For the past four days, Phaedra Parks has been in St. Louis on a book tour for her ridiculous etiquette book on how to be a southern belle. While that is a ridiculous enough venture for Ms. Parks. It seems her stay in St. Louis has been extended to include a few extra appearances. During her first signing on Saturday night at 5 p.m. there was officer involved shooting of a teenager in St. Louis. The teen who was black was said to be approached by police officers around 5:30 p.m. and according to police the teens were uncooperative. However, many eye witnesses said the unarmed teens were compliant and follow all of the officers commands. An unnamed white police officer shot and killed on of the teens on the scene.
Since Saturday, there have been large protests and riots in St. Louis as everyone attempts to come to terms with the tragic death. There is no word on whether Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton have arrived in St. Louis yet. However, St. Louis County NAACP President Esther Haywood said in a statement “We are hurt to hear that yet another teenaged boy has been slaughtered by law enforcement especially in light of the recent death of Eric Garner in New York who was killed for selling cigarettes. We plan to do everything within our power to ensure that the Ferguson Police Department as well as the St. Louis County Police Department releases all details pertinent to the shooting.”
Phaedra Parks took the opportunity to show up at the press conference and sit next to the grandmother to console her in front of all of the television and print media cameras. On her twitter account she makes mention that despite the tragedy there are some great people in St. Louis and encourages them all to come to her book signings.
So um, thoughts on Phaedra Parks and her um, humanitarian works a the press conference? She appears to have no connection to anyone involved. How die she manage to sidle up to grandma?
The race of the officer involved hasn’t been released, but it assume he’s white or else all this outrage will be wasted. Phaedra being in the camera shot just makes this whole mess perfect.
The family has already ‘hired’ the attorney who represented Trayvon Martin so I expect Jesse and Al any moment.
The other teen has identified the officer as white.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Police are just completely out of control these days, and I can only pray Mr. Brown’s family sees some justice. But I’m not holding my breath. They won’t even release the officer’s name and I’m sure he’s already been whisked off to protective custody already, seeing that police safety is just oh-so-much more important than those they are sworn to “serve and protect”. (yeah right)
You have no idea what is going on here in St. Louis. Be careful when you only read what the media says. You are not here in St. Louis to see first hand how things are being handled. Ignorance is bliss. This is not a matter of black or white…this is a matter of an unarmed person being gunned down and the family is looking for answers. Don’t be fooled by the ignorance and violence of others who took advantage of this situation and destroyed local business which took the focus off the situation at hand.
Hey now. Instead of telling me what I don’t know, and how the media is portraying it incorrectly, you have a great opportunity to explain first hand what is happening. I’m actually very interested in your perspective. I haven’t followed the news as closely as I usually do because I’ve been super busy. Why not just explain the situation to us.
I am with TT, Please do enlighten us all as to what is going on there, on the streets.
We are still waiting for you to break it down for us. And, how do you know what the exact story is, just because you live there? A police officer shot a man to death here that had just had a car accident and went looking for help. A man at the home where he knocked on the door called the police, and when the team of police arrived, rather than rendering aid, after making the victim of the accident hold up his pants legs and hold up his shirt, and raise his hands, one of the officers shot him dead. Coincidentally, although you said it doesn’t matter, the officer was white, and the dead victim was a promising young black man. I don’t know that story because I live here, I know it because my uncle is a police officer from that shift, and he told me. And our media told it the same way. If you have inside knowledge of the story and how it really went down, you should call the attorney general and tell him. No one is fooled here. No one is attaching the nonsense that a few caused after the fact, with the death of Michael Brown.
Calm down @Mina…I have a career to get to during the day..so I’m available now. When I said you have no idea I meant that in a way of “you have no idea because it’s worse than what is being put out there on television”…not that you literally had no idea? I was addressing the statement of @tobaccorhoda when she said that the outrage would be wasted if the officer was presumed black. Perhaps I replied in the wrong thread. Furthermore , whats being put out out there in the media is only part of what’s happening. There have been both black, white, young, old protesting all over in a peaceful manner IN ADDITION to others lashing out and taking advantage of this situation through vandalism and theft. It spread to other areas where people are fighting in the mall. Last night, the police used a rubber bullet to shoot someone and it hit him in the face. For the fact that I live in St. Louis I have an idea of the cultural/racial environment here. St. Louis has had a long standing problem with race throughout its history and including segregation within school districts. With that being said, there is a lot of sensitivity when it comes to the police and people of color in St. Louis. While I don’t agree with what’s going on, St. Louis is now starting to face the “white elephant” in the room because we are forced to while the world is watching. I never stated that I had an exact story …was just saying that it’s a deep wound that was re-opened by this tragic situation that only most who live in St. Louis could understand.
Your tone is inappropriately flippant given the circumstances of this case. You obviously don’t think that an unarmed black teenager shot dead is worth all the fuss, but others do. Show some fucking respect.
How many white people were killed by black people Sunday? Or Monday? Or today so far. Do you care about that??
What about the White female hostage taken by bank robbers in CA and killed a couple weeks ago? Yesterday it was disclosed that the POLICE were the ones that shot her 10 times (she was being used as a human shield). I haven’t seen much uproar about that. The police should have backed off instead of engaging in a gun battle with the robbers. Two hostages were released so there is a good chance the last hostage would have been released as well. Injustice happens to people of all races.
As horrific as it is, I love when events like these force people to betray their true natures.
Apparently Phaedra Parks is more of a scumbag than any of us could have ever imagined.
I always knew she was a scumbag. Since when has Phaedra sat next to a victims family? I guess she’s trying to make herself look good since her husband is going to jail. When is the bastard going to jail by the way? Phaedra is one of the most delusional people ever. I wonder if she will ever apologize to Kenya for getting mad at her and calling her a whore all because her husband had the hots for her?
To take advantage of the senseless death of yet another young black man is just disgusting. Take that book and shove it up your ass Phaedra!
That would be “Donkey Booty”…. Maybe she fancies herself as a Civil Rights crusader now. #gags
I”m assuming one of the unenlightened fans at a book signing knows or knows somebody than knows grandma. Thinking Phaedra is a respected celebrity lawyer because she says so, they asked if she could help. The ever opportunistic Phardra accepted. She is drawn to the limelight and dead people.
[email protected] and dead people.
I am surprised she isn’t consoling the police officer considering her and her husband have preyed on people financially much the same as police officers prey on citizens regarding their civil rights. She is just interested in having a high profile burial to launch her laundromat. It amazes me at how ignorant poor black people are in the face of celebrity…most of the black guys posting here would try to fuck within 10 mins of actually meeting someone like Phaedra and the women would be clamouring to take a picture.
Even though I am a Black woman who is married to a Black man, I still wouldn’t know what “most” Black men’s sexual attractions and actions are. To be fair, I’m sure there are some Black men (and women) who would act in the manner you speak of.
As for her funeral/mortuary business being a “laundromat”, it’s plausible given the legal questions that her finances seem to spark.
And for “poor Black people” aligning themselves with a “celebrity”, I don’t think it has that much to do with being poor, Black or even a celebrity for that matter. History and human nature has shown us that members of a minority or otherwise disenfranchised group will often seek alignment or help from what appears to them to be a non-disenfranchised group to put themselves in a better position. That “better position” would likely include receiving some gain that would move them further away from their current situation, plight or predicament or to at least maintain their current status. Whether this bears itself out in women who “act like men” in the workforce in order to be viewed as competent and capable for leadership positions, people of non-means who marry people of means in order to escape poverty or accumulate resources in order to create more resources, children who participate in “mob mentality” type bullying behaviors for fear that if they stood up for the victim or didn’t participate then they too would be the focus of the maltreatment. Or…whatever. I’m betting that the family is intent on getting the story out about their relative – no matter the means of sharing. So, if that means that Phaedra would say a few words about their situation on social media or her “comfort” of Mike Brown’s grandmother will be captured by RHOA or news and entertainment cameras to be later shown and discussed on tv, blogs and news outlets – then so be it!
I’m definitely not mad at the family for taking advantage of a “celebrity” who is seemingly taking advantage of them too.
