Positive News from the USA

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 18 Aug 2014 06:41

I am confused. Who here is taking sharpton line? Nobody here is bothered about that guy...except you who keep bringing him in.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 18 Aug 2014 06:51

Surya didn't bring Sharpton in - I saw his pictures - he's already there.

And things are not getting better:

As the midnight deadline approached on Saturday, the crowd in the streets appeared to be younger than on previous nights. The mood early in the evening was also more antagonistic than usual.

A strange party-like atmosphere took hold in the area around QuikTrip, the convenience store that was set on fire in the first night of unrest after Brown's death. Some people were drinking in the street, and the smell of marijuana wafted through the air. The streetlights around the store were out of operation, and most of the camera crews were packing up.

Cars drove down the street playing loud music and doing donuts, with people riding on the roof of one of the cars. Chants of "****** the police -- we ain't never going home" came from another.

"The mixture is not helpful at all," Rebecca McCloud, a missionary at Son Lake Ministries in East St. Louis who came to Ferguson as a peacekeeper, said. "They're under the influence of something that's going to tell them they're strong."

Things looked peaceful when the clock first struck 12. Most people had dispersed, likely in part due to rain and community peacekeeping efforts.

But less than an hour after the curfew began, approximately 70 officers formed a line with their shields raised. They donned masks and fired smoke and tear gas at the remaining protesters. Police initially said that they were smoke bombs, but reporters found tear gas canisters, and protesters insisted their eyes burned. Later on, police confirmed to The Huffington Post that tear gas was used.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 18 Aug 2014 06:57

What I don't understand is why this teargas (1800s stuff) and pepper cluster bums (OK, neat modification of air force technology but still pretty infantile). Shame and a disgrace, as the Hon. Rep. John Lewis says. What happened to the cool 90 GHz Ray-Guns?

The ADS is currently only a vehicle-mounted weapon, though U.S. Marines and ***police*** are both working on portable versions.

BZZZZZZZZZT!

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 18 Aug 2014 08:12

Meanwhile, in the land of actual positive neuj ...

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 18 Aug 2014 08:55

Shreeman wrote:Meanwhile, in the land of actual positive neuj ...

One of the bullets shattered Mr. Brown’s right eye, traveled through his face, exited his jaw and re-entered his collarbone. The last two shots in the head would have stopped him in his tracks and were likely the last fired.

That means that the bullet was fired from above the head and the right side, entered the right eye, passed through the skull, exited at the jaw and entered the (left or right) collarbone.

If fact if you watch a bullfight you will realize that this is how raging bulls attack a bullfighter. The bull places its head below the bullfighters body and points one sharp horn at him and lunges upwards to gore him to death. If a bull were to do this to an armed man on its right side, the man would have to shoot down into the right eye and the bullet would pass out of the jaw below.

Clearly the guilty dead man, Mr Brown was acting like a raging bull. He put his head down at knee level and would have brought it up to gore the hapless police officer to death, had the latter not been alert enough to shoot him. It is likely that the man died before he hit the ground. A humane death - compared to the bestial attack he was making on upholders of the law.

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 18 Aug 2014 08:59

UlanBatori wrote:What I don't understand is why this teargas (1800s stuff) and pepper cluster bums (OK, neat modification of air force technology but still pretty infantile). Shame and a disgrace, as the Hon. Rep. John Lewis says. What happened to the cool 90 GHz Ray-Guns?

The ADS is currently only a vehicle-mounted weapon, though U.S. Marines and ***police*** are both working on portable versions.
BZZZZZZZZZT!

All spectrum is now employed. CNN had some pretty neat light and sound effects. You spoke too soon.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Aug 2014 10:17

US today excerpt:

The New York Times reported that a private autopsy requested by Brown's family found that he was shot at least six times, including four times in the right arm and twice in the head. All of the shots, the Times reported, were fired from Brown's front — a finding that could contradict a witness statement indicating that Brown was hit as he ran away from police.

Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York, who performed the autopsy, said one of the shots appeared to have struck Brown on the top of his head, but that it wasn't immediately clear what that signified. "It can be because he's giving up, or because he's charging forward at the officer," Baden said.

