I read most of the testimony.
Once you got through much of the Uh-huh, and You know what I mean, it was obvious what happened.
The physical evidence didn’t support much of the ‘eye-witness’ testimony.
Many of the witness’ testimony was a compilation of what they saw and what they heard.
This stymied the prosecutors. They kept saying, we want to know the truth. The witnesses kept giving their definition of what the truth was. The prosecutor’s tried to guide them to the truth with, just asking, what did you see? Did you see that.
The command of the spoken language was atrocious. There were a few witnesses who were obviously African-American, who spoke very well, and there were a few of the white witnesses who’s speech made me wonder how they got through life everyday.
The physical evidence sealed it for me. The toxicologist testified that Brown was 3 times the legal limit high on pot than would be legal to operate a motor vehicle.
When asked if pot just makes you mellow, he said, that’s like comparing someone who had a glass of wine with dinner to someone who had a fifth of scotch.
There was a lot of testimony of the difference with alcohol and marijuana, but that was the gist.
I’m in agreement. The toxicology report sealed my opinion. Sadly, this kid was probably extremely doped up when he went to the store and stole the cigars...never knowing what he was doing. Same for walking down the center of the road. And he was shot while all doped up. From mid-morning on...he was probably not comprehending anything he did.
But here’s the one thing you ought to take home from this episode. How many people are doing this much dope/legal prescription pills per day, and walking around in a daze, and just might threaten you or your family? From the whole US...maybe two million a day? Should we sit back and start to think over the implications of just going down to the local grocery for a six-pack and what might happen in the parking lot there?
When asked if pot just makes you mellow, he said, that’s like comparing someone who had a glass of wine with dinner to someone who had a fifth of scotch.
That's it in a nutshell. But some FReepers insist that the legal status of pot should be decided based on the fifth-of-scotch-equivalent end of the scale while the legal status of alcohol should be decided based on the glass-of-wine-with-dinner end of the scale.