I don’t think anyone is mad at the family or thinks the family is taking advantage of anyone.
I think people are appalled that Phaedra would find a press conference and manipulate her way into a seat next to a grieving grandmother who seems to be paying her no mind, while Phaedra ponders her best side for the close up.
At least that is what I think.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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@tamaratattles No, Tamara. We’re on the same page here. I addressed concerned_c’s somewhat blanket statement about Black men and women when faced with a celebrity of Phaedra’s caliber. I also expounded on other possible reasons why Mike Brown’s family apparently allowed her access to them during this time. Basically, I offered that oftentimes people of non-means seek people of celebrity status as an avenue to gain access to their means (money, power, connections, influence, resources). I countered that motivation for personal contact is not always celebrity “worship” in the form of sexual attraction, adoration, or praise.
Also, the “not mad at” statement is slang. As in, “I don’t blame them for doing whatever they did.” {Think: TuPac – “I Ain’t Mad At Cha”} ☺ I do agree with you about the grandmother. She definitely is not paying Phaedra ANY attention at all. Surely, she has an ocean’s weight of emotion and thoughts bearing down on her right now about people she actually knows and loves. But like with any sudden grief crisis within a family, there will hopefully be more stable hearts and minds available who will see to it that the business of the day is still attended to. It was probably that/those individual(s) that thought Phaedra’s presence would be helpful for media attention to their issue. Which is why I stated that the family was probably using her just as much as it was obvious to them that she was using them to brighten her public image.
Is she offering emotional support, her legal ‘expertise,’ or a free embalming?
Knowing her, probably all of the above.
(Whatever makes her the most money)
I thought her funeral home mostly did animals
roflmao
This pic is EVERYWHERE suddenly. She sure is going to make out well sucking on their grief.
I wonder if she consoled the families and retires from whom her husband stole.
Amen….from the choir
I would imagine she consoled and counseled the family after passing his name and SSN to her husband.
And asking for the funeral gig.
Right TeeCee! And like I said above I thought she only did animal funerals
I hope she’s just honestly being a human being and reaching out to comfort the family. I want to believe the positive rather than grab the negative. On that note, still asking the good people of STL to come to her book signing is tacky.
Egregious and offensive as it gets! This girl will use anyone and everyone who lets her get close enough as a “Human Shield” !
Gee Karma, ya think?
Co-sign.
The family already has a very reputable civil rights attorney. She’s taking advantage of a situation to help her damaged image, especially with the deposition now being publicized… I ain’t buyin it. Her buttermilk ain’t clean no matter how she tries to serve it!
She will probably try to convince the family to let her do the funeral free of charge to drum up some business.
TT one of those two boys involved said they were walking in the middle of the road and wben the cop told them to get the F on the sidewalk they told the cop they were almost to where they were going and having a conversation, and stayed in the road.thats not compliant, thats defiant. its not a reason to shoot somebody for either.
“TT one of those two boys involved”. So which one ya think it was steve? The dead child or the live child? And why on this planet would I take your testimony as truth?
I’m not even going to *touch* whether it was reason to kill, ya idjut.
watch his interview.
I think it’s a reason to shoot.
Here’s the thing: Amy time you resist arrest, you stand a good chance of dying. Repeat that. Without that, animals and savages will run wild and no one will be safe.
that’s what the heck animals and savages do you moron – run wild! And I see no animals or “savages” here, just two unarmed teenagers.
eye-roll at your epic nastiness.
Whatever.
Are you writing tongue in cheek? If so, I don’t think this kind of cheeky response is sensitive to the fact that this vicious murderous cop was out of control and killed a boy. Animals and savages, huh? Well, sounds like you’re the savage like the cop who murdered him in cold blood. You need to know that when you use savage and animals, and black people in the same breath you are bordering on extremely dangerous territory.
Fuck you. I never said SHIT about black people. I’m glad the asshole is dead. When a cop tells you to get your shuffling ass off the street, you get your ass off the street. And say yes sir. If you think I’m going to be apologetic about speaking the truth you are sadly fucking mistaken. Fuck you and your fucking threat of dangerous ground. What the fuck are YOU going to do??
Your misery knows no bounds.
To Teecee: On a board that has all nationalities, your vitriol is nauseating.Then to backpedal and claim your missives are not race related is disingenuous. Why the nasty comment about rioters stealing weaves? Police officers are capable of heinous acts so your undying allegiance to them smacks of naivety and ignorance. Do a little reading about the real world most of live in instead of trying to antagonize people on this board.
@lucy234 Right! I’m not even gonna touch on what I would like to say to teecee66 right now. Some things are just better left unsaid on the internet – and said face-to-face instead! I don’t do internet bullying or “thugging”. From my experience, a person’s voice, tone, words and whole demeanor changes when they’re confronted face-to-face with the BS they spew. I just had to reconcile myself with the fact that some people, for whatever reason, are just UNHAPPY. And those same unhappy people find the internet a safe place to spew all the bottled up filth that they hold inside from their daily interactions with people they wish they could say in real life. I just take comfort in the fact that they’ll all die soon enough (hate, unhappiness and loneliness ages and deteriorates you) and there’s always a greater hope for the next generation.
On the “cops can be bad people too” notion you spoke of, my husband mentors youth in the child welfare system. One of his mentees had a 15 year old sister who he lived with. The mentee had violent confrontation in the home (screaming, yelling, breaking small objects) and my husband advised the mother to call the M.U.T.T. (mobile urgent treatment team) team and to then call the police until he could get there to calm the boy down and take him out of the home and help him find alternative placement for the night. The mother did as she was asked. My husband and the M.U.T.T team arrived, as did the police. The boy was taken out of the home. The police stayed to talk to the mother and sister and possibly the much younger brother. The mother indicated that she would walk to the corner store for something and that she would be right back since the police had already talked to her and was now talking to the 15 year-old daughter. When the mother left, the police told the girl to go inside for the rest of the interview. Once in the home, THE POLICE OFFICER RAPED HER! The girl, once freed, ran outside of the home and told the other officer who was waiting outside by the squad car that she was raped by his partner. By the way , the girl was nearly naked, looked as if she had been involved in a tussle (messy hair, ripped clothing, no shoes), was screaming and crying. The other officer then TOLD HER SHE WAS LYING and then PROCEEDED TO ARREST HER FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT! Mind you, the RAPING POLICE OFFICER came out of the house WITH HIS PANTS DOWN BY HIS BUTT! The raping officer PULLED UP HIS PANTS AND BUTTONED THEM UP OUTSIDE. The mother came home and expressed concern for her daughter, and guess what, they threatened to ARREST HER TOO! Oh yeah, when the boy looked at the officers with anger, the police officers BRANDISHED THEIR WEAPON TO HIM! AND TOLD HIM TO MIND HIS BUSINESS! I mean… *sigh*
Anyone can google that story. The girl and her family sued the police department and WON! And the girl and family won despite the POLICE DEPARTMENT doing EVERY SINGLE THING POSSIBLE to discredit the girl, her story and their entire family.
So, yeah…”police officers are capable of heinous acts”.
Yeah. I didn’t read most of what you all wrote. I did see one retard asking why I said weaves. BECAUSE THEY SHOWED CLIPS OF PEOPLE STEALING WEAVES AND I SAW THEM WITH MY EYES. Idiots. Funny that the truth is so scary to you.
Beauty, WTF? Like Teecee, I didn’t read your long LONG comment, but something about raping people??? Pretty sure this story was posted because Phaedra pushed her way into a story she has nothing to do with and then asked people to buy her book.
You got a war against the police out of it.
Missing the point…
@_beauty off topic or not. Wow.
I will give Phaedra a one time pass. Maybe she MIGHT tried to help?
Yeah, by passing along her plethora of business cards: Attorney, Mortician. She just wants money and opportunity.
Ha ha ha!
A lowly attempt at image rehab. Also, a way to get people to come buy her book. You know she’s a humanitarian an all. Its so weird how she thinks the public doesnt know that her family robbed elderly people’s checks and we are supposed to think she had no involvement. Mr. Juvial Physicality aka Apollo couldn’t dream up such a scheme even on his best day. She’s disgusting.
