I love how you're using the term "strong arm robbery" like that means something. "Strong arm"=without a weapon. I know it sounds super duper scuuuuuury, but it's meaningless. Using it makes you sound stupid.

The requirement that victims of unjustified violent crime be morally pure is ridiculous. Like only truly "innocent" people's lives are worth defending. GTFOH.

Nobody is trying to claim that Michael Brown is hero. Actually, what we're saying is that a black person shouldn't have to be prove himself to be perfect in order to not deserve being murdered by the cops. By pointing out that we shouldn't protest Brown's death because he wasn't a saint, you are a huge part of the…

You clearly haven't been paying attention. Mike Brown is not the poster boy of anything. The Ferguson protests isn't just for him. It's for ALL the black people-men, women, transpeople-who have been unnecessarily killed by police forces.

Again, YOU said he was "guilty" but sadly for you, that's your opinion, not a fact. Innocent until proven guilty...that never happened. Google that, maybe you'll learn something and not sound so obnoxious tomorrow.

Neither of which supports one narrative over another.

Yeah, everybody. You're angry about the WRONG DEAD BLACK KID. This was a "pick the right dead black kid to be angry about and racism and police violence will magically be solved" quiz, and you failed! And we had a real shot, too! Oh well, guess we'll just have to hope for another cop-shot black kid before we fix the…

People are only criminals after they get their day in court and it's decided by a jury of their peers. Unfortunately, we'll never have that decision one way or another. So for the rest of history, he isn't "this criminal", he's just "a suspect who was killed by police".

I'd remind the NFL and their players that it is not the violent thugs burning down buildings that buy their advertiser's products. It's cops and the good people of St. Louis and other NFL towns that do.

If all these fucking cops who are so easily "offended" by 5 guys with their hands up would just grow a pair of balls and stop shooting unarmed people, none of this would happen.

I'd remind the NFL and their players that it is not the violent thugs burning down buildings that buy their advertiser's products.

Two things: nothing like our police force complaing about its citizens exercising their first amendment rights. Second how bad can the pr in St. Louis be that they put out this statement? This has continuously been the worst PR I keep seeing from the government and its entities on how it's handled. This definitely…

Maybe it is just me but an insane overreaction by the police to a harmless non-event doesn't seem like the best way to engender respect and trust.

You don't just get respect because you say so. You earn it, primarily by treating others with the respect you demand. You see, police? THAT is the problem, you want to treat citizens like enemy combatants AND to be respected by them too! It doesn't work that way. NFL players (or anyone else) are under no obligation to…

It's interesting that a government agency is calling on a (mostly) private business to punish citizens for expressing a first amendment right.

"...what the appropriate response from law enforcement should be." Uhhh....NOTHING?! Is it ok for the police to retaliate against those who criticize them? What fucking cave did this chief get dragged out of?

It's hard to imagine a group that the collective nation couldn't give a fuck less about what bothers them.

As many times as I read it, the statement still says "Those niggers don't have any money. We do, and we won't spend it on you anymore."

Cop shoots an unarmed teenager = No disciplinary action.

Haha, I love The Onion! .... wait .......