TRAYVON MARTIN ALL OVER AGAIN?
The state of Missouri is up in arms (and flames, in some places) over the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by a police officer – with riots, looting and calls for a federal investigation of the incident.
Rubber bullets and tear gas were used to disperse protestors and a few rock-wielding rioters in Ferguson, Missouri – a black suburb of St. Louis where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by an as-yet-unidentified police officer on Saturday. More than fifty people have been arrested in the wake of the racially charged situation.
The precise sequence of events leading to Brown’s shooting is unclear.
According to one witness, Brown and a friend were walking to his grandmother’s home in Ferguson – where he was spending the summer – when a police officer told them to use the sidewalk as opposed to walking in the middle of the street.
Words were allegedly exchanged, at which point the officer exited his vehicle and fired a shot.
Brown’s friend hid behind a car, but Brown stopped in the middle of the road and raised his hands.
“(The officer) shot again and once my friend felt that shot, he turned around and put his hands in the air,” Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson told KMOV TV 4. “He started to get down and the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and fired several more shots.”
Police dispute that account. They say Brown approached the officer after words were exchanged and “pushed (him) back into the police car.” Police say Brown then entered the officer’s vehicle and “a struggle ensued” over control of the officer’s weapon.
At least one shot was fired inside the car.
The St. Louis County Police Department is conducting an investigation of the incident, a probe that’s being overseen by the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ).
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Seems that ballistics should be able to clear up fairly clearly whether the shooting occurred with the shooter in the car or out. Until then, shame on those who rushed to judgment (either to defend the police or the deceased) and even more so on those who rushed to destroy the property of those having nothing to do with the incident.
If the witness statement holds up, the officer should go to jail. If not, then maybe the Al Sharpton’s of the world could engage in a little self-reflection about the role they have in sharpening the racial divide in this country. The cynic in me suspects they will just question the propriety of the investigators, though.
I agree on Al Sharpton, because god knows Republicans and Tea Partiers don’t need any help sharpening the racial divide in this country. They are doing just fine at that on their own.
LOL. The Democratic Party’s platform might as well be stoking societal divisions along race and gender lines. Building a coalition on identity politics and resentment has worked, but does not make it any less loathsome.
See these NY Times op-eds on the Democrat’s polarizing strategy (one conservative and one liberal):
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/republicans-white-voters-and-racial-polarization/
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/the-future-of-the-obama-coalition/
See Lee Atwater. Making white people resentful of black people and other minorities is what Republicans have been doing since the 1970s. The division that exists today is their work. Its just that now they see the beginnings of a problem with being identified as anti-minority. They, sort of, want to change that perception and shift the blame for division elsewhere. The only problem is a lot of the constituencies they have developed over the decades are not on board. Especially in the South.
Republicans got exactly what they sought to obtain, and which worked well for them for decades; identification as the party defending white people from being taken advantage of by black people. That is the political message I have heard from the Republican Party for most of my life. A message they have repeatedly reinforced since Obama was elected.
Have you ever read a transcript of that Atwater interview? He denied that race was a driving factor in Reagan’s campaign and pushed back against the interviewer’s loaded questions. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/06/what-did-lee-atwater-really-say.php
It is quite obviously the left that has made a primary strategy trying to demonize every Republican policy, no matter how facially neutral, as a legacy of the Democrat’s Jim Crow policies. The southern strategy is mostly myth, ignoring a 70+ year drift of white southerners to the GOP and the much quicker move of black voters in the other direction after the New Deal. http://baseballcrank.com/archives2/2012/07/politicshistory_6.php
Oh, for god sakes, even you can’t be blind enough to think Republicans have not been using race to divide the South. Of course race baiting was part of the Reagan campaign. Of course all these BS voting laws are designed to suppress minority voting. They even admit it when they think they are not being recorded.
I prefer actual historical fact to liberal conventional wisdom. Look at the statistics on when the white vote and black vote started shifting. It was the New Deal. Ike won the South in ’56. Was he part of the southern strategy, too?
And just ask yourself honestly who tries to turn every issue in this country towards race? Which side is constantly looking for racist “dog whistles” from their opponents? I hate to break it to you, but if you are the only one that can hear the whistle, you are probably the dog.
