FERGUSION: THE FACTS, MA’AM, JUST THE FACTS…

Facts, or so they say, are pesky things. And as is often the case they are simply ignored if they don’t support the argument that one is trying to advance, or the violence that one is trying to incite. And it’s in Ferguson that we see both of these positions coming into play and with some pretty horrible results. The facts simply do not support the argument behind why it was that the grand jury failed to indict the officer. As well, the facts also do not provide any justification for the continuing violence.

Any yet according to the many protesters who erupted in violence, and those who have been very busy encouraging them, after a grand jury declined to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., this was clearly a case of a white policeman shooting an unarmed black teenager with his hands in the air in a community said to be plagued by racial tension. But again, that’s not what the facts actually indicate. The facts quickly became, essentially, irrelevant.

And yet it’s the narrative that has been, and continues to be, promoted by many in the state-controlled media as well as many outside of the media and in government. But the actual facts about the case tell a very different story. But as we all know those interested in doing nothing more than inciting violence and advancing their own agenda are interested very little in the facts. But be that as it may, here are a few facts that seem to have been left out of the story for what, you will quickly see, were very obvious reasons.

1. Surveillance video showed that shortly before the confrontation, 18-year-old Brown stole cigarillos from a convenience store and shoved a clerk who tried to stop him.

2. The autopsy report showed that Brown had marijuana in his system when he died.

3. Officer Wilson, driving to the call of a medical emergency, first encountered Brown walking in the middle of a street and told Brown and his friend to walk on the sidewalk. Brown responded with an expletive.

4. Wilson chose to confront Brown only after he saw the cigarillos in his hand and recalled the radio report of a robbery at the convenience store.

5. Wilson said when he tried to open his car door, Brown slammed it back shut, then punched Wilson in the face.

6. Fearing another punch could knock him out, Wilson drew his gun, he told the grand jury, and Brown grabbed the gun, saying "you are too much of a pussy to shoot me."

7. An African-American witness confirmed that Brown and Wilson appeared to be "arm-wrestling" by the car.

8. Another witness saw Brown leaning through the car's window and said "some sort of confrontation was taking place."

9. After Wilson fired a shot that struck Brown's hand, Brown fled and Wilson gave chase. Brown suddenly stopped. An unidentified witness told the grand jury that 6-foot-4, 292-pound Brown charged at Wilson with his head down. Wilson said Brown put his hand under the waistband of his pants as he continued toward Wilson. That's when Wilson fired.

10. A witness testified that Brown never raised his hands.

11. Gunpowder found on the wound on Brown's hand indicated his hand was close to the gun when it fired. According to a report, the hand wound showed foreign matter "consistent with products that are discharged from the barrel of a firearm."

12. Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist who reviewed the autopsy for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, said the gunpowder "supports the fact that this guy is reaching for the gun, if he has particulate matter in the wound."

13. Wilson said Brown was physically uncontrollable and "for lack of a better word, crazy." He said that during the confrontation, he was thinking: "He's gonna kill me. How do I survive?" Legal experts say police officers typically have wide latitude to use deadly force when they feel their safety is threatened.

So there you have it, you can make up your own mind. But keep in mind that these are only a few of the actual facts that were never presented by the media. Because had such things been pointed out, it would have to have been admitted that race played no role in the altercation that took place between the white cop and the black thug. The facts would have dramatically altered what it was that those in the state-controlled media were so desperate to present as being the reality of the situation. Thus, we never heard them.

FERGUSON, DOING UNTO OTHERS…

You know, there’s an old adage that says, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." And it’s something than came to mind when I recently heard about the church that Michael Brown’s family was known to attend, being torched by vandals. I thought of it as being an example of turnabout being fair play. And to be honest, upon hearing the news I felt very little sympathy. It’s just that I have a rather difficult time respecting the property of those who feel completely justified in calling for the destruction of property owned by others, for any reason. But when the destruction is perpetrated for the reason that it has been in Ferguson, for me such behavior is deserving of nothing more than the strongest form of condemnation.

As it turns out, the church attended by Michael Brown’s father and his family was one of a dozen or so buildings burned to the ground during Monday night’s protests in the wake of a grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson. While the majority of the buildings destroyed on Monday were in downtown Ferguson, the Flood Christian Church is located about three miles away from the protests in a remote section of Country Club Hills. Pastor Carlton Lee, who has been one of the more vocal advocates for the Browns since their son was shot in August, would rather believe that those responsible for the destruction were white supremacists rather than the black protesters who are the ones we’ve all seen burning down everything else.

The rather paranoid Rev. Lee told NBC News he believes that his church was targeted because he has repeatedly called for the arrest of Officer Wilson. Lee, who has participated in numerous rallies and press conferences with Michael Brown Sr. also claims to have received more than 70 death threats. He said, "I'm very vocal in regards to the Michael Brown case." This boob went on to say, "The police called me and told me the church was on fire." And he added, "I was in complete disbelief. I didn't think anyone would set a church on fire." I can’t help but wonder just how ignorant must this guy must be not to recognize the fact that there is nothing that those with whom he has chosen to associate with would NOT destroy out of vengeance.

He said, "I feel like one of my children has died. I put my blood, my sweat, my tears into this church, getting this church built from the ground up." And he went on to say, "To see that it was taken down in a few minutes is really heartbreaking." Rev. Lee said Michael Brown Sr. was 'just devastated again' about the extensive damage. But the good reverend seems not to be bothered in the least by the ‘devastation’ suffered by those who have been forced to watch as their businesses went up in flames even though they had absolutely nothing to do with the decision arrived at by the Ferguson grand jury. To the reverend such violence is seen as being perfectly acceptable and is to be expected due to the racial injustice that has been perpetrated here.

