Some local articles you all should check out:
- The looters putting the protesters' safety at risk (in case you needed any more proof that the protesters are brave heroes):
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Polic...271016331.html
- The city removing St. Louis County Police in order to keep fairness:
http://www.kmov.com/news/just-posted...271256511.html
- Local, interactive map of dangerous areas:
http://www.kmov.com/home/Interactive...270801281.html
- How the St. Louisans feel:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Resid...271174981.html
- A new witness coming forward with video of the death. This is important because the friend who was with Mike Brown was exposed for multiple cases of lying to the police so it restores faith in his account:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Anoth...271139501.html
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Originally posted by Giliap
Some perspective:
Police have killed an unarmed young male, violated freedom of press, arrested journalists for no reason at all, refused to give information that is allowed to be asked for to citizens, threw tear gases, grenades, shot rubber bullets, physically assaulted people, ran over the victim's memorial, stole business security footage and god knows what else.
Protestors have peacefully protested and have been under attack.
Rioters have looted and vandalized briefly before being chased out by law enforcement. If there's any violence going on now, I'd hope people could understand why.
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You left out a lot for the rioters and really minimalized what they did. They stomped a Taco Bell employee and an Auto Zone employee, started breaking in to houses, reportedly shot a girl in the face, started shooting at the protests (local news articles make sure to point out that they were a second group who came in and not with the protesters), etc.
The only people who are totally right in this situation are the protesters.
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Originally posted by Nasty Nas
Do you guys think justice will be served?
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They're forcing the St. Louis County Police out and taking the investigation out of their hands. If it wasn't for this, there would have been a 0% chance of justice being served. With this happening, I'm pretty sure we will get justice.