#BlackLivesMatter

[93henfan]

What gets me is hearing the "played" "NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE" chant in association with this incident. What the HELL are they talking about in this instance?

Let's see: The cop was fired and charged with murder.

What, exactly, do you want with respect to "Justice?' What else can the authorities do?

They were celebrating the efficiencies of this case by chanting "Know justice. Know peace."

[CID1990]

It's going to be worthless in about an hour.

the other bridge to get into mount pleasant is already backed up.

The Eastbound lanes go to Mount Pleasant. Not Charleston or North Charleston. Idiots.


#geographymatters

Well in solidarity with the people on the bridge you could just elect to stay home and watch the WB and maybe sip a beer on your front stoop rather than going to work.

[SeattleGriz]

Inconveniencing thousands of drivers accomplishes exactly what again? Protest at City Hall or the Police Station, not a major artery in a different city from where the shooting took place.

Maybe they want to jump on the hoods of the cars stuck in traffic.

[JohnStOnge]

Your own link seems to say this story is bunk now.

Inconveniencing thousands of drivers accomplishes exactly what again?

What that accomplished was an "over correction." It led to some very onerous intrusions upon Liberty. Stuff like the Federal Government telling a private business in Alabama or any other State that it can't deal with who it wants to deal with or opt NOT to deal with who it opts NOT to deal with is outrageous. There is nothing actually in the Constitution that gives the Federal government the power to do that. That's not regulating commerce. The power to regulate commerce is not the same thing as the power to force someone to engage in commerce when they don't want to.

There is absolutely nothing in the Constitution which, for instance, gives the Federal Government the power to tell a restaurant in Little Rock Arkansas that it can't opt not to serve Blacks. There's stuff about what States can and can't do thanks to the post Civil War amendments. But nothing about private businesses.

Whether it's morally acceptable for a restaurant to opt not to serve Blacks is another issue. The point is that the Federal Government shouldn't be involved in that. It's beyond its true Constitutional authority. Also involved is the idea that people have...or should have...the right to behave immorally as long as they are not positively attacking someone else. And you're not positively attacking someone by opting not to deal with them. You should be free to do that.

[Ibanez]

Your own link seems to say this story is bunk now.

What that accomplished was an "over correction." It led to some very onerous intrusions upon Liberty. Stuff like the Federal Government telling a private business in Alabama or any other State that it can't deal with who it wants to deal with or opt NOT to deal with who it opts NOT to deal with is outrageous. There is nothing actually in the Constitution that gives the Federal government the power to do that. That's not regulating commerce. The power to regulate commerce is not the same thing as the power to force someone to engage in commerce when they don't want to.

There is absolutely nothing in the Constitution which, for instance, gives the Federal Government the power to tell a restaurant in Little Rock Arkansas that it can't opt not to serve Blacks. There's stuff about what States can and can't do thanks to the post Civil War amendments. But nothing about private businesses.

Whether it's morally acceptable for a restaurant to opt not to serve Blacks is another issue. The point is that the Federal Government shouldn't be involved in that. It's beyond its true Constitutional authority. Also involved is the idea that people have...or should have...the right to behave immorally as long as they are not positively attacking someone else. And you're not positively attacking someone by opting not to deal with them. You should be free to do that.

God you're an idiot. Honest question: do you wish blacks and Browns weren't in America?

[Bronco]