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Thread #155651   Message #3680316
Posted By: IamNoMan
26-Nov-14 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: USA, Black Lives Lost in Police Actions
Subject: RE: Another Black Man Shot by Cop
"From: GUEST,Rahere - PM
Date: 28 Sep 14 - 11:27 AM

There is another principle in play, SRS. In Europe, we've made steps in establishing that power needs to justify itself, that the Law cannot forever favour the big guns. If you hold authority and the power that accompanies it, then you must be accountable for its use, and it is utterly insufficient to use it to hush up its abuse."

I agree with you. The Grand Jury in Ferguson determined that Criminal proceedings were not justified. We will see what happens when the Civil "Wrongful Death" aspects are raised. Both public opinion and hitting the "corporate power wielders" in the pocket book seem to have a way of changing how the authorities act and react in these cases. Ferguson, MO was incorporated in 1884 IIRC.