The assertion the southern strategy was a myth is a myth. Actually its more than that; its revisionist history. For most of the past 50 years Republicans have been using race to divide the south. Pitting whites against blacks in local, state and national elections, in the belief whites would always vote in greater numbers than blacks and would generally support Republicans.
Look at the statistics. The shift in both the white vote and hte black vote started with the New Deal. Truman got 77% (!) of the black vote in ’48 at a time when Democrats were terrorizing black voters in the South. Ike won the South in ’56. Was Eisenhower, who did quite a bit to advance civil rights in this country, part of the southern strategy, too? The left wants to pretend like these voting changes started during the Civil Rights era. it is historically illiterate and, given the motives behind it of trying to paint anyone who disagrees with you as a racist, rather disgusting.
“If not, then maybe the Al Sharpton’s of the world . . .”
If so, then maybe the Ted Nugent’s of the world blah blah blah . . .
Is ted on his way to Missouri? Any other non sequiturs you want to throw in? You forgot to mention the Koch brothers.
“Is ted on his way to Missouri?”
I don’t know, CL – is he??? You know EVERYTHING so why are you asking me. Deluded imbecile.
I tire of trying to teach you reading comprehension. But my post was about those rushing to judgment on what happened. Al would be the gold standard. I am not aware of Ted Nugent trying to insert himself into this mess. Hence, your reference to him was a non sequitur.
LOL You’ve never taught me anything – all you’ve done is blabber on like an idiot – which you are doing again here. The reference is no more a non sequitur than the reference you made – but you’ll never ever admit it. And then you try to muddy the waters by pulling the Koch bothers out of your ass. As I said before you obviously do not know the meaning of non sequitur – but don’t let that stop you, dear.
I admit I have not taught you anything. Some folks are beyond hope. But keep studying on it and you might understand. Hint – you are getting closer when you noticed the Koch brothers reference was a non sequitur. That was kind of the point to highlight how stupid your reference to Ted Nugent was.
“I admit I have not taught you anything”
You have nothing to teach except for maybe how to be a pompous blathering idiot.
Hint – you are full of shit.
Have you ever heard the expression “profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly”?
Oh boy, fear porn for the Tea Party set. Can’t wait to read the comments for this one.
When the last time a bunch of white people rioted in the streets when a young white boy was shot down, even if done unjustly?
When is the last time a young white boy was gunned down by police unjustly?
How would we know. It wouldn’t be reported outside of the local community because their would be no outrage to sell by the mass media. Last time I checked there isn’t a white equivalent of Jessie, Al, and the NAACP to keep the racial animosity stirred up.
Hanity, O’Reilly, Savage, Nugent, Limbaugh, Coulter, the entire Tea Party…shall I go on?
Please give us examples of this “racial animosity” being spread by the aforementioned
This libturd get reporting and racism mixed up, both words start with the letter “r” so it’s sort of understandable.
The moronic gift that keeps on giving^^^. Please keep it up!
The commenters on this site are perfect examples.
Research is hard, we understand why you would have no examples.
Keep commenting. The echo chamber demands it.
Only in your mind.
sparklecity and I are having a threesome with SCBlues at lunch today. Wanna join?
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/tbbd03/white-santa—megyn-kelly-s-apology
Don’t see Megan Kelly on the list… Here ideas about the race of Santa Clause aren’t really germane are they?
Perhaps these.
https://www.google.com/search?q=racism+flags+at+tea+party+rallies&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS439US439&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=p0XqU9fhF5SBygS62YFQ&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=971
Or these:
From a 1995 interview with Bob Mack of Grand Royal magazine:
NUGENT: You know how many times I’ve watched MTV? Once in my fucking life.
BOB MACK: You got to be on top of these things.
NUGENT: I don’t have to. You know what I’m on top of? I’m on top of a real America with working hard, playing hard, white motherfucking shit kickers, who are independent and get up in the morning.
MACK: Aren’t there any blacks?
