Why wasn't there looting and violence by whites when the "not guilty" verdict was read in the OJ Simpson case?Why is there not outrage, violence and looting in response to all the young blacks being murdered every day by other blacks in Chicago (and other cities)? Why isn't Al Sharpton outraged by this?Does it only matter if it is a white person who kills a black person?

@cheryltom: Thank you so much I think the OJ situation is exactly my pt. Exactly! Thank you.

The first step would be to turn away the race baiting Al and Jesse's of the world. When they step in all he** breaks loose.

@Fiona: I agree there are certain individuals who have "served their purpose" and should not be so vocal in these instances.

" Does this show there are some huge issues in our society that are not adequately being addressed"Does this show there are some huge THUGS in our society that are not adequately being addressed?

It irritates the **** out of me that he sent 3 White House officials to a thug felons funeral....He always takes the ack side of race situations BEFORE KNOWING THE TRUTH...Remember the beer summit , where he came out against the police over his black professor friend....He is a race divider....

Interesting article about Darren Wilson's police history. Interesting place to learn the business. Darren Wilson’s former police force was disbanded for excessive force and corruption
The Washington Post gives additional insight into the background of the officer who killed Michael Brown
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While news outlets and commentators have attempted analyze every action of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teen shot to death six times in Ferguson, Missouri two weeks ago, we seem to know very little about his shooter, Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Wilson, who just months ago won a commendation in a Town Council ceremony, now remains under the police’s protection and hasn’t spoken about the incident.
But as the public continues to search for answers, the Washington Post has published a report on Wilson’s career, including a brief biography, that offers some insight into Wilson’s past.
According to officials interviewed by the Post, Wilson maintained a clean record, but the Post reports that his first job “was not an ideal place to learn how to police.” He entered the police force in 2009, joining a nearly all-white, 45-member task force that patrolled Jennings, Missouri, a small, impoverished city of 14,000 where the residents were 89 percent African-American. The racial tension was high, and the police were accused of using excessive force against its residents:
Racial tension was endemic in Jennings, said Rodney Epps, an African American city council member.
“You’re dealing with white cops, and they don’t know how to address black people,” Epps said. “The straw that broke the camel’s back, an officer shot at a female. She was stopped for a traffic violation. She had a child in the back [of the] car and was probably worried about getting locked up. And this officer chased her down Highway 70, past city limits, and took a shot at her. Just ridiculous.”
Police faced a series of lawsuits for using unnecessary force, Stichnote said. One black resident, Cassandra Fuller, sued the department claiming a white Jennings police officer beat her in June 2009 on her own porch after she made a joke. A car had smashed into her van, which was parked in front of her home, and she called police. The responding officer asked her to move the van. “It don’t run. You can take it home with you if you want,” she answered. She said the officer became enraged, threw her off the porch, knocked her to the ground and kicked her in the stomach.
The department paid Fuller a confidential sum to settle the case, she said

I was watching some of the interview with Wilson. He said this was the first time he ever even used his gun. Seeing him talk, he is believable.

@tb505: Yep, because others around the officer used excessive force, it MUST have been his fault and not the thug who was caught on tape beating a man and stealing who is to blame. Yes, that's it.

Well guess what? In the great US of A, if you are living in a community where the police dept is made up of mostly a different race and you don't feel comfortable, you are free to move. Tired of all the whining about this thug and oppession by a certain race. Get some positive role models who set the bar high and strive to reach it. Quit feeling sorry for yourselves and join the rest of us! This whole thugging, looting load of crap isn't helping your cause any. He chose to go on a crime spree and look where it got him. One less criminal the rest of us have to worry about.

So if there were no white cops in this neighborhood would there be any cops at all?If you want a better racial mix of police encourage your youth to stay clean and become police in their own community.

If white cops were the only ones trying out for the force, then so be it. I'd rather have a cop that is there on merit than have some there by affirmative action and/or the joke known as 'diversity'.