The shooting video in St. Louis yesterday is relevant. This is not.

If it hasn't found it way to the sift yet I'm sure it will soon.

the situation in st louis did not just pop up out of thin air overnight.the tensions between the poor community (mostly black) and the police has been a festering pressure cooker for almost 15 years.

a particularly venal chapter in the st louis police archives is the RNC of 2008,for anybody to absorb some context on the militarization of a police force.

the tinder has been accumulating just waiting for the match.
mike brown WAS that match.
this is not new nor original.
it has happened before.

and as @lantern53 has pointed out:it is the chain of command that sets the tone of how that police force performs their duties.so if those in charge are authoritarian douche nozzles,that attitude tends to trickle down to the everyday cop on the street.

cops by their very nature are authoritarian due to their vocational choice.they respect the chain of command and the authority it represents.to follow orders is to be a "good" cop.

so i do not understand the ridicule that lantern is receiving.he is offering his perspective AS an actual police officer.i am not suggesting that he is right NOR that his opinion somehow exonerates the st louis cop JUST because he is a cop but rather we should listen to someone who actual IS a cop.

there is absolutely ZERO evidence that lantern is a bad cop.we simply do not know how well,or poorly,lantern is at his job.

there IS evidence,however,that lantern tends be a tad racist,authoritarian and contradictory.lantern may be a poor debater but that does not make him a bad cop.

though his defense of zimmerman does reveal an extremely poor judge of character.(seriously lantern?that dude is a full fledged cunt).

but i get it @VoodooV,
lantern is easy pickings.
a right wing authoritarian conservative commenting on a mostly secular left site?
its like shooting fish in a barrel.

sometimes lantern brings it on himself...i know.
his poor debating skills coupled with an almost embarrassing understanding of history and government makes him catnip to someone like you.

its
just
so
easy

i disagree with lantern,pretty much always and i agree that sometimes his biased rhetoric should be taken to task,if only to clear up the bullshit.

but you take it to whole new levels voodoo.
you follow him from thread to thread and chastise and belittle him and THEN act all hurt and shocked when he lashes out at you!

seriously?thats like poking a grizzly bear in the face and then crying when it rips half your face off.

you use the exact same tactics choggie used,but at least he was entertaining.

you are just a bully.
a hypocritical,sanctimonious bully.hiding behind the skirts of others who may find lanterns comments distasteful (which they certainly can be).this is a cowards path and just like all bullies,you rely on the silence of others to continue your persecution of someone who does not have the support of an entire site.

i find your lack of humanity disturbing.
and i will not be silent.
your actions do not deserve respect but rather ridicule.

*promote

there is some speculation and a ton of conjecture but people need to be aware that the situation in st louis did not happen over night.remember the militarization of the RNC of 2008?

There are many parts of the U.S. that essentially are the wild west. Head out to Compton, Detroit, St. Louis, Oakland, Baltimore or any other number of cities with high poverty rates and you'd be crazy not to carry a gun with you.

As for New Zealand gun crime rates, sure, they are lower than U.S. gun crime rates. But then, New Zealand's overall crime rate is five times lower to begin with. The disparity isn't limited to just gun crimes.

Like I said before, there's no clear correlation between gun control and crime rates. For every area that has strict gun laws and low crime, there's another area that has stricter gun laws and more crime. Conversely, there are areas with lax gun laws and lower crime rates than areas with strict gun laws. The data simply doesn't show any consistent trends other than the fact that poor areas have higher crime rates than prosperous areas.

They've been doing that in St Charles, MO (a St Louis suburb) over the last few years... Well, at least they're displaying a countdown to the end of the green light. A countdown to the end of the red light would just encourage people to treat the green light as a racing start, and would undoubtedly contribute to more accidents.

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The following address should be on every death to eco-terroristists' organization's, "Raze This Motherfucker", hit list:

World Headquarters Monsanto Company 800 North Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri 63167. Phone: 314/694-1000

Everyone who works for this corporation should be considered complicit in the undoing of species-

Monsanto is the reason bees are disappearing worldwide-
Monsanto is the reason heath care is unaffordable-
Monsanto is the reason gasoline no longer lubricates rubber and composites in combustion engines-
Monsanto is responsible for the disappearance of heirloom variety seed banks the world over-(hybrids notwithstanding, their originating variants tucked-away in bunkers)
Monsanto is a poisonous cabal of eugenicists, working to help other cunts reduce the world population through systematic, experimental means, with the world's sentients as her guinea pigs.

Someone needs to mail them some anthrax powder mixed with ricin, to get that full effect.

I saw this show when he was at St. Louis, he's so awesome!

At Lambert Airport in St Louis they have "Missouri Loves Company" shirts in the gift shop. There's a picture of the state with a big happy face and its arms spread out like it wants a hug.

wow I'm very surprised that the same country that kills its own citizens with drones overseas conducted radiologic weapons testing in a St. Louis ghetto.

this can't be.

>> ^TheFreak:

OH MY GOD I LOVE VOLPES PROSCIUTTO!!!!
Grew up in St Louis.


I have never had that sort of meat, I always see it. I had picked up some dry cured .. pepper salami or something like that, I love the texture and the taste. Really neat way to "cook " something.

When the world goes to shit I see salt as being something people will want to stock pile, like guns and food. If the world went to crap all over, spices would be like money again. WEIRD the way things have gone.

oh look a bird

OH MY GOD I LOVE VOLPES PROSCIUTTO!!!!

Grew up in St Louis.

This was his first joke he did in his show I saw in St. Louis last month lol

Who the fuck is Dick Durbin!?? Oh, he tried for Lt. Gov. of Illinois and failed, oh well, he's from Illinois and is probably on the "grease my palm" list with Obama, and his name is dick, AND he's a career politician....oh shit, wait-He's from East St. Louis, real fine digs....How bout, He can't help in spite of his name, being a dick!

Therefore, Politician=Dick

Sullivan County, NY (home of the original Woodstock Festival)

I was born and raised here. I lived in St Louis for almost a year but have opted to move back closer to home. I'm looking for work within a 3 hour radius, excluding NYC, and will be moving accordingly.