Ferguson: too much or not enough?

[Minimalist]

From The "You Can't Make This Shit Up" Dept.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/21/el...el-browns/

Elementary teacher suspended for asking white student ‘cops’ to shoot black ‘Michael Browns’

Then again....it's Alabama.

[Endo]

From The "You Can't Make This Shit Up" Dept.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/21/el...el-browns/

Elementary teacher suspended for asking white student ‘cops’ to shoot black ‘Michael Browns’

Then again....it's Alabama.

From the comment section:
"I am shocked. They have teachers in Alabama?"

[DeistPaladin]

Fresh from the "This is America, SPEAK ENGLISH!" crowd:

More racism from Joe the Not Plumber. Beyond the shocking racism of his posts, he presents us with shockingly horrible grammar.



Here is another example of improper use of ellipses. They are employed to indicate a truncated quote or a trail off in a quotation. When you are presenting a solution to a perceived problem, use a colon.

Here's the proper way to structure this racist sentence:
"The best way to ... in Ferguson: Job Fare."

Also "fair" is the description of the justice of something, such as "the way the Bundy Ranch crowd was treated by police stands in stark contrast to the way the Ferguson protesters were treated. This juxtaposition of these two recent protests underscores that the way the police treat people of different racial backgrounds isn't fair."

"Fare" is a the word you would use to describe an event open to the public, such as a "job fare". Of course, perhaps "job fair(ness)" might help but I don't think this is what Joe is calling for.



When you write a sentence, you should really make up your mind whether you're writing a statement or a question. This sentence is structured as a statement (of what is interesting) but ends with a question mark. Either the sentence structure needs to change, such as adding a "don't you think" to the end of it or you need to use a period, consistent with a statement sentence.

[Jackalope]

Without comment on the rest (I'm still trying to determine what likely happened), the bolded part is incorrect. You have to be 21 to lawfully purchase a handgun anywhere in the U.S.

That's what I thought initially, I had even typed it in my first draft, but surprisingly it isn't true. It is a federal law that you have to be at least 21 to be a licensed dealer of guns, but in most states you only have to be 18 to purchase a handgun.

Minimum Ages for Firearms
State Purchase of a Handgun Purchase of a Long Gun
..
Missouri 18 18
..

http://smartgunlaws.org/minimum-age-to-p...y-summary/

From a private party, perhaps. Under federal law, which applies to all purchases from licensees, it's uniformly 21. Not that it matters - it may not have been his gun, and there's no law prohibiting handling one by an adult.

[Minimalist]

Joe should go back to cleaning out cesspools. It's what he's good for.

[FatAndFaithless]

Joe should go back to cleaning out cesspools. It's what he's good for.

Judging from what comes out of that guys mouth, he's only good for filling them.

[Losty]

Apparently Mike Brown, or someone the same size & wearing the same clothes as him robbed a convenience store a short time before he was shot.

While a grey shirt, khaki shorts & a St. Louis hat is probably fairly common clothing for that area, the striped socks kinda stand out.

So it looks like Officer Darren Wilson had the right guy, but decided to murder him instead of arresting him. Something about this still smells though. Why did the 2nd suspect (Darian Johnson?) not get arrested or even interviewed? Why did it take a week to produce this video evidence?

Why is this even relevant? He wasn't being arrested. Not only was he not convicted of a crime, he wasn't even a suspect. He was just being asked to move to the sidewalk.

[Minimalist]

One can't help but wonder "how" he was "asked" to move to the sidewalk.

Or if a white teen would have been "asked" at all?

[Jaysyn]

Apparently Mike Brown, or someone the same size & wearing the same clothes as him robbed a convenience store a short time before he was shot.

While a grey shirt, khaki shorts & a St. Louis hat is probably fairly common clothing for that area, the striped socks kinda stand out.

So it looks like Officer Darren Wilson had the right guy, but decided to murder him instead of arresting him. Something about this still smells though. Why did the 2nd suspect (Darian Johnson?) not get arrested or even interviewed? Why did it take a week to produce this video evidence?

Why is this even relevant? He wasn't being arrested. Not only was he not convicted of a crime, he wasn't even a suspect. He was just being asked to move to the sidewalk.

I was trying to show that the Ferguson PD was running a murdered kid thru the mud. You can bet your ass it will be relevant if they convene a Grand Jury to decide whether to indict Wilson.

[bladevalant546]

What should have happened here was ignoring any racial implications and immediately have the FBI involved. This should have treated like a murder case. Now the whole concept of equal justice is lost, not only to the stupid "brotherhood" police have. The media causing a racial war where a simple equal investigation should have taken place.