Why are Ferguson riots resonating on Chinese social media?

[TaiShang]

Why are Ferguson riots resonating on Chinese social media?
CCTV News

People in China have been keenly following the news emerging from the US city of Ferguson, Missouri, where tensions have been running high after the killing of an unarmed black teenager by the police.

Social media users in China have been discussing the clashes between the police and demonstrators. Many have been very critical of what they see as US hypocrisy when it comes to human rights.

Racial divide

Michael Brown, 18, was shot dead by the police on August 9. The latest autopsy conducted on behalf of Brown’s family showed that he had been shot at least six times, including twice in the head, according to a Xinhua report.

Since the killing, the town has seen widespread protests, with heightened racial tensions. The situation has been aggravated by the fact that most residents in the community are black, while the police force are mostly white.

With the demonstrations taking a violent turn, Governor Jay Nixon, on Monday, called in the National Guard to help keep the peace. President Barack Obama has also announced that US Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Ferguson to carry out a federal investigation.

Human rights debate

Addressing the clashes between the police and protesters, Obama also called for the protection of the rights of the demonstrators. He noted that "There’s no excuse for use of excessive force by police.”

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon echoed similar sentiments.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that Ban “calls on all to exercise restraint, for law enforcement officials to abide by US and international standards in dealing with demonstrators.”

The concerns also found resonance on the Internet in China.


“Where are human rights? Where are democracy, fairness, and justice?” wrote a Sina Weibo user named @A little bee-wengwengwengzhimimang.


“The US is always pointing fingers at how other nations treat human rights, but where are American citizens’ human rights?” wrote a user named @Wanghailongwang.

 

[JSCh]

The irony also did not escape notice by Chinese,

America spokesman repression Ferguson riots : This is America ‘s internal affairs
Core Tip: black youth storm caused Brown ‘s death spread from a small town to the United States National Ferguson , also attracted the attention of the international community. U.S. State Department spokesman Huff conducted a excuse , claiming , ” Ferguson belongs to the incident in the United States in the internal affairs .” Suggesting that other countries have no right to interfere.

 

[TaiShang]

” Ferguson belongs to the incident in the United States in the internal affairs .”

LOL.

Feels like a deja vu.

The spokesman's remarks were noted. Hypocrites are always hypocrites.

Nonetheless, good to see the US climbing down the ladder of moral high ground each passing day.

 

[BoQ77]

Thanks to the freedom of press in USA, we could point out the case of a unlucky boy.
Basically, that's better than our country, sometimes the poor victims can't be named.

How's about same case in China? Is there poor victim of police never been publicized ?

 

[gambit]

Why are Ferguson riots resonating on Chinese social media?

Because they wish that Ferguson is more common in the US the way it is in China.

World Report 2012: China | Human Rights Watch

Official and scholarly statistics estimate that 250-500 protests occur per day; participants number from ten to tens of thousands.

 

[TaiShang]

Thanks to the freedom of press in USA, we could point out the case of a unlucky boy.
Basically, that's better than our country, sometimes the poor victims can't be named.

How's about same case in China? Is there poor victim of police never been publicized ?

Stop barking for others. Your masters ain't that good. And stop trolling, or you will get banned again (along with a number of fake accounts you attempted to open).

ON topic: Journalists' tweets.

More journalists arrested, released in Ferguson

by Kristen HarePublished Aug. 17, 2014 11:05 pmUpdated Aug. 17, 2014 11:49 pm

On Sunday night, Sports Illustrated’s Robert Klemko, the Telegraph’s Rob Crilly and the Financial Times’ Neil Munshi tweeted that they’d been arrested by police in Ferguson, Missouri.

Robert Klemko ✔ @RobertKlemko

Capt Johnson is now arresting us.

10:45 AM - 18 Aug 2014

Robert Klemko ✔ @RobertKlemko
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They had to cut my cuffs off with a knife. Here's Capt Johnson assisting.

10:53 AM - 18 Aug 2014

Robert Klemko ✔ @RobertKlemko
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About 25 minutes after the gas attack, with the smoke cleared and the area secure, we attempted to go back down the street to report.

