Wow. I just got some CRAZY inside information. Darren Wilson, recently divorced is dating another officer. Here is what she’s telling folk..
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 16, 2014
This is going to be the defense story of Darren Wilson. It’s confirmed multiple times over. It’s COMPLETELY different than ALL eyewitnesses.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 16, 2014
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Officer Wilson is saying that Mike Brown ran 30 feet away from the car, yelled “You ain’t doing nothing” then RAN FULL SPEED AT THE OFFICER
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 16, 2014
Darren Wilson is saying that Mike Brown kept charging toward him, even when shot, until he finally shot him in the head from just feet away.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 16, 2014
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I’m working on some audio now. This is going to be the Wilson defense. Knowing this, now you know why NO incident report has been released.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 16, 2014
Officer Darren Wilson & his police officer girlfriend are telling every friend & family member this same story :: http://t.co/VSLQ8fTi5e
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 16, 2014
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@ShaunKing the walking dead defense huh?
— Randall Alexander (@ListenKickrocks) August 16, 2014
@ShaunKing The superhuman black man defense. I believe they tried that with Rodney King. Ridiculous.
— Mike (@MikeAllen_43) August 16, 2014
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.@ShaunKing They’ve got at least 3 witnesses, 2 who aren’t friends, who say the opposite. Good luck with that argument.
— Halloween Blogs (@HalloweenBlogs) August 16, 2014
@ShaunKing So Mike Brown, who was already shot twice, ran away, turned around with his hands up saying “Dont shoot” while charging.Yeah sure
— Paula B (@PaulaYankelove) August 16, 2014
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@ShaunKing if that’s the case, Wilson had plenty of time to grab the Taser, not the pistol. Period.
— Brian D. (@realbriandailey) August 16, 2014
@ShaunKing she claims Wilson knew of the robbery, which the chief said did NOT happen at the conference. So Wilson or Chief is lying.
— JP Lugo (@JayP_Lugo) August 16, 2014
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@ShaunKing how many times will they change their story? Chief jackson already stated Wilson had NO idea of the robbery now.
— ▽△▽△ Breezy▽△▽△ (@B_anders4) August 16, 2014
@ShaunKing it was already established by the chief himself that the officer wasn’t aware Michael was a suspect. I also listened to the radio
— Baè Laurice (@alaurice) August 16, 2014
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@ShaunKing recording. and why would someone run toward the police saying “you won’t shoot me.” WE KNOW BETTER.
— Baè Laurice (@alaurice) August 16, 2014
@ShaunKing This is BS!! Where is the dash cam? Where is the autopsy? Nobody is going to run toward an officer pointing a gun @ them.
— IG:accessarri (@Arri_GO_cray) August 16, 2014
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@ShaunKing yooooo she said he said “that he got the call about them robbing the store before he got out the car”! Chief said the OPPOSITE!!
— Sterling Jr. (@SterlzJR) August 16, 2014
@MelissaMono chile…no one running from the police turns around to taunt them…i started giggling when she got to that part of the lie.
— Cherrell Rene (@CherrellRene) August 16, 2014
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@ShaunKing First thing she said…he said “come on guys, get out of the middle of the street.” Lie number one.
— Giant Slayer (@DestinedNurse) August 16, 2014
@ShaunKing You know what 35 feet is? Girl bye. A cop has his gun drawn and you say, “you are not going to shoot me.”
— Giant Slayer (@DestinedNurse) August 16, 2014
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CNN reports, Ferguson Police released Michael Brown store video over the objections of the US Department of Justice.
— Eric Sanders (@SandersFirmPC) August 16, 2014
In #ferguson, police “didn’t even check” to see if Brown was breathing. a nurse begged cops to let her perform CPR: http://t.co/Zfx5dkpzc6
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) August 16, 2014
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Ferguson Police Chief: “We haven’t had time to investigate the shooting. Detectives have been busy finding stuff to smear Mike Brown with.”
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) August 15, 2014
Still waiting for someone to tell me how “stealing” cigarettes is punishable by death but aiming at the FEDS isn’t. pic.twitter.com/972y23eSNg
— KaNuri (@KaNuri) August 15, 2014
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WHEN YOU GOTTA LIE ABOUT A LIE YOU ALREADY LIED ABOUT pic.twitter.com/SMXKBeJDgN
— MJ ON THE BARONS (@ThatNiggaAFool) August 15, 2014
The Obama Diary 
Fantastic work Nerdy collecting these, my God: the lies.
