http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFfUxBDMDY

Required reading/viewing at all police academies.

Tucker Carlson calls Jeremiah Wright a "Bafoon" on Morning Joe this morning (4/28).

I've got somewhat of a different take. I was saddened because this man lost his life, but cautious enough not to assume that any of these officers broke the law. Another take: http://sethandray.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/no-justice-no-piece-black-monday/

embarrassingly ordinary human beings, with absolutely no special qualifications whatsoever, wearing truly silly matching costumes, carrying guns and tasers and batons, threatening to beat the *** out of you, threatening to murder you, if you don't pay their masters, which masters will in turn then pay those same ridiculous and mediocre people playing dress-up to bully you into behaving as they themselves personally prefer--continuing to pay those thugs to continue doing what they do, keeping all of this going to keep themselves up and to keep you down.

this is "THE LAW." this is "LAW ENFORCEMENT." this is not "proto" anything. this is fascism. these are men who murdered a man. who under any other circumstances, decontextualized from social narratives, would be instantly revealed for precisely what they are--sociopathic killers supported by their sociopathic tribal leaders.

just another shameful day in america. only this time it got reported.

now what?

hold hands? shake one's head in tired grief?

this *** has to end.

embarrassingly ordinary human beings, with absolutely no special

qualifications whatsoever, wearing truly silly matching costumes,

carrying guns and tasers and batons, threatening to beat you,

threatening to murder you, if you don't pay their masters, which

masters will in turn then pay those same ridiculous and mediocre

people playing dress-up to bully you into behaving as they themselves

personally prefer--continuing to pay those thugs to continue doing

what they do, keeping all of this going to keep themselves up and to

keep you down.

this is "THE LAW." this is "LAW ENFORCEMENT." this is not "proto"

anything. this is fascism. these are men who murdered a man. who

under any other circumstances, decontextualized from social

narratives, would be instantly revealed for precisely what they are--

sociopathic killers supported by their sociopathic tribal leaders.

just another shameful day in america. only this time it got reported.

now what?

hold hands? shake one's head in tired grief?

this has to end.

Wow man, "decontextualized from social narratives"? Deep. Has it occurred to you that the purpose of communication is to communicate? If you go around using specialized code words like that, nobody outside your own circle of think-alikes will understand you? And since they don't understand you, they won't care what you have to say. And if they don't care what you say, then what you say simply doesn't matter?

panopticon7,

Nice to see you put down all the brave women that put on a police officer uniform and risk their lives to protect all of us from crime, help us when we are injured, or keep our roads safe from those who care to over indulge in alcohol. The three officers were acquitted because the prosecution failed to bring a criminal case against them. Your outrage should be at the prosecution not the officers. Also these three officers do not represent all who are serving as police officers. Your use of "big" words does nothing to further your notions just simply shows what a buffoon you really are. And the next time you need to dial 911 for help put the phone down, you are not worthy of the assistance.

Bell got shot because he was hanging out with black thugs, one of whom stated that he was going to "yo, get my gun and kill that dumb white ***" (referring to a woman in a nightclub. Bell also tried to run over a police officer with his car.

>>ignoring the evidence and ruling in favor of an arrogant,

>>white supremacist, proto-fascist police state.

Wow, drinking the extra-strong Kool Aid today are we? This statement truly goes to show the irrational and paranoid mindset of the writer.

>>Where should we riot? What can we destroy? Who can we hurt?

Wow again! That is one of the ugliest things I've ever read on the web, and that includes all the trolls, morons and crazies. What sort of human reacts like that? Mr Hill, you need counseling to help you with your paranoia, rage, and violent tendencies.

And why were there no riots? Because officer Marc Cooper is very, very black. Exposes a little hypocrisy, on the part of the would-be rioters wouldn't you say? Sharpton was conflicted. He wanted to instigate, self-promote, and spew some hate at the Po-lice, but hit a brick wall because of that darn Marc Cooper.

There is only one solution. More black police officers.

So if you want to be constructive, you have to ask yourself seriously if your politics enables or disables that eventuality.

I'm saying that black police officers was what the Civil Rights Movement was fought for, and I think this every time I see firehoses and dogs.