I don't know if I should write this (Probably not)

CannonFire ^ | November 26, 2014 | Joseph Cannon

[WhiskeyX]

“On the contrary my butt... It was clear to Officer Wilson or anyone else with a brain that he would NOT comply.”

You wrongly assume anyone in the circumstance experienced by Officer Wilson must have perfect mindreading skills. On the contrary, it is obvious to “anyone else with a brain” a law enforcement officer cannot permit, especially a mindreader who knows “he would NOT comply,” a felon to escape immediate arrest and gain possession of a lethal firearm or other weapon. So far as Officer Wilson could know, Michael Brown could have gone to Dorian Johnson or another accomplice not yet seen and gained control of a firearm at the same crime scene. You just don’t allow a violent felon like Michael Brown leave the scene of the crime, not even if you have reason to expect the felon will commit suicide by cop to avoid arrest.

[WhiskeyX]

Even if what you say were true, and it is not; you still ignore the fact any felon crazy enough to refuse to surrender and submit to an arrest in these circumstances is also crazy enough to murder and/or gravely injure an innocent bystander or other law enforcement officers if allowed to escape immediate arrest. Refusing to acknowledge such an obvious threat qualifies as what you insist upon describing as being brainless.

[gogeo]

That's not the expectation I have of police, and I don't think that's the expectation most have of police.

Michael Brown is not a victim here, and having lived through three months of this cr@p, the cop is the only one I feel sorry for.

There was a danger to the public and the officer dealt with it. I have no problem with the outcome...I don't kinow why the route you chose would be 'better.'

[babygene]

“There was a danger to the public and the officer dealt with it.”

The “public” in this case, at least most of them, are cut from the same cloth as Brown.

Brown was a thug as are all of his peers. He (they) deserved jail time. Once Darren Wilson was assaulted the line became blurred between him being a cop and a victim of the assault. At that point he should have stepped back and let other uninvolved cops handle the situation.

It’s kind of like the wise old saying that I know you’ve heard, never punish your child when you are angry...

Why the route I suggest would have been better would be the further loss of lives and the property damage that has come from from this. Even Darren Wilson’s life has been turned upside down and will never be the same.

And the punk would have been incarcerated for the next 10 years or so. That would be the desired outcome.

[rebrane]

But Gene, the job of “Law Enforcement Officers” these days is to execute thugs before they commit a crime and are tried and incarcerated at the public’s expense. Just provoke them until you’re suitably scared for your life (the more easily frightened you are, the better), then a quick double tap and Gotham is that much safer.

I mean, just look at the peace and tranquility this style of policing has brought to Ferguson! It speaks for itself.