Iris lilies, how are things in your hood?

[gimmethesimplelife]

Yes, rioting and looting has a negative impact on the local economy.

And the militarization and excessive force used by the police will have an impact on tourism revenue from abroad, like it or not. Rob

[gimmethesimplelife]

Why not take your mother with you? Why isn't she endangered here, too?

My Mom is getting older and a her health is slowly starting to decline - I don't know if she's up to starting anew somewhere else at this point. I want to make sure whatever time she is here she is safe and comfortable. That's the real reason I am stlll here. Rob

[gimmethesimplelife]

It is absolutely amazing that I have posted my reason - what I have witnessed and why I distrust the police - and it seems that a few posters here are OK with this in the sense that it remains uncommented on. Wow. Just wow. It this were to come to where you live, I bet your reaction would be quite different.....Just sayin'. Rob

[gimmethesimplelife]

Buena suerte con la policia mexicana amigo.

I'm not moving to Mexico but thanks for the kind thought anyway. Rob

[Yossarian]

how is this going to look to the rest of the world?

Who the **** cares? We don't sacrifice public servants or principles of justice to appease misinformed people. He should get what he derserves based on what happened, not what someone in Moscow thinks.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Why not take your mother with you? Why isn't she endangered here, too?

There is a case of a SWAT team invading a Chicago hospital and shooting to death a 95 year old white man for his refusal to have a surgery he was afraid would be the end of him. Yes, the elderly are at some risk here unfortunately.....I'm not unaware of this. Rob

[gimmethesimplelife]

Who the **** cares? We don't sacrifice public servants or principles of justice to appease misinformed people. He should get what he derserves based on what happened, not what someone in Moscow thinks.

There will be economic consequences and diplomatic consequences and yet less trust of America and Americans in the world beyond our shores. And probably more sympathy from those living in better countries. It's not so simple as is the officer guilty of an offense and if so, what offense? Thanks to the Internet and social media, this one is not going away any time soon and regardless of the outcome, damage has been done. Look at it this way - many people do not go to Mexico due to the reputation for cartel violence and gore, right? More people will start seeing America as a place lacking basic human rights - matter of fact, we already have a bit of an international rep as being a place in which saying the wrong thing to the government will get you in trouble, justified or not. Rob

[rodeosweetheart]

There is a case of a SWAT team invading a Chicago hospital and shooting to death a 95 year old white man for his refusal to have a surgery he was afraid would be the end of him. Yes, the elderly are at some risk here unfortunately.....I'm not unaware of this. Rob

What is your source for this, Rob?

[iris lilies]

That kitten video is the cutest thing I've seen lately. Oh my, he is at the absolute peak of kittendom.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Here's something further interesting. A Ferguson police office has been suspended indefinitely for pointing a semi-automatic assault rifle at a peaceful protestor and yelling obscenities. At least the police did something here about it, I'll grant that much, and hopefully he will lose his pension. I'm hoping anyway. One way I can think of to regulate police behavior? Constant and continual fear of pension loss - that would strike terror into their hearts where nothing else will. And the story I reference above is entitled Ferguson Protest March Marks Two Weeks Since Police Shooting on yahoo.com/news. Rob