How is Phaedra the bad person here?? She is a mother first and a child’s life was lost! If anyone is wrong, TT, you are for TRYING to creature a bullshit story against Phaedra instead of just informing the public of the tragedy that has taken place. You could have use this as an opportunity to find a solution to stop our children from being killed senselessly, instead of putting down another black woman for no reason!! Shame on you! People like you are part of the problem of why no other race respects us!! May God be with you, you lost soul!
I thought I was pretty factual. Phaedra was in town hawking books and suddenly she is AT A PRESS CONFERENCE swatting next to a Grandmother who had just lost her grandchild. What are you doing to stop our children from being killed? I’m just curious.
Holding breath til blue in the face awaiting No name’s response to your query.
@ no name . You sound dumb
“People like you are part of the problem of why no other race respects us!!”
I can’t even begin to unpack this.
I will just say – please don’t hang the goodwill of all black people on this unindicted felon’s neck. Phaedra Parks is just … no good.
How is TT creating a “bullshit” story about Phaedra? Was she not there to promote her book? Did she not comfort the grieving grandmother? Did she not then tell folk to transcend the tragedy and not to forget to buy her book?
TT is part of the problem but not the cunt trying to profit from human suffering?
Word.
Ok Phaedra
Oh and FYI I have been a fan of TT’s blog for awhile now and she is anything but bullshit. Go read your deposition Phaedra.
mmmhmmm
She’s a mother first? I didn’t see her kids anywhere in the picture. Where exactly were they, “no name”? Phaedra, if anything, is a camera whore first. That’s been proven time and time again.
As for TT being responsible for saving the world, I do believe her Wonder Woman suit is at the cleaners. How about YOU, “no name”? What are YOU doing, except pointing fingers? “no name”….yes, lame.
Phaedra loves to start a sentence with “I am a mother and I am an attorney and a businesswoman”.
I only know Phaedra from tv, but the only time I’ve seen her with her kids is when she’s doing some fancy photo shoot or stupid, over the top party. She doesn’t put her kids first. Only herself.
Yeah Tamara! Like No name said, why can’t you find a solution to stop our children from being killed senselessly? Why damnit why? And as soon as you’re done with that can you please get on to curing cancer? I’m waiting! I’m positive that good old No name has found so many solutions to so many children being killed senselessly. I believe it was No name that came up with the solution to the Middle East conflict as well. That No name, he’s done so much for so many. Thank you, thank you No name for getting Tamara back on track with the whole, “no children dying ever again” program. TT it’s in your hands, No name and the world are watching.
I think no name is Phaedra or a friend….
This. So much this….
snark, yes. sarcasm absolutly. bullshit? not one time i can remember from TT.
No name:
Really?! Phaedra is a phony and for the record, maybe women like Phaedra should be more selective when marrying and especially having kids by criminal men so that the kids do not have to grow up without their fathers or be like them (Apollo). Phaedra has already set her kids up for failure so I doubt she’s the person to take up for.
My comment is not towards the victim parents because I know nothing about his parents but I do know enough about Phaedra and her criminal husband to speak on. Oops, Phaedra is also a criminal.
@-Erin I’m curious as to what you meant when stating “Maybe Women like Phaedra should be more selective when marrying” what is a “Woman like Phaedra? “
No name = no brains.
I hadnt yet scrolled down to see your comment, D. So, great minds think alike. 🙂
Geez, another typo. Its supposed to be No brain.
Oh please. We are talking about Fakedra Parks here. She has proven herself to be an opportunistic liar over and over again. Does she grieve for any black children (or any race) back in Atlanta when they are killed? Or is it simply because this has nationwide attention and she needs some good pr right about now?
Oh, don’t forget the additional factor that she was conveniently in STL at the time. So she didn’t have to travel out of her way. Maybe she gave the family a discount on her stupid book.
Phaedra is so ridiculous!! lol She needed this public appearance.
Oh Phaedra.. she just can’t help herself.
SUCH a self serving pig!
Duhhhh!!! It’s apparent Phaedra is just there to console the grandma… &&& maybe attempt to snatch her Social Security card & retirement check, but who are we to judge????
I am not going to comment on Phaedra because a child is dead. My heart breaks for this family. I am so sick to death of senseless tragedies.
I don’t know anyone involved but there has to be quite a bit more to the story than two black kids walking home from the store and a white cop of 6 years just pulling over and pulling one into the car and shooting the boy. I don’t understand why there isn’t video but it makes no sense how the other boy is telling the story. It also amazes me fame hungry people like Phaedra, all sharpton etc are instantly in front of the cameras crying out race and police brutality when the investigation isn’t over. I grow so tired of the race card being thrown from all sides and people like Phaedra running up to any news cast and crying unfair treatment. How is a country supposed to come together when fame whores like them do everything they can to divide??? And if the officer was black or the kid was white, this wouldn’t even be into question. Saddening that so many people sacrificed for everyone to be equal and thousands of people do everything they can everyday for those sacrifices to be in vain.
5% of the people are protesting. The rest are joyously looting hair extensions and destroying their own neighborhood and fucking up innocent people’s lives.
another uninformed comment by an insane cunt. cool beans
Gotta go withnTeeCee on this one. Don’t understand looting, if you want to protest, pick up a sign and do it peacefully. Not snatch a 50″ tv for your crib.
Lol.
ever since that infamous AP picture of katrina survivors*, I don’t trust the media when it reports on minorities protesting, sorry.
* two identical photos of people swimming holding food – the white folks were described as “residents searching for food” and the black folks were described as “looting from stores.” True story – AP had to change the caption.
Well that’s a great reason to ignore hundreds of video tapes of thieves
Please don’t turn this into a social/political discussion. For the love of God, there are plenty of other outlets for those discussions. This is a fun and interesting place to visit to get a break from the real world.
I agree. Stealing others property and acting a fool does nothing productive and makes people lose any credibility that you would have had. More importantly, its your own community, you shouldn’t you be building it up instead of tearing it down?
Excuse me Pepper but that’s MS. Insane Cunt to you pfft!!
There is video, the police investigator has a cell phone of a bystander that videotaped the incident on her cell. They have it as part of the investigation. Hopefully it won’t be suppressed. There is also a second autopsy pending, to address the trajectory of the wounds/shots. It will all come out in the investigation.Hopefully we will all know also. I don’t think any of us need to throw our opinions and perspectives into the mix until the whole thing is said and done. We don’t know the people, we weren’t there, and we don’t have access to the reports. Just because the officer had 6 years on the job doesn’t mean he couldnt ever have bad judgement. Everyone in this world makes mistakes. We need to pray for the family, the dead young man, and the police officer also. Clear heads need to prevail.
This municipality does not have cameras in their police vehicles. So the only video we will see is if someone recorded it and the police are asking if anyone has that.
Unfortunately the division will stay because of MONEY AND POLITICS. There are people that profit in many different ways when there is racial uproar.
lol. money?? Oh DO please explain that one.
gun stores are having a real boom in business, gun and ammo sales are way up this week
There is actually a video (right when the shooting started) from a witness that retells the same exact story the friend of “Big Mike” told. Why don’t you inform yourself rather that discrediting a story that you know squat about.
There are a lot of sociopaths that become cops to get on a power trip and abuse people. History proves this.’
Funny that you say this… “Saddening that so many people sacrificed for everyone to be equal and thousands of people do everything they can everyday for those sacrifices to be in vain.” Which are these forfeit sacrifices, according to you?
So I guess police can shoot unarmed people like they are deer hunting because…???
i am suprised you havent compared the cop to Barney Fife for discharging his firearm in his car. why dont you give us the whole story..after all you watched it on you tube and facebook you gotta know the whole story
Only if they’re going to be as pleasant and yummy as Deer!
One needs to ask why a total stranger, Phaedra, offers comfort and consolation during the press conference and not family or friends? She’s a piece of work and knows exactly the reaction she will get from her phony display of concern. With Phaedra it is all about image. I hope her scheme backfires.
