The grand jury decision in the case of Michael Brown was decided last night (November 24) in front of the nation. As anticipated, the decision was made to not indict Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Brown, causing public outrage in both Ferguson and around the country.
The Hip Hop community subsequently weighed in both on the streets and through social media. Legendary producer and activist Q-Tip took to the streets in New York’s wave of protests while also hitting up Twitter to vent his frustration.
“No value for black life,” he said in reaction to the decision. “But they extrapolate our magic, sweat, our voice our fire… And leave us stripped of our right to exist.” Numerous emcees quoted other activists and artists. Nas relayed a KRS-One quote from the Boogie Down Productions song “Who Protects Us From You?” saying: “You were put here to protect us, but who protects us from you?”
The grand jury consisting of nine whites and three blacks found that Darren Wilson should not stand trial in the shooting death of Michael Brown. The decision comes after months of deliberation. Protesters in Ferguson have been protesting in the city for 108 days. Michael Brown’s parents, Lesly McSpadeden and Michael Brown, Sr. released a statement shortly after the grand jury verdict was announced.
“We are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions,” the parents said. “While we understand that many others share our pain, we ask that you channel your frustration in ways that will make a positive change. We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen.”
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I’m all for justice too, but what is mike browns blood doing on the cops collar and uniform, and why did the cop have to shoot through th ep car door at him? I doubt it’s cause ephe was “running” away, or holding his hands up in the distance. Sounds like he charged the cop and tried to grab his gun….just how it sounds anyway, if the cop was a pig and shot him for no reason I’m down for justice, but if this kid tried grabbing his gun or robbed a store, well you bout that life, your gonna be bout it alright
Don’t tell that to these negros. They might get offended and start attacking you
The cop and his car didn’t stay at the scene of the crime.
Fuck you, NOT IGNORANT. Mike brown may have got himself shot, but you’re still a racist.
@iioi I’m sure your probably a nigga being a nigga! I’m sure you were out there in the riots braking and trashing other black peoples businesses . But I’m you didn’t notice that did you?!
All these nikkas are stupid. By same time next week they will had forgotten and have moved on. End of story!
true..
And racism will remain intact.
It’s like we in a twerking epidemic teenagers is dying people wonder why it keep on raining cause GOD’S crying watching his own children destruct shit, we living in a globe where we don’t know where the love went, cops killing niggas his excuse is he had something, honor roll student had no reason to grab nothing shot him for no reason the system so filthy kid aint here to testify so he pleads not guilty shidd you feel me. D’Allan Rixxx- Mind Of Mines
D’Allan be spitting some tru shit him n Kendrick N Cole is neck n neck hands down.
It’s like we in a twerking epidemic teenagers is dying people wonder why it keep on raining cause GOD’S crying watching his own children destruct shit, we living in a globe where we don’t know where the love went, cops killing niggas his excuse is he had something, honor roll student had no reason to grab nothing shot him for no reason the system so filthy kid aint here to testify so he pleads not guilty shidd you feel me. D’Allan Rixxx- Mind Of Mines
D’Allan be spitting some tru shit him n Kendrick is neck n neck hands down.
and two fucks were given
suicide by cop if i ever seen one
No justice for whites
7/18- Jimmie Norman, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/18- Terry Taylor, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/17- Cindy Raygoza, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/11- Luis Aguilar, 91 year old hispanic male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/10- Brittany Simpson, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/6- Sarah Goode, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/6- Jeffrey Westerfield, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/5- Perry Renn, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/3- Laurey Kennedy, white female still in coma from beating by black male. No national news
7/3 Eric Mollet, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/2 Rupert Anderson, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/2 Jennifer Kingeter, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
6/30 Jim Brennan, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/29 Paul Shephard, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Shirley Barone, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Penelope Spencer, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Inga Evans, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/26 Jake Rameau, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/25 Gina Burger, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/24 Nathan Dasher, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/22 Jonathan Price, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/20 John Whitmore, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/18 John Yingling,white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/17 Allyn Reeves, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/15 Michael Beaver, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/11 Angela Cook, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/11 Nathan Hall, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/7 Harry Briggs, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/5 Laura Bachman, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/2 Robert Mohler, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/1 William Headley, white male, murdered by black male. No national news
No justice for whites
7/18- Jimmie Norman, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/18- Terry Taylor, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/17- Cindy Raygoza, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/11- Luis Aguilar, 91 year old hispanic male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/10- Brittany Simpson, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/6- Sarah Goode, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/6- Jeffrey Westerfield, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/5- Perry Renn, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/3- Laurey Kennedy, white female still in coma from beating by black male. No national news
7/3 Eric Mollet, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/2 Rupert Anderson, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/2 Jennifer Kingeter, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
6/30 Jim Brennan, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/29 Paul Shephard, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Shirley Barone, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Penelope Spencer, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Inga Evans, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/26 Jake Rameau, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/25 Gina Burger, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/24 Nathan Dasher, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/22 Jonathan Price, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/20 John Whitmore, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/18 John Yingling,white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/17 Allyn Reeves, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/15 Michael Beaver, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/11 Angela Cook, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/11 Nathan Hall, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/7 Harry Briggs, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/5 Laura Bachman, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/2 Robert Mohler, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/1 William Headley, white male, murdered by black male. No national news
Just another Trayvon Martin situation were blacks don’t actually follow the case and just assume everything.