Thanks, Chips.
The lies and the arrogance behind them are so breathtaking. They seriously think people can’t reason and put one + one together? So thankful for Twitter and on the ground reports because the bias of some of the mainstream media is very glaring.
Most of the MSM only took an interest in the story when there was some looting, they didn’t give a shit about the murder of Michael Brown.
I made the seriously bad mistake today of looking at the timeline of that Politico twat Byron Tau – astonishing. He arrived in Ferguson hoping to spot some looting and rioting, and it’s all he tweeted about. Michael Brown is barely mentioned.
LL made the point the other night, those who thought Twitter didn’t matter know it does now. It might not force justice in this, but it sure as hell has shone a light on this travesty. So, I’ll never underestimate the power of Twitter again.
Thanks again for assembling those Nerdy, they tell so much. You’re the best.
Thank you, NW, for assembling those tweets!
And tomorrow these people will swear up and down about their Christianity.
Lies. Lies. Lies.
Using the media to reshape the story. All it takes are audio and Video.
Michael Brown isn’t even buried.
The tweets selection pretty much told the story. Fine job NW.
Gold for Alycee.
Gov. Jay Nixon’s responses at the press conference revealed how incompetent the Ferguson officials who are supposedly in charge are.
A man murdered an unarmed teenager and was allowed to skip town. In addition to that, no incident, autopsy, ballistics report have been released but the Ferguson PD found the time to smear Mike Brown with a video that had nothing to do with his encounter and subsequent murder at the hands of Darren Wilson.
They’re more interested in instituting curfews on residents instead of solving the case. (Nixon might want to read up on sundown towns).
Yet they wonder why people are justifiably outraged.
Wow.
Jay Nixon is Not puzzled.
Jay Nixon is Indifferent to the suffering of those not in His class.
Jay Nixon is determined to promote the interests, peace and security of His class no matter what.
Apart from my rage at the machine today—-(will put their greatest hits album on soon)
I am grateful for your tweets and this amazing blog.
above was to Nerdy, especially, but not exclusively.
Jay Nixon doesn’t appear to be much of a Democrat.
We are going to need some major star power to defeat the overwhelming propaganda coming out of MO.
We all see what is being done here.
And we know that rage, if we express it, will be answered by overwhelming force.
I’m thinking we need an effort by the liberal community of artists, actors, musicians of all types to organize around the need for a charge and arrest. Soon.
I was thinking about that same thing a few days ago, Vicki..where are they….
I am so out of the loop when it comes to current popular culture, but I’ll take a stab and say the glitterati are in the Hamptons, South of France, Lake Como or wherever their summer vacation home is.
It’s ironic that Gov. Nixon keeps going on about providing a safe environment for Ferguson citizens to express themselves, yet he is not LISTENING to them. They’re telling him what they want. But it appears that the governor cannot multi-task because he’s not prepared to talk to people beyond that.
If the demands and concerns of the citizens were being addressed, then safety and security probably wouldn’t be an issue.
Exactly, swbluega. So now I ask myself, what is it they want More than they want peace and security?
Same question I was asking of israel. For much the same behavior.
They just want the black people to quietly go away so that they can get back to business as usual. If they go through the motions, the black and people are suppose to say they’re trying and accept whatever the outcome is. Not happening this time!
Serious question.
Does Ferguson have a mayor? In CA many unincorporated towns don’t, they’re under county jurisdiction, which, as I’ve said before means essentially no government supervision.
I saw on the Internet yesterday a claim that the father of the St. Louis County DA (apparently the most senior county official, the one who ripped @GovJayNixon’s appointment of Capt. Ron Johnson to oversee police force in Ferguson) was a police officer killed by a Black suspect in the line of duty. I have no idea whether or not it is true, but his reaction to Capt. Ron Johnson’s appointment tells me all I need to know.
Yes, Ferguson has a mayor. Has appeared on tv several times. Never gives straight answer about the execution, but has a lot to say about the “riots.” Says “black people love me.” In my opinion — worthless POS.
One of my teen year heroes, Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as an Associate Justice by a Senate vote of 69–11 on August 30, 1967:
Does anyone know who this @ShaunKing person is?
I get the sense that he’s an @140elect wannabe, but my vibe-sense is usually way off.
Please set me straight, TODville. Thx.