I really tried hard to restrain myself from commenting but I must. First of all, who in their right mind would A. buy her book or B. attend her book signing? Inquiring minds want to know.
Her fake display of sympathy is beyond reprehensible – reality TV has turned her into a fame seeking monster whore.
I’m appalled and just really sad for her children as her greed knows no bounds.
agree with all ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I’m going to answer the question ….. I think it’s an outrage and further shows this woman has no conscience at all. It’s a shame that lightening can’t come from the heavens and strike her.
Phaedra, opportunist. But does she really think this will take the focus off of her. Gotta give it to, she’s got balls. She must think she’s just smarter than every damn body. I cannot wait until she is told to take a seat. I want to be there to see her defeated face for a change.
I bet shes trying to sell her tshirts too…smh
Oh I sure she gave a free one to the Grandmother to help her recover from her grief.
She also gave Grandma a free funeral coupon for when she kicks the bucket!
ab, i know its wrong but every time i read this t-shirt post i get a mental image of phaedra giving grandma one of jodis t-shirts
Boy TT the comments on this blog entry should be epic it’s a good thing that this is cyber arguing and no one knows where anyone lives
I live here in St. Louis. I can assure you that the feeling in the air is that a white police officer “executed” an unarmed, African American teenager. Eyewitness accounts are saying that both teens had their hands up and were being compliant. There supposedly is a video and the police officer’s name is going to be released at anytime now.
As far a Phaedra Parks goes, the Brown’s family attorney mentioned her during their press conference and stated that she is a member of the bar association. I’m guessing that maybe she is helping to get justice for the family in some way.
I’m not sure what happened between the police and Michael Brown, I just don’t understand why he was shot in the head. Did the police officer have no other choice? Hopefully, all of the facts will come out soon. My prayers are with the family.
He was shot in the head because he was being belligerent. Next question?
You are a morally bankrupt , absolutely lacking in compassion twit…you think people deserve to be executed for being belligerent? The consequence of Belligerence ought to be the LOSS OF LIFE? I gather you pride yourself on your “witty repartee” but this is not something to make light of…..Were you raised by wolves? If making flippant remarks about a tragedy of this magnitude online is entertainment for you…I feel very sorry for you. Take a good long look in the mirror, examine your soul and ask yourself why you are filled with that much hate.
TeeCee apparently St. Louis PD does not have mace or tasars (not that that would be any better but he would still be alive). I quite sure the next thing will be that it was a warning shot gone wrong.
Wow, this is harsh even for you. I usually enjoy your posts, I like your snarky wit, but you are being really judgemental and really nasty for someone who wasn’t even there. What’s that about?
Shut the fuck up. How do you know where I was. And if you think I give a rats ass whether you like my posts or not, you are sadly fucking mistaken.
Tee,
Were you there? You are a scumbag. Your vile words, “I’m glad the asshole is dead. When a cop tells you to get your shuffling ass off the street, you get your ass off the street. ” The only asshole is YOU. You area rude tramp!
How do you know if he was shuffling? Shut your piehole!! Always posting rude and insensitive nonsense on this blog. If your intent is to portray yourself as an ignorant, insensitive, hot pile of shit, congrats!! You have been successful. You probably have no friends because no one wants to be around an evil old fool. An 18 year old’s life was lost that day in a violent senseless way. Show some respect for his life and the pain that his mother and family are dealing with now.
I have to agree with TeeCee on this one. The kids should have gotten out of the street, and onto the sidewalk.
I live in Kansas City. Here, there is a huge problem with idiots walking down the middle of the street, especially at night, when it is hard to see them. And I don’t mean walking ACROSS the street. They walk down the middle of the lane. In traffic. I almost hit a guy one night, because he was dressed all in black and walking in the middle of the lane, with his back to traffic. And yes, he was “shuffling”. I honked my horn at him, and he just didn’t care. People like this create a hazard for those on the road. The speed limit there is 45mph. I could have hit him, hard…or swerved to miss him and hit another car.
The kids should have been on the sidewalk.
Have to side with teecee on this one too. If the boy fought the officer and was trying to grab his gun like one of the witnesses said than he caused this by his actions. To call her names and run your dick trap because she may view the situation differently than you makes you pathetic leech. Why don’t you go knock over a 7/11 to show your outrage at her opinion.
There are reports that the police officer has visible signs of a struggle. Makes you wonder. It’s also reported that this kid was 6’3 and 300 pounds and a known gang member with an arrest record. It certainly doesn’t fit with the reports that he stood with his hands in the air.
TeeCee, I have read and enjoyed your comments for awhile now. The sarcasm and snark is entertaining.
The comment “He was shot in the head because he was being belligerent. Next question?” Is really over the top.
Next time you’re belligerent would you expect to be shot in the head?
I for one will wait to see how belligerent this kid was. Did he threaten the officer. Was he holding what could have been a weapon in his hands?
If someone is being antagonistic or threatening, there are other methods of subduing him. If the only recourse was to shoot, I think he could have shot him elsewhere to disable him, not a kill shot to the head.
I know you don’t give a rat’s ass, but this comment was appalling. Really, who are you? Do you really believe he should have been shot in the head because he was “belligerent”? I choose not to believe you can be so hateful. That you’re simply belligerent. Be careful out there. The world is a fickle and dangerous place.
I’m disappointed in you. You might not give a fuck but I didn’t expect this from you. Shame on me.
Was he shot in the head? Because after being shot in the street, he was shot several more times later. In my opinion, the most troubling part for me is not that he was shot at all but that he was shot multiple times.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I hope the next time you are attacked by a thug, the police stop and wait nicely to see if he has a weapon. Guess what? Thugs don’t respond in kind when you treat them well. They need to be shot and the next thug needs to see his dead body to de-thug him some. And sniveling whiners and bleeding hearts who take thugs’ side over the police should have to fend for themselves all the time. I’ll nail the dead kid to my front door. Upside down.
@ame Phedra can’t help the family get justice of any kind . She’s there get her face on camera . Phedra cares about no one except herself .
Maybe so, but hopefully not.
O.O, you underestimate this brilliant lawyer; she can help to take her share of a monetary award that will be assigned to the case, and another thing that she will be able to add to her “celebrity lawyer” resume.
o.o Phaedra is a “brilliant” lawyer, why?
Because she says so, got it?
that eyewitnesses version doesnt match what the boy who lived said yesterday in the news interview. lets hope for a video. if cops had to wear a camera a lot better determination could be made as to what actually happens.
I agree, hopefully the video will be released soon and this city can start to move on from the anger and violence.
the only reason not to wear a camera is to hide wrongdoing, same reason pilots unions dont want them in the cockpit. just like traffic cameras, they would be there for the safety of all involved.
@ Ooopsi please tell me in what way Phedra is brilliant or demonstrates sound judgement ..marrying a Felon and then choosing to bring lives into the world with him ? Not thinking or caring how having a shell of a man like Apollo will impact the lives of her children ? Losing every case that she’s been involved with on and off television ? Using her knowledge of the law to avoid prosecution in her crime rings ? Representing strippers and being a Madame while pretending to be a southern belle ? How exactly is she brilliant ? If being well spoken is the definition of brilliant then .. Ok .
Wow. I feel like I should put on riot gear today. As with any news item we discuss here, I think we should rely on the facts and not make any up.
I appreciated JaysMoms post which unfortunately was stuck in moderation until I got up to release it. And the other poster from last night who came in telling us we have the facts wrong (who I hope then provided us with the facts. Both are in St. Louis and dealing with what has now become a very dangerous situation.
Finally, how many times have we watched the same scene, like the first responders party, and all had very different recollections of what happened? The eye witnesses accounts have all been quite different. In fact the friend of the young man who was killed has changed his version several times on TV.
And even more finally, views of commenters here are theirs alone and do not represent the views of Tamaratattles.com
Carry on.
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o.o Phaedra is a “brilliant” lawyer, why?
Because she says so, got it?
@ooopsi … Got it
@Steve: the ONLY reason cops don’t wear a camera is to hide wrongdoing? No, there are practical concerns, such a BUDGETS, to name super obvious one. Technology. Politics. Come on. I’m not a superfan of the police, but they aren’t all bad.
