What to do in a riot?

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    Uh, you don't think the ones looting have jobs, do you?
     
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    You mean obama or Holder? ... the media? If there was no media on those streets, not much of anything would have happened. obama and holder may not have "led" the riots, but they were certainly a representation [with lots of power] of the attitude that causes these sorts of riots and protests happen. all of the media (Fox News included) were praying for riots and fires and perhaps even more deaths. I don't like saying this, but it's true.
     
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    In one video segment that was shown on TV of a police car being over turned, there were numerous flashes from camera's.
     
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    After you run over the first 10 or so... the rest will get the picture. I dont know anyone who is strong enough mentally to continue to stand in the way of an 18 wheeler after seeing the first few go "down under". After that, you can start grabbing gears. I'll bet no matter what gear you go into, you wont be able to catch one & run over him/her.
     
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    And in another, was a shoe store being looted. They took everything from the shelves except the work boots. .
     
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    you think the postesters actually have a ... J.O.B. ????? :biggrin_25523:

    in reality they're collecting welfare checks and burning down all the buildings in their community then nobody has a job.

    These stupid people I tell you, even if I was pissed and wanted to protest I've never destroy and burn down my own community.
     
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    The protesters arent torching and looting. The thugs are.
     
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    Yup. At the end of the day...the riots have nothing to do with Michael Brown getting shot and killed. Him getting shot and killed is nothing more than an excuse for race baiters to get a mob together with the goal to loot, set fire to shops, etc.

    I'm sure there are some people in Ferguson protesting what they believed to be an unjust shooting of an unarmed man. However, there are also people gathered in Ferguson that intended to "burn this **** down" regardless of the grand jury decision.
     
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    ^^^^This^^^^^^

    I respect the protests. There are some people that truly believe in what they are protesting, and in some instances (not this one, however) I agree with them. There are police that are completely out of control. Let's not throw out the baby with the bath water in both cases, however.
     
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    Now that's funny
     
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