The Times was behind the times in publishing Wilson’s address
A lot of people were up in arms—and rightly so, IMHO—when the NY Times published Darren Wilson’s address, thus facilitating those who would do him harm.
So I was happy to see that, before it was ever published, the address was moot because Wilson had long vacated the place:
Darren Wilson was mowing his lawn Aug. 19 ”” 10 days after he’d shot an unarmed teenager ”” when he got a call telling him that his address was popping up in online reports. He quickly packed up his belongings and moved in with a relative, somebody who didn’t have the same last name. By nightfall, media members were outside the house.
Wilson then spent about a week with one of his attorneys, Greg Kloeppel, until finally he moved into what his legal team now calls the “quote-unquote permanent location,” which they declined to disclose. Wilson hasn’t been back to his ranch-style home since he stopped cutting the grass midway through.
“You want to buy a house?” another Wilson attorney, James Towey, asked.
It might be time for something like the witness protection program, although that sort of thing is harder to pull off in the internet age. Darren Wilson’s life has changed irrevocably, however, in that he can no longer work for the Ferguson police department, or any police department:
“At first [his thinking] was, ”˜I want to go back, I’m a cop, I want to still be a cop,’ ” attorney Danielle Thompson said. “It took some time for him to realize that wasn’t exactly going to be what happened.”
Towey added: “I think I expressed to him, ”˜Do you realize your first call [back on the job] will be to a blind alley where you’re executed?’ He took a pause for a minute, thought about it and said, ”˜Oh.’ That is the reality.”
Wilson was pretty much an ordinary cop, caught up in an extraordinary media circus resulting from a single violent and unfortunate encounter. In fact, it was the first time Wilson had ever used his service weapon.
And apparently it will be the last.
[ADDENDUM: Andrew C. McCarthy’s take on the Ferguson case is well worth reading, as is almost everything McCarthy writes.]
Half of the slime squad who published the address had her address posted along with pictures of the outside of her building. Result? “Yo @juliebosman is it true that you want police protection and have been calling the police nonstop? Maybe Darren Wilson will protect you.”
The media have been trying to smoke him out into the open since he vanished the first time.
They tried to smoke out Zimmer too.
Wilson should sue NYT
The New York Times does not need another lawsuit. It needs a purification by fire.
If I lived in Idaho, I’d offer Wilson sanctuary – and if I could muster it, police-work.
There’s so little justice in the US, I’m moving abroad. There’s no honest debate, and a vast wasteland of delusion here. It isn’t worth it any more.
So the NY Slimes published Wilson’s address AND got it wrong? An impressive bit of journalistic fail, both morally and factually. Making good use of those layers of editors and fact checkers, eh?
What’s the over/under on when the house gets fire-bombed?
This is not about Darren Wilson or police brutality. That is the cover story. This is about the communist/anarchist desire to weaken law enforcement and force governments – local and state – to bow down to their demands.
These are not grass root, spontaneous protests. Consider that there were protests in over 90 U.S. cities and several overseas. The cover story was picked back in August and the preparations for “civil disobedience” have been in the works since then. Why this particular shooting was picked, is unclear. The shooting was not unlike several confrontations between police officers and young black men that occur several times a year countrywide. Maybe the race hustlers found an unusual amount of black anger in this mostly black community with a mostly white police force. They believed they could paint a vivid picture of injustice and racism. Be that as it may, this is an organized movement that is creating havoc all over the country. From the pictures I see it is mostly students and old commies from the 60s with a large contingent of of the anarchists that made up the occupy movement. See this for some pictures:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2848203/Protesters-gather-90-cities-U-S-grand-jury-decides-Officer-Darren-Wilson-won-t-charged-death-Michael-Brown.html
Police forces and city governments are going to have to deal with these groups much more forcefully. The protestors are causing traffic jams, interfering with normal businesses, damaging infrastructure, destroying property, and interfering with the rights of average citizens. The authorities must require permits, designate acceptable areas for peaceful protest, and then enforce the same. They must be prepared for mass arrests and prosecutions as well as being willing to use the National Guard when necessary. If not, these protests, which are already causing chaos, could get way out of hand.
That the NYT published Wilson’s address is pretty much par for the course. That newspaper has been a communist tool since before WWII.
These are not grass root, spontaneous protests. Consider that there were protests in over 90 U.S. cities and several overseas. The cover story was picked back in August and the preparations for “civil disobedience” have been in the works since then.
Bingo.
It’s somewhat encouraging that this has been a bit of a damp squib compared to the equally ersatz Occupy Whatever “movement.” The commies (Working Families Party et al.) could only get about 20 Useful Idiots to try to disrupt the Macy’s Parade.
More of a problem is that the pinko tools AKA “media” give all this agitprop so much oxygen with wall to wall “coverage.” It leaves a bad taste in the minds of too many.
What JJ said.
“What’s the over/under on when the house gets fire-bombed?”
Well…… I don’t know whether Wilson owned that house, but if he did and the house got torched, I’m sure that he would make out much better (fire insurance) than he would by trying to sell it.
JJ and Beverly are right on to say, “These are not grass root, spontaneous protests. “
I agree, as do many other observers.
This was from the Instapundit’s site
I do not think it was a coincidence that the National Guard was not called in from the beginning. Nor do I think it was a coincidence that with over three months to prepare, federal, state, and local authorities were spectacularly unprepared.
The associations and linkages are too obvious and numerous for even any casual observer, except the main stream media of course.
Civil rights are a precarious holding in a progressive age characterized by pro-choice or selective principles.
Perhaps, they are simply trying to start a race war? Here’s the beginnings of one:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/us/st-louis-man-dead-hammers/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Although some news outlets are quick to say that race wasn’t a factor; even though they don’t list the race of the criminals.
I don’t get that warning that he would be executed if he went back. By whom? Other cops? Would he walk down a blind alley with a thug?
Frankly, if he doesn’t go back, we lose. He did his job an was not supported by the citizenry.
Related:
1.
From the “leader” of the United States of America:
“There are Americans who are deeply disappointed, even angry. It’s an understandable reaction.”
(in:
http://www.city-journal.org/2014/eon1125hm.html ;
see also:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/393676/finding-meaning-ferguson-heather-mac-donald )
2.
From another “leader”:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/30/louis-farrakhan-justifies-racial-violence-lets-die/
3.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/30/us/st-louis-man-dead-hammers/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
lonetown:
The scenario is simple. Officer Wilson is offered a job, say as deputy in Nowheresville, Idaho. He accepts. Word gets out that he is now working there; some community agitators decide to take a field trip.
Now, all you need is some inside intelligence — when is Wilson liable to take the call to investigate a disturbance. (If that intelligence is lacking, or is inadequate, the scenario still works — just repeat until he DOES respond to a call.) Once he shows up in uniform — ambush.
Heck, the man is vulnerable to ambush right now, whether he’s in uniform or not. His name and face are known.
In principle, I agree with you. The man did his job, and is being figuratively crucified for it. That’s not just, that’s not right. But I see no way around it, just as George Zimmerman will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life.
Stand up to bullies ie. terrorists or live in fear.
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