Phaedra doesn’t appear to have a sense of shame. To use this situation for publicity is crazy. Who still thinks this woman is some sort of an angel? And why? Sorry for your loss, now come buy my book on etiquette. Yeah, that’s normal. What goes on in that woman’s brain? Whatever it is, it’s dark, very very dark. Allegedly.
Having no shame is standard for getting cast on any housewife show.
Yup. Because there is nothing more useful than a book on southern etiquette when somebody busts a cap in your head and you are hurtling to the ground.
She probably took a 20 from granny’s pocketbook before offering her a free copy. Allegedly. I kid. Sort of.
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Granny’s lucky if all she took was a 20. Allegedly.
Yeah: Try to land with your pinkie up.
Cracker cops with color prejudice, hyped up on steroids and adrenaline; Black teenage boys with age appropriate immortality complexes and the recklessness of youth…. This is a recipe for tragedy. How is deadly cycle ever to be broken? I hate to say this, but there may not be a solution in the foreseeable future. If you think it possible to stop or lower the death toll please share your idea(s).
Why do you use the word cracker but not the word nigger?
I HATE that too teecee!
because he is the racist
You could stop with your racial slurs as a start.
Twilly you want the eel capitan to stop using racial slurs too?
After considerable thought, I was absolutely wrong to use the term “cracker”. My deep apologies to one and all.
captain eel
We’ll that’s no fun.
capt. it sounds like you have color prejudice. a cop shot a 17 year old kid. the store owners whose livelyhoods were destroyed by the grieving public had nothing to do with this. how do we stop the senseless violence? dont give the cop a reason, this could have been avoided if the kids were walking on the sidewalk, not down the middle of the street at 5pm. had tbey done that the cop would have had no reason to interact with them.
Insanity
“The recklessness of youth” is a fact. We all did those things as teenagers, its part of the humam nature of growing up. Yes, the sidewalk was the “proper” place to be, but being on the road is not a valid reason for cold blooded execution. You can tell kids to follow rules, you can tell the police not to shoot teens. Neither side will follow your well meaning advice. Cops will be cops, kids will be kids
Nothing changes. Steve you seem to be blaming the victim. If the officer was Black and the child white, would you still be humming the same tune. Somehow I doubt that. In your way of thinking, Rosa Parks should have followed “your rules” and remained in her “assigned” seat, then there would be no “trouble”. Thank God, she didn’t listen to people like you.
That is what idiots that were not there or were not witneses do, blame the white racist media and the victim. The boy was many feet away with his arms raised ss stated by an eyewitness. One racist killer cop said he was beligerent and that is all racist assholes believe. *shaking my dayum head at such idiocy*
capt.. you accuse me of being a racist. yet you are the one making racial statements. i am upset that a cop shot a kid..period. it dont make a difference to me what color either of them are.
No We most certainly did NOT all disrespect the police when we were young. Nor do some of our children. It is wrong and immoral and hardly a youthful indiscretion.
Steve: Police are supposed to be able to deal with all kinds of altercations and provocation. Not pull out their weapons and shoot because they are pissed at not being instantly obeyed. You seem to forget they are working for the public and are not to be placed on a pedestal where irrational behavior is excused. If this was your child would you still be staunchly defending them?
i am not defending anyone. when ALL the facts are out i will make my mimd up. why do you immediately condemn the cop when dead kids buddy says there was a struggle? if the cop didmt tell the kids to get out pf tje road and a car hit them would people then be screaming why did the police let them stay in the road? or just let people beat the driver into the hospital? yhat happened a while back, whete was yoir outrage then? MY KIDS would be taught not to argue with a cop.
By the account of the surviving teen they two were standing in front of his car door and he could not open the door, when he tried the shoved it back. That was the beginning of the altercation according to the other young black male involved in the situation.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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TT the way the kids first tv interview went i couldnt figure out why the cop was pulling the soon to be dead kid into the front seat of the cop car. that makes no sense. thats wby ive said l am waiting for all the facts before condemning anybody.
Dealing with all kinds of situations and protecting their own lives are 2 entirely different things. You can spit on them, call them every name under the sun etc and they aren’t allowed to do anything other than apprehend you. But when someone is fighting them for their gun they have every right to defend their life!
I live in St Louis and things are crazy right now! As far as what exactly happened between the officer and Michael Brown, who knows. Several “eyewitnesses” have come forward and each one tell a very different story. From Michael and his friend were just walking down the street and Michael was brutally murdered, to the officer and Michael engaged in a struggle where Michael reached for his gun. The friend that was walking with him has given different stories, but now that he has an attorney the story has been mostly consistent.
The Brown family has retained Benjamin Crump as their attorney, he also worked the Trayvon Martin case. Al Sharpton showed up yesterday and is paying the funeral costs for Michael Brown.
Personally I’m withholding judgement on what happened until some facts are actually released. I’ve been told that makes me a racist because I don’t automatically believe the police officer is a murdering racist.
I have family members on the police force that have been working with the swat team every night since this started. It’s scary to know people I love are standing in the middle of groups of people screaming they want to kill the police.
Unfortunately, last night a block away from the protesting a woman was shot in the head and a masked man pulled a gun out on the police and was shot. I fear things are going to get worse before they get better.
Thanks for the on location reports. So sorry this is happening in your city.
Thanks TT and Cat!
Yes, thanks, Jaysmom. Stay safe.
Praying for your family.
I can’t begin to imagine…Thank You for sharing.
i didnt say the cop was right. the boys made a choice to walk in the street not the sidewalk. the kids made another choice to not move from tje street when the cop told them to. this does not give a cop a reason to shoot them. i was responding to how can we stop senseless violence, my response was not to give cops a reason, ormaybe we should just let pepole decide what rules and when to follow them. to say the boys did nothing to bring a police response is as stupid as condemning the cop before all facts are out. the bystander witnesses statement does not fit with what the boy who lived said on tv.
Our local news just made the statement that they were emailed what is believed to be an alert from the FBI. It says a new Black Panther Party member is advocating violence against law enforcement in response to the shooting of Michael Brown.
The email indicates the National Chief of Staff for the new Black Panther Party indicated he was in Ferguson apparently on his social media page.
I’m so sorry this is happening in your city. I pray for the safety of you and your loved ones.
I dont know what really happened but I know that one person is dead and two families will be changed forever. It saddens me that people are compounding one tragedy into more heartache and that innocent people may get hurt who had nothing to do with this incident whatsoever. Sigh….
Lol. Do you IDIOTS really think no one took out they phone and filmed this shit? When was the last time something publicalkt happened and there was no video. The video is being withheld by the cops or by the thugs. If the cops have it? It will be released after the funeral. They usually let the mother bury her piece of shit before the condemn him. If the thugs who you KNOW recorded it have video, you may never see it. That’s how I know the dead kid was not an angel. If it happened the way the witnesses say, there would be ample backup.
WOW. I just saw on the news a line of police officers in full helmets in face masks standing at attention while a huge group of black males are scream in their faces with bullhorns.
Could you imagine if that was your job and you had to stand there and be screamed at by an angry mob over something one of your coworkers did?
Also CNN is reporting that the officer involved was hit in the face. I also just saw a picture of the young man who died and he was a full grown man who was pretty large.
This is going to get worse before it gets better. My thoughts are with all the citizens of St. Louis during this really troubling time.
That has been ongoing since Sunday night when the riots started. Monday people were driving up to the police line and throwing things at them.
Michael Brown was 18, 6 feet tall and I’ve heard around 270lbs. He was a big guy.
With reports today of the officer sustaining injuries I’m starting to really worry about how ugly things are going to get when/if they decide not to prosecute him.
They should be allowed to shoot them. Shoot every single piece of shit. Those same worthless fuckfaces will be asking for the police’s help the minute their neighbors turn on them and steal from them or harm them in some other way. And if the cops they are disrespecting and treating like shit right now don’t get there quick enough or give them what they want, they will pitch another flicking bitch.
Shoot them.