The St. Louis County Medical Examiner's autopsy concluded that Brown died of gunshot wounds, but other details have not been released.

Brown was unarmed when Wilson shot him. Witnesses in the area say Brown had raised his hands to surrender when he was shot. Police have not confirmed that information.

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the top shot could be because he was falling forward and dying already from the other shots so his head and body was already slumping.
autopsy cannot say the sequence of shots.
or maybe he was down on ground and in typical khanish police way they kept on firing......the idea of single shots seems not popular per the police videos I have seen.....everyone loves emptying the whole magazine in general direction.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 18 Aug 2014 10:30

^yeah..that is another massan thing..

this sort of thing is fairly commons

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ss ... ers_w.html
....13 Cleveland police officers who fired 137 bullets Thursday at a car...

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Aug 2014 11:41

in general more the cops gathered at a place...more the chance someone will get nervous and loose off a couple rounds...which drives some pack reaction in the others...and the firing doesnt stop until everyone has empty mags.

in one escaped convict show, it seems he called up 911(!) when he was cornered by SWAT in a house, he knew calls are recorded, kept talking to them over a open line, said he was unarmed and surrendering and lying flat on the kitchen floor and ensured he was not shot to death when the swat charged in and caught him. the commentar was all praise for his agile thinking on feet skills!

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 18 Aug 2014 12:43

Lots of small towns have raised SWAT teams since they are flush with finds from DHS. However the problem comes as to what to do with these teams and how to maintain them one they are up and running. SWAT members think it beneath them to get pulled on routine b beat duties. So the chief starts using them where they are not required, places where ordinary cops will suffice such as serving warrants etc. SWAT being aggressive in these situations ends up using more force than required. This also rubs off on ordinary officers, some of which are Iraq or Afghanistan veterans...

There is a worrying tendency to shoot pets lately by the police even when they are being restrained by the owner. This is the same mentality at work.. The slightest challenge to authority is met with overwhelming and disproportionate force which is fine in Iraq but not in suburbia. The police it seems are drilled with an us versus them mentality and the feeling that they are in a war zone when statistically the police job does not even rank amongst being the top 10 most dangerous jobs in the USA

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 19 Aug 2014 01:44

@tanaji

places where ordinary cops will suffice such as serving warrants etc

this one might be tricky considering cops and sheriffs service warrants have been shot at by nut jobs

with the amount of guns around its a tough call

It really goes back to gun control which the genie has escaped and no way to put it back

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 19 Aug 2014 02:04

I think this wild lynching rush to judgement is missing one simple fact: SIX shots hit the guy. Two were head wounds, either enough to kill.

Clearly this was not intentional shooting. No way a cop shooting from the hip while running at night could be that accurate. So he was clearly just firing warning shots, or the gun went off accidentally like Barney Fife's. Q.E.D.

(for precedent, see the case where the Kerala Police were brought in to control this raging elephant. The brave men were given STRICT orders to aim below the knees of the animal. 30 men fired. One shot hit: center of the forehead. The elephant fell dead. )

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 19 Aug 2014 02:42

Surya agree completely with your post, especially when serving drug warrants. But then SWAT alkso gets called out for domestic disputes if someone claims to have a gun...

I wonder how the Swiss police react to riots. I know they are armed, but how many times do they actually discharge their weapons in the line of duty? Reason I picked Swiss is because gun laws are lax like the US..

MurthyB · Post by **MurthyB** » 19 Aug 2014 03:59

shiv wrote:
Shreeman wrote:Meanwhile, in the land of actual positive neuj ...

One of the bullets shattered Mr. Brown’s right eye, traveled through his face, exited his jaw and re-entered his collarbone. The last two shots in the head would have stopped him in his tracks and were likely the last fired.
That means that the bullet was fired from above the head and the right side, entered the right eye, passed through the skull, exited at the jaw and entered the (left or right) collarbone.

If fact if you watch a bullfight you will realize that this is how raging bulls attack a bullfighter. The bull places its head below the bullfighters body and points one sharp horn at him and lunges upwards to gore him to death. If a bull were to do this to an armed man on its right side, the man would have to shoot down into the right eye and the bullet would pass out of the jaw below.

