I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I don’t care WHAT the kid did before the cop confronted him. His hands were in the air. He was shot. He was murdered. My Office, based on the facts I see here, would have prosecuted the cop. I don’t care if it was Charles Manson who had his hands up. The cop committed a crime.
Be assured that if this type of police encounter is not prosecuted, the Police State will explode in scope and brutality.
You are 100% correct. All of this stuff about the robbery (and even about the initial contact with the cop) certainly makes Brown a less sympathetic person, but has absolutely nothing to do with whether the shooting was justified. If Brown was running away, if he was 30+ feet away, and certainly if his hands were up and he was surrendering, then there is no way to justify the shooting.
How do you know that Fat Bastard had his hands in the air? From taking the word of his butt boy buddy Mini-Me?
Now though we know why the QT was the store that got torched. Mini-Me told Fat Bastard’s gang banger buddies about the robbery and they attacked this place first out of revenge and maybe to also burn up any security camera video and other evidence.
I strongly suggest you actually read the article.
“...All of this stuff about the robbery (and even about the initial contact with the cop) certainly makes Brown a less sympathetic person, but has absolutely nothing to do with whether the shooting was justified. If Brown was running away, if he was 30+ feet away, and certainly if his hands were up and he was surrendering, then there is no way to justify the shooting.”
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“If...”, “If...”, “If...” Come on, “if” my backyard was made of gold, I’d be fabulously wealthy. You make up imaginary possibilities (your “If” statements) and put them forth as reasons why the police shooting was not justified. How about waiting for some actual information before you make more of a fool of yourself than you already have?
....”if he was 30+ feet away, and certainly if his hands were up and he was surrendering, then there is no way to justify the shooting.”......
...appears the kid ran after the first shot and fight in the car... and when the cop yelled freeze he turned and raced toward the cop like a charging bull and would not stop.
If that’s how it went down the cop had the right to stop him as he already was a felon in flight, not to mention having just bashed the cop and tried to get his gun.