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Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson reveals why he shot Missouri black teenager
NateThayer.com ^ | August 16,2014 | Nate Thayer

Posted on 08/19/2014 3:59:00 AM PDT by nikos1121

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To: nikos1121

Yes, very similar except for Wilson having a suspicion that Brown may have perpetrated a strong-arm robbery. The current version is that Wilson did not have that suspicion.


41 posted on 08/19/2014 5:59:45 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: nikos1121
A guy with a knife in his hand can travel almost 21 feet by the time a decent hand with a gun can unholster, sight in, remove safety and fire. 21 feet is a lot of ground.
42 posted on 08/19/2014 6:01:22 AM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: nikos1121

Darn good shooting — 4 warning shots before the self defense shots.


43 posted on 08/19/2014 6:05:36 AM PDT by jacob allen
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To: Cowboy Bob

Yeah, the elusive and nonexistent ‘lone wolf’ that keeps Eric Holder awake at night.

Here’s Larry Elder’s take on one liberal lie...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/08/beyond_racebaiting_in_ferguson.html

“I hear people talk about how the Ferguson Police Department does not represent the city. So what? Are you saying that because the city has a certain racial composition you therefore can’t represent the people? If that’s the argument, the logical extension is Obama should never be president because black people are just thirteen percent of the country. That’s ridiculous...”

And Jason Riley:

“The real difficulty is not getting shot by other black people if you are a young black man in these neighborhoods…Cops are not the problem. Cops are not producing these black bodies in the morgues every week-end in Chicago, New York and Detroit and so forth.”


44 posted on 08/19/2014 6:08:46 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Looted store owners in Ferguson should to sue the city. They paid for police protection - got none)
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To: sakic
Go to the range one day(outside type), set up square to the target at 3 yds or so... petty close, holstered, secured and safe. Have a buddy stand with his back to yours. On your signal (Go!), your buddy takes off running away from you and stops when he hears the first shot. Turn around and see how far away he is, then look to see if you hit the target, then realize a guy facing you with a knife in his hands is much scarier than the drill you just conducted. Also realize you'll have a split second advantage on your buddy because you'll know when you're going to say, “Go” but he won't. Reaction times would be different. Counting down from 3 would even things out a bit more.
45 posted on 08/19/2014 6:09:44 AM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: nikos1121

Very very uncool to expose details about Wilson’s family. His privacy can unravel, plus his family can become vulnerable.


46 posted on 08/19/2014 6:15:32 AM PDT by SisterK
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To: Cboldt
That one former black police officer that is always the go to guy on Fox. Said that even if the officer did not know about the robbery/shoplifting. Brown sure did. Brown may have acted suspiciously because, he thought that officer Wilson knew about it.

Brown may have been high or drunk and was looking for a reason to fight. Or Darren Wilson totally overreacted. That's why there are investigations and trials, rather then lynch mobs.

But it is perfectly OK for blacks to lynch a white man based on nothing because it may have happened to some distant relative of theirs.

BTW some "scholar" on Twitter suggested everyone should read up on slavery and the House of Cost.

47 posted on 08/19/2014 6:19:25 AM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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To: F15Eagle

Please explain how what you described is possible. Not saying it isn’t, but the way you wrote it seems impossible.


48 posted on 08/19/2014 6:20:55 AM PDT by sakic
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To: GOPJ
..... city has a certain racial composition you therefore can’t represent the people? ...

This is how small towns in Maine, with 3% African-American population, wind up with an African-American Police Chief ... usually some Affirmative Action idiot who was cashiered in a big-city PD... but with a big settlement. Nation-wide search, hefty fee to the search firm ... get us a black school superintendent while we're at it, and maybe an Hispanic Fire Chief.

O rats, I knew I forgot something. Get their wives jobs at the local hospital ... Affirmative Action Coordinator?

49 posted on 08/19/2014 6:22:22 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only a specific Program, Plan, and Leadership will end the chaos of dysfunctional government.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I don’t feel that was necessary and in fact consider it a gross invasion of not only Darren Wilson’s privacy but that of all the family members who were scrutinized.

_______________

Scrutinized, hell!

