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Fergusen Shooting: Michael Brown

Aug 18, 2014

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Aug 18, 2014

Join us as we discuss the controversial shooting of Michael Brown.

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Sally Jesse · 6:00 PM

Hello and thanks for joining me
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Lizz Taylor · 6:00 PM

Thank you for having me
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Lizz Taylor · 6:00 PM

This officer involved shooting is getting quite the publicity
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Sally Jesse · 6:00 PM

Yes it is. It is very unfortunate this has happened.
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Sally Jesse · 6:01 PM

People are comparing this case to the trayvon Martin case
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Sally Jesse · 6:01 PM

Although the two are very different
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Lizz Taylor · 6:02 PM

Those two cases are definitely very different. It seems as though the race card is always brought up... Except when it is black on black crime... Wonder why that is?
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Sally Jesse · 6:03 PM

Think racism and the NAACP have gotten so out of hand and have wandered so far away from their original mission that it's causing excess drama in cases that are already emotionally devastating
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Lizz Taylor · 6:03 PM

The NAACP certainly has a reputation of sticking their noses where it doesn't necessarily belong...
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Lizz Taylor · 6:04 PM

Is there are Latino, white or Asian equivalent?
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Sally Jesse · 6:04 PM

True. I do not believe such groups exist for other races.
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Sally Jesse · 6:04 PM

That is very strange for sure
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Lizz Taylor · 6:05 PM

Michael brown was gunned down by a ferguson police officer because he was threatening the office
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Sally Jesse · 6:05 PM

He was stopped for jay walking but refused to cooperate with police.
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Sally Jesse · 6:06 PM

He's a very large man so when he charged the officer, the officer did exactly what he was trained to do.
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Lizz Taylor · 6:06 PM

Police encounter some pretty scary stuff every single day. They constantly are put in harm's way to uphold the law and protect themselves and the community. Brave people.
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Sally Jesse · 6:07 PM

Yes. It's hard to imagine a police officer going through all of the hoops (there are a lot) to become a cop only to shoot "innocent people." That's not why they are cops. Why can't the NAACP see that?
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Lizz Taylor · 6:08 PM

There is no way a cop wants to go through all of the paperwork, and in this case an actual murder trial because he was doing his JOB!
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Lizz Taylor · 6:08 PM

This guy is on administrative leave because he was doing exactly what he was trained to do.
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Sally Jesse · 6:08 PM

Yes
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Sally Jesse · 6:09 PM

And of course everyone is making this Michael brown kid out to be a gentle giant. An angel. Not saying he deserved to die because he was a thug.
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Lizz Taylor · 6:10 PM

Exactly. He had robbed a convenience store just a few minutes prior to his encounter that ended up being his death. In the store's survellience footage, you can see him getting physical with the store clerk.
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Sally Jesse · 6:11 PM

Certainly no the behavior of a model citizen. So we know he had probably acted this way before this incident even though he did not have a criminal record.
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Lizz Taylor · 6:11 PM

Yep. He was stopped for Jay walking, and apparently when the ferguson police officer asked him to cooperate, michael brown did not.
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Lizz Taylor · 6:12 PM

Instead, he charged the police officer. That's interpreted as a threat.
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Sally Jesse · 6:13 PM

He didn't know if he was armed or not, but either way: this guy was breaking the law (jay walking bc the ferguson police officer had no idea he just robbed a store. Michael brown knew he had just robbed a store though). The cop was probably just
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Sally Jesse · 6:13 PM

Going to write him a ticket, but since Michael brown was paranoid the cop was going to ask him about the robbery, he probably panicked and got on the defensive
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Lizz Taylor · 6:14 PM

The bottom line is: If you are ever stopped by the police, COOPERATE! Nothing good ever comes from doing the opposite of what police tell you to do.
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Sally Jesse · 6:14 PM

Yep
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Lizz Taylor · 6:15 PM

And to elaborate on the NAACP subject earlier, I have a prime example of how their organization is confused and mislead:
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Lizz Taylor · 6:16 PM

Here in charleston, a 17 year old white kid was driving drunk and decided to pull over in a parking lot to sleep it off. Bad decision to drink, good decision to stop driving. While he was asleep, two black men from a nearby neighborhood (one with
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Lizz Taylor · 6:16 PM

A bad reputation of violence and crime)
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Lizz Taylor · 6:16 PM

Shot him from outside of the car. Killed him.
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Lizz Taylor · 6:17 PM

Where was the NAACP on that case? Why didn't that case make national new?
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Lizz Taylor · 6:17 PM

News
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Sally Jesse · 6:17 PM

Good point.
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Sally Jesse · 6:18 PM

The reason is because it makes blacks look bad. That's all. And since there are no white groups like the NAACP, it did not get the President's attention. And Lord what an idiot Obama was for offering his two cents on the trayvon Martin case. Jeez.
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Lizz Taylor · 6:18 PM

Yep. That's why I think the NAACP is misguided. It's almost like they want segregation back...
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Sally Jesse · 6:19 PM

Haha. They're definitely on a mission to make themselves look like the victim.
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Sally Jesse · 6:19 PM

Sad
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Lizz Taylor · 6:19 PM

It is very sad and concerns myself along with many other non-blacks.
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Sally Jesse · 6:20 PM

We shallnSee what further evidence comes to light in the Michael brown case.
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Lizz Taylor · 6:20 PM

We shall see for sure
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Lizz Taylor · 6:20 PM

Thanks for joining me
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Sally Jesse · 6:20 PM

THank you