>>Michael Brown stole some cigars worth less than $50 and he's dead.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/business/at-big-banks-a-lesson-not-learned.html?ref=business&_r=0>>These people knowingly fudged research reports that small investors count on and they're still walking and having lunch at Harry's on Wall Street.
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>I have mixed views on this.
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>On the one hand, even those who disagree with the grand jury decision acknowledge Brown made an incredibly bad (and sadly, fatal) mistake with his actions in the car.
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>On the other hand - (knock on wood) I've done some REALLY stupid things in my life - and while I had to do some serious "mea culpas" to pay for my mistakes, in retrospect I was always fortunate that I landed on my feet. I did two things in particular that were so stupid that I shouldn't have been forgiven - but I was.
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>I actually made that observation to a conservative friend of mine, who replied, "Yeah, but did you ever rob a store and shove around a clerk and then try to take a gun from a cop?" No. But I've done things that would surprise some people, and even though I was earnest to make amends when I came to my senses, I was still very fortunate
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>I think these are horribly tragic situations....Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin in particular. They made terrible mistakes and acted foolishly - and very sadly paid with their lives. It's too bad that circumstances hadn't been different - that both young men could still be alive, saying, "you know, it was stupid to start a fight or get physical with a cop....I could have been killed....that knocked some sense into me". That's been (in concept) a chapter of my life. I'm going to stop short of saying there are 2 Americas. But I'll say without hesitation that some situations (and some actions) have a much thinner margin for error than others.
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>I realize the bankers you're talking about are men who are actively deceiving. But remember - we've got elected people in Washington who are just as bad.
Bear in mind that the police account(s) of events do not match those of eyewitnesses.