10:54 AM - 18 Aug 2014

Robert Klemko ✔ @RobertKlemko
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Cops stopped us. We explained ourselves. They said to walk away. We said why. They said command center was attacked. I said no it wasn't.


Robert Klemko ✔ @RobertKlemko
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Capt Johnson said walk away or be arrested. I started walking away. They followed and arrested us.

10:56 AM - 18 Aug 2014

Rob Crilly @robcrilly
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Police pointed weapon and me and Capt Johnson has threatened me with arrest. He has called squad car. V jumpy


Rob Crilly @robcrilly
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I have been arrested and am being walked away from the area

10:49 AM - 18 Aug 2014

Akilah Johnson ✔ @akjohnson1922
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Cop just told photog to "back the **** up or ill shot."

10:55 AM - 18 Aug 2014

Jesse Walker @notjessewalker
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A cop just threatened to shoot the cameraman at the Argus Radio feed.

11:09 AM - 18 Aug 2014

 

[BoQ77]

Stop barking for others. Your masters ain't that good. And stop trolling, or you will get banned again (along with a number of fake accounts you attempted to open).

ON topic: Journalists' tweets.



11:09 AM - 18 Aug 2014

Why you call other writing as barking ?
You don't know how to respect other's opinion, so not suitable to discuss in a forum
@Kaan

 

[TaiShang]

Why you call other writing as barking ?

Because everybody knows your trolling tactics, so do not play smart here.

When you join any discussion, average IQ drops. Just stay clear. You are unwanted.

Your cheap troll post has been reported.

Either join the discussion meaningfully without derailing the topic, or get the hell out of this thread.

Your further unrelated posts will be ignored and reported.

On topic:

Ferguson riot shines light on US racial divide, human rights flaws

By Li Li

In his landmark speech, "I have a dream," civil rights leader Martin Luther King voiced his strong aspiration for equal rights of the black people in US society.

Five decades later, such a dream has been partially realized. The African-Americans living in the US today are enjoying more equal political and social status. Notably, the US has its first African-American president in history.

However, despite progress, the racial divide still remains a deep-rooted chronic disease that keeps tearing US society apart, manifested by the latest racial riot in Missouri.

Stunned and enraged by the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer, a large number of residents in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson took to the streets, and staged a tense standoff with police in riot gear.

Throughout history, racial tensions have cut deep in US society. Even now, the scar is obviously far from being fully healed.

Some might argue that racial differences and conflicts are unavoidable in a "melting pot" like the US, where people are from virtually every corner of the world converge and seek better lives.

However, it is undeniable that racial discrimination against African-Americans or other ethnic minorities, though not as obvious as in the past, still persists in every aspect of US social life, including employment, housing, education, and particularly, justice.

In the worst US violence in recent times, the acquittal of four white policemen in the beating of a black motorist in 1992 sparked a six-day riot, involving thousands of people across the metropolitan area of Los Angeles, leaving an astounding 51 people dead.

In a highly diverse society like the US, such racial inequalities can jeopardize social peace and security. It is highly advisable for the country to make extra efforts to effectively uproot racism in all fields, so as to prevent tragedies from recurring.

The Ferguson incident once again demonstrates that even if in a country that has for years tried to play the role of an international human rights judge and defender, there is still much room for improvement at home.

In its annual human rights report issued in February, the US assaulted almost 200 countries across the world for their so-called poor human rights records.

However, the US human rights flaws extend far beyond racial issues. As revealed by famous whistle-blower Edward Snowden, the US government has hacked into e-mails and mobile phones of ordinary Americans as well as leaders of other countries, including traditional US allies.

What's more, Washington has witnessed numerous shooting sprees on its own land, and it has launched incessant drone attacks on foreign soil, resulting in very heavy civilian casualties.

Each country has its own national conditions that might lead to different social problems. Obviously, what the US needs to do is to concentrate on solving its own problems rather than always pointing fingers at others.

 

[BoQ77]

How the case could be brought to public ? then Chinese netizens could know and make comment?
That thanks to freedom of press in USA based on 1st Amendment of US constitution respected.

How a case could be investigated if it's unable to be publicized, by poor freedom of press ?

