I get the impression that if Officer Darren is Cleared of charges, he already has an exit plan to go where he is more likely to be safe. I say this because unlike with Zimmerman, Officer Darren has not had any family members making the talk show rounds, establishing themselves as a new TV personality.
I can only hope he is smarter than George after most of the dust settles.
I hesitate to criticize someone who had the President of the United States, the Attorney General, the United Nations, the Governor, State’s Attorney, the Black Panthers, Nation of Islam and millions more after him. I have NO IDEA how I’d act under similar circumstances, do you?
I am sure he is. Word is he has a baby coming.
IMHO, much better odds that Darren Wilson will come out of this okay than there were for Zimmerman. Zimmerman hadn’t a clue that his case might blow up like that; much less of a shock to a good cop when race takes over and things go south. Wilson may never be a cop again, but he’s still part of a brotherhood that knows what it’s like to be railroaded — the Ferguson police attempts to deal with the aftermath are being just as twisted in the news as his actions were. Wilson’s got people who understand what he’s going through as well as you can without dealing with it yourself.
Darren Wilson got hit with a reality he already knew was out there waiting for him; Zimmerman got hit with a reality he may never have imagined even existed, let alone something he had ever imagined dealing with. Wilson’s in a tough spot, but one mostly within his prior understanding of reality; Zimmerman got pushed into a whole new world, and, not surprisingly, is having a really hard time dealing with that.