Clearly the guilty dead man, Mr Brown was acting like a raging bull. He put his head down at knee level and would have brought it up to gore the hapless police officer to death, had the latter not been alert enough to shoot him. It is likely that the man died before he hit the ground. A humane death - compared to the bestial attack he was making on upholders of the law.

You are correct. That is what the right wing blogosphere is already saying:

CONFIRMED – Officer Darren Wilson Did Know Mike Brown Was Suspect In Robbery, and Did See Stolen Cigars In His Hands Prior To Attempting Questioning….

In addition a friend of Officer Wilson shared this account of what took place:

And then Michael just bum-rushes him and shoves him back into his car. Punches him in the face and them Darren grabs for his gun. Michael grabbed for the gun. At one point he got the gun entirely turned against his hip. And he shoves it away. And the gun goes off.

Well, then Michael takes off and gets to be about 35 feet away. And, Darren’s first protocol is to pursue. So, he stands up and yells, “Freeze!” Michael and his friend turn around. And Michael taunts him… And then all the sudden he just started bumrushing him. He just started coming at him full speed. And, so he just started shooting. And, he just kept coming. And, so he really thinks he was on something.” (link)

MurthyB · Post by **MurthyB** » 19 Aug 2014 04:06

Shreeman wrote:I weep at the lack of KFC on the following list:

Quick Trip (burned)
Domino's Pizza (burned)
Ferguson Chop Suey (burned)
Taco Bell
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store (who loots a church thrift store?)
Autozone
Red's BBQ
Shoe Carnival
Zisser Tire Auto Service
Sam's Meat Market
Dellwood Market
Target
Walmart
Ferguson Market & Liqour
Yellow Diamond Boutique
Feel Beauty Supply
Foot Locker
Kmart
PNC Bank
Walgreens
Quick Cash
Family Dollar
Boost Mobile
DTLR
Hibbett Sports
Velvet Freeze Ice Cream
Remy Beauty Supply
Cricket Wireless
Phillips 66
Energy Express
JC Wireless
T-Mobile
Sprint
Radioshack
Firestone Complete Auto Care Store
Dollar General
Up N Up Fashion
Office Depot
Knodel's Bakery and Catering
Hohmeier Auto Body
Dierbergs Market
Ross Dress for Less
Advance Auto Parts
ToysRUs
Payless Shoe Store
Sources:
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/10/report-mi ... lorissant/
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/embed ... AxWZwk4ODM
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/16/crisis-in-ferguson/

Do only malsi followers like chicken now?

As is well known, brothers like their fried chicken done properly, not burned to a crisp like the stupid pakis

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krisna · Post by **krisna** » 19 Aug 2014 05:26

US morgue attendant admits having sex with 100 corpses

New York, Aug 18: A morgue attendant in the US state of Ohio has admitted to having sex with up to 100 corpses, media reported.

Kenneth Douglas, from Hamilton, admitted to having sex with up to 100 dead women, while high on drugs and alcohol, over the period between 1976 and 1992, while he worked in the night shift, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.

"I would just get on top of them and pull my pants down," Douglas was quoted as telling a court.

Douglas said, in a court deposition, he would attack the dead women when he was high on drink or drugs.

"If I hadn't had anything to drink when I went to work, it wouldn't happen," WPTV quoted Douglas as saying.

His wife complained that he "reeked of sex" when she picked him up from his workplace.

His victims included Charlene Appling, 23, with whom he had sex with on the day she died after being strangled. She was six months pregnant.

Another victim was Karen Range, 19. Douglas was caught when DNA from his semen was found inside Range's body.

Douglas's crimes came to light when the killer of Range, David Steffen, appealed his conviction for rape and murder.

as a hakim we multiply x2 or 3 times what an alcoholic/drug addict says to us while taking history.
what to say in this case.

member_22733 · Post by **member_22733** » 19 Aug 2014 05:33

^^ This is a sarcastic thread and all... but HOLY MOTHERLOVING $HIT..... that is one messed up madar...d

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 19 Aug 2014 06:05

In America, even the ~~muggers~~ Innocent Angelic Model Youth drive WHITE TOYOTAs!

