Actually, would love to shoot the idiots that caused me to lose over $11k in WAMU stocks.....but that would mean those in charge of the bank and market, and all those that mortgaged themselves into bankruptcy. I'm really sour on that but, what's been going on with that in the past few months, I may be able to get a small portion back.
Thread derailed yet?

WaMu did themseleve's with no help from anyone.

I watched the video of the prosecutor. She appeared very angry and strong-willed. I congratulate her on doing her job.

I just wish during her speech she had mentioned one other thing. She was speaking along the lines of "all people of this city will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, regardless of their occupation." She should have added "Just as my office is vigilantly prosecuting these officers, so shall we prosecute those that have committed arson; burning down buildings and vehicles. We shall also prosecute those that have committed violence, rioting, and looting in the past days. All of you are next on my list, I'll be seeing you shortly."

Persecute or prosecute?

persecute [ ˈpərsəˌkyo͞ot ]
VERB
subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs

That definition doesn't apply to anything I said or anything that's going on, so I would say prosecute, and not persecute.

Cop safety, rioter's safety, civilian safety, then all the property in the same order.

Bottom line...sucks to be a civilian in that mess.

So, driving a vehicle away after someone puts a prisoner in your rig = manslaughter?

Opening the back of the transport unit, and closing it again, and not calling for medics, is assault, and manslaughter?

The so called rioters are civilians too.

I get so sick of this 'root causes' bullshit.

You want to know the root causes of all of this violence? It is the state of perpetual victimhood that has been shoved down the throats of African Americans by the leadership of the Civil Rights Movement. Once these same 'leaders' realized that they could make a nice living off of the movement they were involved with the Civil Rights Movement was doomed. There is no reason to ever end it, too much money is at stake.

So guys like Sharpton and Jackson whip up resentment and turn idiots and thugs like Martin and Brown and Gray into martyred heroes. This does nothing to help the cause of African Americans in in all honesty hurts the case of anyone looking to end that racism. Almost every negative stereotype of African Americans can be summed up with those three individuals. No human being is perfect and no one truly deserves to die but if you are going to hold someone as an innocent then they should be at least someone you would want to have over to your house. None of these guys would be allowed within 100 yards of Sharpton's house, much less in it.

You want to know the causes of all of this, it is the very people that are now claiming victimhood. At one time the actions of the civil rights movement was righteous and noble and the sight of violence perpetrated against the freedom riders shocked and shamed White America and rallied them to the cause. What you see now is that same movement creating fear and resentment among those very same middle class white people. It is difficult to create sympathy when your tactic is to make yourself look as distasteful as possible.