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Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson Will Never Police Again, His Lawyer Says
NBC News ^ | November 27, 2014

Posted on 11/27/2014 7:31:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who killed unarmed teen Michael Brown in August, setting off months of protests, will likely never be a law enforcement officer again, his lawyer said in an interview with NBC station KSDK.

"Realistically speaking, Darren will never be a police officer again, and he understands that," attorney Jim Towey said. "Going forward it will be school, and trying to carve out a new niche, new career, for he and his family."

There were violent protests this week in the St. Louis suburb after a grand jury declined to indict Wilson in Brown's death on Aug. 9. Twelve buildings and a police car were torched, police officers were pelted with bottles and rocks, and tear gas was used against crowds in protests after the grand jury's decision Monday. Other protests also erupted across the country....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: darrenwilson; ferguson; lawenforcement; missouri
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To: Mark17

Amen to that.


121 posted on 11/27/2014 9:16:05 PM PST by sport
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is just one thing that I don't understand based on Wilson's interaction with Brown?

Wilson was alone, with no partner. Brown was unarmed. When Brown struggled for Wilson's gun and it went off after blowing thru Brown's hand, Brown fled. Wilson was alone, with no backup at a shooting scene. Why did Wilson continue to pursue Brown? I mean Brown would have shown up somewhere seeking medical treatment? Suspects can't outrun a radio or a camera or medical care for a gunshot wound.

Firing additional shots at Brown out in the open street means rounds going lord knows where? And the safest course of action for the officer, suspect, and public, would be to let Brown have an egress from the scene, knowing he'd surface soon enough in a situation more easy to control with the appropriate resources.

122 posted on 11/27/2014 9:19:19 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Realistically speaking, Darren will never be a police officer again, and he understands that," attorney Jim Towey said. "Going forward it will be school, and trying to carve out a new niche, new career, for he and his family."

Are attorneys not required to pass English Grammar 101?

...new career, for himself and his family...

Regards,

123 posted on 11/27/2014 9:22:22 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You never pursue a wounded animal or person after you’ve shot it until you give the adrenaline a chance to ebb in favor of the arrival of shock and exhaustion.


124 posted on 11/27/2014 9:24:59 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: dforest

I wonder what sort of financial planning is being done to divest his portfolio and reduce to zero that which a civil trial will attempt to steal from him. What an awful way to have to wake up wondering if everything you were planning is going to be taken from you... for merely doing your job.


125 posted on 11/27/2014 9:26:15 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who killed unarmed teen Michael Brown in August,

Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who killed 6'3", 300 lb. Michael Brown who matched the description of a suspect wanted for a strong-arm robbery of a convenience store in August...

There. Fixed it.

126 posted on 11/27/2014 9:27:22 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: blackdog

What was that according to the facts, 80 or 90 seconds?

Fighting inside of a cop car, guns, bullets flying, and blood, do we really need to worry why Wilson completed the mission?

All of this was against a man who was fleeing the scene of a strong arm robbery and who was confronted by a cop, do we really need to waste much time on Wilson’s 90 seconds of taking down the guy once it is established that he did no wrong?


127 posted on 11/27/2014 9:28:40 PM PST by ansel12
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To: doc1019

Heh.

I have often wished that whenever Juan Williams, Geraldo Rivera or that loathsome troll, Bob Beckel are on, they should run a header beneath them that says “Irrational lunatic hired solely for the purpose of counter balancing rationality and sanity”.

Many years ago I stopped watching Fox though, because of those that I mentioned along with Alan Colmes and Bill O’Really.

I simply do not need to know their opinion on anything at all, ever, for any reason. I would honestly rather watch an off television than any of these fools.

The only person’s opinion and insight that I genuinely appreciate these days is Mark Levin’s.


128 posted on 11/27/2014 9:31:09 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: dfwgator
The answer to that is to not shoot the hoodrats. As long as they are killing, robbing, raping, stealing from each other... let them If they choose to live like animals, let them, Just keep them quarantined in their section of town. Don't patrol in the neighborhoods they infest. In the event calls for police service are made, just take the report and file 13 it. They will decide to live like human beings or they won't. Either way, society wins.

I will close on the note of I can't wait until Al Sharpton and ted Kennedy get to meet and talk over old times.

129 posted on 11/27/2014 9:33:39 PM PST by sport
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To: blackdog
You never pursue a wounded animal or person after you’ve shot it until you give the adrenaline a chance to ebb in favor of the arrival of shock and exhaustion.

Who told you to leave alone the men you have wounded, 20 seconds after you were trying to kill them to stop them from killing you?

130 posted on 11/27/2014 9:34:29 PM PST by ansel12
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To: ansel12
Oh no. I don't question the outcome. I was afraid I'd get flamed, but cops and the public need to be safe. I remember the Sammy Aggresta chase and shoot-out all over the streets of Philadelphia. There were hundreds of rounds fired at a guy with no gun, in a high speed chase, in the confined streets of downtown Philadelphia. What started out as a traffic stop became a real danger to the lives of everyone involved or within the range of all the shots which missed the vehicle.

Once that adrenaline gets going, things can get pretty crazy.

131 posted on 11/27/2014 9:35:45 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: chris37

I still watch Neil Cavuto on occasion. Otherwise, I, like you, have all but stopped watching the News.

Most of my news comes from the internet and Rush.


132 posted on 11/27/2014 9:37:21 PM PST by doc1019
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To: Mark17

LOL!


133 posted on 11/27/2014 9:37:41 PM PST by golux
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To: ansel12
When you are by yourself, outnumbered, in an uncontrolled situation or place, you don't go running after someone. What is at your six o'clock?

The primary duty of Wilson was to make sure for his safety #1. The public's safety #2. Catching the guy #3. In that order. He went directly to #3.

134 posted on 11/27/2014 9:40:30 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: ansel12

“Number 2 is flaky, I have some great stories involving guns and knives, but I chose to intervene, as a cop, I would HAVE to intervene, there are situations where I took the risk to fight for the gun or knife, that if I was a cop, I could not have taken that risk, or should be required to.”

Ask yourself why should it be that the rules of engagement for our military in a war zone be less stringent than it is for law enforcement in our cities and towns? Our military can’t shoot unless they are being shot at. And they don’t have a choice about the risk either. If the cop is afraid for whatever reason, that good enough here...

I would however amend my position to exclude situations where the officer is fired upon.


135 posted on 11/27/2014 9:42:18 PM PST by babygene
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To: blackdog

I’m not so sure that is an honest response to post 127 as a response to post 122.

I sounds instead like you just went for more dishonesty and misdirection to try to sell your lousy attack or reasoning.


136 posted on 11/27/2014 9:43:08 PM PST by ansel12
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To: ansel12

http://articles.philly.com/1986-05-01/news/26047265_1_high-speed-chase-restraint-and-criminal-conspiracy-criminal-trial


137 posted on 11/27/2014 9:45:12 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: babygene

I don’t think you accurately interpreted that post of mine. amd cops being fired on wasn’t a part of it.

Being fired on doesn’t figure into my point or position.


138 posted on 11/27/2014 9:45:51 PM PST by ansel12
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To: blackdog

This Darren Wilson Ferguson conversation is enough, it isn’t intended to cover all news and all stories involving cops.


139 posted on 11/27/2014 9:48:04 PM PST by ansel12
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To: 4Liberty

Maybe loot a descent belt while your at it


140 posted on 11/27/2014 9:50:32 PM PST by matt04
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