I think the salient point here is that this shows conclusively that all shots were fired as he was facing the cop. That’s really the deciding factor, at least for reasonable people.
What is left to debate? That he was shot just as he was starting to run towards the cop, or a few feet in front of him? What does that matter: if I see a 300 lb guy charging at me, I don’t care if he’s one-hundred YARDS away, I’m firing. Especially if he just almost took my gun.
Or are we honestly and sincerely entertaining the possibility that he was gunned down in cold blood as he literally just stood there, with his hands up, motionless and clearly willing to surrender?
Let’s get a grip people. Don’t let a few “witness” descriptions color your own reasoning ability. Remember, the witnesses that said he put his hands up and the cop still shot him, ALSO said he was shot IN THE BACK. So clearly that testimony can be thrown out the window. It’s clearly colored by (no pun intended) hatred for the police in general.
And probably racism too.
So don’t let this clearly false narrative contribute to or dominate this issue. He was shot as he faced the cop. That means he was charging towards the cop after trying to take his gun: ie a THREAT. It’s immaterial how far away he was when he was shot.
Unless you sincerely believe he was shot as he was standing with his hands in the air. If that’s the case, I submit you have deeper issues than will be resolved in this entire affair.
It’s been reported that one of Brown’s last FB posts suggested that he planned on being a martyr for some bigger cause that day. If so, he could very well have been literally ASKING to be killed.
Here’s a little background that I posted on another thread, referring to one of Brown’s last FB posts, where he made a comment implying that he was going to be a martyr for a cause:
Here’s that article: http://freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://clashdaily.com/2014/08/michael-brown-case-suddenly-blows-wide-open-likely-slam-dunk-favor-police/
And here’s the FB quote:
“If I leave this earth today, at least you’ll know I care about others more than I cared about my damn self.”
Here’s another link that had information/comments from his FB when it was till viewable: http://charlestonthuglife.net/2014/08/14/what-a-sham/ Sounds like his friends were big on the violence stuff as a way to “honor” his death.
This is the FB link but you have to be a friend to see the comments now: https://www.facebook.com/Mikestlboii
Here’s a link with a looter saying something about “the revolution”. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-11/ferguson-stlouis-violence-continues-protesters-warn-revolution-wont-be-televised
Caww’s comment about what all was going on (found at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3193375/posts?page=130#130 I have no idea what the Anabaptist comment is about. Can you clarify that, caww?): “An alert was put out early on that the Black Panthers were there and the leader was inciting violence. Also the Anabaptist’s had their thing going on with starting fires the Anonymous people were trying to put out. If these characters haven’t gone home they’ll continue to use this for their own purposes to incite trouble and draw attention....meanwhile the family will continue to solicit for funds along with their attorney and his Pr machine.”