Conservative Black Activist Upset That ‘Thugs’ Like Michael Brown Given Benefit Of The Doubt
Jesse Lee Peterson of Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny went on Steve Malzberg’s radio show to call Michael Brown a “thug” just like Trayvon Martin.[su_center_ad]
“I’ve said from day one that Michael Brown is a thug,” Peterson declared, using as evidence “the fact that he was running from the cops, period, because good folks do not run from police officers, they follow their instructions.”
“I just think that it’s a shame,” he continued, “that in America today, that criminals are given the benefit of the doubt – especially black criminals because white criminals are not – but black criminals are given the benefit of the doubt and the police officers are the suspects. I don’t know what has happened to my country…
“Why we are protecting thugs?”
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Carla Akins August 16th, 2014 at 9:24 am
The only thug I see here is the Rev.
mea_mark August 16th, 2014 at 9:30 am
Why are we protecting religious zealots and giving them tax breaks as they fleece Americans with promises of a mythical reality?
Eric Trommater August 16th, 2014 at 9:41 am
And why are we giving the platforms to speak on and rally even more fear in the country without someone to point out that they are statistically wrong? This is how shooting victims are portrayed in the media:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuxsgjdCcAEi6Dt.jpg:large
Dirk Prophet August 16th, 2014 at 9:44 am
The benefit of the doubt is otherwise called, innocent until proven guilty, a most American law and American tradition. Peterson need to learn our American ways before he makes a fool of himself again.
Hirightnow August 16th, 2014 at 9:47 am
” in America today, that criminals are given the benefit of the doubt –
especially black criminals because white criminals are not”
Having been through the process, I can honestly say that this guy is a fucking idiot.
America is SUPPOSED to give someone arrested the benefit of the doubt, but that doesn’t stop the police from locking you up for at least 30 days, black OR white (Sorry if you can’t afford bail), and about 9 months if you don’t take that super-sweet plea-bargain arrangement your public pretender got for you by saying “Yes, please” when the State’s attorney sent him an e-mail saying “1 day less than the maximum, or I’ll ask the Judge for the maximum!”
Seriously, I sat in jail for 30 days once, and the Public pretender told me that the state had offered 1 year!
I said “Let me talk to Hizzoner.”
Went before the judge, said “HUH?”
Judge said “You’ve already spent more time in jail than anyone ever does for this. Go. Git!”
You wonder, oh you “conservative” UNCLE TOM “Black” activist, why people run from the police?
Why not? You’re life is screwed anyway.
Enjoy that check you get for being so “activist”…I hope the hubcaps on your Benz get stolen every time you park the damned thing.
Hirightnow August 16th, 2014 at 9:56 am
Seriously, this guy is a frigging nut!
edmeyer_able August 16th, 2014 at 9:59 am
“the fact that he was running from the cops, period, because good folks do not run from police officers, they follow their instructions.”
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I guess in his opinion he should have stood there waiting for a few more shots to center mass.
John Tarter August 16th, 2014 at 10:28 am
Have you ever been arrested? I have and from beginning to end I did not resist. I complied fully with the officers commands and didn’t struggle with him in any way. Why didn’t Mr. Brown do the same? Perhaps if he did the whole thing wouldn’t have escalated and he would be alive this very moment. Face it, the narrative that he was a “gentle giant” is false.
NW10 August 16th, 2014 at 10:30 am
Face it, the narrative that he was a “gentle giant” is false.
No one is asserting that, but racist people like you are looking for anyway to justify his being murdered, and being murdered while unarmed and willingly surrendering. He was complying with officers, as all eyewitness accounts indicate, and the only ones saying otherwise are the pigs at the FPD who have no credibility to stand on.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Agree. And we all wonder why people have lost so much respect for the police … not.
They are given lethal weapons and they believe that killing is their RIGHT.
The cop that killed Brown passed judgment and killed him….for walking in the street.
Yenta August 16th, 2014 at 1:54 pm
I think that cop became enraged because a Black teenager disrespected him by not jumping to the side the instant the cop told him to. Then said cop grabbed his neck from inside the car. Is that a new technique for arresting a person? And when Brown broke free, that cop was so enraged that he wanted Brown DEAD.
R.J. Carter August 16th, 2014 at 1:56 pm
Yeah, that makes sense. I’ve seen the officer’s arms, and they are indeed 7 foot long, so it would be very easy to grab someone by the neck and pull them through the window from a seated position.
edmeyer_able August 16th, 2014 at 10:33 am
Now who’s jumping to conclusions, where is the evidence he was being arrested, and is the punishment from running from an officer who has already shot you once a bullet to center mass while your hands are in the air……When you’re in a hole it’s best to stop digging.