Either way, my advice to blacks…stop attacking people with guns and you won’t get shot! Fucking idiots…
And where is all the outrage over the black on black senseless intentional murder that happens every 2 seconds over nothing.
What black people need to do is stop acting like black people!
Burn down your own stores and neighborhood
very bright.
burn down your own stores and neighbourhood
very bright
I just read the report of events that the actual jury had given to them. I was skeptical at first, but after reading that, what the fuck man, seriously. I feel sick to my stomach thinking about that verdict. Keep fighting against social inequity, at any level. And for the trolls that plague posting forums like this with racist garbage, you realize that you are admitting to having no life every time you submit that ignorance, right? Oh, that’s right, no one knows it’s you, so I’m sure you do that and feel just fine about yourself…
Michael Eric Dyson is in the hip-hop industry?
Notice 0 RADIO RAPPERS said a word about Ferguson. Where’s Drake? Iggy? Nicki? Silent as a mouse. What does that tell you?
Why would Iggy care no black person is buying her Music well apart from T.I. but his got his own stash of AMMO, maybe Smack DVD Nicki would of cared but that Nicki is long gone she don’t care, Drake is like Jordan he won’t speak up. These people don’t care unless were buying there products. We can’t keep talking about Sean Bell,Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant the list goes on and on when we are killing our own brothers and sisters in record number nothing changed from when Tupac was alive we also can’t tear our own neighbourhood down what does that do ?
I was taught as a young man some simple words of wisdom: “Don’t start no shit, won’t be no shit.”
Our “community” would be better served if we started looking at how we can avoid ending up in certain situations rather than finger pointing when Newton’s Law bites us in the ass. That’s an honest conversation responsible parents need to have with their kids. I had that convo with mine
Wise
common sense
Yeah we can come up with strategy all day, but our communities need organized action.
Individuals need organized action FIRST. Raise your kids right. Use your brain. Don’t expect Newton’s Law to ignore you. If Mike Brown was shot by a black man, whether it be the store owner he stole from, or if the cop was black, ask yourself if we’d be having this conversation. And be honest with yourself. We all know the answer.
WELL SAID!
The reason we wouldn’t have this conversation if a black man shot him is because he would more than likely be in jail.. So there would be no reason to riot.. lol… But the system in itself needs to be adjusted… Even back in Civil Rights when blacks wore suits daily, they were still being beaten and treated like thugs even when they held themselves upright.. So to say how we carry our selves would change our treatment isn’t quite accurate if we go by history thus far…We basically just need more blacks in positions of power, and not just one or two.
I hear you Jones, and you right. No question in your perspective at all. Thing is nobody is safe from “shit happening”. All we as individuals can do is to influence or environment the best we can so shit has a less likely chance of happening to us. And the black leaders come from within the home fam. It doesn’t matter who’s in power if the foundation of your upbringing isn’t fruitful and you don’t learn from history.
nobodys gunna stop em
lol black people are butthurt haha
Where the F is Gay-Z?
This is true. God made man in his image so that can mean he pictured man to look a certain way, the first humans on earth were black. Then all of a sudden you had white people, which is the opposite of the image the creator or grand architect of the universe pictured in their plans.
How did white people even come to existence? Leprosy = white skin. It’s a form of albinism which makes people lack melanin. So you have these mutated genetic defect people born with white skin coming from these black ppl… Some of them being born with eye colors other than brown (I.e.: blue, green, etc) which are signs of disease and again, genetic defects and associated with a degree of albinism… Same can be said about people who don’t have black hair, if you have a different hair color then ur pigmentation is fucked and it’s likely that your ancestor is some albino fuck who got kicked out of Africa for looking like a diseased devilish fuck bringing in all sorts of pestilence into the world. Fuck the white man aka the devil man bka the evolved form of some albino * from 20,000 years ago
By Monday nobody will care about this and these protests will be forgotten about.
if a cop shot anyone I’m not sure he’d go to jail. it might get to trial but i don’t know if this mike brown was white if the outcome would be the cop goes to jail. cops get away with all kinds of messed up shit and i know he’s more likely to get off if it was not only a black but even a muslim form the middle east or mexican or anyone darker colored. its not totally a black and white thing even though that is a big part of it.. cops in general need to be held responsible. it is unheard of for there to be no trial in a case where there is at least one witness in which case there is a few with the mike brown case. it should have at least went to trial! but how come no one video taped any of this? no one pulled a phone out after they saw drama going on? there was no surveillance cameras anywhere? how could there not be enough evidence for a trial