#magicjoe

I was just going to reply in private but whatever people can say whatever they want about me.

When this first came about I was angry I yelled and wanted to protest and everything because I thought it really was just another black kid killed by a racist police officer, but as time went on and as witness statements started to change and the evidence started pointing towards either side being right I wasn't sure what to think about it.  Going by Darren Wilson's statement I think what he saw was a black guy bigger and stronger than him and he got scared and went for his gun trying to scare him away at first.  I don't think while they were fighting or whatever inside of that car that he had the intent to kill him.  I do think that after getting outside of his vehicle he should not have in anyway pulled his gun again.  Brown was far enough away for him to come up with any non lethal way to take him down.  I think again he saw a black guy bigger and stronger than he was and he panicked and pulled the trigger.   

I think after that the police chief and his wife making statements calling them animals or whatever made the entire situation worse and started bringing race into front of this situation.  I think that before then people were angry that an unarmed black teenager was killed by another white police officer but the moment his boss starts making racial statements like that it created this worldwide movement.  

I think the police are unfairly targeting minorities, not just black people, and I think the way the laws are set up are there to protect those benefiting most from the system.  I don't think we're having the right conversation right now, but I do think that this will lead to it.  I think the police need to be trained in more nonlethal ways to handle situations.  I think there needs to be training so police aren't just looking at minorities as possible suspects.  I think that not only the police but people in general need to look at stereotypes and start to take them out of their preconceived notion of what a black person is.   

One thing I will not support though is violent protesting and destroying the business of people not even related to the situation.  I don't care who you are or what was done to you, you have no right to target innocent people in this and before anyone says, "White people riot over smaller shit!"  Do you want to be like them or better than them?  The fact that most of the people out there doing this shit aren't even from Ferguson is what upsets me more because they are hurting the community even more.  Now people are going to be without a job for who knows how long and children are scared as hell of going outside because the police are shooting tear gas from one side while people are burning down businesses on the other side.  And no one is paying attention to the actual peaceful protestors.  Now they are also being targeted by the police because of a small amount of people acting a damn fool.  This is exactly what happened a few months ago.   The people out there stealing and looting aren't a part of the protests and dont' give a fuck about any of this, they're just taking advantage of the situation.