Posted on 08/15/2014 12:36:56 PM PDT by IChing
I think they said they did but that might have been before they later said they didn’t.
Of course I am. Others insist that Wilson had not gotten the bolo, and are giving me grief about that. So either way, we can second guess the cops tactics all day long, but the bottom line is that it was a deadly force situation, not a taser situation. Could he even reach it while wrestling with Brown inside the vehicle, assuming tasing was more appropriate (which it wasn’t)? How does he have a hand free to get taser off his belt, while fending off brown with one, and trying to secure his weapon with the other, etc? Sheesh.
For one reason and one reason only.
To stuff them with MJ.
It would be informative to know the timing of when the BOLO went out for Fat Bastard and Mini-Me and when Wilson shot him.
Did for instance, Wilson hear a description of Fat Bastard as he was in the process of yelling at them to get out of the street? Did he ever hear it at all? Details matter.
Thug Life includes getting shot by the cops.
Homey got that Thug Life yo.
ABC radio news is terrible isn’t it? And Ann Compton with her hushed tones (especially when talking about Obama) is a Liberal lapdog.
The fact that you don’t know the definition of first-degree murder adds to the tiresomeness and vapidity of the rest of it.
Besides, the 21-ft rule applies not to field interviews, traffic stops, and stop & talks, but to subjects known to have edged weapons.
Well, he climbs out from under the rock and scurries like the rest of those critters. Let me guess...the cop should have let the guy kill him so that he could walk his dog with the stolen merchandise. And, you want them to send all the illegals over to your house because you don’t believe in laws or enforcement, right?
Wilson gets a radio message pertaining
to a STRONG-ARM robbery with a BOLO
description of the perp.He responds, finds two or more gang-bangers
blocking the street.Does he recognize the perp ?
or does he engage two or more
gang-bangers?See Uncles Chip's remarks above.
Brown is built like a NFL linebacker
with two or more thugs.What has he been trained to do ?
Engage them for jay walking ?
or take the call ?How did he place himself in this position ?
I have to ask another question for you I-Ching:
You just got a 911 emergency dispatch call and are headed to that call location with all haste —
Why then are you wasting time stopping 2 kids in the street and having a battle over whether to walk there or not???
There is an emergency 911 call on the table that you are supposed to be responding to — hop to it.
As far as he knew those two had nothing to do with the emergency dispatch, and if it later turned out that they did, he now knew where they were and where they were headed and could have gone there with backup with an entirely different result.
Where am I wrong???
Brown didn’t look like a “kid”. Where do you think that he was in the street when he was stopped? Could it be that he was in the middle? Partially obstructing traffic?
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He was in the middle of the street according to witnesses.
“Descriptions of the suspect were broadcast over the police radio... Wilson had been responding to a nearby call involving a sick 2-month child from 11:48 am until noon, when he left that place. A minute later, he encountered Michael Brown walking down Canfield Drive”
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/aug/15/police-missouri-teen-shot-cop-suspect-robbery/
“Documents released by Ferguson police Friday suggested that Wilson had reason to believe he was encountering a suspect in what Jackson said was a “strong-arm” robbery at a convenience store.
Jackson said that on the day of the shooting, the officer had responded to a call about a sick person before receiving a call about the convenience store robbery shortly before noon. Wilson had received a description of the suspect over the radio and tried to stop Brown on the street, Jackson said.”
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/us-ferguson-missouri-cop-profile
“The police chief said that Wilson was originally investigating a “sick call” before noon on Saturday, and then responded to a reported robbery at a nearby Ferguson convenience store, of which Brown allegedly was a suspect.
Wilson was sent to investigate the robbery, before encountering Brown shortly after.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/ferguson-police-officer-shooting-id-110049.html#ixzz3AVEiPIFa
“The documents said Wilson, who was treated for injuries after the shooting, was in the area searching for the suspect when he spotted Brown.”
Not really. I watched the press conference and Jackson did not say that Wilson responded to the robbery call. That error is the fault of the reporting news org. They confused the information.
Jackson said Wilson was on a sick call from 11:48 until noon. While he was at the sick call, dispatch sent out a description at 11:52 of a robbery suspect, which according to the incident report was of a black male in a white t-shirt. While Wilson was still at the sick call, dispatch sent out a further description of the suspect at 11:57:47, which according to the incident report was that he was wearing a red Cards’ cap and yellow socks.
Wilson left the sick call at 12:00:07. He encountered Brown at 12:01 according to Jackson. Brown was dead by 12:03 according to the first live tweet of the incident.
Why are you wasting your time stopping to deal with this minor irritation if you are on an emergency 911 dispatch call???
I wasn’t there, actually.
You have been the victim of misinformation.
The Chief of Police set the record straight today saying that the shooting had nothing to do with the robbery and that the altercation was over the guys walking in the street.
thanks I saw the conference today and think jackson denied saying the officer was responding...media messed up a big point..retraction coming?lol...
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