling operation in my neighborhood (yay Northside) that was fronted in a candy store. No, seriously. So there were actual weapons there. And the SWAT team managed to not kill any of the suspects, even though the suspects had immediate access to guns (and may have been armed). AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I'm not all-caps yelling at anyone here; I'm just so frustrated.
Beverly - Aug 15, 2014 7:58:37 am PDT #4264 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
What Juliana said. Also, Anne, I just caught your tagline anew. It seems rather current.
Calli - Aug 15, 2014 8:25:13 am PDT #4265 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry for your loss, tommyrot.
I've read that the store owners who the Ferguson police said that Mr. Brown was suspected of robbing have already said he didn't rob them.
P.M. Marc - Aug 15, 2014 8:35:41 am PDT #4266 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Seriously, 1: why couldn't they have said this right away [not that shooting an unarmed suspect is how you deal with shoplifting], and 2: after 5 days, that was the best story they could come up with?
They've been trying to push that narrative since the beginning, despite witness contradictions as indicated by Calli.