Another day, another innocent example of Boyz Will B Boyz (came by email from someone in an urban yak-ranch who gets these by the mandatory Clery Act reports from police)

Two male victims reported that as they exited (fastfood restaurant) ***King, they noticed an unknown ~~suspect~~Angelic Model Youth (AMY1) rummaging through their vehicle. One of the victims confronted the suspect and a scuffle began. AMY1 called out to a second AMY2 in a nearby vehicle to get his firearm. The two victims ran from the area and one of the AMYs fired a weapon. Witnesses reported seeing the AMYs' vehicle headed south on (Gobi Avenue) towards (Street of The People). There were no injuries reported and the victims were not affiliated with the (yak-Ranch)
AMY1: Black male, 19-21 years old, Tattoo on shoulder, White tank top, Blue jeans
AMY2: (Driver): Black male with light complexion, 30-35 years old, Close cut hair, Beard
AMY Vehicle: White compact car, possibly a Toyota

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 19 Aug 2014 06:21

America has generous, brave, concerned citizens who have great respect for the Constitution and The Rule of Law

the Missouri headquarters has already received calls for assistance from within Ferguson. An(a)con(d)a said that a number of members are on the ground there. He said that they are "patrolling neighborhoods where people are concerned and reporting to law enforcement in regards to what they are seeing." Members have been instructed not to wear their regalia in public or protest.

Some store owners also requested the ****'s assistance in protecting stores from looting. An(a)con(d)a would not disclose which particular neighborhoods or stores are being watched by **** members "for their safety."

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 19 Aug 2014 06:28

Technology paves a way to visualise all the positive neuj, including that in Ulan bator, no color or creed excluded.

If you are on the east coast, you have an equal opportunity of being mugged by any race or color.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 19 Aug 2014 06:39

Good advertising is key to boosting stock prices

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 19 Aug 2014 09:19

Tanaji wrote:Surya agree completely with your post, especially when serving drug warrants. But then SWAT alkso gets called out for domestic disputes if someone claims to have a gun...

I wonder how the Swiss police react to riots. I know they are armed, but how many times do they actually discharge their weapons in the line of duty? Reason I picked Swiss is because gun laws are lax like the US..

unless I am mistaken switzerland does not have the large economically weak and socially broken underclass the US does.
so might not be apples:apples situation. even the Brit police have only limited nos of people with arms i think..and they tend to stop at light weapons like MP3K.....not full-bore M16/MSG90 in everyones hands.

I am sure certain police depts like LAPD might have requested the DHS for heavier kit like M777 howitzers and javelin ATGMs arguing they need better firepower to 'own the streets' and 'better safeguard the lawful citizens and officers from the drug crazed maniacs out there with ak47s and rpgs'

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 19 Aug 2014 15:34

With equal justice for all:
http://www.newsweek.com/ferguson-profil ... ing-264744

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 20 Aug 2014 00:06

The more troops and cops being brought in,the greater the anger and resistance....and more casualties.2 more killed say some reports.The protesters have started using guns. If they start using assault weapons like AKs,then the the situ will get v.grave.

Ferguson: 31 arrested as huge show of force fails to quell unrest
Another night of chaos 10 days after shooting of Michael Brown by police in Missouri dashes hopes of easing crisis
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/a ... uri-crisis

Police arrested 31 as they clashed with protesters in another night of gunfire, teargas and chaos in Ferguson 10 days after the shooting of an unarmed teenager ignited an uproar over race in America.

A massive show of force by riot police and newly arrived national guard units failed to quell agitators who fired gunshots and threw Molotov cocktails on Monday night and early on Tuesday morning.

Missouri national guard troops entered the protest zone and police ordered the media to leave as officers in armoured vehicles fired teargas and stun grenades and engaged with gunmen.

The mayhem dashed hopes that the deployment of the national guard, and greater community efforts to control the small minority of violent protesters, would ease a crisis which flared after a local police officer shot Michael Brown, 18, on 9 August.

At a 2.20am press conference, Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri state highway patrol said 31 people had been arrested, some who had come from as far afield as New York and California. He said two people were shot and displayed two handguns and a Molotov cocktail he said had been confiscated by police.