 

[cnleio]

Nobody care, they just need 2nd Civial War in United State of America.

 

[TaiShang]

More on China's impression of the riots and race clashes in the US:

CCTV: "The tragedy in ‪#‎Ferguson‬, ‪#‎Missouri‬ is not just a small town anomaly. It is about an America divided by race and income."

China.org.cn: " According to eyewitnesses, Brown ran for his life. As he was shot, he fell. He put his hands up in a show of compliance and surrender, but he was shot twice more until he died."

 

[Maxtini]

Riots happening now and then in every country.
The question is how they gonna solve it?

By coercion and suppress the media like China did? Only making it unravel to irreversible damage?

Or by letting everyone discuss openly and identify the problem like the US did? The President admit the violation by police and federal investigation is on the move. Will Chinese Xi JinPing ever do this? Not in my life time I believe.

No hypocrisy here. The fact is the US police has already heavily militarized and this is the problem most US politicians acknowledged, including the President.

 

[TheTruth]

Because they wish that Ferguson is more common in the US the way it is in China.

World Report 2012: China | Human Rights Watch

Yes in China people can protest without getting shot or thrown into jail en masse i.e. why Amerikkka has the largest prison population on the planet

 

[JSCh]

The things is, all the western media bias reports about China can only fool the people outside of China.
The Chinese people obviously would know what the situation is like inside China.
When they see these things happening in the US, they can compare with what they know in China.

 

[TaiShang]

@Maxtini

Ferguson: No Justice in the American Police State

GlobalResearch.ca

There are reports that American police kill 500 or more Americans every year. Few of these murdered Americans posed a threat to police. Police murder Americans for totally implausible reasons. For example, a few days before Michael Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, John Crawford picked up a toy gun from a WalMart shelf in the toy department and was shot and killed on the spot by police goons. Family of man killed by cops at Wal-Mart demands video | MSNBC

It appears that the murder of Michael Brown did not satisfy the blood lust of the goon thug cop murderers. Less than four miles from Ferguson, goon thugs murdered another black man on August 19. The police claims of “threat” are disproved by the video of the murder. St. Louis Police Release Video Of Kajieme Powell Killing That Appears At Odds With Their Story

You can see the entire scene much better here. This is a clear case of outright murder of a man by our Nazi Gestapo police. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cell-phone-video-emerges-refutes-st-louis-cops-version-shooting/ The police then handcuff their dead victim.

Clearly, the American police are an enormous danger to the public. It will be interesting to see what excuses the police shills will come up with to justify this murder. It is not American civilians with carry permits who murder 500 people a year. It is the goon thug police. Gun control should be applied to the police who lack sufficient intelligence and judgment to go around armed.

Five hundred is more than one killing by police per day. Yet the reports of the shootings seldom get beyond the local news. Why then has the Ferguson, Missouri, police killing of Michael Brown gone international?

Probably the answer is the large multi-day protests of the black community in Ferguson that led to the state police being sent to Ferguson and now the National Guard. Also, domestic police in full military combat gear with armored personnel carriers and tanks pointing numerous rifles in the faces of unarmed civilians and arresting and threatening journalists make good video copy. The “land of the free” looks like a Gestapo Nazi state. To much of the world, which has grown to hate American bullying, the bullying of Americans by their own police is poetic justice.

For those who have long protested racial profiling and police brutality toward racial minorities, the police murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson is just another in a history of racists murders. Rob Urie is correct that blacks receive disproportionate punishment from the white criminal justice (sic) system. See, for example: Mother Faces 11 Years in Prison – LewRockwell.com

Myself, former US Representative Dennis Kucinich, and others see Michael Brown’s murder as reflective of the militarization of the police and police training that creates a hostile police attitude toward the public. The police are taught to view the public as threats against whom the use of violence is the safest course for the police officers.

This doesn’t mean that racism is not also involved. Polls show that a majority of white Americans are content with the police justification for the killing. Police apologists are flooding the Internet with arguments against those of the opposite persuasion. Only those who regard the police excuse as unconvincing are accused of jumping to conclusions before the jury’s verdict is in. Those who jump to conclusions favorable to the police are regarded as proper Americans.

