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^^ Fair enough, but the fact that this stuff is happening is a matter of unfortunate fact, not the imaginations of some over the top conservative. Perhaps you could name one incident where white people burned down the business district of their town for any reason, much less challenge through violence the very fabric on which our nation is founded, that being rule of law? IMO, Mr Obama should have come on TV publicly giving his condolences to the Browns for their loss. Right after that he should have given out stern warning involving violence for any reason including the finding of the Grand Jury. There should have been enough cops around to handle any possibility, and every body who caused civil disturbance should have been summarily carted off to jail. In short, our President should have backed law enforcement and our tradition of orderly society. But no, the Governor of Missouri found himself under fire from the left for going too far in preparation for the madness that indeed manifested itself last night after all.

As to civil rights, I don't agree that "we still have a long way to go." Minorities seeking higher education will find the red carpet rolled out for them. As well as companies and employers of all ilk, who readily hire reliable minority applicants. And, you will never sell me on the notion that black people are rejected by white people. It's a lie from the pit. The short of it all goes like this. The law has to apply to everybody equally, otherwise history is replete with examples of the resulting anarchy taking down that society. I'd like to see what would happen if a white man went down and torched a McDonald's somewhere, saying he didn't like the Michael Brown finding and see what happened to him. This stuff is beyond scary, like I said, it's apocalyptic.

Somewhere Bill Ayers and his cronies are reveling in delight.

I never said what they were doing was correct. I condemned it and said it was shameful. Just think it's a sad situation all around. But just because of what they're doing is shameful, doesn't mean it represents an entire group of people.

It's difficult to respond to, but I'm nearly positive white America has had its shameful moments in protests/celebrations as I've attached. But when it's celebration it's all in good fun to destroy property.

The announcement should not have been made at 8:00 PM local time. That was a huge mistake they made in first place. Riots regarding race and other factors will happen. It has happened under every President. Nothing they can say or do will stop that from happening.

You can say that African Americans are equal and not looked at any different but posts in this thread say otherwise.