Why is it than when white people go insane and start burning things down after something as meaningless (sorry, sports fans) as a team winning a game, the conservative media either barely reports it at all or, even worse, makes it seem like an innocuous celebration that went just a little too far — but, when black Americans react to serious issues, like an unarmed teen being shot to death, they’re called “thugs” for exercising their Constitutionally protected First Amendment Rights?
After West Virginia University beat Baylor in Morgantown by 41-27 Saturday in a huge upset, fans didn’t just overdo the celebration, they went full-on #WhiteThug — starting fires, pulling down lampposts and causing thousands of dollars in damage. They even threw beer bottles and rocks at cops, according to reports, yet not one of them was shot!
Residents documented the disaster on Twitter, sharing photos and videos of the violent rioting:
BREAKING: Police in riot gear in Morgantown, WV. People rioting after WVU win vs Baylor. Pic from twitter pic.twitter.com/jrK8MQvlCD
— Dave Bondy (@WPXI_DaveBondy) October 19, 2014
Contrast this to the starkly different media reaction when residents in Ferguson, MO protested after an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was shot down in the street by St. Louis County Police Officer, Darren Wilson. I seem to recall the words “thug” and “animal” being thrown around rather nonchalantly.
Of course, West Virginia University doesn’t condone the actions of the students. WVU president, E. Gordon Gee, called the deplorable behavior “unacceptable.”
I want all students to know this behavior is unacceptable. We can and will work together to prevent this situation from happening again.
— E. Gordon Gee (@gordongee) October 19, 2014
The West Virginia University Police Department chimed in, saying that the “dangerous behavior” had, indeed, spiraled into a full-on “riot.” In a statement released on Twitter, they concluded:
As a result of the dangerous behavior the events were declared riots. The crowds failed to disperse after numerous warning resulting in the use of Pepper Spray and chemical munitions being deployed in order to disperse the crowds and prevent any serious injuries and minimize additional property damage.
The use of the chemical munitions resulted in the dispersal of the various groups of rioters without any serious injuries. Several individuals were arrested under various charges by a number of different law enforcement agencies that responded to requests for Mutual Aid Assistance because of the size and number of crowds engaged in criminal activity.
These #WhiteThugs don’t seem to care much about any of that though:
Morgantown is on fire. pic.twitter.com/bgoXsxmgo3 — Fiesta Bear (@FiestaBear08) October 19, 2014
WVU had a big win on Saturday. The biggest win, however, clearly went to #WhitePrivilege.
Watch the riots for yourself, courtesy of Drew Adkins’ YouTube channel:
Interesting contrast.
The flipped car is not from Morgantown or related to that event at all.
Thank you. It has been removed.
as if THAT mattered….
The picture of the flipped car is from the riot in New Hamphire, not Morgantown, WV.
Thank you. It has been removed.
Did they have snipers on rooftops, or tanks there either?
This is just one group of university students are always part of the goto crowd for the liberal speaking circuit. And our president is the worst offender, using these idiots where their professors already pumped their heads full of social disrespect, hate towards authority, and moral guidance. The bonus here is that the photographers managed to get a shot of the four white liberal students in this single shot. I’m sure that there are a multitude of photographs in the trash bin, depicting the true cross section of the multiracial liberal rioters.
how do you have any idea what their political affiliation is?
Not one of them robbed a store, punched a cop, and tried to take his gun.
1. They threw rocks and beer bottles at cops and weren’t shot.
2. It has not been proven that Michael Brown did any of those things either.
Leah that is False evidence shows the Cop was attacked and the Forensic evidence shows that as well. Do you people really think only white kids go to WVU? The pictures were cherry picked to try and prove a point nothing more
WVU is 85-83% white according for Forbes magazine, and other sources…
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/justice/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy/index.html
I’m sorry, the evidence supports an alteration that drew blood in the police car AKA charged/attacked the cop. There was literal video of Michael Brown aggressively threatening the convenience store worker. How brainwashed are you? It is insanely tragic that a young man died but it’s the very serious risk you take when you rob a store and attack a cop.
Or, that he was shot through the window- which has been the narrative…The point of contention is what happened when he was shot from a distance
So it’s better that they destroyed property and yes they did assault police officers…get a life. We can see which side of the line you fall on.
Get over yourself, Decker, with your standard conservative lies. These are stupid white folk destroying public property and you know full well that if the color of their skin had been just a little darker, there’d be fascist security forces rolling in from eight counties around with their rear gas, military gear and machine guns.
It is amazing to me that the only comments on this was about the fact that one of the pictures was from someplace else. I guess because these where white kids this was all ok. Had this been black kids this would have been filled with hate filled posts I am sure. Our country is in a sick situation that is far worse than the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s and all the racism that went on then. I lived through that time and I know but what is happening now is worse because the American people are lied to by politicians and newspeople.
Give it time. Let the police do their “investigation”. I’ll bet they don’t find the people responsible for the destruction of property because they aren’t all students. Look at the coverage of the game. The student section was almost empty. The town nearly doubles in population during a game day, don’t be so quick to point the finger at students just because you see young WHITE males. The university has instituted strict and harsh penalties for students caught in such actions. This is widely known by the student body. “Most” realize carrying out an old tradition of burning couches and taking to the streets chanting and carrying on in a mob - like mentality is not worth the penalty. The people that act this way are those that are here for a “visit” and don’t have to deal with the repercussions the following day. They can get in the car and travel back home and escape all finger pointing (the American way, am I right?). You should have seen the students assemble and rally the night Bin Laden was killed. Thousands of students took to the streets chanting and singing songs of this potentially great nation. There was no coverage of this because it was without incident of damage and destruction. Media doesn’t want to cover that, it’s not entertaining or controversial. Like I said at the beginning, let the reports develop and see how many students get identified and punished.