In mortal danger.


50 posted on 08/19/2014 6:23:05 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: nikos1121

“it is very similar to what we are hearing to be true.”

The truth doesn’t matter here to holder, obama or the DOJ. The truth is the MAN was a criminal thug whose juve record will be slammed shut and autopsies will be carried out until holder gets at least one with questionable results.


51 posted on 08/19/2014 6:26:55 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: defconw
-- ... even if the officer did not know about the robbery/shoplifting. Brown sure did. --

Of course.

52 posted on 08/19/2014 6:35:22 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: jacob allen

In a dynamic confrontation, police rarely if ever are able to shoot straight. The idea of shooting a knife or gun out of someone’s hand is pure hollywood.

But, you do raise a point. 4 of the 6 shots were non lethal.

I think for me, it was very troubling to see the victim lying there, uncovered for a considerable period of time. Someone said 4 hours? Please, someone tell me that’s not true. That alone would inflame anyone esp if it were your relative.


53 posted on 08/19/2014 6:36:01 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Cboldt

The narrative says that at first he did not stop Brown because he thought they were suspects. IT was only after he started to leave that he heard something on the radio about a robbery, and saw something in their hands that looked like the cigar boxes. From that point on it was a dynamic interaction.

What I noticed on the video of the robbery, was the behavior of Brown, ie how quick he was to confront the smaller sized shop owner. It was like it was a reflex.

Move ahead 15 minutes, and he confronts a cop. Sounds like he didn’t hesitate to show his aggression, ie if this accounting is accurate.


54 posted on 08/19/2014 6:43:56 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Speculating that there are probably some rapes in Big Mike’s past, as well, considering his

“I’ll take what I want because I’m bigger than you” attitude.


55 posted on 08/19/2014 6:45:29 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: sakic

A motivated person can cover 50’ faster than most people can come to grips with the fact that they’re going to get stabbed in the process.


56 posted on 08/19/2014 6:45:37 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun" - Obama, setting RoE with his opposition)
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To: sakic

Check out:

7:15 on the video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G1ApUEXcbo


57 posted on 08/19/2014 6:46:26 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

LEO is taught that if a perp is within 21 feet he can get to you before you are able to draw your weapon. It happens really fast. Action beats reaction almost every time.


58 posted on 08/19/2014 6:47:34 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: nikos1121

Worth repeating:

Cop’s friend: “So he said that they, you know, um, they were walking in the middle of the street and he rolled his window down and, you know, said “Come on guys out of the street.” Um, they refused to, and were yelling back and saying: “We are almost where we are going.” There was some cussing involved, um, and then he just kept rolling up and he pulled over, and I believe, at that point, he called for a backup but I am not sure. But I know he pulled up ahead of them and he was watching them and then gets the call-in that there was a strong-arm robbery, and they get the description, and he was looking at them and they got something in their hands that looks like it could be, what, you know, those cigars or whatever, so he goes in reverse back to them and tries to get out of his car and they slam his door shut violently–I think he said Michael did–then he opened his car again and tries to get out. and as he stands up, Michael just bum rushes him, just shoves him back into the car, and punches him in the face, and then of course Darren grabs for his gun. Michael grabs the gun. At one point he has the gun totally turned against his hip and Darren, you know, shoves it away and the gun goes off. Well then Michael takes off with his friend and he gets about 35 feet away and, um, you know, Darren–of course protocol is to pursue–so he stands up and yells: “Freeze!” Um, Michael and his friend turn around and Michael starts taunting him: “Oh what are you going to do about it?”, you know, “You are not going to shoot me!” And then, he said, all of a sudden he just started to bum rush him. He just started coming at him full speed, and so he just started shooting, and he just kept coming. So he really thinks he was on something, um, because he just kept coming. It was unbelievable.”

Makes perfect sense, yet has nuances that are so true nobody would think to put it that way.


59 posted on 08/19/2014 6:48:08 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun" - Obama, setting RoE with his opposition)
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To: sport

What mistake did George Z make, other than acting like an idiot after the trial.


60 posted on 08/19/2014 6:50:42 AM PDT by nikos1121
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