The US invaded and overthrew the Islamic Courts Union in 2006, which was popular and moderate. In the aftermath, the more radical al-Shabaab took over, and now they viewed the US as an enemy. ICU wasn’t great, but they were better than the mess we’re in now.

What a stupidly ignorant comment. The US repeatedly destabilizes their country and overthrows popular governments, and yet Somalis are blamed as the bad guys? Do you know anything about the history of US actions in their country and along their coastline?

...except when the Pentagon had bombed weddings and then insisted for days/weeks after that they hit a large training camp. Let’s not be so certain so quickly, shall we?

If a non-gray person replies, it kicks the original comment out of the grays.

Not really. Rand Paul’s politics are not all that unpopular, but since Trump sucked all the air out of the room and drove all these high school dropouts to the polls, he looked minuscule in comparison.

Disagree. Did you watch the behavior of her campaign in 2007-2008? She isn’t better than Sanders here.

Rumsfeld is a disgusting human being who deserves to rot in prison. The fact that he’s selling a lousy game is not enough humiliation.

Even Mitt Romney admitted to using a fake police light when he was younger and pulling over people as a prank.

feels the actions of our troopers clearly did not violate established procedures or tactics.

I wish we renamed the movement to “Black Lives Matter Too,” so we can shut those people up who seem willfully ignorant about it.

“Blood is thicker than water.”

global overpopulation and climate change.

I seem to recall seeing X-rays of one published.

When are the other cop trials?

Even if they were Muslim, this sort of discrimination is still intolerable.

Absolutely false. Unlike you, I’ve read the Quran. Cite for me where it says “Convert or Kill,” I’ll wait. (Hint: it doesn’t exist)

Trump is worse than Mel Gibson.

It’s the first bid in a negotiation, dummy. They will settle for a fraction of this. They wanted an apology and it was denied, now they’re threatening to take them to court for this amount if they don’t get their apology. Simple as that.

That’s just an opening bid, in order to pressure the school. The family requested a simple apology which the school refused to do, so now they’re slapping a price tag on the suit and taking them to court. AFAIK they can still settle out of court for a simple apology and discipline against the racist cop.

The issue isn’t that the teachers investigated or decided to call the police (hours later), the issue is that the cop who responded was extremely racist, saying it figures that a kid with the name Mohammed would have done this, etc. The kid told them it was a clock, they saw it was a clock (and didn’t call bomb squad…