[Vermont Lt]

And if I had studied harder in physics, I would be an astronaut.

[Qiviut]

Hindsight is always 20-20.

[ClearCase_guy]

he reversed his car and pulled within a few feet of Brown and Johnson, thus giving Brown the opportunity to attack him.

Yeah.

I see where the police officer did a bad thing. [/s]

I'm just so tired of people who make excuses for the ferals. I've adopted the strategy of the blacks now -- I'm not sure I care about the facts. The white guy was innocent, and the black guy is a problem. That's it. 100% of the time. In all cases. This attitude has worked for blacks for decades. Now I make it mine.

[yldstrk]

Thank you, this is exactly the point I have been struggling to make and having FReeper after FReeper attack me for saying so.

Glad I am not the only one that can see that Wilson engaged in extremely poor judgment and appallingly poor police procedure, resuling in the death of a two bit crook and the burning of a whole town.

[boycott]

Maybe he should follow up with an article titled:

“How Michael Brown SHOULD HAVE ACTED DIFFERENTLY TO AVOID Deadly Force”

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This should just be common sense for most of us but .....

[Jim Robinson]

Well, he could have just shot him in the arm, y’know. Five or six times.

[Hildy]

When a police officer asks you to stop and put your hands up, and you stop and put your hands up, there’s a 99.9999% chance you won’t be killed.

[DesertRhino]

Gosh, it sounds kinda easy. Just drive away and watch him until all kinds of backup arrives. In the history of policing nothing bad has ever happened if there are two or three offices around.
And a group of 4 can do anything!

Unless you happen to be 4 New York cops for example last month, attacked with an axe. (Just the first example that comes to mind)

But the bottom line, im glad Michael Brown is gone. Finding magic nets that can catch him is a bad idea. It just ensures that that thug will continue his depredations.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I heard some liberal talking heads say that Wilson should have run away rather than shooting Brown. And also, that he should driven away rather than confront brown.

I think liberals are mixing up the Trayvon Martin incident and Michael Brown. In the Trayvon case, many critized Zimmerman getting out of his car. But in the Brown case, remember Officer Wilson is a police officer, not a private citizen. He was in a confrontation with a dangerous individual in his role as a.policeman. He had no duty to retreat and run away and all that. He was a policeman who wanted to arrest a suspect in a robbery. Are we really saying police should run away if someone resists arrest or becomes belligerent? What exactly are liberals saying???

[mrsmel]

Let me guess, with one of those Hollywood-style expert snipers who always hit what they’re aiming at, no matter how fast the target is moving, what distance it’s at, and how hard the assailant is attacking the victim? (I didn’t read the article yet, lol)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Maybe we shouldn’t have police officers at all. Maybe we should just have a bunch of Eric Holder’s people monitoring TV cameras.

[hosepipe]

IF the bullfrog had wings he wouldn’t bump his ass..

[CodeToad]

I am happy the predator was killed. No more predator.

[DesertRhino]

And when backup arrives, how to they arrest this doped up animal? Are sap gloves allowed? Blackjacks? Strangleholds? Can they break a nightstick on his head?

Society has scrupulously removed the ability of a cop to subdue an animal. They can do pepper spray and a taser and a beanbag. But there are some fighters out there.

[a fool in paradise]

“If McCulloch’s lawyers had simply pared down the evidence to that which incriminated Wilson,” Toobin writes, “they would have easily obtained an indictment.”

Isn't that an abuse of power to railroad a citizen that way? Deny presenting a true and fair picture of what transpired?

[kabar]

What is the purpose of this second-guessing?

[G Larry]

Here’s what “WE” need to learn:

Don’t punch cops and try to steal their duty weapon.

Don’t steal.

Don’t commit a crime and then walk down the middle of the street drawing unwanted attention.

If you insist on behaving as though there are no consequences for your actions, don’t be surprised when reality shows up.

[Cowboy Bob]

I wonder if Michael Brown soiled his pants when he died.

[Fantasywriter]

I watched a video where a cop walks in on a robbery in progress. The cop pulls his gun, but the perp resists arrest. They struggle. At the .52 second mark, the cop holsters his gun and proceeds to fight the perp hand-to-hand. It doesn’t end quickly, either. The fight continues through the Out door and onto the sidewalk. Eventually the store manager joins in and the perp is subdued.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WewWWitHOs

I wondered if the cop was wise to put his gun away. How could he be certain the perp didn’t have one?

Anyway, that’s just a fwiw. I don’t think, if the perp had weighed 300 lbs, the officer in this video would have holstered his weapon. MB’s size and height have to be taken into consideration.

[DJ MacWoW]

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