NW10 August 16th, 2014 at 10:34 am
And another point: don’t police officers have tasers? Why the sudden reaction to shoot to kill, as opposed to tasing Brown?
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:20 pm
Fear … cops are trained to believe that we all will submit willingly to their aggressive tones – more and more people are realizing that the police are NOT the law, they enforce the law. And film them at every step .. it is legally your right to do.
When Brown turn and ran, the cop shot him.
He knew he would get away with it – after all, Brown was a “thug”..
William August 16th, 2014 at 10:54 am
” Why didn’t Mr. Brown do the same? Perhaps if he did the whole thing wouldn’t have escalated and he would be alive this very moment”.
I’ve pretty much kept out of this, because I think there is a lot more than any of us know.
You however seem to have already made up your mind about what happened. I hope you are able to offer the grand jury your eye witness account.
So lets review Skippy.
“Patriots” protecting a welfare rancher pointing rifles at federal officers …GOOD
Unarmed teenager resisting an officer…BAD
Your hypocrisy is mind numbing.
http://youtu.be/cu2Wa_bKX_4
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:18 pm
But he’s been arrested, so he knows what happened!!!
John Tarter August 16th, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Yes, let’s review. Dozens of Federal agents armed to the teeth showing up for a monetary matter: Bad.
Citizens protesting the aforementioned armed Federal agents: Good
No armed Federal agents actually shot or killed: Good
A person resisting arrest: Bad
A cop shooting someone dead who was trying to surrender: Bad
William August 17th, 2014 at 9:05 am
Could you please post the proof that the suspect was resisting arrest?
Thanx in advance.
Carla Akins August 17th, 2014 at 9:13 am
Let’s not forget, Bundy had years of opportunities to make good on what he owes the American taxpayers, and they only went in armed after he threatened them. He was and continues to be living safely in his home in spite of all the illegal actions.
Michael Brown was shot dead within minutes, he was unarmed and jaywalking. Yes, jaywalking – oh the horror!
Carla Akins August 16th, 2014 at 11:01 am
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=471&invol=1
edmeyer_able August 16th, 2014 at 11:08 am
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Somehow it is no surprise that you have been arrested.
Was it for being a thug?
Or just terminally dumb?
LEGALLY no one is required to even speak to the police. But if you are “a blah” (AKA “thug”) you get shot for exercising your rights as a citizen.
John Tarter August 16th, 2014 at 4:10 pm
I see, so the cops just pulled up to Michael Brown and shot him dead for no reason?
R.J. Carter August 16th, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Occam’s Razor has the safety on.
Yenta August 16th, 2014 at 1:50 pm
Let me guess…you’re white?
John Tarter August 16th, 2014 at 4:08 pm
The color of one’s skin has nothing to do with it. In the last 12 months how many of the young black men who have been arrested in Ferguson have been shot dead? The answer is none because they all complied with the police officers commands.
Bruce Norbeck August 16th, 2014 at 10:00 am
Yea, sorry, but this man is an idiot. Tell, for example, the kid in Bakersfield who got beaten to death by the cops that “white criminals” are given the “benefit of the doubt.” He wasn’t even a “criminal” & they beat him to death. Jesse Lee Peterson has nothing to say about that.
I realize Mr Peterson thinks he needs to suck up to white folks to get by in this world, but he’s wrong about that, too — despicably so. But yea, Jesse, you just go on lickin’ those boots.
jasperjava August 16th, 2014 at 10:14 am
Michael Brown was “protected” all right, if by “protected” you mean “sent to an early grave”.
I guess stealing a box of cigars is a capital crime, with the police acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
John Tarter August 16th, 2014 at 10:21 am
While you are correct that Mr. Brown did not deserve to die for stealing some cigars, the video from that store clearly shows that he is a thug. What do you call someone who manhandled someone half his size?
edmeyer_able August 16th, 2014 at 10:23 am
What do you call someone who shoots a person while their hands are in the air surrendering?
Carla Akins August 16th, 2014 at 10:58 am
Is that a trick question?
edmeyer_able August 16th, 2014 at 11:02 am
Appears to be for John Carter.
R.J. Carter August 16th, 2014 at 1:58 pm
Tarter. We’re not related, or socks of each other.
Carla Akins August 16th, 2014 at 2:45 pm
Socks, I thought it was a sauce, or children’s wear?
