IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE MICHAEL BROWN WAS
SHOT AND KILLED IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI BY POLICE OFFICER
DARREN WILSON, AND HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THEN?
AJ PLUS PUT
TOGETHER AN INTERESTING VIDEO TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY
CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THERE HAS BEEN ANY PROGRESS AT ALL.
WE HAVE THE FULL VIDEO FOR
YOU GUYS IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX BELOW, CLICK THE LINK AND YOU
CAN WATCH THE WHOLE THING.
BUT I HAVE A SNIPPET FOR YOU GUYS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND
DISCUSS.
>>PEOPLE I BELIEVE IN GENERAL ARE MORE AWARE OF THEIR
SURROUNDINGS AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM.
INJUSTICE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.
>>EVERYTHING IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE NEED TO
KEEP PRESSURE ON.
WE CAN'T THINK EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
THAT IS THE
MENTALITY.
IF WE HADN'T BEEN DOING WHAT WE WERE DOING, THEY
WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE CHIEF.
I BELIEVE IT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>>IF YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER COMPRISE HALF THE CITY
COUNCIL, THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE WERE.
WE ARE THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITY MANAGER, THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN INTERIM CITY POLICE CHIEF.
>>THAT DUDE LOOKS LIKE HE IS FROM BOARDWALK EMPIRE, DOESN'T HE?
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
>> ALSO ST.
LOUIS IN THE SUMMERTIME, HE IS WEARING A
THREE-PIECE SUIT.
HE IS DYING IN THAT.
>>HE IS SO HOT.
LIKE, PHYSICALLY HOT.
YOU GUYS CAN CHECK OUT THE
FULL VIDEO IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX BELOW, BECAUSE THEY PUT
TOGETHER THESE GREAT FIELD REPORTS AND I LOVE IT.
IT IS
INCREDIBLE BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART AS YOU WATCH THAT VIDEO YOU
GET A SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE POSITIVE, THEY ARE VERY
SKEPTICAL ABOUT ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT THINGS ARE BETTER AND WE
SHOULD ALL BE HAPPY, THEY WANT TO PUSH FORWARD, THEY WANT MORE
PROGRESS, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF
POLICE BRUTALITY, AND OF COURSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
CRITICIZED FOR WIDESPREAD DISSEMINATION AND RACISM IN THE
PAST, SO THEY ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
WHAT
IS ALSO INCREDIBLE IS YOU WATCH THAT AND YOU THINK, OKAY, WE ARE
FINALLY MAKING PROGRESS, AND THEN OTHER THINGS HAPPEN.
FOR
INSTANCE, THE FREE THOUGHT PROJECT REPORTED THAT A FACEBOOK
GROUP THAT IS TITLED "POLICE OFFICERS" POSTED AN OFFENSIVE
IMAGE IN ADVANCE OF THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BROWN'S SLAYING
AT THE HANDS OF POLICE OFFICER DARREN WILSON.
WHAT DID THEY
POST?
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK.
IT IS BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS.
IN
MEMORY OF MICHAEL BROWN, AND THEN THE DATES.
THERE WAS ONCE A THUG NAMED BROWN WHO BUM RUSHED A COP WITH A FROWN
SIX BULLETS LATER HE MET HIS CREATOR
THEN HIS HOMIES BURNT DOWN THE TOWN.
A FACEBOOK PAGE DEDICATED TO POLICE OFFICERS POSTED THIS
THINKING IT WAS OKAY, IT ORIGINALLY WAS POSTED ON A
REDDIT PAGE THAT HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN DOWN CALLED COON
TOWN, THEN IT WAS POSTED ON A LIBERTARIAN GROUP CALLED
COMMUNISM KILLS.
PEOPLE THINK THIS IS FUN AND GAMES.
>> YOU BASTARDS.
YOU WON.
HE IS DEAD.
HIS MOM LOST HER SON.
DARREN WILSON IS FREE.
JUST WALK AWAY.
YOU WON.
DON'T MAKE A FAKE MEMORIAL AND RIDICULE THIS KID AND HURT
HIS FAMILY AGAIN.
IT IS SO PETTY AND MEAN.
>>IT IS ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE HORRIBLE PEOPLE.
>>YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PERSON.
>>IT IS ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE UNHINGED, DISCONNECTED
MURDERERS.
WITH THE POWER OF THE STATE.
THOSE ARE THE GUYS, WE
GIVE THEM A GUN.
GO AHEAD, GO INTO THAT COMMUNITY WITH A GUN.
TAKE A GUN.
GO IN THAT COMMUNITY.
