Thanks for the post. I noticed you are in St. Louis and have been meaning to ask. I think it's going to be a rough ride for a while there. all are watching as the decision will set the tone in many major cities

me too, some question whether bringing in the National Guard might incite things and make it worse, hard to critisize that move, but I see both sides of it. after watching the video you posted, it's hard to believe such hate and ignorance still exists. once it gets to that level it is difficult to stop and seems to be perpetuated so that some can stand for something.
what an amazing place we would all be in if we could just stand together......

an insightful link Batch. so many bullets flying around parts of the anatomy are being lost......

I've stayed out of this BUT.. this whole mess has gotten out of hand. Al S. needs to crawl back in the hole he came out of and stay there. He's the most racist SOB in America today and just keeps things stirred up that don't need it.

I wonder if anything would have been said (or even noticed) if this had been a white kid? And his color shouldn't really matter... if he was breaking the law he SHOULD have been arrested.. and the rest - we weren't there (and neither was Al) so this should be left to police inquiry and not to mobs!

I wasn't there and don't know if the policeman was just doing his job or if he was wrong, but either way, this has been blown way out of context and not only is a kid dead, but it's ruined the policeman's life (thank you Mr Al).

It's gotten to the point in the US where policemen (as well as teachers and others) can't even do their jobs for fear of upsetting someone and being called a racist. Instead of treating everyone EQUAL - we're bending over backwards to be politically correct and we're not doing anyone a favor by doing this.

I'm old enough to remember ALL the political movements for EQUAL rights (and marched for most of them), but the word EQUAL was the KEY word. I'm too OLD now to be politically correct. I still believe in EQUAL. And I don't give a rat's rear what color, religion, sex, or sexual orientation you are... equal is equal and should be that way.

But the media has to blow everything out of proportion and they need to go back to 30 minutes of reporting once a night and maybe some of this crap would get stifled.

Ok, vent over.. 

Barb for president the next time around. A bit of uncommonly common sense would go a long way.

Thanks for that "catch" Linda.. I was just so ticked I left Jesse out.. 

It's getting pretty intense around here.  Again...I am hoping things don't get as bad as they are preparing for.

unfortunately just by being sensationalized there are those who will feel obligated to raise some sort of hell in the name of peace
now there's an oxymoron

let's all get together and raise hell,  in the name of peace ?

better yet in the name of justice, they are likely to damage innocent people's property and more .........

I am sickened by what happened last night. And so sad.

The lame stream media (good title, Batch) sucks.
Was watching the CBS news last night and couldn’t believe how anti-police, pro-shop lifter that news service (?) could get. CBS was showing the 18 yr. old in a cap and gown as if he was good, clean graduate of some kind. The photo was on screen for at least 60 seconds. They also showed a video of the thug robbing a store but the video was all of 5 second long,
CBS also said the cop was “in hiding”. Hmmmm…hiding? I think it was more likely he was just not on TV. It should have been reported the cop was “in seclusion” or “out of town”, not hiding.

The justice system (flawed as it may be) is much better than what other countries have . There are other less effective systems that do not allow for the freedoms that we have and that have come at a cost.

There are ways to protest within this law and be heard. I would say it is what keeps us from acting like animals however, animals don't react to anything in this fashion.

disgusting. Suppose I would be even more pissed if this happened on veterans day. but this is how so many show appreciation and give thanks for what they have ? Happy Thanksgiving ! So many have given so much. what a slap in the face  

The fact of the matter is the police officer was acting within his line of duty protecting himself. Crimes were committed by Michael Brown and Officer Wilson was dong his job. Officer Wilson was attacked and acted in self defense.  Unfortunately, this legal process was not clearly understood by the "demonstrators" resulting in their choice to become violent.

It is a shame a life was lost, regardless of age, color, gender, etc.  However the message that should be crystal clear by the media (including President Obama and Eric Holder) to the American public should understand it is a crime to attack a police officer and it is legally justified to have the officer use lethal force if he chooses to in the act of self defense.

One thing is for sure...acts of violence including arson, looting, throwing bottles at police, property damage, etc does not make matters better, only worse.  These "demonstrators" who are NOT peaceful, should all be arrested and locked up as would be customary on any other day in our country.

Many major US cities are being fueled by "community leaders" and racial outrage is getting uglier by the hour.

Does anybody remember the civil rights demonstrations that turned into race riots in many major cities in 1968 that created "White flight" to the suburbs?  Hopefully history does not repeat itself and we as a citizenry can get through this without the loss of innocent lives and understand this chaos is being created by a few bad apples.

-Gregg in Las Vegas