Thank you! My entire family is law enforcement . People are always crying the big bad police blah blah , but they put their lives on the line every single day for their communities. Some days its easy and they write tickets and little stuff but some days they face people trying to kill them, people raping and murdering, etc. So tired of hearing they should have used a tazer , tell me. If I am trying to take your life , are you going to use a non lethal method or your gun?? Why is it OK for you to use a gun but the ones who face true danger can’t??? We buried a close friend 3 years ago who was brutally shot in the face in Atl all because some POS didn’t want to go back to jail even though he had already been arrested 19 times. There are bad apples out there and several dickheads on a power trip however most are upstanding people who have families that depend on them. If you don’t want the police messing with you, its very simple. Don’t break the law!
TC – Agreed! They have already been screaming how horrible it is that the police keep showing up in riot gear. UM, sorry but what do you expect when you act the way people acted Sunday night? How it was inhumane that the police were using rubber bullets, K9, and tear gas on Monday night. WHAT?!?!?! Should they just sit back and let you destroy another 20+ businesses?
My father is law enforcement and in the middle of all this crap. He’s been on the force for 19 years and I have never been as worried about him as I was Sunday night.
I think mrsgsp is expressing what a lot of people are missing because they don’t like the way another person’s post is written.
There will always be “bad apples” in both law enforcement and the general population.
To quote mrsgsp:
“If you don’t want the police messing with you, its very simple. Don’t break the law!”
CNN was more busy mourning Robin Williams (which rightfully so, he was such an amazing human being and cared about his peers, too bad he felt so alone) than being live at the scene.
To be honest, you want the real deal… get on social media and follow a hashtag. It is unreal how regular civilians do a better job at telling the unbiased tales of event than our press. CNN was not showing what my TIMELINE was showing. They only show what they want you to see. Twitter , IG, FB is raw and uncensored and instant.
you think Robin Williams suicide was more important than this shooting?
What happened is a National tragedy. If Phaedra used a family’s grief to self promote, she is a despicable person.
I also have some news about Phaedra’s involvement. If you recall this post, http://s17948.p858.sites.pressdns.com/2014/08/01/something-in-the-buttermilk-aint-clean/ Phaedra was recently at the National Bar Association convention. The new president of NBA is Pamela J. Meanes who is a St. Louis attorney. So that was probably her contact to get involved.
Also, I just heard the friend of Big Mike the guy who was shot, retell the story. They were walking in the street and the cop told them to get the fuck out of the street. They were almost to where they were going, so they said they’d be out eventually. WHAT?
Then the officer backs up and they stand in front of his door so he can’t get out of the car?
What happened to training kids how to interact with police? Before I was ever allowed to drive my car I was instructed that if you get pulled over in a car, keep your hands on the steering wheel until the police officer approaches. Don’t move to get your registration or license, don’t open the window. Just sit tight until the officers asks you to do something. Do parents not teach this anymore?
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I have no answers why these horrors happen. When children get killed, no matter how or why, it is a National tragedy. My heart breaks for the family. And yes, I was taught the same as you, and I taught my son the same thing. However all teenagers are brain damaged, do stupid things, think they are invincible, and have no thought of future consequences. I remember working in the ER, a kid was shot while playing with a firearm with friends, and didn’t realize GSWs hurt. Luckily he wasn’t seriously injured, but those teens didn’t think about the consequences. My kid did stupid stuff as a teen. Thank God it never involved police, firearms or cars.
I agree 100% ! At this age, I STILL wouldn’t attempt at anything less while being pulled over. I demand no less from my children regardless of their age!
Whats really disgusting (other than a young man being dead) is the people looting as if its somehow justified. I hope the teen’s family sees justice.
She is the worst kind of predator. Allegedly.
ALLEGEDLY! Bwahahahaha!
I need to get off any page with teecee66 and anyone who agrees that any race should be called “savages or animals”……
Um…I went back through comments. TeeCee never mentioned race. Others commenting around her turned it into a racial argument.
These days, “shuffling” and hair extensions are NOT stereotypical of a certain race. A certain AGE, maybe, but not race. In one of my comments, I used the word “shuffling”, too. But that was the only way to describe the way the man was walking. I also never mentioned his race. Because it doesn’t matter.
“Savages” and/or “animals” are also not limited to one race. They express the type of behavior and amount of violence and destruction created by the angry protesters and looters. In the news reports I saw, there were looters of ALL RACES.
I don’t agree with the notion of turning an argument into some lopsided racial war, and find it incredibly tiring when it happens time and time again, but come on, it’s completely obvious that in this particular situation race was being alluded at by the gross poster.
Shuffling, savages, and animals all have historical connotations to being derogatory towards blacks, and TO THIS DAY, weaves are still a source of cultural reference and/or mockery for black women. Women of other ethnicity’s get hair extensions – black women get weaves (of course this isn’t a law of nature, but it is the de facto for both the industry and culturally).
My 16 year old daughter, who is white as hell, blew almost $200 of her money on hair extentions and she looks like an idiot. Hair extentions and weave abuse transcends racial boundries. And shuffling? That’s a dig against black people? Maybe old people but black people? Never heard that one.
I invite you to read the many many comments on various blogs on TT’s page wherein white woman’s nests of hair are referred to as “weaves”. I think if you think that black people are historically animals and savages that you are the one with preconceived notions about race. Which, I believe, is called racism.
So get off. Then go to a page that talks about how to deal with people who aren’t exactly like you.
Bingo.
I live about 20 miles from Ferguson, and I’ve been following this closely. I’ll wait until the investigation conclude to form an opinion on whether that kid tried to go for the cop’s gun.
I do however have an opinion on the agitators flocking to town. Scum. From the Panthers, to Al Sharpton, to the cyber terrorists Anonymous, who have hacked the towns website and are threatening to publish the addresses of police officers. The police chief of St. Louis, whose only involvement is having the investigation dumped on him by Ferguson, is getting death threats to his family.
Looters are not “grieving”. They are opportunistic thugs. Ferguson’s police force, and the town, are well integrated. I used to work close to there, and this whole mess is a shame, but a bigger shame is the race baiting and lynch mob mentality of the very people whose race has been the victims of lynch mobs in the past.
Tobaccorhoda – I’m about 20-25 minutes south of Ferguson! Agreed with every thing you said. Stay safe.
Of all the ‘frivolous’ decisions our country has decided to uphold as human rights, say, oh, like women’s right to vote, the right to own property, or the right to free speech, our right to LIFE — the literal vessel of our beings that are able to experience and interpret the reality around us – is and should be help as the highest priority.
This boy was murdered in cold blood by an officer of the state in a public street during a routine ‘stop’ sans violent outbreak or attempt to flee. Any hopes, dreams, admirations, regrets, feelings of well-being or even feelings of sadness have been PERMANENTLY ROBBED from him. There is NO. MORE. to this boy. He is GONE.
What you’re doing here and in your prior comment is advocating for a police state – the police force, who generally as a whole, are often times uneducated at a higher level, and are everyday people just doing their jobs, now get to decide who/what/when/where and WHY you are living your life.
But this is all okay with you right, because in this situation the VICTIM gets blamed and dragged through the mud as an “asshole” even though you know absolutely nothing about him or what he did or DIDN’T do. One should not have to interact with police any differently than other branches of the government or first responders – they should be met with respect just as any other human being. Advocating that it is the kids fault for not being respectful towards the officer is JUSTIFYING that it’s okay to be KILLED because someone doesn’t like your attitude. I mean, forget the ongoing debate of the death penalty for proven murderers and rapists, and let’s defend the death sentence of someone being murdered for being rude? W T F.
Remember Mr. Average Joe from down the corner, who was never quite right in the head; probably couldn’t hold down a decent paying job, or ended up enlisting in the armed forces because of a lack of other options, mainly including college? Well, with a high demand market and a few years of basic schooling, Mr. Joe now gets to become Mr. Officer!
Mr. Officer is now imbued with the mystical forces of his sacred police badge – he now has the protection of this badge at all times, no longer has to observe basic traffic laws or most other laws for that matter, can now take your freedom at any given time, has the full support of the court system and is upheld by the general uniformed, uneducated sections of the public, and has the solidarity of men, and a handful of women, that are just like him, and will lie in a nanosecond to save/back him up.
