Micheal Brown deserved to be shot.

[PerfectRecall17]

I would think at this day and age, they'd have found some alternative to guns with bullets.

That would solve so many problems.

Perhaps some sort of fast-acting tranquilizer gun.

(AKA - I don't think anyone "deserves" to be shot by law enforcement, because it's playing with life and death)

[Aractus]

All he (the policeman) did, as far as I know, is defend himself because his life was at risk. As to why the dumbass rednecks are rioting in the streets in the USA, well I have an explanation for that.

Here in Australia people who identify as aboriginal are something like 10x as likely to be incarcerated as the non-indigenous population. Obviously bridging these differences is a very important long-term goal. In the USA it's a similar story with African Americans: they are much more likely to be incarcerated than non-African-Americans. Not only that but by volume they are the majority; thus if a police officer is arresting someone for a crime on the streets in the USA it's more likely than not that that person is an African American.

So statistically speaking, if the officer was attacked and his life was in danger it is more likely than not that the perpetrator is an African American. That has nothing to do with them being targeted or profiled by law enforcement, it has to do with the fact that they have an abnormally high number of criminals among their community.

The people though are stupid, they don't realise this. They jump to the conclusion that because of the officer's so-called race that he targeted the so-called victim. This is unbelievably stupid 1. because there's only one human race and anyone who says otherwise is following bronze-age mythology, and 2. a grand jury already decided that the officer's actions were lawful and consistent with what was expected of his duties. There's no credible evidence that this isn't the case, at least none that I'm aware of.

[Chad32]

The minority group may seem like a majority to you because the police are told to mostly stay away from affluent white areas. Studies show white people do drugs at about the same rate, and if you stop and frisk white people you're more likely to find some drugs. But the police don't want to keep an eye on the rich white people. they patrol the black and hispanic neighborhoods.

I don't think the cop's life was in danger. The black guy just hit him and ran away. If he really wanted to mess the cop up, that's what would have happened. He punched the guy as a distraction, then ran off. I don't believe any line about him turning around and charging while being shot at. Nobody does that.

[Losty]

Not only that but by volume they are the majority; thus if a police officer is arresting someone for a crime on the streets in the USA it's more likely than not that that person is an African American.

Lolwut? Maybe I'm just reading this wrong...but the 2013 census estimate shows something like 78% of Americans being white.
Statistically white people are more likely to commit most crimes.
If you meant to say Ferguson specifically and not the USA, then yes, there are more black people than white people, but statistically white people are still more likely to have or have been using drugs while black people are more likely to be arrested.

[Cato]

All he (the policeman) did, as far as I know, is defend himself because his life was at risk. As to why the dumbass rednecks are rioting in the streets in the USA, well I have an explanation for that.

It would behoove you learn what redneck means.

[Losty]

All he (the policeman) did, as far as I know, is defend himself because his life was at risk. As to why the dumbass rednecks are rioting in the streets in the USA, well I have an explanation for that.

It would behoove you learn what redneck means.

Teehee I got a kick of that

[Thumpalumpacus]

All he (the policeman) did, as far as I know, is defend himself because his life was at risk. As to why the dumbass rednecks are rioting in the streets in the USA, well I have an explanation for that.

Here in Australia people who identify as aboriginal are something like 10x as likely to be incarcerated as the non-indigenous population. Obviously bridging these differences is a very important long-term goal. In the USA it's a similar story with African Americans: they are much more likely to be incarcerated than non-African-Americans. Not only that but by volume they are the majority; thus if a police officer is arresting someone for a crime on the streets in the USA it's more likely than not that that person is an African American.

So statistically speaking, if the officer was attacked and his life was in danger it is more likely than not that the perpetrator is an African American. That has nothing to do with them being targeted or profiled by law enforcement, it has to do with the fact that they have an abnormally high number of criminals among their community.

The people though are stupid, they don't realise this. They jump to the conclusion that because of the officer's so-called race that he targeted the so-called victim. This is unbelievably stupid 1. because there's only one human race and anyone who says otherwise is following bronze-age mythology, and 2. a grand jury already decided that the officer's actions were lawful and consistent with what was expected of his duties. There's no credible evidence that this isn't the case, at least none that I'm aware of.

As Cato already pointed out, "redneck" doesn't mean what you think it means.

I'm not sure why you think blacks are the majority in America, because they're not; that too has been pointed out.

You should probably be careful about whom you call "stupid", too, especially when the post containing such an insult is so obviously ill-informed.

[Losty]

Maybe when he said "by volume" he meant black people are fatter... :0

[Elskidor]

I would think at this day and age, they'd have found some alternative to guns with bullets.

But, but...that would discriminate against guns. We love our guns.

[Lemonvariable72]

Police officers have plenty of nonlethal alternatives. I guess I should reaffirm my position here, I don't think he deserved to be shot dead. Shoot him in the leg/knee/shoulder if your only option is to use a firearm. There are plenty of ways to stop a person that don't include shooting said person six times, twice in the head. He didn't deserve that.

I don't know a whole lot about this particular issue, but I do acknowledge that the disparity between blacks and whites in the US is a complex and multi layered issue that goes a long way back.
But I do want to say that situations like this are pure chaos by their very nature, and given the threatening nature, people often react out of fear. A personally advocate more intense training and standards for police and more proper use of things like pepper spray.