Johnson made an impassioned defence of the scale of the police response, which has come under sharp criticism. He said officers had acted with restraint against “criminal acts by a tiny minority of lawbreakers”.

Adding that police had at one point come under gunfire, and that several officers had been injured by rocks and bottles, Johnson urged peaceful protesters from now on to limit their demonstrations to daytime and not give cover to criminals at night.

“We’re going to make this neighbourhood whole, we’re going to make this community whole, and we’re going to do it together,” said Johnson, close to tears. “And I am not going to let criminals who come here from across the country or live in this community define this neighbourhood.”

Hours earlier Barack Obama distanced himself from the decision to deploy the national guard. He also dispatched the attorney general, Eric Holder, to monitor events and said he would be watching whether troops were “helping or hindering the situation”.

It is the first time the national guard has been deployed to quell civil unrest in the United States since the 1992 riots in Los Angeles.

Ferguson demonstrator in gas mask A demonstrator protects himself from teargas at the protest. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Monday’s protest remained peaceful until about 10pm. More than a thousand people, including dozens of Pentecostal ministers, marched without incident under the gaze of police with helmets and shields.

When rowdy youths threw bottles of water at police, volunteers formed a line and herded them back, away from police. They begged the officers to not intervene: “Relax, we’ve got this, give us a chance.”

Initially police made limited interventions: snatch squads bolted forwards to grab and haul away certain individuals, a new tactic in Ferguson.

But more serious trouble flared 500 metres away at the site of a burned convenience store where dozens of youths, some with covered faces, ripped up street signs and taunted police. Unidentified gunmen opened fire, triggering volleys of police stun grenades and teargas.

Provocateurs had again infiltrated a legitimate protest, Ron Conway, a highway patrol captain who commands policing in Ferguson, told CNN. “That element that has been causing havoc got within the peaceful protest.” Two people were shot and were taken to hospital, he said.

The fiercest clashes took place near the site where a police officer, Darren Wilson, shot Brown. Journalists were unable to monitor the scenes after being ordered to a command centre about a mile away. Several journalists were detained, apparently for unlawful assembly.
Police in Ferguson Police at the demonstration in Ferguson. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Conway defended the use of militarised force. “We can’t send officers in squad cars in areas where they’re shooting bullets. We have to send them in armoured cars.”

The Missouri governor, Jay Nixon, struggling to find an effective response to the protests that have rocked Ferguson since the shooting of Brown, has abandoned a controversial and ineffective curfew that failed to prevent violence.

Obama, speaking from the White House, called for a review of the use of military equipment by local police forces, warning that a continued blurring of the lines between military and local law enforcement would be “contrary to our traditions”.

He struck a more detached tone over the root causes of violence. He acknowledged the feelings of alienation felt by many young African Americans in the US: “In too many communities around this country young men of color are left behind and seen as objects of fear,” he said. But he also accused some protesters of “stirring chaos” and declined to answer whether he would be visiting the city himself.

“While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving in to that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police, only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos,” said the president in a White House address that interrupted his two-week vacation. “It undermines rather than advanc[es] justice.”

Earlier on Monday, it was revealed that the White House had not been given advance warning of Nixon’s decision to call out the Missouri national guard, something Obama did not deny when asked about the deployment.

“I spoke to Jay Nixon about this, expressed an interest in making sure that if in fact the national guard is used, it is used in a limited and appropriate way,” said the president. “He described the support role that they are going to be providing to local law enforcement. And I’ll be watching over the next several days, to assess whether, in fact, it’s helping rather than hindering progress in Ferguson.”
Police in teargas Police in clouds of teargas in Ferguson. Photograph: Larry W Smith/EPA

A heavy-handed police response in the first few days of demonstrations has been widely criticised in Washington, where some lawmakers are proposing legislation to limit a federal scheme that has been used to distribute surplus military equipment to civil police departments.

“I think it’s probably useful for us to review how the funding has gone, how local law enforcement has used grant dollars, to make sure that what they’re purchasing is stuff that they actually need,” said Obama. “Because, you know, there is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement, and we don’t want those lines blurred. That would be contrary to our traditions.”