AND SCOTT WALKER AT
THE DEBATE LAST NIGHT, HIS BIG POINT WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO
SUPPORT THE POLICE.
AND IF THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE -- THIS ISN'T
A FEW PEOPLE, THIS IS THEIR FUCKING FACEBOOK PAGE.
THE REAL
PROBLEM IS THE CULTURE IN AMERICA.
WE ARE A COUNTRY OF
FUCKING BOOTLICKERS.
>>YOU DON'T THINK THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THAT FAKE
MEMORIAL AND WROTE THAT CLEVER LITTLE LIMERICK, THAT THEY DON'T
FEEL LIKE MIKE BROWN AND PEOPLE IN MIKE BROWN'S COMMUNITY ARE AT
LEAST A LITTLE LESS THAN THEM?
OF COURSE THEY DO.
THAT IS AS
OBVIOUS AS THE DAY IS LONG.
MOST OF THEM WILL NEVER KILL ANYBODY,
BUT THEY DON'T CARE.
MIKE BROWN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DARREN WILSON
DID, BUT THAT MIKE BROWN KID ROBBED THE CLERK EARLIER AND HAD IT
COMING.
PEOPLE WHO ARE SO ANGRY, SOME OF THEM WHO SET FIRES, THEY
HAD IT COMING.
THEY ARE LESS THAN ME.
AND GOD FORBID IF A
COUPLE OF THOSE PEOPLE GET SHOT, AS I TRY AND MAKE LIFE SAFER
FOR EVERYBODY, HEY, THAT IS THE WAY IT GOES.
>>IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT THE THUGS IN FERGUSON WERE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE WHOLE ST.
LOUIS COUNTY.
THEY HAVE DONE A
COMPLETE INVESTIGATION SHOWING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE
NOTHING MORE THAN REVENUE MACHINES, ILLEGALLY RAISING
MONEY OFF OF THE POOREST PEOPLE WITH THE LEAST RESOURCES.
>>THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 100 YEARS.
>>FOREVER, IN ST.
LOUIS COUNTY.
SO THE RACIST POLICIES
IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE POWER OF THE STATE WITH BRUTAL FORCE,
THEY ARE THE CRIMINALS.
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS.
THE
COPS ARE THE CRIMINALS IN FERGUSON, NOT THE PEOPLE.
IT IS
NOT EVEN A CLOSE CALL.
THEY HAVE BEEN REVEALED TO BE CRIMINALS,
YET I GUESS WE CAN'T PUT THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN JAIL
BECAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO PROSECUTE.
NOT ONLY RACIST
EMAILS PASSED AROUND, BUT THE PRACTICES WERE RACIST.
REVENUE RAISING MACHINES OFF OF POOR BLACK PEOPLE FOR DOING
THINGS THAT OTHER WHITE PEOPLE DON'T EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
>> SO BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN DOWN, THAT FAKE MEMORIAL POST, IT
RECEIVED 4000 FACEBOOK LIKES AND WAS SHARED MORE THAN 1700 TIMES.
THERE WERE COMMENTS WHERE PEOPLE WERE ANGRY AND OUTRAGED ABOUT
IT.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY SHARES IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY LIKED IT,
THEY MIGHT HAVE SHARED IT TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT HOW
DISGUSTING IT IS.
BUT ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR WAS REALLY
OUTRAGED BY IT, AND WROTE A HARSH COMMENT TOWARD THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FACEBOOK PAGE, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR
WROTE BACK AND SAID THE FOLLOWING, MIKE BROWN CHOSE HIS
PATH, ONE THAT HAS LED THIS COUNTRY INTO COMPLETE
DIVISIVENESS.
HE IS NOT A MARTYR, HE WAS A THUG, WHO
ROBBED A CLERK THEN MADE THE ADULT CHOICE TO FIGHT A COP, OF WHICH
HE INTENDED TO MURDER.
SO THE SAME NARRATIVE IS BEING REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
LOOK, WHAT HE DID PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WITH DARREN
WILSON, I GET IT.
HE BROKE A LAW, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED FOR THAT
AND SHOULD HAVE FACED CHARGES.
HE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE AS A RESULT.
>>HE WOULD HAVE BEEN.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, THEY
HAD PHOTOS OF HIM, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, THAT IS MIKE
BROWN.
HE LIVES OVER THERE.
HE WOULD'VE BEEN ARRESTED AND SPENT
SIX MONTHS IN COUNTY, OR FOUR YEARS, I DON'T KNOW.
WE NEVER
WOULD HAVE HEARD OF IT AND GONE ABOUT OUR LIVES.
IT IS
IRRELEVANT.