Posted on 08/15/2014 4:23:32 PM PDT by Hojczyk
“Josie,” a friend of Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, called into The Dana Loesch Radio Show today. Josie gave Officer Wilson’s side of the story.
Here’s the transcript:
“He pulled up ahead of them. And then he got a call-in that there was a strong-arm robbery. And, they gave a description. And, he’s looking at them and they got something in their hands and it looks like it could be what, you know those cigars or whatever. So he goes in reverse back to them. Tries to get out of his car. They slam his door shut violently. I think he said Michael did. And, then he opened the car again. He tried to get out. He stands up.
And then Michael just bum-rushes him and shoves him back into his car. Punches him in the face and them Darren grabs for his gun. Michael grabbed for the gun. At one point he got the gun entirely turned against his hip. And he shoves it away. And the gun goes off.
Well, then Michael takes off and gets to be about 35 feet away. And, Darren’s first protocol is to pursue. So, he stands up and yells, “Freeze!” Michael and his friend turn around. And Michael taunts him… And then all the sudden he just started bumrushing him. He just started coming at him full speed. And, so he just started shooting. And, he just kept coming. And, so he really thinks he was on something.”
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Only Mike Brown left with the cigars --
Ok
I think I heard the family requested their own, did the police do the other?
The police always do one. The family insisted on another and asked the FBI to be there too.
I think that ends up being the key question-- are you allowed to shoot someone who is unarmed (though they just tried to take away your weapon and use it on you) but is rushing at you to attack you (who is 6 foot 4 and about 300 lbs) or are you not?
I find that in most cases people are jumping to conclusions before the facts are out. In that sense, it sure looks like stirring up hatred against the cops to me. The threads are mostly full of wisecracks from the usual characters based on the title of the thread.
On one of the first Michael Brown threads, a Freeper recommended that the families of cops be dragged out in the street and murdered. I did hit the abuse button on that one.
Yep and that's all we get now just like Duke lacrosse, just like Zimmerman's- edited to make him look racist- audio. The media are politically correct facists who are only interested in pushing their agenda, they have no desire to seek or report the truth if it doesn't fit their world view.
He may still be in need of immunity. Although it would be a stretch, the felony murder rule may apply, depending upon how it used in Missouri, if at all. This is where a person participates in a felony, and a death results from that felony or the “furtherance” of that felony (such as during the getaway). If this was a strong-arm robbery, that is a felony. While he didn’t actively participate in the felonious act, he may be legally an accomplice and therefore a participant (depending upon his actions both during and after the crime). He didn’t have to take anything to be a participant, legally. And he didn’t have to do anything that ordinarily isn’t a crime (such as the ordinarily perfectly legal action of a lookout, or a getaway driver).
Sometimes the felony murder rule is applied more broadly than others. Given that the death occurred during their “getaway” from the crime, it wouldn’t be much different from a robbery leading to a fatal car crash, which would definitely (and has) fallen under this scope. I have no idea about Missouri. But they could conceivably hold it over his head. I doubt it, but it is something to consider.
Yeah it seems like these incidents tend bring out a lot of the libertardtarian anarchists and some other cophating wackos, who post here from time to time. All I have to say to them is read my tagline.
Meanwhile, the search for the Great White Defendant continues...
Amen on that tag line.
Officer Wilson was on another call when a description of Mike Brown’s robbery was transmitted. Just because he wasn’t assigned to follow up on the original call doesn’t mean he wasn’t aware of the particulars. Officers carry portable radios and hear all transmissions from the dispatcher regardless if they are assigned or not. It is very plausible he wrapped up his original call and had the information needed to realize when he saw Mike Brown he found the perp and acted without having been officially assigned.
Since Brown had already committed felonious assault and battery on the police officer, the cop had every right to use whatever means necessary to defend himself from a second attack and to stop the felon from escaping and potentially putting innocent people in the neighborhood at risk of being his next victim.
Choose your friends wisely...
https://mobile.twitter.com/stevenjhsieh/status/500433169108062208/photo/1
If this version is accurate....Mike Mike was fleeing a robbery, attacked a policeman who was trying to stop him, tried to wrestle the gun from the officer and a shot went off, ran away and then charged the officer.
Any officer going through that with that size of a suspect can easily articulate a reasonable fear of death or grave bodily injury which would make deadly force options.
The 8:30 point also.
If he has already tried to get your gun from you, absolutely, drop him.
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