But, other than announcing that Holder would be visiting Ferguson on Wednesday, there was little new intervention by the administration in the handling of the crisis.

Unlike his response to the shooting of the Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, Obama has been reluctant to take sides in the dispute over the police shooting of Michael Brown – perhaps wary of further polarising the national debate or appearing to condone the violent reaction.

“I have to be very careful about not prejudging these events before investigations are completed,” said Obama.

Holder acknowledged the frustrations felt by protesters about the lack of information about the investigations. “I realise there is tremendous interest in the facts of the incident that led to Michael Brown’s death, but I ask for the public’s patience as we conduct this investigation,” Holder said in a statement after meeting Obama.

In Ferguson, attorneys for Brown’s family claimed that the findings of a private autopsy indicated that he was killed while trying to surrender.

Brown was shot “at least” six times by officer Darren Wilson and was ultimately killed by a bullet that entered the top of his head and travelled “back to front”, attorney Daryl Parks said the autopsy had found, arguing this showed Brown was fatally shot when his head was well bowed.

Dr Michael Baden, who carried out the autopsy, said that “there weren’t signs of a struggle” on Brown’s body. Police have said that Brown assaulted Wilson after the officer stopped him and a friend and told them to walk on the sidewalk rather than in the road.

However Baden, the former chief medical examiner for New York City, was more cautious than the lawyers, stating that the findings in his preliminary report “could be consistent” with suggestions that Brown had been shot while charging at Wilson. “It’s possible,” he said.

“There are many different witness testimonies,” said Baden. “Many seem to line up in one direction, some in another direction. Right now until we get more information we can’t, from a forensic science point of view, distinguish and can’t make an absolute judgment.”

chanakyaa · Post by **chanakyaa** » 20 Aug 2014 03:08

krisna wrote:US morgue attendant admits having sex with 100 corpses

Paging diplomats who were expelled after DK episode.. You have a non-vegetarian-alcoholic-100-corpses-rapist in your backyard. I don't think the bodies were identified as from only one ling.

Wait a second, the guy who did this, did not violate any human rights, b'cas corpse is not technically a "human" or is it?

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 20 Aug 2014 07:46

This is an ancient tradition.In ancient Egypt,a particular caste were the undertakers-those who mummified the bodies etc.Unfortunately for them,very few people would marry into their sub-group.Finding willing women to fornicate with them was also problematic. So necrophilia was very prevalent and there used to be huge fights between the mortuary staff over the "post-mortal" rights when a particularly beautiful "client" was brought in.Families therefore used to be very watchful when such a member had to be left in their care.
Necrophilia is a fetish that sadly afflicts the human species and I'm sure is prevalent in all countries.

Fetishes are great fun.Some who like to touch/stroke the legs of women/men work in footwear shops!
In the US,the most popular fetish is for some unfortunate to "make my day",as the uniformed tribes in Ferguson are demonstrating.Why the love lust for guns and assault weapons is insatiable and why Uncle Sam wants some unfortunate country,like Iraq,Libya,etc. to "make my day"!

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 20 Aug 2014 12:17

Ferguson cops on the ball with arrests like these! A warning to our desi Yanquis and Hispanics,you're next.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2 ... n-protests

Hedy Epstein, the 90-year-old Holocaust survivor arrested while protesting the situation in Ferguson, said “racism is alive and well in the United States,” in an interview with Newsweek.

Epstein was arrested after refusing to leave a protest outside the Wainwright state building in downtown St Louis, where demonstrators had gathered to ask Missouri governor Jay Nixon to deescalate law enforcement’s response to demonstrations.

“I’m deeply, deeply troubled by what’s going on in Ferguson,” Epstein told Newsweek. “It’s a matter of racism and injustice, and it’s not only in Ferguson…. Racism is alive and well in the United States. The power structure looks at anyone who’s different as the other, as less worthy, and so you treat the other as someone who is less human and who needs to be controlled and who is not trusted.”

