Posted on 09/01/2014 8:44:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Darren Wilson might eventually be exonerated for the death of Michael Brown and there's a chance he indeed acted appropriately, at least in terms of self-defense, that fateful day. The law protects him, but it also allows the family of Michael Brown to inquire as to how their unarmed son was killed while walking in the street. Shoplifting cigars from a convenience store does not deserve the electric chair and Wilson never knew of the alleged theft. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson "said the officer stopped Mr. Brown because he was walking in the road and disrupting traffic."
Time magazine has quoted Police Chief Thomas Jackson as stating, "This robbery does not relate to the initial contact between the officer and Michael Brown." So, don't connect the two incidents when trying to justify Brown's death. There might indeed have been a scuffle at one point after Brown was told to get on the sidewalk, but Wilson did not have a fractured eye socket, a CNN source dispelled that myth. One can't say Brown was a human deadly weapon if Wilson simply had bruising and not a fracture, or something of that nature. In court, Wilson will have to prove that an unarmed man (not committing a crime that moment and undeserving of death for any alleged prior crime) not only went after his gun, but was also either beating him as he shot six times, or rushing towards him with deadly intent before the shooting. Either way, it's hard to go from "get off the street" to scuffle within a car or suicidal charge at a Glock staring at you, without question Wilson's mindset, or behavior during the interactions of that fateful day....
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Novelist Stephen Hunter does know a lot about guns. This is his take. The shot pattern indicates the officer was stopping a charge.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/08/stephen-hunter-thoughts-on-ferguson.php
Absolute BS.
In court, the State will have to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that Wilson did something wrong.
Wilson doesn't have to prove squat.
/johnny
How about we change one word in the title, from “while” to “after” and this media stooge can be disavowed of his transparently lame and self-serving fabrication.
Things would have been a lot simpler if the store clerk Mikey assaulted had shot him before he left the store.
You know you will end up with it on your hands and you will have a hard time getting it all off within a reasonable amount of time.
Yes, I posted it yesterday:
Stephen Hunter: Thoughts on Ferguson (The actual shooting)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3199105/posts
Well Mr. Goodman, its like this:
Brown hits Wilson in a struggle for Wilson’s gun.
Brown runs away a short distance, stops, taunts Wilson and then charges Wilson who has by now exited his car.
Wilson fires 6 shots in self-defense.
Cut the “unarmed” crap already. St. Michael WAS armed - with a criminal, assaultive intent. That’s the deadliest weapon.
As to CNN dispelling the 'myth' that Wilson has a broken eye socket, there have been multiple reports on that from both sides. We won't know conclusively what is true until the medical reports are released - which will occur presumably after the grand jury has reached a decision.
The author is willfully ignorant. Politics trump all for the perpetual victims.
Wilson may or may not have known about the robbery when he first confronted Brown. There have been contradictory reports on that point. But Brown knew about it and undoubtedly believed he was about to be arrested for it.
How do we know there was no gunshot residue on Michael Brown? Nobody has seen any autopsy, any blood work, any pictures on where the shell casings were, any forensic reports, any medical report on Officer Wilson, any police report of the incident, or any other real evidence. Nothing but conflicting stories and hearsay.
That is totally irrelevant. Michael Brown knew of the 'alleged' theft and he had no knowledge of what Officer Wilson knew.
Exactly. The unlicensed hack that the scheme team hired to opine on the autopsy did not have access to Brown’s clothes or any residue tests that had been performed.
Don’t confuse anyone with facts.
Exactly. My take is the evidence clears Wilson and that is why things have been so quiet regarding Ferguson lately. If the evidence clearly showed Wilson “assassinated” Brown in cold blood he would have been charged by now in order to keep the spectacle going. As it stands now, Ferguson is so last August.
He didn't, Goodman is a clueless idiot.
You have a 300 pound 18 year old thug with a juvenile criminal history stopped by the police while leaving the scene of his latest crime with his accomplice. Of course he believed he was about to be arrested and charged as an adult unless he could escape.
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