In the street at the wrong time and at the wrong place? Better watch out, because Mr. Officer gets to decide if you get to walk away bloody, walk away with an arrest record that sullies your name, or DON’T walk away with a bullet slamming through your skull at 1,700 mph.
What happens when YOU get thrown down on all fours, told to shut the fuck up, and your life threatened just because Mr. Officer Sir is in a bad mood and doesn’t like that miserable look you wear on your face? Will you attempt to invoke your constitution rights, subsequentially causing your death via gunfire to the face, while we will all sit around laughing about how you’re an asshole that deserves it?
If it turns out that an indictable offense occurred here, the grand jury will hear that evidence. I know this pisses off those calling the cop a murderer, but tough shit. That’s how our system works, you hypocritical twatwaffle.
It’s funny how innocent until proven guilty isn’t one of the rights you’re concerned about.
You are stupid! I think you have law enforcement mixed up with a McDonalds worker. And wtf are you talking about a police state ? 90% of law enforcement are very pro constitution and strongly disagree with alot of the shit that is passed. But they don’t make the laws, they enforce them hence Law ENFORCEment. And no, as an American citizen you have rights they can’t just whoop your ass cause they are in a bad mood, they can’t even stop you without you violating the law. You don’t want your ass whooped, show some damn respect and act like your momma taught you how to be a decent person. But when you fight them, play tough guy with your Google search of your rights and want to tell them how to do their job and not cooperate , you will be shown that you really aren’t as tough as you think. Police officers take more shit from people like you than a stranger at Walmart would take before they whooped your ass too.
It’s quite clear that the other 10% are employed by the Ferguson Police Dept.
I thought we weren’t ‘appose’d to call him “boy”. I wish you people would make up your minds.
This could all have been avoided if the IDIOT “KIDS” HAD NOT BEEN BREAKING THE LAW BY WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I’m so sick and tired of idiot pedestrians thinking they can walk out in the middle of traffic, ride their skateboards against the light, etc. I saw an idiot woman a couple of days ago run across 3 lanes of traffic, in between cars, to get to a friggin bus stop. It looked like the old “frogger” game. If a driver hits any of these fools, THE DRIVER is held accountable, since supposedly, the pedestrian has the right of way. That’s what these idiots think, anyway. There are, however, laws for pedestrians, too. And one of them is, you stay on the sidewalk if a sidewalk is available. It’s simple.
#PREACH!!!!!!!!!
You know, people talk all this nonsense till their own child is ripped away from all his right, even the one to breath by an egomaniac cop.
Word.
I HATE that stupid fake concerned look on her face. Only thing she’s concerned about is that all the photographers get her in their shots and all the reporters have her name spelled correctly.
The answer to all of this is simple. When a police officer instructs you to get out of the middle of the street, do as you are told.
Possibly this death will serve as a lesson to others to listen to authority and if you have a grievance with what you were instructed to do, work through the channels afterward.
For every action there is a reaction.
i moved to houston tx when i was 14. that year the hpd killed a mexican kid named joe camplos torres jr. they beat him so bad the jail wouldnt admit him, said take him to ben taab the county hospital. on the way there six cops beat him again and decided to see if he could swim while handcuffed behind his back. the town was in uproar, but the lesson i learned was not to mess with police. or bad things WILL happen.
I agree. But they are going to call you all Kinds of hateful things.
I could give a shit what I’m called. I worked as a Teamster in a male dominated work environment. There is nothing they can call me that I haven’t heard before. It didn’t hurt me then and it certainly won’t bother me now.
I would venture to say that when Brown was shot the second young man stopped his clown act real fast. All of this outrage, destruction and sorrow, with massive consequences that are life altering for everyone involved, because two grown men had a lack of respect for an officer of the law when he ordered them out of the street.
And Teecee, much to the chagrin of some posters, I agree with you.
You are really made from garbage. Hope life pays you back with the same mentality you live with.
And you are somehow a better person? Lol. Hypocrite.
Phaedra = famewhore opportunist
Michael Brown shooting = tragic unnecessary death
None of us can be 100% certain, so I caution on the leap to racism.
The Po Po is losing their ever loving minds.
They were in the middle of the road. In pretty sure if we blocked traffic in town, we’d be arrested. I did think it was ironic that the guy reporting said the police were disregarding personal property. WTF were the “grieving” looters doing? It sure as hell wasn’t community service.
Does walking in the middle of the road equals to losing your life?
Why are you losing concept of the real issue here?
How many kids walk on the road? Should we shoot all of them 9 times???
Let’s see how you would feel if a cop killed your kid for walking in the middle of the street. Be careful, next time your kid goes after their ball. That’s being in the middle of the street.
There are greater offenses than “Jaywalking”. Go kill rapist, murderers…
A cop would not kill my kid for walking in the road, because they would have more sense than that. And if for some reason they took leave of their good sense and home training and an officer of the law told them to get out of the traffic, they would comply.
They were not “jaywalking” they were walking down the middle of street causing a danger mostly to themselves, and to a lesser degree others.
They refused to get out of traffic because “they were almost to their destination”
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I have friends and family that are cops. In my lifetime I have encountered cops that are good cops and the assholes. Same with doctors, teachers and even bosses. If I am walking down the middle of the road and a police officer instructs me to move my ass to the sidewalk, that’s what I do. Even if i think he is being an asshole. This kid was not an innocent bystander who happened to be walking in the road, he was belligerent and he reached for the officers gun. What do you think he was going to do with that gun? Play candy land?
Those protesters were blocking a road. The police have them warning to disperse and they didn’t. What would have happened if a car rounded the intersection and hit and killed 3 of those protesters? I’m sure the police would be to blame for that too. Besides, I doubt they had a permit to protest.
I spoke to some people after watching the video. And you’re right. They were standing in the middle of the road. I suppose as a fuck you since walking in the middle of the road was what started the whole issue. Other protests which were not on the road, were not teargassed.
Is walking in the middle of the street some new trend? IDGI.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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What would have happened if the cop said nothing, and the “kids” were in the middle of the road, and got hit by a car? Or if the car swerved to miss them, and hit another car, killing the driver and passengers? Who would be to blame? The cop? The driver of the car? Who? And how many lives would have been ruined?
All of this could have been avoided if they had moved to the sidewalk. All of it.
Personally, I am tired of idiots walking out into traffic, and especially walking down the road IN traffic. And running across 3 lanes, dodging oncoming cars, like they are in some type of twisted frogger game. I want to run them down. There are sidewalks for a reason. Just shut the fuck up, and use them.
what time of day was that? did anybody notice they are in the middle of the street?
BionicMe…the young man was not shot for walking in the roadway. He allegedly was shot because he and his friend barricaded the officer’s door and Brown tried to remove the officer’s weapon which discharged inside the vehicle hitting Brown. Then they attempted to run from the scene.
The minute Brown reached into the squad car and went for the officer’s weapon he signed his death certificate. Acting as a brazen thug cost him his life and has destroyed the lives of innocent people caught in the aftermath.
If you mean the video, Steve it was nine pm.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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This was reported on media outlets today that this was in regard to shots fired as well as Molotov cocktails. What else should they have done? Lose innocent lives ?
Damn.
I hope that nobody here ever losses your unarmed child by law enforcement.
Let’s see what jury is going to exonerate a cop sitting inside his Ford Explorer SUV, with a Glock in hand, holding an unarmed-on-foot-civilian by his collard then shoots several rounds. Good luck with that Zimmerman line of defense “I was afraid and fought for my life”.
Welcome to the United States of America. The home of the “Brave”.
I have not heard that version of events.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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i had wondered about the time on the video, here after 10pm there is a noise ordinance.