I bet somehow black people are at fault!!! BENGHAZI!!!!
This whole situation is being blown out of proportion because of people like you and the media with the selection of words in the titles that you guys put. All of you (the media) use words that catch the attention of people and make it seem like a world affair when in reality it really isn’t. Using photos that have no association with the event is an example in which has to be brought to the attention of articles like this and others to make sure all of the pictures and series of events are 100% true. In other words, stop stretching the truth to get attention. Your job is not to put out false information to damage reputations.
You mean whites rioted more than once?
Both the WV riots and Ferguson riots are for stupid reasons. Rioting over a football game and a thug that attacked a police officer are just dumb. Another reason why law abiding citizens need to arm themselves.
Did he? You sure? Like Trayvon beat on Zimmy, MMA-style… except that he probably didn’t…. and Zimmy is a loaded gun….
The truth will come out in the grand jury and Zimmy was already found not guilty. Its good to see police and citizens standing up to this bullying thugish behavior.
Yes, Zimmy was found not guilty. There has NEVER been a gross miscarriage of justice before, has there. You must have been pretty pleased when OJ got off, too… oh, wait, he’s thug-coloured, so he must have been guilty…. Nice how you’re using the new N word, thug, so well. You’ve learned your Fox News lessons well, young jedi bigot.
The justice system worked well when Zimmy was found not guilty. Since when is it ok for people to attack police officers or neighborhood watches? Thug is the appropriate term here. These criminals need to learn violence isnt the answer.
So you’re sure Martin attacked the pudgy hero? He wasn’t defending himself? The injuries on Martin’s hands were consistent with “whaling on him, MMA-style”? You sure? I think you and your kind get swept up in “N had it coming, but I’m not racist” thinking. Here’s what I think happened - Zimmy saw a black kid, and acted like he seems to act. Gun out, aggressive, feeling like a big tough man. Martin felt threatened, tried to get away. I know you people think he wan ten feet tall, and 400 pounds of ebony super-thug, but he was scared of the pudgy hero. Zimmy MAY have been pushed down, may have tripped on his own feet, may even have been punched (one little knick on Martin’s left hand), but in no possible way is Zimmy innocent of murder. He just happened to be the one with a gun, so that the failure of his tough-guy routine didn’t end up with him sitting embarrased in his truck, like this small, dangerous, mentally unstable d-bag should have been.
If Martin was scared he shouldnt have confronted Zimmy at all. Martin told his girlfridnd some crazy ass cracker was following him. Instead of being smart and leaving when he could, his thug instincts kicked in and he decided to confront and attack. The same thing Mike Brown did. Attack a police officer. If they would just keep a level head and obey the law they’d be alive today.
I don’t think our pudgy hero gave Martin a choice, nor was Martin the one who confronted anyone. Not possible at all that he had Zimmy in his face, gun drawn? Desperate to get away from him? No?
It doesnt look that way at all from the witness testimony and the evidence.
Love you Hanitylies!
Idiocy at it’s finest.
Shoot them down like a mad dog in the streets, just like they need to do with the NI&&ERS when they don’t get their way, and not with rubber bullet, if they come at me and mine, they will be KILLED and as many as possible and if the police say I broke the law, well prove it and a lot of good it’s going to do you when your ” DEAD A$$ HOLES”.
Wow. Barely literate AND nuts. You must be a popular fella with the ladies….
Kiss my A$$ A-Hole, and as far as the ladys go they bleed red also, so go get F*©ked up the A$$…..
Just because your daddy does that to you on a daily basis doesn’t mean Hanitylies wants to do what you enjoy so much.
Bitch I could of been your Daddy but the line to take my turn fucking your Mama, was just to long and I had to go to work…
You’re pretty fixated on bums. What’s that about, professor?
What in hell are you talking about, you must have one of those WV high school diplomas, witch is equipped to a fifth grade education anywhere else in this country…
Actually, no. I’m the product of the Canadian public education system, and two university degrees from Canadian universities. If you want to imagine my intelligence or education is lacking, guess again, skippy. So, again, why is it that conservative men (I’m assuming you’re a guy, but likely still a kid) are so fixated on bums? You can’t get away from gay anal sex when it comes to talking about LGBT people’s right to marry. Is everything about wangs and bums with you people?
You may have a lot of book smarts, but when it comes to common sense or street smarts you are still in preschool, and are one of those people that received and ass kicking at least once a week on your way back to your dormitory, so take your little pussy cannuck ass back to that pussyfied country that you came from……
You’re a clown and a lightweight. Eat my stool.
Obviously…. none of these kids are thug-colored.
The funniest part is that all they beat was an average Baylor.
What was the point of saying these kids were white? Why not “Stupid Fans Rioting After Football Game?” If it’s a bunch of black kids the title won’t say “Black People Rioting!” because then that’s racism. So, basically, I think you’re a racist. Oh, I forgot, there’s no such thing as being racist towards anybody but black people, right? Give me a break. This article is pathetic cherry picking.
They put it in the title to show the hypocrisy of the two stories. No snipers, tanks, etc.
Nobody was shot by police? No tanks, snipers,