Grand jury reaches decision in Ferguson case (Announcement Monday night)

[useful idiot]

He should have been indicted on one of the possible manslaughter charges, but cheering on this sort of behavior and excusing it in any way just shows that you think the justice system should be blackmailed and beholden to the to will of a violent mob. Do what we say or we'll burn the city down, destroy the livelihoods of people who had nothing to do with the case, and intimidate anyone who thinks to the contrary.

Is the supposed justification real? Yes, the police in this country are out of control and an outright police state is not far off (which combined with our levels of corruption, makes for a situation that will only get worse and worse in the future). What do the businesses that actually make the city livable by providing jobs and services to the community have to do with that?

The rioters got the decision from the jury that they wanted, let's not kid ourselves and pretend otherwise. If it was really outrage at the verdict they'd be attacking cops, not burning down Little Caesar's and stealing flat-screens. Most people in the country realize that, and it is a shame because the actual problem that these people claim to be rioting over is going to be overshadowed and dismissed because of their actions.

[useful idiot]

The folks rioting and looting in Ferguson have done their very best to validate every negative stereotype there is about African Americans.

Yeah I don't think anyone there gives a sh1t that racists are feeling that their racist views are being validated.

Yeah the world isn't as black and white (no pun intended) as you want it to be. There is something of a point under his badly worded sentence. What the rioters are doing is enforcing the notion that these areas are lawless and that cops need to be especially vigilant while there. Thus, the public is willing to give cops more leeway in how they conduct themselves in black neighborhoods. If it doesn't make sense to you that this is what a lot of people, who are far from being skinheads or klansmen, are taking away from this episode, then you're clearly not thinking rationally about the situation.

It doesn't help when you excuse behavior that by and large has been condemned by the "black community." The rioters don't represent most black Americans or most of the protesters who are/were in Ferguson.

The "leadership" of the African American community needs to step up and actually lead in a positive way.

The rioters don't care what the the leaders of the black community, who have condemned this stuff, have to say. They just want to riot....