Riot erupting in St. Louis after police shooting of Ferguson youth

[alphanguy74]

[DRW50]

I saw some people speculating that the photo of the little boy tearily hugging a white cop was staged. I hope not, but I wouldn't be shocked. I find that type of thing patronizing anyway.

[NothinButAttitude]

How is everyone feeling about Charles Barkley and his recent comments [on Ferguson]/acts of coonery?

[DeeeDee]

So now we're agreeing racism exists?

[SFK]

Two Bed-Stuy police officers have been shot execution style in apparent revenge killing:

http://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/

[katie_9918]

So now we have two dead cops who may or may not have been good cops.

I am so glad my father is retired, especially if some of these more fanatical idiots decide to start copying.

[marceline]

Sad but not surprising. We've had some fairly sizable protests all over Cleveland today. They even managed to shut down the Walmart not too far from me. I'm planning to attend a protest and vigil tomorrow. We'll see how it goes in light of these killings in NYC.

[katie_9918]

If these officers had been wearing helmets and riot gear, they may have had a chance against these unprovoked murders.

My heart goes out to the NYPD, because these defenders and protectors have been absolutely alone against their own city officials and psychos like the coward who murdered these two innocent officers on duty in their patrol car.

[juppiter]

I have been thinking for a while this was going to happen. Black people vs. police is becoming like Israelis vs. Palestinians. You took one of ours so we're taking one of yours. This is really terrifying and very slippery slope and I hope it stops now and there isn't a copycat killing.

I live in NYC actually so the prospect of what could happen now is scary.

[Eric83]

I wish this psycho hadn't of done this. Now this will take the attention off of the very real issue of racial profiling and need for police to be held accountable. Smh. RIP to the officers.

[GregNYC]

NYC has turned much worse ever since De Blasio was elected. There is so much tension between the mayor, the police union, and the citizens. Same thing happened with the last Democrat mayor, elected in 1990.

NYC needs a fiscally conservative, socially liberal Republican as mayor, such as Giuliani or Bloomberg, to reign in the city. Otherwise it is chaos.

[GregNYC]

Neither officer was white. One officer was Latino. The other was Asian. This assassination doesn't help African Americans in recruiting Latinos and Asians to their cause against white officers.

[quartermainefan]

Bloomberg only registered as a republican to get the nomination. De Blasio sucks, as he can't even shovel snow off the streets, but it is not because he is a democrat that he sucks. Dinkins was the worst mayor of them all.

[marceline]

I doubt that most Latinos or Asians are quite so simpleminded.

[DeeeDee]

Dinkins worse than Giuliani the racist?