So if you walked in on a 6ft 200+ Lb person raping someone, but has no weapon, do you think the police officer should shoot the guy or pussyfoot around him? The guy may have started out unarmed but attempted to arm himself by disarming a government official. He was not by any means innocent. All he had to do was get out of the damn road.
now the outrage is 2 reporters arrested at mcdonalds for tresspass. one reporter said all i was doing was chargong phones and had 2 laptops running. then police talked to the manager and left. then police came back in and told them to leave. the reporter told cops i am just charging my equip then police escorted him out and arrested him, giving the al bundy head to the door on the way out. my question is were the reporters just using electricity or did they buy food too? if they bought food then they ate customers, if not maybe the manager felt they were tresspassing and told that to police. another case of people telling police what they are going to do instead of doing what police say.
Oh please, you’re such a little cherry flavored pussy-pop, back pedaling your blatant racism instead of just owning up to it.
Instead of just admitting “while yes, I do have reservations regarding African Americans because of their general acceptance of hip hop culture that glamorizes violence and crime” like most (white) people, you instead try to desperately save face while at the same time dropping little bombs like “I thought you weren’t supposed to call THEM boy, make up your mind”
I didn’t even mention race in my post, because honestly I don’t care about his race as it doesn’t pertains to my issues of what was commented here — although I DO believe people would care more and it would be harder to drag him through the mud if you he was white/Asian — I’m most appalled that people are trying to justify KILLING as a solution to a negative attitude/rude behavior and/or walking in the street.
I mean, seriously you really do have to get it at some level, but your envisions of some [email protected] thugz who “probably is a criminal” and “deserves it,” prevents you from feeling any sort of empathy or plight of injustice.
I guarantee you if this happened to a neighbor or family member, after first handedly witnessing his decimated family, you wouldn’t be sitting there thinking “well, if he got out of the street sooner than maybe the officer wouldn’t have HAD to shoot him on the face.”
So really I think the root of the problem is a disassociation – probably from spending most of your adult life on the computer.
And if anyone seriously believes that their “well-mannered” child wouldn’t walk across the street with a group of his/her friends if it was significantly shorter than walking to the cross-walk, then you are sadly fucking mistaken.
By themselves? By myself? Yeah, maybe most people would just walk to the cross-walk.
But young adults especially mingle in groups, and pack mentality takes over, leading people to do things they would never do by themselves.
That’s not a justification for jaywalking, but neither is jaywalking a justification for murder.
Guarantee you’re the same strain of anal warts that actually believes their daughter is “going over to Sarah’s house for the weekly Saturday night study session” while she’s railing Molly off $1 bills with a dick in each ear.
varros who are you talking to? I made none of those statements.
Whoa.
You seem to be really misinformed about the situation. They were not crossing the street, or jaywalking, they were walking up the middle of the street between cars. They were told to stop playing in traffic, because apparently they never heard that playing in traffic was a bad idea. When they were told not to walk up them middle of the street they talked back to the officer and told them they were almost to where they were going. That is not jaywalking or crossing the street. That’s being an idiot and not complying with the law.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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You have some serious life issue’s.
WOW. This descended into a full-on “f*** the cops”/”You’re a racist!”, “No you’re a racist!”/”The damn kids these days”/unrelated killing story supporting law enforcement v. other unrelated killing story against law enforcement/insightful point/WTF comment– free for all… And oh yeah, wasn’t there a picture of Phaedra somewhere???
It’s a sad situation, I have no idea what happened, but I love this site because normally it’s fun and funny.
I love what RealHousewifeFanatic said early on:
“Please don’t turn this into a social/political discussion. For the love of God, there are plenty of other outlets for those discussions. This is a fun and interesting place to visit to get a break from the real world.”
LOL @ BH Wannabe
Teecee you are a fucking idiot. If you really believe the dumb shit you write. You need to back away from your computer and get life. You must be the most unhappiest person on the planet.
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teecee has a right to feel how she/he feels(lauren bacall just passed so their probably over sensitive right now) ,but i agree just comply a lot of cops are assholes why give them reason. Is it right to shoot a unarmed citizen no but seriously no one knows for sure what happens, and from just living life in the suburbs teens from alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll races are defiant especially when they are around friends! It is a sad story sad situation. I fuckin hate Phadera for that bullshit ass stunt she pulled! Why isn’t she comforting Apollo’s victims?
Seems like you are the one unhappy. To call some a fucking idiot because they feel differently than you makes you a cunt satchel who clearly needs to grow the fuck up. I haven’t read anything that Teecee has said that sounds ignorant , uneducated or even stupid. You on the other hand should take your own advice and get a life before she burns your ass with her witty dialogue that you will be butt hurt for the rest of the year.
Plus five TTTS to mrsgsp for helping in my quest to make cunt satchel happen.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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LOL witty dialogue?
“Excuse me? No, i’s do what I want, FUK you. Who are YOU to tell ME what to do? Fuck you, you fuckr!”
Gobbles of mundane curses with no substance — I’m also guessing you enjoy the rants of 14 year old boys over Xbox Live?
ok I think I am tired of you.
@various: who is TT to tell you what to do?
Show some respect–it’s her site!
I said earlier to Cat when varrous wrote his little question that it sounded like one of the voices in his head was talking to him. I now think they all joined in and got into a huge fight. I am so glad you got tired of him/her. I was tired about 5 of his/her posts ago. I have a very low tolerance for stupidity these days. Thank you.
An unarmed African-American youth was murdered by a Caucasian policeman. Two posters, in particular, are gruesome cheerleaders for a lynching by firearm. Both blame the unarmed victim. One mocks the dead victim and those of his race. I pity that poster, to be so filled with hate for everyone in so many posts about so many subjects without any happiness and joy, with only negative thoughts and feelings to show. How sad that person must feel inside to have such a degree of hate.
capt. eel you are showing hatred of the cop because he is white. you throw racial slurs then accuse others who are waiting for all the info to be out the racist. you are the part of the problem and not the cure.
The horrendous problem is that a teen was murdered in broad daylight, as observed by witnesses. The cure is for justice to be served.
you have convicted the cop allready, using witness statements. you seem to disregard the witness statement of the kids buddy, who said on tv for ALL the world to hear that there was a struggle with the cop at/in the car. lets get ALL the infomation before convicting anybody.
Further info can not change the fact that a teen was murdered. Kindly explain what information could change that fact and bring the victim back to life. The unarmed youth is dead. He was shot a multitude of times and is dead. He was unarmed with his hands up. Good God, what don’t you understand about that?
The protesting was much calmer last night with less police presence but it wasn’t without incident. There was a shooting on Canefield (the same road Mike Brown was shot on) and EMT were unable to get to her for a while because of the cars and people walking the streets. Police were called to a local McDonalds (close to the protesting) by the manager and when they showed up bricks were thrown at them, injuring two officers. So while no tear gas or rubber bullets were used it was NOT the peaceful protesting CNN would have you to believe. I also heard a patrol car was vandalized.
Awaiting a press conference now to release the officer’s name……
Just had the press conference. The officers name was released along with some details. At 1150am (roughly) a strong arm robbery took place at a convenience store. The implication by the chief was that Mike Brown was a suspect. The officer saw Mike Brown walking down the street and that is when the incident occurred. At 1201 another officer showed up at the scene and by 1205 the sergeant was dispatched to the shooting. So from the strong arm robbery to Mike Brown being shot was less than 15 minutes.
Local residents showed up to the press conference and once they heard about Mike Brown being a suspect in the robbery every one went nuts. I fear, literally fear what tonight and this weekend holds after this news.
Chief announced another conference to answer questions for later this afternoon.
now i know why the cops tried so hard to get protesters to leave. they had to get into that store to fake that tape!! and when the 2 autopsies show gunshot residue they planted that also.
People are going to think you are serious.
There is a new post up on this topic.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I think I better be done.
Steve, wearing your tinfoil hat and following conspiracy theories goes to your credibility and complete lack there of.
captain, there is a new post with more information.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Thanks tamra.
wasnt my conspiracy theories, i was just predicting EXACTLY what people were going to start saying. I was right too. only took an hour before it was said on tv
Now you’re claiming to be some sort of great Prophet or grand Wizard in a tinfoil hat who can predict future events. Interesting, Steve.
no not claiming anything other than knowing what will be said.