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What Will Happen to Officer Darren Wilson?
American Spectator ^ | August 21, 2014 | Aaron Goldstein

Posted on 08/22/2014 5:35:34 AM PDT by Zakeet

A grand jury has convened to determine what charges, if any, will be brought against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown earlier this month.

Over at The New Republic, Yishai Schwartz argues that a conviction against Wilson is impossible because of Missouri's self defense laws

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If Wilson isn't indicted by the grand jury or is acquitted at trial, the Brown family will most certainly file a wrongful death lawsuit. I also wouldn't be surprised if Eric Holder were to pursue a case against Wilson for federal civil rights violations. But that will do little to mollify the mob out for Wilson's blood. if Wilson isn't indicted and convicted then the unrest in Ferguson will resume with a vengeance as Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee stoke the flames.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; justice; leo; missouri; racism; riots; tas
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To: Doctor 2Brains

The pic I saw of the xray was a file photo which I assumed was not his. However, iirc, the sheriff said he had been attacked and specifically had a “swollen face.”


41 posted on 08/22/2014 8:28:01 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Zakeet

Officer Wilson should pick up a Pimsleur or Rosetta Stone course in Portuguese and quickly split to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No extradition treaty. His future in the USA is bleak.


42 posted on 08/22/2014 9:00:57 AM PDT by szweig (HYHEY!! (Have You Had Enough Yet))
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To: Zakeet

in MO, section 571 of the state code, a lawful self-defense is an absolute defense against civil suit by the “victim” or his estate.

So, once the GJ fails to indict or he is acquitted, then there is no legal recourse for the Brown clan to gain largess via civil suit.

I love MO.


43 posted on 08/22/2014 10:33:42 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: Chewbarkah

Very good points, all of them.


44 posted on 08/22/2014 10:39:59 AM PDT by FBD
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To: ltc8k6
Yes that MRI is a stock photo. It even says Univ. of Iowa at the bottom.

Not sure how it got turned into "Wilson's MRI", which would be a major HIPAA violation.

But it's now being used to "discredit" the police story (and really, to discredit certain media).

"If they lied about an MRI, what ELSE are they lying about? Blah, blah blah..."

45 posted on 08/22/2014 10:47:42 AM PDT by boop (I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
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To: Zakeet; Jack Hydrazine; Buckeye McFrog; albie

Support Officer Darren Wilson at GoFundMe:

http://www.gofundme.com/SupportOfficerWilson


46 posted on 08/22/2014 11:00:10 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: Zakeet
What Will Happen to Officer Darren Wilson?

Gulty or innocent my prediction is he won't be a police officer once the dust settles.

47 posted on 08/22/2014 11:03:39 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: null and void

My issue with the claim that it was a good shoot predicated on the above is the following:

How could Brown have heard a command to stop when his ears were, seconds before, a few inches from a weapon that discharged in a confined space with no hearing protection? I don’t recommend you try reproducing this on your own, by the way. If the “command” was in fact shots fired at his back (which Brown could hear, deafened or not, and of course if he was hit in the hand, which is possible from a ballistics perspective, he’d feel that).....

The evidence does not support that Brown went for the officer’s gun and it discharged during said altercation. Specifically, there was no evidence of powder residue anywhere on Brown, including his hands. I assume for the moment there is physical evidence of a discharge in the vehicle (somewhere in the vehicle there is a hole from the inside out, etc.) — but to assert that Brown caused the discharge or was within inches of the weapon when it happened should have deposited evidence of same on his body, and that evidence is missing.

Show me the ballistics and geometric solution that allows an average-height man to shoot a 6’4” guy, who is roughly 6” taller than the officer, in the head and face with the known angles of entry and (for the shot to the eye) exit while that man is on his feet, charging or not. He did not fall to his knees while charging as the autopsy showed no abrasions on his knees or legs — inescapable injuries if you are charging someone, are shot, and fall forward on pavement. The only abrasion injury was a very light and flat-forward impact injury to Brown’s face consistent with a face-first fall from a stationary position. He thus could not have suffered the fatal shots in a scenario where he is hit superficially in the arm or hand, falls to his knees while running and thus presents the necessary angle for the last two rounds to go into his head that are being fired at an actively-charging suspect.

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48 posted on 08/22/2014 2:14:38 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Jack Hydrazine
That x-ray was a stock CT scan of a child taken at the University of Iowa. Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit first posted it. You'll note that someone crudely tried to remove "University of Iowa" from the original image. The image on the left is the original. The one on the right is the one being touted as officer Wilson's.


49 posted on 08/22/2014 2:35:11 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.)
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To: All

GoFundMe donation site for Officer Wilson:

https://www.gofundme.com/OfficerWilsonFundraiser


50 posted on 08/22/2014 4:29:20 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Altariel

Not sure if your post was sarc. . .but if not. . .

“How could Brown have heard a command to stop when his ears were, seconds before, a few inches from a weapon that discharged in a confined space with no hearing protection?”

Not established his ears were a few inches from the weapon. And besides, a single shot in an enclosed environment doesn’t mean loss of hearing.

“If the “command” was in fact shots fired at his back (which Brown could hear, deafened or not, and of course if he was hit in the hand, which is possible from a ballistics perspective, he’d feel that).....”

Hit in the hand when facing/charging the officer. Can’t hear a guy yelling but can hear a ‘pop’ from a side-arm? Right. Again, not established fact and completely, totally against all common-sense, training protocol, regulation, etc.

“The evidence does not support that Brown went for the officer’s gun and it discharged during said altercation.”

Notwithstanding the witnesses saying they saw brown fighting the officer while said officer was in the car.

“ Specifically, there was no evidence of powder residue anywhere on Brown, including his hands.”

So, you have access to the entire autopsy report? Police released a statement stating they have definite proof brown did have his hands on the weapon (DNA, fingerprints, whatever).

“I assume for the moment there is physical evidence of a discharge in the vehicle (somewhere in the vehicle there is a hole from the inside out, etc.) — but to assert that Brown caused the discharge or was within inches of the weapon when it happened should have deposited evidence of same on his body, and that evidence is missing.”

Again, the forensics have not been released.

“Show me the ballistics and geometric solution that allows an average-height man to shoot a 6’4” guy, who is roughly 6” taller than the officer, in the head and face with the known angles of entry and (for the shot to the eye) exit while that man is on his feet, charging or not. He did not fall to his knees while charging as the autopsy showed no abrasions on his knees or legs — inescapable injuries if you are charging someone, are shot, and fall forward on pavement.”

Ever shoot a handgun? Bet not, Ever fired a shot during a life-or-death situation? Bet not. Shooting rounds rapidly, very rapidly, especially at a charging person and after being hurt is darned difficult. The shot are forensically and physically reasonable as firing rapidly stops the threat in mid-stride and he falls, and the officer was in the process of shooting rapidly and hits brown. You don’t fire, wait to see what happened, pull the trigger again, wait to see what happens, fire again, wait to see what happens, etc. He fires until the threat stops.

“ The only abrasion injury was a very light and flat-forward impact injury to Brown’s face consistent with a face-first fall from a stationary position.”

Again, you have access to a yet-to-be-released autopsy and forensics reports.

“He thus could not have suffered the fatal shots in a scenario where he is hit superficially in the arm or hand, falls to his knees while running and thus presents the necessary angle for the last two rounds to go into his head that are being fired at an actively-charging suspect.”
Who the heck said anything about falling to his knees? He is running, he is hit multiple times and then starts to fall and hits the pavement.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3193963/posts?page=195#195


51 posted on 08/23/2014 11:43:58 AM PDT by Hulka
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