NUGENT: Show me one. Show me one. [Grand Royal magazine via YouTube, accessed2/21/14]
10. Nugent: African-American Rappers Appearing On MTV Are “Big Uneducated Greasy Black Mongrels.” From a recording posted on YouTube, supposedly “from his radio show [in] 1994”:
NUGENT: MTV is a liberal lump of hippy snot. They are embarrassing. Those big uneducated greasy black mongrels on there, they call themselves rap artists. Excuse me? During a bad bloody case of diarrhea, I got more soul than those guys do at the peak of their life. That’s not music. What do you slap some electronic noisemaker and then grunt to it? And this is like soul? No, excuse me, you want to know what soul is? No wonder James Brown went to prison, no wonder Wilson Pickett went to jail, no wonder Chuck Barry went to jail. They’re embarrassed by their black brothers. That’s not soul. That’s not cool. That’s stupid. [Ted Nugent via YouTube, accessed 2/21/14]
Sorry, missed the Nuge – should have said “…with the exception of Nugent…” he’s a little to far out there for me. But since we’re on the subject, what audience does he have? I love Cat Scratch Fever and Wango Tango as much as anyone but I seldom go to Nugent for astute political observations.
The Tea Baggers are his audience these days. Only people idiotic enough to listen to that shit.
Well then, the TEA Party needs to read his method of avoiding the draft.
If it’s all a lie, he’s the one who told it.
Pooping and peeing your pants repeatedly is an honorable way to dodge military service. Uncle Ted is a true patriot.
Ok, so you missed Ted, why don’t you address the tea party pictures below. I’ll get to Rush and Hannity later.
Again – don’t see “The TEA Party” on the list.
Please re-read the list.
Should have said I don’t know someone named TEA Party. If we’re just talking about the loose association of TEA Partiers then you’re bound to get any number of crackpots in the group. Do I need to bring up the 9/11 Truthers?
Pretty sure Ted Nugent’s United Sportsmen of America doesn’t turn anyone down for a free meal based on color. You’re a moron.
They are not Al, Jessie, or the NAACP who’s sole purpose is to spread racial animosity for $$$. Jessie and Al run shake down operations to get money out of businesses in return for the “favor” of not protesting them. Please show where any of the aforementioned have even tried to do something like that.
Those wind bags are shaking all of their listeners down. That’s beyond obvious.
You forgot about the GOP.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/02/20/3309881/cop-shot-boy-holding-wii-controller-lawyer-alleges/
You’re right, white kids never get shot unjustly by police.
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/another-kid-with-a-toy-gun-shot-by-cops_112013
You represent yourself as a prolific child molester, finding out that DNA can be used as evidence.
Retired the Emily Peterkin profile and given up on the crappy blog already? What a dipshit.
Not at all. FITS stopped allowing links. Liberals Fear Truth. You know that.
Our content is BETTER than ever. C’mon over unless you’re too stupid for anything except the cliches and pack-think of FITS and the rest of the establishment media.
We get enough of your drivel here, thank you. I bet it’s funny, though.
I figured you’d be too gutless to challenge yourself. Over here you can play the Dumb@$$, w/ Bull-S#!t spoon-fed to you from a paid political consultant, who tells you what he wants you to believe.
Slurp it up, all the while complaining about how the privileged and the wealthy @$$-rape you daily. FITS just laughs, and slaps ol’ Tommy-Crack on the back..and cashes another check, he got for leading his mind-numbed idiots to their slaughter…
OK, whatever. I’m sure the writings of an adult(?) who can’t spell nor compose a complete sentence or thought are going to be very enlightening. At least, I can come here and troll your stupid ass when I get bored, so thanks for that TransBango.
I think you’ve got a unique niche going, you’re the only blogger I know who spends more time on another blog website than your own.
I’m soooo glad he stopped allowing you to freeload off his site.
Maybe you should pull a few bucks out of your Medicaid stipend and toss some his way for advertisement.
Ha! Of course this turd gets gov’t assistance. Oh man, that’s just too funny!
He waited too long.I pulled in hundreds regular readers through embedded posts on Disqus. My stats page shows that.
Anyone who seriously checks out your blog can not be considered a “regular reader”. Maybe a regular retard. Are you really on governmental assistance of some sort? Please, tell me it’s true?
50% of the country is NOT leftwing, head-up-their-@$$, FITS readers.
FITS stopped allowing links.
http://www.google.com
He’s not scared of Google, or mind-numbed Dumb@$$#$ like you.
