Someone stop me from throwing something through my TV right now.

[MrScorpio]

Really...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

1. Jackson says the stop by Wilson WAS NOT RELATED to the strong-arm robbery

investigation.

[nenagh]

10. Thanks ChisolmTrailDem... for confirming that's what I heard...

and per CNN's legal experts.. that is a very NB ...

[AngryOldDem]

11. Then WHY was it brought up this morning?

WHY was the tape released?

WHY are they further dragging this dead kid through the dirt?

Jesus Christ. This is just bullshit.

There may be BIG trouble there tonight.


ON EDIT: Yeah...thanks for confirming that. That's what I thought I heard, but I was hoping I had misunderstood.

[Generic Other]

14. Same reason they villified Trayvon Martin

So the perps can walk.

[winter is coming]

18. Perhaps they want there to be "big trouble there" tonight.

Or perhaps they thought people would buy the misdirection.

[avebury]

25. The Police Chief was trying to blame the media for

releasing this crap because the media demanded it. What a crock!

[AngryOldDem]

29. I know.

If the chief knew the video was immaterial, he should have said so and let the press deal with that. Now he's further dragged this kid -- who cannot defend himself -- through the mud. The takeaway this morning was that the robbery was the reason for the stop. And now, some "expert" is reading Brown's mind about how/why he acted after he was stopped.

Wow. Just wow. I'm taking a break from all this for awhile. Just too much.

[VanGoghRocks]

44. I'm right with you. As a teacher in a previous life, I found this one striking a little close

to home, as Mr. Brown could easily have been one of my students. It's that waste of potential that really hurts the teacher in me, that makes it seem personal.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

32. Yeah, I loved that part.

Especially since they DIDN'T release the report that the media actually wanted, which was the one for the shooting, not the 'strong arm robbery'.

[jeff47]

38. To taint the jury pool. (nt)

[arcane1]

39. And there it is.

As an added benefit, tomorrow's headlines can spin any protests tonight as "Hundreds Gather to Support Violent Robber"

[AngryOldDem]

45. This assumes an indictment of the officer.

Right now, I don't know how likely even that is.

[Quayblue]

28. This irritates the fuck out of me

These people think we can't use some sort of reasoning to tear apart their filthy lies. What cop does anyone know, pursue a robbery suspect but instead, out of the goodness of his ole boy heart, decide to instead, hassle him for jaywalking.

They've fucked this up way too much for me to even establish any sort of trust.

[TwilightGardener]

2. OK: TV's are expensive, hope you got $$ in savings!

Hope that helped.

[derby378]

3. Let me guess. CNN? (n/t)

[MrScorpio]

4. MSNBC nt

[derby378]

7. What the hell is wrong with American news today?

Honestly, I wish I could petition the BBC to farm out some reporters to our networks. They'd get along great with NPR.

[MohRokTah]

5. OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

This motherfucker is the single most incompetent police chief in the nation, but possibly one of the best at character assassination of victims of police violence.

[AgingAmerican]

24. They are attempting to smear him

...while at the same time claiming the officer who murdered him didn't know about the store incident.

They also placed a black female officer behind him as a prop. Jaysus.

[fishwax]

33. but he just had to release the robbery report today, you see

He had to. Because. Something.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. Well ...

I heard an advertisement for a 47" Flat-screen of under $400 and I hear you can get on the bid site for $1.97. So toss away!

[gvstn]

8. I can't wait to hear his resignation speech.

Probably sound a lot like this one.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. What being said? ...

Let me guess:

Blah, Blah, Blach, THUG, Blah, Blah, Blach, THUG, Blah, Blah, Blach, THUG, Blah, Blah, Blach, THUG, Blah, Blah, Blach, THUG.

[MrScorpio]

16. It's a torrent of bullshit spewing out of this motherfucker's mouth like a waterfall

He called the shooter a "gentle man."

Reporters are calling him on his bullshit about releasing the videotape when it had nothing to do with the shooting.

He said the cop didn't know that Brown was a "suspect."

[IronGate]

17. He's actually blaming the Press for the release of the tape.

He's saying that he released it today because the Press wanted it released.
What a fucking liar and incompetent fool.

[sufrommich]

19. How would the press even know about it? nt

[IronGate]

23. That's what I was screaming at the TV,

Today was the first I heard of a tape, no one in the preceding days has said shit about a tape, so how did the Press know about it already?
This chief is the biggest liar and I hope the good citizens of Ferguson force him to resign.

[AngryOldDem]

20. Damn. I can't believe this incompetence.

Well, yes, I guess I can.

[alsame]

21. The stop was for jaywalking, not

the robbery. The tape of the store was released only because the media demanded it not because they were trying to make a connection between the video and the shooting. It's not even clear if the shooter knew about the robbery when he confronted the boys.

The shooter is a 'nice, gentle man who is devastated' - and his face was all swollen after the incident.

It was another disastrous presser.

[countryjake]

22. The cop didn't stop Michael Brown as any suspect in a robbery.

That's the crux of the press conference.

He confronted those kids only because they were walking in the street.

[sufrommich]

12. This police chief answers questions like he knows

his department is in deep shit. Every answer designed for a future lawsuit.

[handmade34]

13. STOP!!!

scream at the TV like me

[AngryOldDem]

15. Total backtrack from this morning. n/t

[Pathwalker]

26. It would make a terrible mess, you'd have to clean it up,

perhaps injuring yourself. Besides, this buffoon isn't
worth it - just mute him. Does this help?

[MrScorpio]

27. The bad man is off my TV now

I'm calming down… Going to a happy place. A bottle of Captain Morgan

[Pathwalker]

30. There you go - destroy the contents of that bottle!

[MrScorpio]

34. Got some FCOJ too

All good.

[onecaliberal]

31. Is anyone digging for info on the murderer?

I think my fucking head is about to explode. What in the fucking hell?

[CBGLuthier]

35. The whole day has been an exercise in frustration and anger. And I don't even have cable.

Just reading the horseshit coming from that asshole of a police chief has put me in the foulest of moods.

May I suggest all of us that have had enough walk away and come back to the fight tomorrow or Monday or anytime later.

There will be no justice in this case unless the feds do it and I am not even sure they can or will.

[Brigid]

36. Nerf balls.

That's what somebody suggested to me.

[NightWatcher]

37. Did you DVR Last Comic Standing and are just now watching the results? I know, it was BS right?

(kidding, of course)
I'm ready to smack myself in the head with a rubber mallet, chug a beer, and take a nap.

Baseball is the only reason I dont pull an "Elvis" right now

[Warpy]

40. It's Faye Dunaway Day on TCM

and there aren't even any commercials to annoy you.

[Inkfreak]

41. I'll be honest, man.

I haven't watched a single minute of coverage aside from seeing it at the gym. I've been getting most of my coverage of it here. With a few other online sources. Some vile shit is being put out there and I'm having a hard time stomaching it.

[oldandhappy]

42. I did yard work this morning and then finished a book.

Sometimes it is good to be good to yourself! Then our friends on DU can up date us, smile.

[Gothmog]

43. I am at the office so I am not tempted to throw anything

[nolabear]

46. That is the damnedest thing I've ever seen, and I grew up in Mississippi!

Those people are crazy. CRAZY. They couldn't have incited more outrage and potential danger if they'd tried.