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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 03:54 AM Aug 2015

Darren Wilson In Hiding, Unemployable After Killing Michael Brown

Karma's a bitch.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/31659-darren-wilson-in-hiding-unemployable-after-killing-michael-brown

Wilson said he applied for several police positions elsewhere but was turned down due to concerns that he was a liability. “It’s too hot an issue, so it makes me unemployable,” he told the New Yorker, during interviews for a profile published as the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death approaches.

The 29-year-old said he had resigned from the Ferguson police department days after a grand jury in St Louis declined to prosecute him for killing Brown, in a sharply contested incident that led to months of unrest in the city and protests around the US.

Wilson also told the magazine that despite the controversy, he wished he could return briefly to his old job in Ferguson, a suburb of St Louis. “I would want to do it for a day,” he said, in order to show observers that he was not “defeated”.

According to the article, Wilson and his wife, Barbara Spradling, who has also left her job as a Ferguson police officer, are living with their young child at an undisclosed location in the St Louis area. Wilson bought the property but his name was reportedly kept from the documentation out of fears for his safety.

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Darren Wilson In Hiding, Unemployable After Killing Michael Brown (Original Post) eridani Aug 2015 OP
he can run for president of the benevlolent brothers of something or other nt msongs Aug 2015 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #2
Pretty nasty premier post.(Unless you forgot to include the "sarcasm" disclaimer?)Enjoy your stay. Stardust Aug 2015 #3
Trolls are not known for their reasoning abilities. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #8
Name removed said what? pintobean Aug 2015 #12
Jury results: beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #10
Hobbits have good troll spotting abilities. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #14
Well done! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #15
Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #6
Nothing like removing all doubt. pintobean Aug 2015 #7
Wasn't any doubt after its first post. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #11
All crime does not deserve the death penalty. Betty Karlson Aug 2015 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #13
He or she did not have much time to enjoy DU. merrily Aug 2015 #17
A little music for him and Zimmerman hobbit709 Aug 2015 #5
Thats what happens when you leave the door open. Drunks wander in. nt Snotcicles Aug 2015 #16
Cop does shitty job, kills unarmed teenager, career takes turn for worse . . hatrack Aug 2015 #18
6 months at a tech school and he can fix AC units aikoaiko Aug 2015 #19
Strange: harassing black folks all day would seem a transferable skill alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #20
Did I hear that Wilson said that Michael Brown was not brought up properly malaise Aug 2015 #21
Brown's parents are suing him alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #22
Good malaise Aug 2015 #23
Good Gothmog Aug 2015 #24

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Response to hobbit709 (Reply #4)

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
10. Jury results:
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 06:30 AM
Aug 2015
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service

On Wed Aug 5, 2015, 06:20 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Trolls are not known for their reasoning abilities.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7043928

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Blatant personal attack on a newbie. The post in question was juried. Picking on newbies is not cool.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Aug 5, 2015, 06:27 AM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Explanation: Normally I don't approve of abusing newbies but I agree with hobbit709. If the newb/troll's post calling Michael Brown a "cowardly thug" is acceptable then so is this post.
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I also alerted on all 3 posts.

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Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
9. All crime does not deserve the death penalty.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 06:29 AM
Aug 2015

Even when the victim was no angel, shooting the victim was a heinous crime. No-one forfeits the right to live when he or she commits a crime, whatever the colour of their skin.

And you sir, are honestly and truly callous for intimating otherwise.

Response to Betty Karlson (Reply #9)

merrily

(45,251 posts)
17. He or she did not have much time to enjoy DU.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 06:38 AM
Aug 2015

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
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Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Go away troll
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Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: a real knuckle dragger
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Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
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malaise

(269,093 posts)
21. Did I hear that Wilson said that Michael Brown was not brought up properly
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 08:29 AM
Aug 2015

If he said that it is fall down funny given that his own mother was a criminal

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