Ferguson Protesters Raise 'Black Lives Matter' Banner At Rams MNF Game

[Webster]

...while it doesn't rise to the level of protest of say, the raised fist at the 1968 Summer Olympics, its' a start...

The ongoing protests against police violence in Ferguson, Missouri, where police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed teenager Michael Brown in August, continued Monday across St. Louis, and spread even into the stands of the St. Louis Rams-San Francisco 49ers game Monday night.

Fans in the upper deck of the Edward Jones Dome unfurled banners that read “Rams fans know that black lives matter on and off the field” above one of the stadium’s video screens.

Protesters also demonstrated in one of the stadium’s upper deck sections, holding up similar banners, as MSNBC’s Trymaine Lee documented on Twitter:

The protesters also chanted “black lives matter,” “hands up, don’t shoot,” and “Mike Brown” when police arrived in their section. The protests never appeared on ESPN’s broadcast of the game. Outside the stadium, demonstrations continued, with some Rams fans confronting the protesters, according to Lee.

The protests during the game were part of larger demonstrations on Moral Monday, during which protests occurred outside the Ferguson Police Department for more than four hours. Other protests happened across the city, with demonstrators engaging in acts of civil disobedience that resulted in more than 50 arrests across the St. Louis area, according to police. More than 1,000 people were involved in the protests, which ended with a sit-in at St. Louis University.

The Monday Night Football game is the second major St. Louis sporting event where protesters have gathered. They previously demonstrated outside a St. Louis Cardinals playoff game last week, where there were ugly confrontations with fans who chanted “Let’s Go Darren” in reference to the police officer who shot and killed Brown.(Think Progress)

 

[Dee]

I think it's wonderful that there are people who will not put up with the racial profiling and racism that still exists in the country. This needs to happen, and it needs to keep happening. Until policy and procedure, until protocol is changed, until mind sets are changed, we all need to stand up for what is right and bridge the gap of inequality in this country between races. Let's accept the fact that we're a country made up of people from all over the world, of different ancestry, and celebrate that.

I support the people who are taking the effort that not a whole lot of other people around this country are willing to take.

 

[Sinon]

So. To protest against racial profiling, they commit crimes which further enforces the racial stereotyping?

Sounds like one step forward, ten steps back.

 

[Webster]

So. To protest against racial profiling, they commit crimes which further enforces the racial stereotyping?

Sounds like one step forward, ten steps back.

Sometimes you've got to break the law (as in through acts of civil disobedience such as in the ones in the opening post above) in order to bring attention to societal wrongs...or should we simply fall in line and continue along as it nothing can/should be done?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

So. To protest against racial profiling, they commit crimes which further enforces the racial stereotyping?

Sounds like one step forward, ten steps back.

Thats my thought every time I see so many of these protesters ruining jobs and lives when they destroy businesses. And for a couple of thugs no less. From yesterday.

Police: More than 50 arrested in Ferguson protests
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and JIM SALTER The Associated Press

10/14/2014 2:36 AM

10/14/2014 2:36 AM
Protesters gather around the St. Louis University campus clock tower after a march through the streets of St. Louis protesting against the recent shootings of two young black men by law enforcement officers, early Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article2700099.html

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Forensic Evidence Supports Vonderitt Myers Was Shooting At Police Officer – Gun Shot Residue On Hands and Clothes
Posted on October 14, 2014 by sundance
Missing Mayo – When is a sandwich not a sandwich? When it’s a stolen 9mm Smith and Wesson in the hands of a convicted felon wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet and shooting at the police !

STL vonderrit thugST. LOUIS • Gunshot residue tests and ballistics evidence indicate that Vonderitt D. Myers Jr. fired a gun at a police officer before being fatally shot, police and union officials said Tuesday.

Although police officials have already said that Myers fired at least three shots at an off-duty police officer before the officer returned fire, the newly released evidence could further dispel claims by friends and family that Myers was holding a sandwich, not a gun, when he was shot. The officer, who has not been named, was working for a private security company in the Shaw neighborhood.