I’m not bought by any candidate, and I don’t march to the clichés and status quo like FITS. When there is a TRUE alternative to the establishment, they will go to lengths to keep people who want to expand their minds, from accessing it.
It took decades for the left to get control of the those they dumbed-down. They D*#n sure ain’t going to give up control of you w/o a fight.
Willie didn’t stop allowing links to Google because linking to Google isn’t spam.
I wonder what linking to your shitty blog is classified under?
Oh, right.
Bury that head up FITS @$$. Tommy crack just loves idiots…
No just enough of us got tired of you trying to point us to your shitty blog. Links are still available for non-douchebag sites.
http://google.com
True, but it seems this tragic situation is being exploited more by the left than the right. I bet Sharpton will show up but not any Tea – Party leaders.
It’s not just Missouri. The country is in a shambles, and malaise has set in. People are depressed. On an international basis, it even uglier. There is no leadership.
America was once looked at as the adult in the room, who was respected to bring order. But our country is as embarrassing as our leader. If nothing else, the dismal years of Obama will make you understand how much it does matter, and if the US is not strong, it all breaks apart. And that is what we’re seeing now…
Naw, just pussy ass white dudes like you feel depressed. I imagine you have PLENTY to be depressed about, starting with that first look in the mirror of the morning. Of course, it’s everyone else’s fault. Right? The only thing embarrassing about this country are imbeciles like you thinking they speak for any other American. I bet you’re unemployed too. Probably get some form of government assistance, as well.
50 million on food stamps, 12 million fewer people w/ jobs. Gas, food and healthcare are breaking down peoples’ savings..
You may be the most Ignorant Mother-F*#ker on earth if you are attacking peoples’ suffering based on your own bigotry and race hate…
It’s Dumb@$$#$ like you who got us into this mess..somebody needs to Slap the S#!t out of your Stupid @$$…(figuratively of course)…Don’t want you F*#king idiots calling Holder on me…He’s a prosecutor looking for any white dude he can indict…
I am white, you silly shit. Just as I thought…you are unemployed and on gov’t assistance, so by your own standards you are the problem. No wonder you make no fucking sense.
I don’t give a S#!* what color your are, you RACIST B@$t@rd…. You are an ignorant F*#king Dumb@$$…And an Obama voter, no doubt…
While most of you are sure that voting for Obama makes you sophisticated and different, it really shows you to be a Stupid Dupe, and simple-minded…
At least I’m employed and not a hypocritical mooch. I never voted for Obama either. My buddies and I are here at work laughing our asses off at this exchange. Please, don’t stop commenting. I’ve turned them on to the comments section of this site and the mix of bigotry and stupidity is so funny. You are pure comedy gold! Apparently, you have a blog or something? Good god that must be hilarious! I’ve laughed enough today, maybe I’ll check it out later.
Do you how many dumb@$$#$ make those same claims.
PS: Google SC Political Digest, if you really want, and your boyfriends to S#!t all over yourselves.
You don’t appear to deny it. Is the grammar on the blog similar to your commenting style here? Cause that would be perfect!
WTF are your talking about, Dumb@$$?
You do know what grammar means, right? And still no denial, so I guess you are unemployed and on assistance. Who loves Obama again?
And you wonder why you can’t find a man.
Never fear, Al Sharpton is on the way!
He’s just play cards.
http://cdn.cyclingforums.com/3/3b/3b041c9e_AlSharptonRacecard.jpeg
Situations like this are a veritable bonus check for the reverend!
He apparently is taking a break from planning the “Anti Racist Police Choke Hold Rally” he has scheduled in Staten Island at the end of the month.
No matter what happened their is no excuse for rioting and looting. Shooting looters on sight should be standard operating procedure for law enforcement, national guard, and civilians.
No matter what happened there is no excuse for rioting and looting.
Absolutely right. If the poor kid was wrongly shot and killed, this is the worst way to honor his memory. Fight for justice. This, though, is not justice.
If he was rightly shot and killed, it is the best way to honor his memory though.
Let’s assume that the right wing media outlets are right and the little fuck had it coming.
Which one is that? Infowars?
Poor troll attempt. Please moderate.
