We need a better system, one that settles once-and-for-all whose testimony should be believed and whose shouldn’t be believed.
I honestly don’t know if the eyewitness testomony of any five anywhere should be considered more trustworthy than one (I am going by the principle of relying on the parts that multiple people agree upon and tossing out what they dont agree upon) or if one person’s testimony is better than 5 which agree on some parts, but not all parts.
Red herring argument. The issue is not who killed Brown. Everyone agrees who killed Brown.
The issue is did the officer fear for his life or the lives of others. According to the leaked testimony, the officer was attacked in his car and his gun was discharged twice during the fight. This alone would indicate that Brown is dangerous and life threatening to the cop and others. The only one who knows for sure how the officer felt is the officer. However, the circumstances by which Brown was shot are consistent with displaying an aggression that most people would agree that the officer was in danger for his life. In addition, those witnesses you reference all agree on one thing..that Brown was approaching the officer when he was shot and the officer was backing up while shooting. That is not the original story that Brown was being executed while kneeling on ground. That is the description of a man who was aggressive just seconds ago being aggressive again.