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/10/14/sandwich-fail-forensic-evidence-supports-vonderitt-myers-was-shooting-at-police-officer-gun-shot-residue-on-hands-and-clothes/

 

[Webster]

Thats my thought every time I see so many of these protesters ruining jobs and lives when they destroy businesses. And for a couple of thugs no less. From yesterday.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...Michael Brown was not a thug, he was a human being who by rights should be, if I remember correctly, in college now rather than dead and all because of a trigger-happy cop who, quite frankly, ought to be in jail at the moment. Then again, given the way the criminal justice is run at times, is it any wonder people have no faith in it anymore?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Thats my thought every time I see so many of these protesters ruining jobs and lives when they destroy businesses. And for a couple of thugs no less. From yesterday.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...Michael Brown was not a thug, he was a human being who by rights should be, if I remember correctly, in college now rather than dead and all because of a trigger-happy cop who, quite frankly, ought to be in jail at the moment. Then again, given the way the criminal justice is run at times, is it any wonder people have no faith in it anymore?

He was a thug and a punk. He got shot because of his own stupid actions.

 

[+paradox]

not everyone that gets beat up and/or shot by the police are black, or even criminals...

this is more of a police issue, than a racial issue, even though everyone has to admit that there's still racism in america...

 

[+paradox]

Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone

their jobs ain't to protect and serve, but they can shot and kill...

 

[Webster]

Thats my thought every time I see so many of these protesters ruining jobs and lives when they destroy businesses. And for a couple of thugs no less. From yesterday.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...Michael Brown was not a thug, he was a human being who by rights should be, if I remember correctly, in college now rather than dead and all because of a trigger-happy cop who, quite frankly, ought to be in jail at the moment. Then again, given the way the criminal justice is run at times, is it any wonder people have no faith in it anymore?

He was a thug and a punk. He got shot because of his own stupid actions.

Doesn't matter, he's still entitled to the same protections under the law, Liberty...and Darren Wilson still belongs in a damn cell over what happened.

 

[+paradox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzz-TpRfC4

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Thats my thought every time I see so many of these protesters ruining jobs and lives when they destroy businesses. And for a couple of thugs no less. From yesterday.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...Michael Brown was not a thug, he was a human being who by rights should be, if I remember correctly, in college now rather than dead and all because of a trigger-happy cop who, quite frankly, ought to be in jail at the moment. Then again, given the way the criminal justice is run at times, is it any wonder people have no faith in it anymore?

He was a thug and a punk. He got shot because of his own stupid actions.

Doesn't matter, he's still entitled to the same protections under the law, Liberty...and Darren Wilson still belongs in a damn cell over what happened.

I know while the cop was getting the crap beat out of him he should have suggested lets just talk and sing kumbyah around a camp fire.

 

[Dee]

If cops can break the law and easily get away with what was quite clearly a case of murder, then who's to say the citizens aren't entitled to do the same thing? No one is setting an example for these people, especially the one's being hired to serve and protect the community. No one can tell me these cops here are completely and utterly guilt-free. We all know that's a load of shit. It's a double standard that needs to be righted.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

If cops can break the law and easily get away with what was quite clearly a case of murder, then who's to say the citizens aren't entitled to do the same thing? No one is setting an example for these people, especially the one's being hired to serve and protect the community. No one can tell me these cops here are completely and utterly guilt-free. We all know that's a load of shit. It's a double standard that needs to be righted.

Fine lets say it was case of murder which in no way do I think it was. If these protesters are angry with the cops then they need to go down to the police station and take there anger out on them and that building. And the people who own businesses. Otherwise they just cowards looking for a excuse to start violence and havoc.

 

[Dee]

If cops can break the law and easily get away with what was quite clearly a case of murder, then who's to say the citizens aren't entitled to do the same thing? No one is setting an example for these people, especially the one's being hired to serve and protect the community. No one can tell me these cops here are completely and utterly guilt-free. We all know that's a load of shit. It's a double standard that needs to be righted.