A life for a Slim Jim…you usually at least get a pair of Air Jordans…and they say you liberals don’t value life…WTF…
What in the world are you even talking about?
Don’t worry about it…it does not matter.
I agree.The frustration is understandable however as blacks have suffered economically under the Obama regime.
Blacks figured when they voted for Obama the checks would be in mail. No more work.Obama gonna take care of em.
Why would they think that though when he allows his own brother to live in a tent , in poverty, in Kenya.
This country is fortunate that our inner cities have not gone up in flames years ago. The Democrat Party and its slave masters have enslaved three generations of blacks into a perpetual welfare system that projects hopelessness and poverty.Civil rights race hustlers keep these people uneducated and poor, dependent on government and knowing they will get their vote.
Leave it to a moron South Carolinian to link the situation to Washington. Spare us the Fox News bullshit and try to keep your idiotic posts in check.
Sandi is even especially moronic for SC. Quite a feat!
This shit goes back to LBJ. Pretty much the same sentiments that Thomas Sowell would convey.
Have you ever been to St. Louis? A fire would be the best thing that’s happened to that city in decades.
I’ve been there. Its a trashy place full of racist black people and rednecks. The crime rate there is bad.
Columbia? Sounds about right.
Kind of like the Columbia of the Mid West. Total dump.
St Louis makes Columbia look like Shang-ri-La.
They both suck. I guess it just depends on what kind of dump you prefer to live in.
Yeah, because we all know cops around the country will shoot jaywalkers.
“Ma baby di’in do nuffin'”
The force Monday night was absolutely excessive, you don’t get to start gassing the shooting people with rubber bullets until a full scale riot is breaking out. That being said, and keep in mind that a police helicopter was shot at Sunday night, the images from late yesterday afternoon did not look the start of a “peaceful vigil”. I thought peaceful vigils were held in a park or church, NOT out in the middle of major thoroughfares with hoodlums standing on cars spinning their tshirts around like they’re in a rap video. Looked a little like it started with some rebel rousers trying to start another riot and ended with some questionable crowd control tactics. Had the police presence not been so strong, objective thinkers might surmise that it would have been a redux of sunday night. Looks like it took HOURS to disperse the crowd, that must be a huge pain in the ass for law enforcement when they see things escalating and people can’t stfu and go home. The citizens have a right to protest PEACEFULLY, not act like a bunch of deranged animals, blocking roads, throwing things and driving through blasting “F the Police”. Nor do they get to try the police force in the court of public opinion and burn other peoples property to the ground to show. The residents of Ferguson, that took part in the melee sunday night, are lucky that none of them got shot by store owners. I’m sure Sharpton woke up full mast this morning, this is like a bonus check for him.
spinning their tshirts around
Wait, what? Is that an actual thing?
Yes, you first must remove your oversized white Hanes tshirt, clutch it in one hand and spin it around like a soft cotton helicopter blade.
Oh, that, I figured there was some new thing or something.
It helps drive the point home when you stand on the hood of a car and shout F*ck the Police.
It is also a mating call for skinny, white fags. Stay home.
You would know.
If the police hadn’t shot his sorry, defiant, entitled ass, one of his homies would have gotten him, or he would have ended up in prison for hurting or killing someone else. It’s a wash.
Spoken like a true race baiting Libturd.
I believe you mistook my comment as sardonic. I’m on your side.
Then use an emoticon {;-)
Smile when you race bait.
Mayor: ‘People started driving in from other areas to steal stuff’… People are driving in from Illinois and other states, all for the free merchandise.
News crew robbed investigating…
They’re coming for you next!
That shit’s only gonna go on for so long, because if it ever comes to a race war the blacks lose on this continent-it’s not even close population wise.
So blacks better hope that evil whitey doesn’t actually get scared to the point they start fighting back or they are going to go the way of the Dodo.
Bring on the scared white people. It funny as hell reading the comments from all these terrified white men.
Don’t up vote your own post. Btw … are you black?
Black as you, I’m sure.
I miss mah neighbor so much guess I’m gonna haf to steal this ATM machine right hur.
This pretty much shows the cop was right.
No, it shows that I’s gonna habbs me sum free stuffs because I’s so mad it makes me go ape shit crazy.
