There is so much anger and frustration over the racism that seethes in the United States. Flash points like Ferguson, Missouri are about communities rising up in the face of injustice and demanding a better place to live in. Their stories, their feelings, the keen edge of their Weltschmerz is
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The Disaffected Lib: Hell, Even Nancy Grace Gets It. Ferguson Grand Jury Was a Sham.
Never thought I’d see the day but the Ferguson grand jury that refused to indict Darren Wilson was so ginned up even Nancy Grace won’t buy it. I feel that the district attorney, as much as I respect him in other ways, used the grand jury to do as he
Continue readingLeft Over: Penalty and Entitlement….
Bill Cosby’s pound cake, Ferguson and the dubious politics of personal responsibility The cases are unrelated, but there are parallels. The power of the accused is set against the credibility of the victim Gary Younge The Guardian, Monday 1 December 201 Still another comparison is the penalty for the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Parsing Darren Wilson And Robert McCullough
As indicated in my previous post, there are very legitimate reasons to believe that prosecutor Robert McCullough purposely failed to secure a grand jury indictment against Michael Brown’s killer, Officer Darren Wilson. In the following video, provided by Addicting Info, legal commentator and former prosecutor Nancy Grace eviscerates both McCullough’s
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Failure To Indict: Things Become Clearer
Lay not that flattering unction to your soulThat not your trespass but my madness speaks.It will but skin and film the ulcerous placeWhilst rank corruption, mining all within,Infects unseen. Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4 Like an unlanced boil with the potential to infect the entire bloodstream, the Ferguson grand jury
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Ferguson Protesters: “The Results Are In And We Still Don’t Have Justice”
Ferguson protesters respond to the grand jury’s decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. The post Ferguson Protesters: “The Results Are In And We Still Don’t Have Justice” appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Respect, Fear, and Loathing
If we are completely honest, many of us will admit to a deeply ambivalent relationship with the police. On the one had we look to them for protection against the less ordered elements of society, but on the other hand, in the deeeper recesses of our psyche, we also fear
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: #BlackLivesMatter: Ottawa Vigil For Michael Brown, Against Police Violence
Hundreds of activists are expected at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa this evening for a vigil for slain African American teenager Michael Brown. The post #BlackLivesMatter: Ottawa Vigil For Michael Brown, Against Police Violence appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Ferguson?
If there’s anything you can learn from Ferguson this morning, it’s that we need to check our race- and class-based social, political and economic entitlements. It’s the least we can do this morning. "If racism is something you're sick of hearing about, imagine how exhausting it must be living it
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Russell Brand absolutely demolishes Fox News over Ferguson coverage
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our MSM had left a large opening for challenging, inquiring interpretaions in regard to the events of the day. Turns out that artists, musicians and comediens often fill the missing gap with hard hitting commentary, satire and editorial assessment. Jon Stewart’s Daily Show, Stephen Colbert and many
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Taking America Back to a Darker Time
The aftermath of the police execution of a black teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri continues. The Policy.mic web site has a report on public generosity that has raised $200,000 for – wait for it – the shooter, officer Darren Wilson. Follow the link to read the remarks left by
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Michael Brown – Ferguson, Missouri – The War on Drugs
What does America’s War on Drugs have to do with the execution/killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the riots it spawned? The New Republic‘s John McWhorter believes they’re inextricably linked and contends that the way to avoid future Ferguson riots is to end the War on Drugs. We don’t
Continue readingbastard.logic: White Suspects > Black Victims
This makes the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown so powerful. It's sad that some people have taken it to another level. http://t.co/oZnLDRRDhN — Sammie. ™ (@LordSWVP) August 11, 2014 ‘WELP: WHITE SUSPECT That’s how the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal chose to present the story of Amy Bishop, a former college professor who eventually pleaded guilty
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: That Shining Bunker on the Hill
What else is there for a genuine, honest to God-Fearin’, Warfare State? Once you’ve militarized your economy, militarized your foreign policy, militarized your society with M-16s under every other bed, why would you not militarize your law enforcement agencies? What is that beyond a sign of progress toward the evolution
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is Missouri America’s New Mississippi?
Damn but this sounds like the south in the turbulent 50s and 60s. The governor of Missouri has ordered St. Louis County police out of the community of Ferguson, the site of the recent killing of a young black man, Michael Brown. “The governor [Jay Nixon] just called me and
Continue readingbastard.logic: Just Another Quiet, Peaceful Night In Sleepy Ferguson, Missouri
Via Charles Johnson: Cops in paramilitary gear are now pointing sniper rifles at peaceful black protesters in Ferguson, MO. NBD. Filed under: law enforcement Tagged: #michaelbrown, #mikebrown, Ferguson, Michael Brown, racism
Continue readingbastard.logic: “You can’t win a person’s heart and mind when you are pointing a rifle at his or her chest”
Afghanistan War veteran Paul Szoldra: In Afghanistan, we patrolled in big, armored trucks. We wore uniforms that conveyed the message, “We are a military force, and we are in control right now.” Many Afghans saw us as occupiers. And now we see some of our police officers in this same
Continue readingbastard.logic: The Murder of #MichaelBrown And Why ‘Black Rage’ Is Entirely Justified
MSNBC, quoting Dorian Johnson, eyewitness to the shooting by Ferguson, MO police of Michael Brown: “There are two crowds. An older crowd that wants justice but there’s anger. Then it’s the younger crowd that wants revenge but there’s anger there, too… . What do you expect when something is steadily occurring
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