Fine lets say it was case of murder which in no way do I think it was. If these protesters are angry with the cops then they need to go down to the police station and take there anger out on them and that building. And the people who own businesses. Otherwise they just cowards looking for a excuse to start violence and havoc.

How are they going to get anywhere with the police when the police are the corrupt ones who are pulling the strings in the first place? Yes, I agree that they shouldn't be trashing these businesses. But I read something about one of the first looting sprees just after Michael Brown died. The store owner was interviewed, and he said he didn't even give a shit, that he agreed with these people and that something needed to happen in order to make a point.

I know, however, that this is not always the case. But there are stories like this one where while the looters might've been the cause of the problem, the police didn't do jack shit to stop them. It's a vicious cycle, and everyone is to be blamed here.

 

[+paradox]

If cops can break the law and easily get away with what was quite clearly a case of murder, then who's to say the citizens aren't entitled to do the same thing? No one is setting an example for these people, especially the one's being hired to serve and protect the community. No one can tell me these cops here are completely and utterly guilt-free. We all know that's a load of shit. It's a double standard that needs to be righted.

Fine lets say it was case of murder which in no way do I think it was. If these protesters are angry with the cops then they need to go down to the police station and take there anger out on them and that building. And the people who own businesses. Otherwise they just cowards looking for a excuse to start violence and havoc.

no, it's the police that causes the most havoc on rallies and protests that most of them were peaceful until the cops started to gas them and shoot at them... this is not my own opinion, it's a proven fact and it's not new, just look at videos and news articles about it... the police are most of the time the aggressors, regardless if it's a peaceful protest or not... the police are destroying american's freedoms and rights as they are the ones on the front line, and they are the ones that are breaking their oaths to the constitution and to the american people by enforcing unjustly and unjust laws illegally and legally...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Please the riots were just a excuse to steal and cause havoc. They are cowardice dirt bags. Even the peaceful ones who do not protest the violence happening all around of there own citizens destroying a town. But regardless if they are so angry with the police they need to go down the police station and get there justice right there and not on innocent business owner. But they will not do that. Cowards go after the weak victims who cannot fight back.

 

[Webster]

Please the riots were just a excuse to steal and cause havoc. They are cowardice dirt bags. Even the peaceful ones who do not protest the violence happening all around of there own citizens destroying a town. But regardless if they are so angry with the police they need to go down the police station and get there justice right there and not on innocent business owner. But they will not do that. Cowards go after the weak victims who cannot fight back.

So they have to break a few eggs, figuratively speaking, to get something done...your point?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

If cops can break the law and easily get away with what was quite clearly a case of murder, then who's to say the citizens aren't entitled to do the same thing? No one is setting an example for these people, especially the one's being hired to serve and protect the community. No one can tell me these cops here are completely and utterly guilt-free. We all know that's a load of shit. It's a double standard that needs to be righted.

Fine lets say it was case of murder which in no way do I think it was. If these protesters are angry with the cops then they need to go down to the police station and take there anger out on them and that building. And the people who own businesses. Otherwise they just cowards looking for a excuse to start violence and havoc.

How are they going to get anywhere with the police when the police are the corrupt ones who are pulling the strings in the first place? Yes, I agree that they shouldn't be trashing these businesses. But I read something about one of the first looting sprees just after Michael Brown died. The store owner was interviewed, and he said he didn't even give a shit, that he agreed with these people and that something needed to happen in order to make a point.

I know, however, that this is not always the case. But there are stories like this one where while the looters might've been the cause of the problem, the police didn't do jack shit to stop them. It's a vicious cycle, and everyone is to be blamed here.

Again if they believe the police are the bad ones go take the fight to them.

One scared owner did not speak out against a town full of looters and violence. Shocker! But first actually show me that interview and then actually find me more business owners happy there very lives are destroyed.