Well, it sounds like you’re stable and intelligent.
Daz right but I’s gone be a lot mo stable affa I drank dis St. Ides i jus stole from da QuickTrip.
Keep your day job.
Job? Who needs a job when I can turn my genitals into a monthly check?
At least you don’t have to worry about being mistaken for a comedian.
Worked for your Mom, so why not you?
Charleston project housing thugs talk of wanting to riot and loot.
Local perspective on the Ferguson shooting
St Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/updates-on-ferguson-shooting/collection_38dae294-b61e-5dbf-8c3c-f6384c6100ba.html
looting at a Shoe Carnival miles away from Ferguson, Missouri
From Twitter:
“Reverend Al Sharpton: On the flight headed to St. Louis to meet w/ the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed 18 year old killed by police. Must fight w/ dignity”.
dignity (?d??n?t?)— n, pl -ties, The state or quality of being worthy of honor. Wanna bet The Rev Al won’t come out against the “shoe thieves”?
Police fired tear gas after rioting broke out for a second night in Ferguson, Missouri…Despite calls on Monday for calm from the mother of a black teenager who was shot to death by police at the weekend… http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/08/11/riots-after-shooting-death-of-black-teen-in-Missouri
“Looters hit St. Louis shoe store…The windows of a shoe store in St. Louis were smashed and the store looted late Monday, police said.” http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/looters-hit-shoe-store-near-gravois-in-st-louis/article_91c22bfc-7230-5814-8478-50bff76d86ea.html
Daytime clean-up in Ferguson after night of looting…Ferguson business owners assess and clean up the damage after a night of looting and fires destroyed property. http://www.stltoday.com/gallery/news/local/daytime-clean-up-in-ferguson-after-night-of-looting/collection_6a2c373a-72b9-5d6f-9d82-2f9b2dc15d25.html#0
Shoe thieves
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The kid had it coming.
And the looters apparently got it going…
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Opportunistic citizens of Ferguson are lucky they weren’t shot by store owners on Sunday night.
It should be public policy that anyone who is in a store that is being looted is fair game – anyone can shoot them without fear of prosecution.
Not just anyone, it has to be the property owner. Come on man learn how to set policy correctly the first time.
Not just anyone
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gun grabber!
I need sum 30 inch chromes for my ride. There be a shop there at dis place?
Who needs St Louis – we got our own riot going on:
http://www.thestate.com/2014/08/12/3614578/diaper-argument-led-to-stabbing.html?sp=/99/205/&ihp=1
LOL! What the hell do they put in the water in Rock Hill?
When it gets like that from a diaper money request, I can’t begin to imagine the College Fund discussion. Get SWAT on standby.
Well, we know they definitely weren’t arguing about “PAMPERS”….
Black people in Miami solved it. Gusano pigs kept killing black men in otherwise nonviolent interactions. Shooting them off motorcycles. Walking up behind them in a video arcade and shooting them through the head (a respected city employee at a game). The gusano and rich-man city/county commission did nothing. Time after time.
So the blacks shut down I-95, burned big parts of the city, and got tourist-destination Miami’s billowing flames on the TVs of the world. Oops. Cancelations right and left. The gusano and rich-man Miami commission then got control of the racist gusano cop department.
Niggers will use any excuse to break the law. O it cloudy outside let’s still some shit. Seen a moving van yesterday logo said ” 3 niggers and van, we move your shit like it was ours”. Glad to see this DBE shit working so well.
Why do black people seem to prefer walking down the middle of the street when a sidewalk is available?
I’m sure that preference has something to do with the number of black pedestrians hit by cars.
When I was a little kid, living on the outskirts of a little town where there were no sidewalks, I was taught to walk off the side of the road facing the oncoming traffic. If the sun was going down, we were to wear something light colored to make us easier to see by traffic.
Maybe, like learning how to cross with the stop light at an intersection and how not to jay-run across the street in the middle of a block, we need to teach kids in school how to use the sidewalk starting in kindergarten…since it appears their parents don’t know these things themselves or they would have taught their kids, right?
However, walking in the middle of the street is no reason for a cop to get so pissed off that they pull a gun on anyone.