R.J. Carter August 16th, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Now I want catfish.
uzza August 16th, 2014 at 11:00 am
“Officer”.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:16 pm
Po-Lice?
NW10 August 16th, 2014 at 10:26 am
the video from that store clearly shows that he is a thug.
It’s revealing how this “thug” misnomer is reserved for black people, but not white people. How come Mitt Romney was not labeled a thug for his high school hijinks?
Carla Akins August 16th, 2014 at 10:33 am
Or Wall Street, big banks, bill collectors – hell, Comcast customer support? They are all thugs.
Um Cara August 16th, 2014 at 10:36 am
It’s certainly turning into a word only used to describe black people… kind of like how ‘articulate’ in the ’80s was turned into a word to describe black people.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:16 pm
I give up … white?
Um Cara August 16th, 2014 at 10:28 am
Sure, I’m willing to classify him as a thug, criminal, misguided youth, whatever… Good people don’t go pushing around others for their nicotine fix.
But what special treatment did he receive? This guy is a nut.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:15 pm
You’re right – we agree .. Tater is a nut.
jasperjava August 16th, 2014 at 12:51 pm
The word “thug” is a euphemism for the “N” word. No wonder Wayout/John Tarter uses it.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Agree … such a cute way of phrasing the “N” word without actually having to say it out loud.
The racists aren’t very clever.
sjb1126mn August 16th, 2014 at 1:10 pm
Michael Brown shoved the guy so that he could leave the store. While not commendable behavior, it’s a bit different than viciously beating someone who offers no resistance. That would be thuggery.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:14 pm
being a “thug” is not a reason to be “shot for walking while black”. Fortunately saner heads than you see the police actions as wrong.
Yenta August 16th, 2014 at 1:45 pm
In the video I watched, the store clerk put his hands on Mr. Brown FIRST. Why would somebody that size think HE could manhandle somebody twice his size? He should have reported the theft and let the police handle the rest. Mr. Brown should have been charged, investigated, and had a trial. While he was serving time he might have had a chance to mature. Mr. Brown was an adolescent, not a thug.
thug
[thuhg]
Examples
Word Origin
noun
1.
a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
2.
(sometimes initial capital letter) one of a former group of professional robbers and murderers in India who strangled their victims.
Um Cara August 16th, 2014 at 10:23 am
Yea, I don’t get it either. This guy isn’t satisfied that this young man was gunned down? What worse thing ‘should’ have happened to the kid for being a ‘thug’?
trayvonmartin August 16th, 2014 at 2:41 pm
if you’re stupid enough to use that logic, there’s no hope for you. thugs who commit strong arm robbery then assault police and get shot got what they had coming. Just like trayvon martin got shot JUST BECAUSE HE BOUGHT SKITTLES AND ICED TEA. what a bunch of stupid idiots.
Chinese Democracy August 16th, 2014 at 3:12 pm
I have to correct you .. trayvon martin was murdered because he was BLACK and wearing a hoodie. Thats very suspicious behavior .
Thugs who stand there with their hands up and get shot several times are what we call in this country MURDERED.
you are such a bunch of stupid idiot
whatthe46 August 16th, 2014 at 7:14 pm
thank you for remembering trayvon. you seem to think that you are dishonoring him by choosing to use his name. what you are doing is not letting his memory go. what you are doing is reminding everyone another child was murdered for nothing other than being blessed with brown skin.
Kick Frenzy August 16th, 2014 at 10:20 am
“criminals are given the benefit of the doubt – especially black criminals because white criminals are not – but black criminals are given the benefit of the doubt”
Wait…
*blink blink*
Whu?
Sorry Mr. Peterson, but that statement negates any other opines you may have.
You have proven, in one sentence fragment, that you are ignorant and untrustworthy as a serious voice in these matters.
NW10 August 16th, 2014 at 10:28 am
“I’ve said from day one that Michael Brown is a thug ni99er,” Peterson
declared, using as evidence “the fact that he was running from the cops,
period, because good folks do not run from police officers, they follow
their instructions.”
FIFY
crc3 August 16th, 2014 at 10:52 am
To Mr Peterson:
“So you were THERE in Ferguson to witness EVERYTHING when Michael Brown was gunned down? Wow…thanks for the clarification Mr Peterson. On second thought…maybe it’s YOU Mr Peterson who is a thug spewing out a venom of hate not even knowing what REALLY went down because you WEREN’T THERE. May you rot in hell!”
