“Given the fact the suspect, Michael Brown, had just committed an assault and battery upon a police officer with shots fired in an attempted murder of that police officer and was also a suspect in the robbery of the convenience-liquor store; Officer Darren Wilson no longer had any discretion to allow the suspect to leave the scene of the crime. “
We all know about the assault, Wilson also was aware when he got out of the vehicle that he was incapable of taking him alive due to the perps size. It would have been more prudent to wait the few minutes until the backup arrived, and probably nobody would have gotten killed and the city wouldn’t have been torched. And the thug would be in jail awaiting trial.
That would have been the right thing to do. And it would have ended better. Much better... As Kenny Rogers said:
“You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em. Know when to fold ‘em.
Know when to walk away, Know when to run”
Like I said before, Wilson won the battle and lost the war. And it was because of the culture within the PD. Police are taught they have to win every battle, and that’s not the way the world works.
“Like I said before,” not arresting Michael Brown then and there would have endangered the life and limb of more than just Michael brown and Officer Darren Wilson, so Officer Darren Wilson’s actions were the correct actions to take and in accordance with normal police procedures. The fact that Michael Brown chose to engage in grave felonies which repeatedly put his own life at risk and the lives of Officer Darren Wilson and other people is Michael Brown’s responsibility and Dorian Johnson’s responsibility.
“We all know about the assault, Wilson also was aware when he got out of the vehicle that he was incapable of taking him alive due to the perps size.”
On the contrary, Officer Wilson “was aware when he got out of the vehicle that he was [capable] of taking him alive [despite] the perps size”, if and when Michael Brown complied with orders to submit to an arrest. Officer Wilson was also aware Michael Brown could potentially use his “perp’s size” to carjack and innocent victim to escape the scene of the crime or otherwise risk the life and limb of other people if he were not immediately arrested. Officer Wilson made the right choice, and Michael Brown made all the wrong choices, just like his Bloods gang member stepfather.
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.'