Amnesty outrage and look who now calls for restraint,Egypt,Iran,China! The MEA should also get its act together,just as the US lectures us about Indo-Paki "piss in our time". I also can't understand why anyone is astonished that these nations are protesting;is it only the "White man's burden" to be the world's conscience keeper,despite centuries of global warring,invasions,conquests,enslaving indigenous peoples,slavery, including the Crusades until today? The MEA must summon the US ambassador and protest the continuing racism alive and kicking in the US

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 77800.html

Michael Brown shooting: US cannot lecture others on human rights, Amnesty says, as Egypt appeals for 'restraint'

The United States must sort out its own human rights abuses before lecturing others, Amnesty International has said, referring to the crackdown on the Ferguson demonstrations - sentiments astonishingly shared by Iran, Egypt and China.

The campaigners have criticised the over-militarised response to protests that erupted after unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by police on 9 August.

Fierce clashes between residents and officers resulted in the deployment of the National Guard yesterday, while this past week has seen tear gas and flash grenades hurled by police as well as the arrest of a number of journalists.

In a tweet this morning, Amnesty International said: “US can't tell other countries to improve their records on policing and peaceful assembly if it won't clean up its own human rights record.”

Unrest in Ferguson continues over Michael Brown shooting

Their comments come as Egypt's Foreign Ministry appeals for restraint and asks the US to "respect the right of assembly and peaceful expression of opinion".

According to Daily News Egypt, an Egyptian spokesman supported comments made UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon yesterday, which called for the US authorities to deal with the situation as per "international and American standards".

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that Mr Ban "calls on all to exercise restraint, for law enforcement officials to abide by US and international standards in dealing with demonstrators".

China's state-run news agency Xinhua also published a scathing commentary yesterday, observing that while there is a mixed-raced President in power and though it has been 50 years since Martin Luther King's rousing speech, racial discrimination is still ubiquitous.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/a ... dead-knife
Second fatal St Louis area shooting stokes tensions in Ferguson

Police chief says suspect brandished a knife at officers after incident at convenience store, as crowd takes up refrain from nearby protests

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 21 Aug 2014 06:24

American transport systems are clean and hygenic. One can eat off the floor; many lawyers and managers do

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 22 Aug 2014 01:10

Amazing success! America teaches Ukrainians about Democracy!!

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 22 Aug 2014 03:12

Affluenza - a new American affliction.

A wealthy teen who killed four people in a Texas drunk driving accident will not go to jail after a judge ruled this week that instead, he must attend an expensive rehabilitation facility paid for by his parents. The driver was 16-year-old Ethan Couch. He was speeding, with a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. Couch has admitted to his crime, and in a case that went before a Texas judge, prosecutors sought a 20-year sentence. Instead, Couch was sentenced to 10 years’ probation after a psychologist claimed he had "affluenza," and testified that his cushy upbringing prevented him from connecting bad behavior with its consequences.

A 14-year-old African-American child was sentenced by this same judge a year or two ago. This 14-year-old killed one person, punching him. That person fell and hit his head on the sidewalk and died. That African-American child got 10-year sentence, got sent to the juvenile justice facility.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 22 Aug 2014 05:47

Justice is Blind in America

Child accidentally left in car - ruled HOMICIDE.

Man shot multiple times by two policemen: Police Chief Declares as perfectly OK.

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 22 Aug 2014 09:43

Good news! Everybody...

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 22 Aug 2014 20:45

And now for something,... oh, bother!

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 22 Aug 2014 21:14

What you do in your spare time is entirely your private business.

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 22 Aug 2014 22:45

http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/1060120/e ... aked.jhtml

ensoi

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 23 Aug 2014 01:28

No difference between American conservatives and Pakistanis:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/2 ... hael-Brown

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 23 Aug 2014 01:48

svinayak wrote:http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/1060120/e ... aked.jhtml

ensoi

What the ...

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 23 Aug 2014 07:26

Honey BooBoo, is that you?

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 23 Aug 2014 08:14

Lets play "what color is intelligence, today!"

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Aug 2014 09:32

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... topstories

crowdfunding collects $235k for police officer who started the ferguson thing.

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reminds of similar effort to help Gen dyer after he was recalled to bartania for enquiry after jallianwala bagh.