And when it comes to who it was, exactly, that might have committed this act, who is it that the good reverend suspects? Was it the gangs of marauding blacks who were determined to destroy everything in their path? Nope, instead he suspects that his church was targeted by white supremacists who wanted to punish him for his support of the Brown family. Really? Now has anyone seen or heard anything about gangs of white supremacists roaming the streets of Ferguson? And if there were don’t you think that CNN, or MSNBC or any of the major networks would have been shouting about them from the rooftops? So I’m thinking what we have here is less a man of God and more just another racist in a crowd of what seems to be very many!

Pastor Lee said that he had known the Brown family for several years after officiating at their wedding. He said he remembered Michael Jr. as a ‘big jokester.’ His recollection of the 300 pound, six foot four inch teen varies considerably from the thug that we’ve all seen on the convenience store video. You see in talking about Brown, the reverend recalls, ‘He was a fun loving guy to be around.’ And this supposed man of God is another of those who puts race above even such things as faith. He has demonstrated very little that would seem to indicate that he actually practices what he preaches. He’s able to somehow justify the property of others being destroyed but seems dumfounded that someone burned down his church.

FERGUSON…OBAMA’S AMERICA???

What is this country coming to in this age of ‘Obama’? He of whom it was said would be a post racial president, the one person capable of healing old wounds and of bringing an end to all racial strife in this country, seems only to have had the alternate effect, and succeeding only in making things considerably worse. Never before in recent history has distrust between the races been at such a high point. And nothing would seem to make that more apparent than the fact that a white policeman, guilty of nothing more than protecting his own life, is now being accused of killing a teen for no other reason than because that teen was black.

So because that which was described by those in the media, the race baiters and some politicians, and even before a grand jury was convened, as being the ‘incorrect’ verdict was the one arrived at, we had a mob of hoodlums essentially permitted, as the local police and fire department simply stood by, to loot and burn down a dozen or so privately owned businesses in retaliation. And why was that? To avert potential loss of life or even ‘more’ violence? Such behavior is simply inexcusable and should not have been tolerated. Those who lost their businesses should sue those in charge of protecting them for dereliction of duty.

So, as we all now know a grand jury declined to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the death of a 300 pound black thug by the name of Michael Brown. Brown, the much talked about saint of an individual was the unarmed, black ‘teen’ whose fatal shooting sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests and inflamed deep racial tensions between many blacks and police. Moments after the announcement crowds began pouring into Ferguson streets to protest the decision. Some taunted police, broke windows and vandalized cars. Within a few hours, several large buildings were set ablaze, and frequent gunfire was heard.

Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch said the jury of nine whites and three blacks met on 25 separate days over three months, hearing more than 70 hours of testimony from about 60 witnesses. As McCulloch read his statement, Michael Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, sat atop a vehicle listening to a broadcast of the announcement. When she heard the decision, the theatrics began as she burst into tears and began screaming before being whisked away by supporters. The crowd with her erupted in anger, converging on the barricade where police in riot gear were standing. They pushed down the barricade and began pelting police with objects.

Brown's family released a statement saying they were "profoundly disappointed" in the decision but asked that the public "channel your frustration in ways that will make a positive change. We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen." Where their disappointment should be focused is directly upon themselves or, at the very least, on the parents of this teen. Where were they as he was growing up? Obviously they spent precious little time teaching him right from wrong. They had to have known that the direction in which he was headed did not bode well for him living a long productive life. And yet they did nothing.

And then we have our supposed post-racial president who appealed for calm and understanding, pleading with both protesters and police to show some restraint. And it was with a touch of irony that Barry said, "We are a nation built on the rule of law, so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury's to make." He went on to say that it was understandable that some Americans would be "deeply disappointed — even angered," but echoed Brown's parents in calling for any protests to be peaceful. Barry worked to constantly insert himself in this continuing drama and for no other reason than to make sure tensions remained high.

Monday night's violence resembled the initial unrest during the days that immediately followed Brown's death, when business windows were smashed and police vehicles damaged. But the destruction soon widened, with several large fires burning out of control and reports of frequent gunfire. And as if events taking place in Ferguson were instead in some third world banana republic, at least 10 St. Louis-bound flights were diverted to other airports because of concern about gunfire being aimed into the sky over Ferguson. Only law-enforcement aircraft were permitted to fly through the area, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

And as to be expected the Justice Department of Eric "The Racist" Holder is now busy conducting a separate investigation into possible civil rights violations that could result in federal charges, but investigators would need to satisfy a rigorous standard of proof in order to mount a prosecution. The department has also launched a broad probe into the Ferguson Police Department, looking for patterns of discrimination. But regardless of the outcome of those investigations, in looking to make every dime they can off the death of their son, Brown's family could also file a wrongful-death lawsuit against Wilson.

Just one last thing. There was talk from the family after the verdict about how we all need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen. But what was it, exactly, that occurred that is in need of being repaired? How might this story have played out had the cop been black in this case? Or had the cop been black and the now dead teen been white? I think we all know the answer to that. It would have been considered a non-story, one barely worth mentioning on any of our far too many ‘news’ shows. Just like the dozens of murders that take place everyday where blacks busy themselves killing other blacks. It’s a non-story.