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    While all the rage is going on involving the police, we still have situations like this that shouldn't be forgotten or swept under the rug

    Cop: Teen's shooting death after hoops game 'really doesn't make any sense'

    But Monday night, rising 10th-grader Tyhir Barnes died after he was shot leaving a basketball game he'd watched with friends in Southwest Philadelphia, according to police.

    Authorities believe the shooting resulted from a days-old dispute over a hoops contest, with an opponent seeking retribution against Barnes' team for a contentious buzzer-beating win.

    "It really doesn't make any sense," said Capt. James Clark of the Homicide Unit. "It was over a basketball game. . .and now we have a 15-year-old shot and killed."

    Two other teens in Barnes' group - ages 16 and 14 - also were hit by bullets around 10 p.m. Monday on the 6000 block of Baltimore Avenue, police said. Both survived and were in stable condition.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tami View Post
    I'm thinking either would be a bad idea. Not that I care one way or another for what Trump does.
    It seems Newt is more likely for Trump, ATM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trey Strain View Post
    Whites find blacks who act ghetto "entertaining," and they find blacks who act like everyone else "boring." This is the biggest single factor that perpetuates ghetto culture.
    No, that's just stupid. Whatever problems poor blacks have, they aren't intentionally self-inflicting them to entertain white people. Nor are white people keeping black people in poverty solely for entertainment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JediMindTrick View Post
    Way to cherry pick one line out of the actual story in order to make it sound like something it wasn't. There was an armed robbery a few days earlier. The officer thought that Castile resembled the robber and mentioned that part of his reasoning was the wide set of the nose. Other parts are that like the robber he's black and had a similar hair style. If you look at the picture of the robber, taken from the side, its difficult due to the resolution to say definitively yes or no that it was Castille. So the officer decided to do an investigatory stop to identify Castile. This is perfectly legal by the way so long as there is a valid reason for the stop which there was: the taillight. The officer's goal was to find out who Castille was via his driver's license and then send him on his way. Then the officer sends the info to the investigators so they can further look into it. The officer isn't going to mention the robbery because if he is the robber he doesn't want to tip him off and if he isn't he doesn't want to accuse someone wholly innocent. Things go way sideways after this as we all know. But don't change the facts that led up to this to suit a narrative.
    It's clear Castile was racially profiled. The "wide set nose" thing was just another way to say black. He'd been pulled over 50 times in the past for minor violations, with about half the charges being dismissed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shawn Hopkins View Post
    It's clear Castile was racially profiled. The "wide set nose" thing was just another way to say black. He'd been pulled over 50 times in the past for minor violations, with about half the charges being dismissed.
    The robber was black with dreads. So is Castile. The officer thought he looked similar which he does. Racial profiling is when someone is pulled over for merely being black with no other factors involved. That is clearly not the case here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JediMindTrick View Post
    Way to cherry pick one line out of the actual story in order to make it sound like something it wasn't. There was an armed robbery a few days earlier. The officer thought that Castile resembled the robber and mentioned that part of his reasoning was the wide set of the nose. Other parts are that like the robber he's black and had a similar hair style. If you look at the picture of the robber, taken from the side, its difficult due to the resolution to say definitively yes or no that it was Castille. So the officer decided to do an investigatory stop to identify Castile. Then the officer sends the info to the investigators so they can further look into it. The officer isn't going to mention the robbery because if he is the robber he doesn't want to tip him off and if he isn't he doesn't want to accuse someone wholly innocent. Things go way sideways after this as we all know. But don't change the facts that led up to this to suit a narrative.
    It's not cherry picking.

    Because there have been cases where black males (and even white males) have been profiled.

    Even when they DID NOT fit the profile.

    If you are looking for someone who looks like Kevin Hart-why are you stopping guys who look like Bow Wow or Tyler James Williams or Shaq?

    If you are looking for a guy dressed like Lil Wayne with sagging pants, over sized T-shirt, tons of tattoos and his hair - why are you bothering someone in their work clothes? suit and tie?

    If you are looking for Jeremy Suarez then look for guy who look like Jordan from the Bernie Mac Show. Not Urkel or lt Laforge from Star Trek.

    The former tv show Perception had an episode where Arjay Smith's character explains why he dresses the way he dresses-a black Mr Rogers- "I dress like this to be left ALONE by cops."


    This is perfectly legal by the way so long as there is a valid reason for the stop which there was: the taillight. The officer's goal was to find out who Castille was via his driver's license and then send him on his way.
    Nobody is debating the traffic stop. Folks are upset the man never got a chance to follow the cops orders.

    This is Tamir Rice again-can't follow your orders if you don't give me TIME.


    However this cop will be cleared because the girlfriend mentioned they had WEED in the car-so there is the out.

