Corvus of the Black Night
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I do listen to the voices of the people in Ferguson, which is why I completely agree with them. My point is that the violence that has happened, including the looting, is detrimental to their cause. I do not agree with the reaction of the police, nor do I think it is justified, however, I firmly believe that furthering violence and destruction will only give these *******s ammunition. Even if they are a minority of the protest they are a minority that people care about. They are the minority which will fuel further racial tension and they are the minority which will make things worse.
The reason why I consistently bring up Detroit is because the same **** happened back in 1967 there and it completely destroyed the city and make racial tensions even worse than they were before, and it wasn't until people put their guard down that things started improving slightly. That's almost 50 years of destruction to one of the biggest cities in the United States. History is destined to repeat itself if these people are not recognized and stopped. To not listen to history because they are "justified" or it's not all of the protesters is to ignore the very real and very serious consequences of what will happen. And I don't mean from the police - I mean being called out internally by the protesters themselves.
STOP.
Ignoring these incidents is to not listen to the voices of those in Ferguson yourself.
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The reason why I consistently bring up Detroit is because the same **** happened back in 1967 there and it completely destroyed the city and make racial tensions even worse than they were before, and it wasn't until people put their guard down that things started improving slightly. That's almost 50 years of destruction to one of the biggest cities in the United States. History is destined to repeat itself if these people are not recognized and stopped. To not listen to history because they are "justified" or it's not all of the protesters is to ignore the very real and very serious consequences of what will happen. And I don't mean from the police - I mean being called out internally by the protesters themselves.
STOP.
Ignoring these incidents is to not listen to the voices of those in Ferguson yourself.
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here"Hours later, after a midnight curfew was in place and the streets were largely quiet, Captain Ron Johnson told reporters that the aggressive response came after multiple shootings — some aimed at police — Molotov cocktails and looting had occurred in what he claimed was an orchestrated effort "designed to damage property, hurt people and provoke a response." [...] There were multiple incidents of vandalism and looting over a three hour period that began around 8pm local time. Johnson said multiple businesses including a Family Dollar Store, a pizza shop and a storage office were looted. A McDonald's restaurant was overrun by protesters, he said, and employees had barricaded themselves in a store room when police arrived. Another convenience store was ablaze. "
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