I was wondering too Arapaho, I don’t know him at all so I just hope he’s sincere about all this and not, like so many others, trying to make a name for himself using Ferguson.
Sorry, was so po’d that I didn’t lead with explanatory paragraph. Blackwell, the chief of Cincinnati PD, was on CNN potificating about the situation in #Ferguson. Said due to SIX DAYS OF RIOTING, Gov was right to enforce curfew. Implied civic leaders and “good” residents were MIA.
DON’T KNOW HOW THIS GOT HERE. Was answering down below!
Sorry about double 2/4
Alycee,
Could you enlighten me re: @ChiefBlackwell — Cincinnati Police Chief — and his relationship with #Ferguson?
Would appreciate it. Thanks!
Sorry, was so po’d that I didn’t lead with explanatory paragraph. Blackwell, the chief of Cincinnati PD, was on CNN pontificating about the situation in #Ferguson. Said due to SIX DAYS OF RIOTING, Gov was right to enforce curfew. Implied civic leaders and “good” residents were MIA.
Thanks JER. The poor man, he can’t even have an uninterrupted break.
Book TV is interviewing Dorothy Height . A 2003 replay
Is this report saying it’s the US military that is involved?
Heard this morning on the radio that it was Kurdish military.
Pls excuse my lack of knowledge; does a state of emergency entail anything else beside the curfew ty
Depends on the instructions that the Governor issues, Layla. He better have MO State Patrol or/and Nat’l Guard doing the patrolling and not the KKK Ferguson/STLC militia.
Ty Bob. I too hope he has made that ‘wise’ choice. So far his judgment has been far from stellar..
Oh boy, Bob. You sound as teamed as I feel.
When does the curfew begin?
Midnight – 5AM.
I am worried about what will happen if curfew is broken….
Just read on Twitter that Mike Brown’s mother is calling for residents to abide by the curfew. Any confirmation?
I question the need for a curfew to begin with. Sends the wrong message, that it’s the victims who are the victimizers. But, having lived through L.A. in 1992, this is not the most onerous of curfews. But, again, the people of Ferguson aren’t doing anything wrong. They should be allowed to march in 8 hour shifts 24 hours a day if they so desire. This is a bandaid on a festering wound.
This song from “1776” popped into my head yesterday. None of the Founding Fathers are exempt from the original sin of slavery and racism, not in the North and not in the South. All profited from it. And we are their inheritors.
One of my favorite movies from my childhood.
And we’re still living the consequences of the Triangle Trade.
Yep
Another scene that gets me to every time
midnight to 5 am
Okay, I give up. I’ve spent 45 minutes trying to locate an article shared by someone yesterday that contrasted the language and images used to describe black suspects and white suspects. I’ve gone up and down several past posts, peering carefully to no avail. 😦 I’ve also put different titles in the google but all I see British articles, long dissertations, or other unfamiliar stuff. So it’s not like I haven’t tried…. for close to an hour. Anyone want to put me out of my misery – it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Vc, So glad I’m not the only one this happens to. Like you, have spent long time looking for something and no luck. Drives me crazy. Hope someone comes to your aid. I remember what you’re talking about.
Hi, TnMG. Technology and I tolerate each other, but there’s actually no love between us.
vc, I don’t know if this is what you’re looking for and I don’t link to Huff, but for you……. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/media-black-victims_n_5673291.html
*smooooch* {{{Sabreen}}} Thank you so much – I should have asked earlier and saved myself all the headache. I remembered article and wanted to show it to offspring – who isn’t at home right now – but couldn’t remember where I had seen it, other than in the village. Have you ever tried going up and down links to locate some point or other? Last time Chips had to rescue me, now you. One would think I’d concede that I have poor memory/research skills and just sit myself down!
Thanks.
I don’t do HuffPo usually either, so didn’t even remember that it might have been there.
Thanks, Dudette, for posting this.
Saw Kasai’s comment on the previous thread, how this older gentleman is walking with determination (will not be stopped from his goal to show support) and how he reminds her of the person who approached her this week at a particularly down moment for her — near the heart of CA NIMBY-bigot territory (Murietta) and gave her a memento from his buddy killed in Vietnam — he’s been carrying it for years, but wanted our Kasai to have it.
The story brought tears to my eyes, unforgettable (familiar with the area since I grew up in the San Diego area, friends and family still there) — thanks, ((( Kasai ))).