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    1 at Large, 3 Arrested in Alleged Plot to Kill Baton Rouge Cops

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Mets View Post
    A recently indicted congresswoman (D-FL) claims that she is persecuted because she is black.

    http://www.mediaite.com/online/congr...-for-her-race/

    She is accused of using a charity meant to give scholarships to poor students as a personal slush fund.
    From the article...

    Democratic Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown claimed Monday that the only reason she has recently been indicted on 24 counts of fraud and corruption is because she is a black woman.

    “Last week was very rough,” Brown wrote on her campaign page. “Two black men were needlessly gunned down by police; 5 Dallas police officers were slain by a demented man, and on Friday I had to appear in federal court.”

    “Being indicted is very scary. Yet my conscience is clear because I’m innocent,” she continued. “I’m not the first black elected official to be persecuted and, sad to say, I won’t be the last.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by JediMindTrick View Post
    The robber was black with dreads. So is Castile. The officer thought he looked similar which he does. Racial profiling is when someone is pulled over for merely being black with no other factors involved. That is clearly not the case here.
    Black with dreads is like white with a buzz cut. Too common to justify a stop. Face it, he was just grabbing black guys and hoping to get lucky. That's racial profiling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Mets View Post
    The conclusion of the investigation was that she shouldn't be prosecuted, not that she did everything appropriately. Under ordinary circumstances, that's not a ringing endorsement of someone's ability in office.
    That’s really reaching.

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    Those of us wondering what Trump would say to get back trending on social media: He claims that there have been demands for a moment of silence for the Dallas shooter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeanvaljean View Post
    Also, people pretty much stopped speaking about her Goldman Sachs speeches since she beat the Socialist. Who just endorsed her.
    If someone is ok with not being accountable to voters, how many times should you bring it back up?

    At some point, you just factor it in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Mets View Post
    The conclusion of the investigation was that she shouldn't be prosecuted, not that she did everything appropriately. Under ordinary circumstances, that's not a ringing endorsement of someone's ability in office.
    Quote Originally Posted by jeanvaljean View Post
    That’s really reaching.
    If the department you were heading does this -

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...view/86827820/

    State Department reopens Clinton emails probe

    The U.S. State Department is reopening an internal investigation of possible mishandling of classified information by Hillary Clinton and top aides.

    “Given the Department of Justice has now made its announcement, the State Department intends to conduct its internal review," department spokesman John Kirby told USA TODAY.

    Kirby said he couldn't provide specific information about the Department’s review, "including what information we are evaluating. We will aim to be as expeditious as possible, but we will not put artificial deadlines on the process," he said. "Our goal will be to be as transparent as possible about our results, while complying with our various legal obligations."

    The probe, begun in January, was suspended in April so as not to interfere with the FBI's inquiry.

    Kirby told the Associated Press that former officials can still face “administrative sanctions.” The most serious is loss of security clearances, which could complicate Clinton’s naming of a national security team if she becomes president.

    Beyond Clinton, the probe is most likely examining confidants Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan and Huma Abedin, AP reported. Abedin wrote many of the emails that the various investigations have focused on, AP noted. Mills, Clinton's chief of staff at the State Department, has been viewed as a possibility for the same job in the White House. There is speculation that Sullivan, Clinton's former policy chief, could be national security adviser.

    Clinton was secretary of State until early 2013. Most of her top advisers left shortly thereafter.

    FBI Director James Comey on Thursday, appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, defended his decision not to recommend criminal charges against Clinton for her use of private email servers while secretary of State.

    During more than four hours of questioning, Comey said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee did not lie to FBI agents and did not break the law — and that the decision not to proceed with criminal charges was the unanimous assessment of a group of investigators and analysts whom the director described as an “all-star team’’ assembled by the Justice Department.

    “There is no way anybody would bring a case against John Doe or Hillary Clinton for the second time in 100 years based on those facts,’’ Comey told lawmakers, referring to a review of past prosecutions.

    Comey's appearance before the committee came two days after he announced his recommendation regarding Clinton and her aides, while also saying there was evidence there were "extremely careless" in their handling of classified information. Attorney General Loretta Lynch formally closed the inquiry Wednesday.
    Mets is nowhere close to "really reaching".

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    In pure sadness as Bernie Sanders supporters have little left to cling to beyond a FART IN protest (yes its serious , they plan a fart in protest) , we now get this. Them hoping that the FBI , State Department , Republicans ...someone tries to take her down. Before the Democratic convention in a couple weeks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by numberthirty View Post
    If the department you were heading does this -

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...view/86827820/



    Mets is nowhere close to "really reaching".
    Considering it has not affected her standing in the polls at all, he totally is. It remains a non-issue, with reaching reachers totally reaching for the flimsiest of straws.

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