I think you missed the point. How is the picture relevant at all was the message he was trying to convey. The argument is that this picture was intentionally picked to sway the populous into believing he was a 'gang thug'. Whether or nor it was a gang sign or not, the picture should not have been chosen in the…

The author states "This photo, in which Brown was flashing a "gang sign"—a peace sign, actually—was presented as proof that the teenager was a thug;" But, if the "author" actually did a bit of digging, he might find that the first link in Google, when looking for the keywords "gang signs" might actually show a list of…

You have no idea what happened. For all you know, he has a juvenile record ten inches thick.

Do a google search and find out how many police homicides there were in other westernized, affluent nations on earth. Do some simple math and work out the ratios. Report your findings to the class.

That's a bullshit argument.

Are you typing this from beyond your grave or some shit?

Nah this is worse. Congress has done historically low, Obama is disagreed with on everything even if it contradicts the republican narrative. When has the president made a foreign policy decision that wasn't instantly criticized? Obama is being sued for over reaching in his executive powers yet was then asked to take…

I live in the Lou and can tell you first hand that racism is alive and well. However, this article really seems one-sided. Maybe the cop is a murderer, maybe the cops are so fried by the constant violence that one snapped and killed a kid. Sure sounds like it but I'll wait for the Feds and County to wrap up there…

The argument will go full circle: because he was fleeing for his life, he was now a menace to the community. Just watch.

"That said, this isn't the first time I've heard things described like this, and this idea that you can simply ignore even an unjust order from police, rather than stating your objection and being willing to be taken into custody and force your lawyer to sort things out, is simply out of touch with reality."

America is definitely for Black people.

I was gonna say the same thing. Why they fuck are cops wearing fatigues?

And that Boston bomber survived. He was on the run, a known criminal killing and injuring hundreds yet he was not mown down in the streets. I wonder what would have happened if he was black. I wonder.

great article. look at that picture, cops wearing camo and fucking boots like this is a war zone. I don't know what it will take to stop this, but the people need to retake the streets from the police. there's clearly a racial element to this issue, but it's even deeper than that and it affects people of all races.

You'll like this, then: http://iftheygunnedmedown.tumblr.com/

There are reasons why white gun's rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying children's toys. Guns aren't for black people, either.

"There are reasons why white gun's rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying children's toys."

"You're right. It's also not for White people. Please get out." - Native Americans

Excellent piece Greg...wow.

250 years of slavery, 100 years of Jim Crow, housing discrimination, police brutality, Congressional vitriol toward Obama...