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SullivanSt's avatar

Can't imagine he doesn't have a lawyer by now, can't imagine any lawyer allowing him to speak until all conceivable possibilities of legal consequences have been exhausted.

Especially with what an eyewitness told Lawrence O'Donnell last night on MSNBC.

SullivanSt's avatar

I definitely do <em>not</em> want to hear Col. Jackson's poetry.

Vienna Woods's avatar

Some commenters are more equal than others.

Vienna Woods's avatar

Is it just me, or is it a bit odd that the reporting officer is the perp?

The Quirk's avatar

Or Sylvester Stallone's makeup man.

And if Wilson had so much as a single bruise, Ferguson PD'd be plastering his busted face all over the news.

Good_Gawd_Yall - Unperson's avatar

Or we could take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!

Gherkins d'Resistance's avatar

The only problem is going to be if this case doesn't come to trial. If the Grand Jury says "nah, nothing to see here" then likely none of that stuff will come out.

Which is a possibility -- though pretty remote.

bobbert's avatar

Even Joel would be hard pressed to inject any deadpan humor into this situation.

SullivanSt's avatar

Last Friday I told my wife it was as if they <em>wanted</em> to start a race war.

SullivanSt's avatar

The one that glorified police violence.

bobbert's avatar

So is Schellman just brain-dead irony-deficient, or was this an intentional poke?

SullivanSt's avatar

Becoming accustomed to never being questioned or challenged in any way tends to make a mind lazy and sloppy.

SullivanSt's avatar

What they lack in accuracy, they make up for in number of shots.

Painter of Goats's avatar

Now, now, this is a grave situation you guys.

Dashboard Buddha's avatar

I bet the requests for tear gas and armored personel carriers were pretty wordy though.