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Post by Simone on Sept 22, 2016 23:38:56 GMT
Charlotte has been my home for the majority of my life. Born in Charlotte, grew up there and have always lived in or around it. It is surreal to have the National Guard and state police called in, in a state of emergency. These riots have always been somewhere far away, watched on the news but otherwise having little effect on anyone I knew. Now it's on the doorstep. We recently moved from Charlotte to Mooresville, about 30 minutes north on I-77. I'm glad we did now, but sad that Charlotte is in so much turmoil all the same.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Sept 22, 2016 23:42:01 GMT
In my opinion, if you have to destroy other people's property to "express anger", you're doing it wrong.
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Simone
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Post by Simone on Sept 22, 2016 23:47:11 GMT
The looters, etc., really rob legitimacy from the actual protesters.
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Post by flynlion on Sept 23, 2016 0:12:55 GMT
I'm in Rock Hill Bro'. I always thought of CLT as that nice, peaceful little city up the road
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Post by Dado on Sept 23, 2016 0:41:03 GMT
I'm watching the news ATM. I moved from Charlotte in 09. I'm in Durham County now. It is hard to watch. I bounced drunks in a lot of the clubs in the middle of town for a bunch of years and always liked the downtown area. Nice to see the Carolinas represented on the forums.
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Post by Snorelacks on Sept 23, 2016 0:52:07 GMT
I get down to Raleigh 2-4 times a year on business to Cary, Clayton and Sanford.
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Dado
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Post by Dado on Sept 23, 2016 0:59:55 GMT
I get down to Raleigh 2-4 times a year on business to Cary, Clayton and Sanford. Give a shout next time you come through. Maybe we can grab a beer or something.
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Simone
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Post by Simone on Sept 23, 2016 1:48:14 GMT
Who knew NC was so well represented???
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Post by Dado on Sept 23, 2016 2:01:28 GMT
Who knew NC was so well represented??? Who'd a thunk it.
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Snorelacks
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Post by Snorelacks on Sept 23, 2016 4:02:50 GMT
I get down to Raleigh 2-4 times a year on business to Cary, Clayton and Sanford. Give a shout next time you come through. Maybe we can grab a beer or something. Will do. I may be heading down for a week at the end of October start of November.
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Post by R35T NO MORE on Sept 23, 2016 6:23:07 GMT
Why are people rioting?
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Niles Y93
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Post by Niles Y93 on Sept 23, 2016 6:34:50 GMT
The base story: police action shooting involving an African-American. Everything else: the info will come out when it comes out
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Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Sept 23, 2016 7:45:10 GMT
The police shot someone dead. Again.
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Simone
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Post by Simone on Sept 23, 2016 20:04:55 GMT
The police shot someone dead. Again. Not just someone. Someone black.
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Sept 23, 2016 20:10:53 GMT
The police shot someone dead. Again. Not just someone. Someone black. Well yes, there is that, but the number of people they shoot in general seems excessive.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Sept 23, 2016 20:30:43 GMT
Not just someone. Someone black. Well yes, there is that, but the number of people they shoot in general seems excessive. Let me guess. "Compared to Britain..."?
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Sept 23, 2016 20:33:37 GMT
Well yes, there is that, but the number of people they shoot in general seems excessive. Let me guess. "Compared to Britain..."? Compared to a lot of places, really.
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Post by "statistically insignificant" on Sept 23, 2016 21:17:48 GMT
The police shot someone dead. Again. Not just someone. Someone black. ...and unarmed. Again.
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Post by Snorelacks on Sept 23, 2016 23:10:31 GMT
Not just someone. Someone black. ...and unarmed. Again. Not confirmed. There is clearly a weapon on the ground next to him in the video the family just released to CNN. The dash cam and body cam footage has not been released.
Also being omitted from the story is that the officer that shot the man was black as well. Additionally, there is unconfirmed reporting that the man had shot at cops before.
In the end, the legal system will have to play out.
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Post by Dado on Sept 23, 2016 23:21:27 GMT
I watched the video that the wife released and didn't see a gun but I could clearly hear popo telling him to drop the weapon and I don't see how multiple officers could all mistake a "book" for a gun. Additionally you can hear his wife first yelling at him to get out of the vehicle then she starts yelling at him "don't do it". What is she telling him not to do?
I heard one report that said he was a convicted felon with a long rap sheet. If that's accurate he's not allowed to own a weapon much less carry it in public.
The police aren't just out to shoot innocent blacks and anyone who believes they are is a major league dumbass.
I'd lay odds that a large portion of the idiots rioting in Charlotte don't even live in the area.
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