What I address in this article is non-evidential considerations that determine a jury’s verdict and the incompetence of Ferguson’s government that caused the riots and looting.

Unless the US Department of Justice makes Michael Brown’s killing a federal case, the black community in Ferguson is powerless to prevent a cover-up.

What usually happens in these cases is that the police concoct a story protective of the police officer(s) and the prosecutor does not bring an indictment. As Obama and his Attorney General, Eric Holder, are partially black (in skin color alone), the black majority community in Ferguson, Missouri, might have hopes from Holder’s visit. However, nothing could be more clear than the fact that Obama and Holder, along with the rest of “black leadership,” have been co-opted by the white power structure. How else would Obama and Holder be in office? Do you think that the white power structure puts in office people who want justice for minorities or for anyone other than the mega-rich?

The 1960s were a time of black leadership, but that leadership was assassinated (Martin Luther King) or co-opted. Black leaders sold out for prestige appointments and corporate board memberships. Today black leadership is marginalized and exists only at local levels if at all.

If the cop who killed Brown is indicted and he is tried in Ferguson, the jury will contain whites who live in Ferguson. Unless there is a huge change in white sentiment about the killing, no white juror can vote to convict the white cop and continue to live in Ferguson. The hostility of the white community toward white jurors who took the side of a “black hoodlum who stole cigars” against the white police officer would make life for the jurors impossible in Ferguson.

The trouble with purely racial explanations of police using excessive force is that cops don’t limit their excesses to racial minorities. White people suffer them also. Remember the recent case of Cecily McMillan, an Occupy protester who was brutalized by a white good thug with a record of using excessive force. McMillan is a young white woman. Her breasts were seized from behind, and when she swung around her elbow reflexively and instinctively came up and hit the goon thug. She was arrested for assaulting a police officer and sentenced by a jury to a term in jail. The prosecutor and judge made certain that no evidence could be presented in her defense. Medical evidence of the bruises on her breast and the police officer’s record of police brutality were not allowed as evidence in her show trial, the purpose of which was to intimidate Occupy protesters.

In America white jurors are usually sheep who do whatever the prosecutor wants. As Cecily McMillan, a white woman, could not get justice, it is even less likely that the black family of Michael Brown will. Those who are awaiting a jury’s verdict to decide Michael Brown’s case are awaiting a cover-up and the complicity of the US criminal justice (sic) system in murder.

If there is a federal indictment of the police officer, and the trial is held in a distant jurisdiction, there is a better chance that a jury would consider the facts. But even these precautions would not eliminate the racist element in white jurors’ decisions.

The situation in Ferguson was so badly handled it almost seems like the police state, in responding to the shooting, intended to provoke violence so that the American public could become accustomed to military force being applied to unarmed civilian protests.

In Ferguson all that was needed to prevent mass protests and looting was for the police chief, mayor or governor to immediately announce that there would be a full investigation by a civic committee independent of the police and that the black community should select the members it wished to serve on the investigative committee.

Instead, the name of the cop who killed Michael Brown was withheld for days, a video allegedly of Michael Brown taking cigars from a store was released as a justification for his murder by police. These responses and a variety of other stupid police and government responses convinced the black community, which already knew in its bones, that there would be a coverup.

It is entirely possible that the police chief, mayor, and governor lacked the intelligence and judgment to deal with the occasion. In other words, perhaps they are too stupid to be in public office. The incapacity of the American public to elect qualified representatives is world-renown. But it is also possible that Michael Brown’s killing provided another opportunity to accustom Americans to the need for military violence to be deployed against the civilian population in order to protect us from threats.

Occupy Wall Street was white, and these whites were overwhelmed by police violence.
This is why I conclude that more is involved in Ferguson than white racist attitudes toward blacks.

The founding fathers warned against allowing US military forces to be deployed against the American people, and the Posse Comitatus Act prevents the use of military forces against civilians. These restrictions designed to protect liberty have been subverted by the George W. Bush and Obama regimes.

Today Americans have no more protection against state violence than Germans had under National Socialism.

Far from being a “light unto the world,” America is descending into cold hard tyranny.

Who will liberate us?