O look, you have some new words to describe me! And, please, may I borrow a towel to wipe my tears – I’ve apparently been blocked! 😥
Marilyn, do you agree with @pdmhop that I’m a bigot bastard?
Look at you vc!
I know, eh…. picking up titles so I can better know who I am. 😀
Considering I haven’t a clue who this person is, and considering I felt my question/comment to/about ‘Josie’ were quite legitimate, I wondered in passing if this person thinks I’m offended to be blocked by him/her.
Clearly, they don’t know our vc 😀
Hey, be respectful, I have titles now! 😉 😉
Let’s be clear, the similarities between how the Trayvon Martin murder and Mike Brown execution have been handled by the police and #NEWSTAINERS are not coincidence.
We have to rip that script out of their hands and destroy it forever.
Thanks to the pervasiveness of the Internet and tools like Twitter and OUR VOTE we can prevail. We must.
#OWNthe114th
Benjamin Crump for the family set off all my alarms. The Brown family needs a firebrand representative. BC is way too polite and deferential.
I don’t know, friends, but I sense something different in the air. Michael Brown’s murder is somehow different than Trayvon Martin’s. The response has been different. A community has risen up to refuse to be oppressed. And it’s doing it peacefully, determinedly. And people across the country, of all colors and backgrounds, are responding.
Will this be sustained? I don’t know. We all know that most Americans have the attention span of gnats. But perhaps this time my skepticism will be proven gloriously unfounded.
There were large protests in FL….in fact it was a least a month after the killing of Trayvon Martin….that the police and DA….did anything at all to charge George Zimmerman….
I think seeing the militarized response to peaceful protests is what is different this time. Perhaps the nation was shocked enough at seeing tanks deployed to quell protests that it won’t go into the memory hole. I’m trying really hard to keep hopeful.
YES…The militarized response of the police….and the courageous defiance of the protestors….
reminded me of the lyrics of James Brown…
I would rather die on my feet than to be living on my knees….
and Dr King…(para-phrasing)
stand up….no man can ride your back if it is not bent
German Intel Spied On Hillary Clinton, John Kerry: Der Spiegel
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign intelligence agency eavesdropped on calls made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
The respected news weekly reported that the agency, known by its German acronym BND, tapped a satellite phone conversation Kerry made in 2013 as part of its surveillance of telecommunications in the Middle East. The agency also recorded a conversation between Clinton and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan a year earlier, Der Spiegel claimed.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/16/german-spying-clinton-kerry_n_5684202.html
but…but…GG & Snowden say…..nsa..nsa…nsa…..burp !
So how does Merkel feel about this? All countries spy on each other. That’s why I never understood why Merkel and the Brazilian lady was upset. This is hypocrisy at it’s worst.
Didn’t she claim to have a dam fit when it was learn that the CIA spied on German? Well how about that.
Thank you! My thoughts exactly!
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks” – Hamlet, 1602
Phew! I needed a laugh today! 😀
HA! I deleted the one I got too LL. Phuck Bubba & his Crew!!!
Oh goodie! I’ve been looking for an excuse to post this! LL, you WIN! LOL! 😀
And because we need a moment of “wow” right now:
Wonder if the spikes are sharp or rubbery?
I read somewhere on twitter that FBI agents are fanning out into the community….knocking on doors…doing the investigative work that the police did not do….
how long before they can make a preliminary report?…..
Perhaps we will hear something tomorrow morning, pf. I sure hope so.
And this, Obots, is why it matters who is in the White House.
Hard to know, pf58, but with AG Holder in charge you know the investigative work will be exhaustive before they do any talking about it.
yes….and I know word of mouth is going around the community that the Justice Dept is on the job…this might help to quell some of the fears of justice not being done…..
#TrustBarack
My missus is with her little patient right now. Can I just tell you all how fucking proud I am of her and how much I love her? She hasn’t texted me yet, so little Vicky must be keeping her on her toes.
There are a lotta good wishes here for both of them, LL.
What’s the difference between a curfew in Ferguson and no curfew? Michael Brown’s grandfather said that he and his same-aged male friends have always known not to go downtown on Friday or Saturday nights because they’d be stopped and harassed, too. So, what’s the difference?
Well, Dudette the path is clear. MO, get thee to the polls to register and then VOTE.
Ok, off to run some errands. Stay frosty, everyone.
A tweet or two:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/16/a-tweet-or-two-ferguson-mikebrown/