Kino August 16th, 2014 at 11:11 am
“Innocent until proven guilty” is the way the justice system is supposed to work…though I’ll admit it rarely seems to work that way. We’re, all of us, supposed to be given the benefit of doubt.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:09 pm
“PROVEN” being the operative term. Unfortunately thanks to a police officer killing him for “walking while black”, he never received the benefit of either a trial or a judgment.
In many ways, the killing by the “officer who did not know he was a suspect” makes it even worse for the cop.
Ferguson PD doubles down on f*king things up – even for their own.
Yenta August 16th, 2014 at 1:38 pm
The cop who did the killing now feels the target on HIS back. Is it wrong that I’m smiling?!
labman57 August 16th, 2014 at 11:21 am
Why do I get the feeling that this guy is not completely comfortable in his own skin?
Carla Akins August 16th, 2014 at 11:27 am
I find that to be a generous and astute observation.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:07 pm
Perhaps he is wishing he had vitiligo?
MaryJane Mccarthy James August 16th, 2014 at 12:21 pm
Gotta love how they always find the token. As usual all young black men are THUG’S WEARING HOODIES.
Jake August 16th, 2014 at 12:26 pm
I had no idea Steve Malzberg was still spreading his tiny-penis brand of hatred. He still looks pissed that Hannitty got the call from FOX to be the biggest racist in town. Poor Steve – always the bridesmaid.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:07 pm
He’s a Con … tiny penises are a requirement when you are a righty hater.
burqa August 16th, 2014 at 10:03 pm
Before they took it off the air, I used to listen to Hannity occasionally and it was always a gas when Peterson would be on. Hannity would walk Peterson through a few major issues so Peterson could say exactly what other conservative pundits had said about a particular issue. There wouldn’t be much exploration of a topic, because Peterson is so shallow.
The fun would come when Hannity would try to sound hip, by using outdated slang terms. For example:
Hannity: “So is Bill Clinton a jive turkey?”
Peterson: “Yes he is, and …”
Hannity: “Solid.”
By the way, speaking of Hannity, has he kept his word yet and been waterboarded?
Jake August 16th, 2014 at 10:09 pm
“By the way, speaking of Hannity, has he kept his word yet and been water boarded?”
Don’t hold your breath (to coin a phrase) – Christopher Hitchens went to his grave waiting for Hannity to follow through on his worthless promise.
jasperjava August 16th, 2014 at 12:57 pm
Anyone who thinks that Black people are treated more fairly than white people in the justice system is a lunatic.
BanditBasheert August 16th, 2014 at 1:11 pm
I love rude – he always has something relevant to say – and he gets away with it….because it’s true.
NOTHING matters except according to the Ferguson PD, Brown was shot for “being black and walking in the street”.
R J August 16th, 2014 at 1:24 pm
There has been and always will be self hating blacks within the black community
Yenta August 16th, 2014 at 1:35 pm
Ben Carson comes to mind.
trayvonmartin August 16th, 2014 at 2:39 pm
It absolutely matters that he had just robbed a store. It shows his state of mind and he was likely desperate to subdue the police officer confronting him, makes perfect sense that he was shot. To all those that say it doesn’t matter, you need to go back to africa and build your own communities that you can rob and pillage when one of you commits a crime. All this hoopla for a criminal. All you people who think you are standing up for human rights cry the loudest when you are offended. Should have shot that monkey in the store BEFORE the cop had a chance to.
Chinese Democracy August 16th, 2014 at 3:14 pm
Witnesses saw the cop shoot a man standing with his hands up after he had been shot in the back running away
THAT absolutely matters.. you keep forgetting that part
whatthe46 August 16th, 2014 at 7:11 pm
its not forgotten. it just doesn’t matter to them. furthermore, i appreciate it when people choose to call themselves “trayvon martin” because it to me suggest, they will forever remember him. and for that i thank them. never forget. never forget.
whatthe46 August 16th, 2014 at 7:07 pm
man talk about self
hate.
majii August 16th, 2014 at 10:37 pm
Peterson needs to sit down and STFU. White criminals aren’t given the benefit of the doubt? Yeah, I’ll start believing this when the DOJ begins locking up the criminals on Wall St., most of whom are white males, who tanked the economy in 2008 and got away scot-free.
majii August 16th, 2014 at 10:37 pm
Peterson needs to sit down and STFU. White criminals aren’t given the benefit of the doubt? Yeah, I’ll start believing this when the DOJ begins locking up the criminals on Wall St., most of whom are white males, who tanked the economy in 2008 and got away scot-free.