Officer Wilson Has Injuries

[Littlefinger]

The police force on which Wilson served previously was disbanded for excessive force and corruption.

So, Wilson’s previous record and place of employment is enough to say the shooting is most certainly racially motivated but the criminal behavior of Mike Brown(literally moments before his death) isn’t enough to say that the shootings might have been reasonably provoked? Yeah, okay, good for you.

 

[RobDownSouth]

So, Wilson’s previous record and place of employment is enough to say the shooting is most certainly racially motivated but the criminal behavior of Mike Brown(literally moments before his death) isn’t enough to say that the shootings might have been reasonably provoked? Yeah, okay, good for you.

#ScaryBlackMan
#VictimBlaming

 

[Littlefinger]

#ScaryBlackMan
#VictimBlaming

So, he could have done whatever he wanted - killed an old man, raped a lady in an alley - and just because he's dead and black, it has no bearing on his character? He's just an "innocent victim" no matter what? Sounds kinda racist and condescending.

 

[about_average]

How did Fox News run a totally bogus Ferguson story? Welcome to the truly slimy side of the right-wing hit machine.

Ann Coulter is a fool. The very first thing I did when I read the beltwaypundit(?) article was do a reverse image search of the x-ray posted. Soon as I saw that I was 99.99% sure it wasn't of Wilson.
I was doubtful the University of Iowa would have a copy of his x-ray posted in 2008.

 

[RobDownSouth]

So, he could have done whatever he wanted - killed an old man, raped a lady in an alley - and just because he's dead and black, it has no bearing on his character? He's just an "innocent victim" no matter what? Sounds kinda racist and condescending.

Just pointin' out yourapparent premise is that the #ScaryBlackMan is presumed to be guilty.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

So, Wilson’s previous record and place of employment is enough to say the shooting is most certainly racially motivated but the criminal behavior of Mike Brown(literally moments before his death) isn’t enough to say that the shootings might have been reasonably provoked? Yeah, okay, good for you.

Wilson didn't know about the cigars. The kid was walking in the middle of the street and Wilson decided he was going to show him and his friend who was boss. Even if he did know, being a Judge Dredd is fucked up. The guy just was scared or mad and he used excessive force.

Even if Brown punched Wilson, the guy was 35 feet away when he got gunned down, and so there was no imminent danger.

There is nothing redeeming for Wilson in the situation. Get ready for the justifiable riots if Wilson gets off scot free.

 

[Que]

I'll save that for another time.

 

[Littlefinger]

Just pointin' out yourapparent premise is that the #ScaryBlackMan is presumed to be guilty.

...Maybe you didn't watch the video of him robbing the store? I'm not saying he "deserved" to die; I'm saying it says something about his character and that if we can assume Darren Wilson targets black people and likes to shoot them while wearing his badge(although what fucking idiot, racist or not, would even think they could get away with that shit with reactions like this where they won't even look at evidence before setting your effigies on fire) just from the reports surrounding his last job, then we can assume Mike Brown probably wasn't acting like a gentleman when he encountered Officer Wilson. Get it? You seem to be under the impression that Mike Brown couldn't possibly have ever done anything bad or that he was some special child innocent just because of the color of his skin. Which is what those tags you keep using really mean.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Wilson didn't know about the cigars. The kid was walking in the middle of the street and Wilson decided he was going to show him and his friend who was boss. Even if he did know, being a Judge Dredd is fucked up. The guy just was scared or mad and he used excessive force.

Even if Brown punched Wilson, the guy was 35 feet away when he got gunned down, and so there was no imminent danger.

There is nothing redeeming for Wilson in the situation. Get ready for the justifiable riots if Wilson gets off scot free.

How do you know that distance? Did you actually see the event?

 

[BoyNextDoor]

How do you know that distance? Did you actually see the event?

The chief of police reported it.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar ...

Without revealing what led to the dispute, Belmar said the preliminary investigation showed that the Ferguson officer tried to exit his vehicle, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said.

A shot was fired inside the police car, and Brown was eventually shot about 35 feet away from the vehicle, Belmar said.

 

[Que]

The chief of police reported it.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar ...

Without revealing what led to the dispute, Belmar said the preliminary investigation showed that the Ferguson officer tried to exit his vehicle, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said.

A shot was fired inside the police car, and Brown was eventually shot about 35 feet away from the vehicle, Belmar said.

The two events were not concurrent. The weapon discharge occurred. Then the shooting. We have no idea of the interval or if the officer was still adjacent to the vehicle when he fired or not.

We do not know if the first shot fired was from a closer or farther distance.

 

[about_average]

The chief of police reported it.
...
A shot was fired inside the police car, and Brown was eventually shot about 35 feet away from the vehicle, Belmar said.

The witnesses, even Johnson, said Wilson was chasing Brown. They were closer than 35 feet apart when Brown was killed, if the chief's statement is correct.

 

[Que]

The witnesses, even Johnson, said Wilson was chasing Brown. They were closer than 35 feet apart when Brown was killed, if the chief's statement is correct.

That would be my guess as well. But we don't even know that other than common sense. The decedent did not look like he would likely be fleet of foot. I am assuming the cop was fit. From statements Brown could have been more than 35 feet if he was winning the foot race before he stopped and turned but I doubt it. I suspect your idea is correct.

Your hypothesis made me think of the scene slightly differently. The cop after being assaulted had no duty to remain in his car and wait for back-up. But in a sense some negligence seems reasonable here. He had to have some idea that chasing a guy that can overpower him didn't have a likely positive outcome.

On the other hand, a cop takes a fist to the head and says, "Never-mind, take off?"

If the same thing happened with an armed assailant, no one would fault him for the shot. So, do cops call for back-up every time the other guy is bigger? Does stop or I will shoot have no appropriate place?

I dunno.

 

[about_average]

That would be my guess as well. But we don't even know that other than common sense. The decedent did not look like he would likely be fleet of foot. I am assuming the cop was fit. From statements Brown could have been more than 35 feet if he was winning the foot race before he stopped and turned but I doubt it. I suspect your idea is correct.

There's no way he could have not been closer than 35' when killed (unless all the witnesses are wrong). He might have been further than 35' when he stopped, turned, and started rushing Wilson, if, in fact, he was rushing him as some say.

But in a sense some negligence seems reasonable here. He had to have some idea that chasing a guy that can overpower him didn't have a likely positive outcome.

The difficult call; if Brown wasn't approaching Wilson, was shooting at a fleeing Brown legally justified. Was he really an immediate threat to others?

...there was no imminent danger.

I forgot to mention, it takes only about 2 seconds for an attacker to reach you from 35' away. If the person has already assaulted you, is much larger than you, and is aggressively coming towards you, armed or unarmed, you most certainly are in imminent danger.

 

[Wrong Element]

Local St. Louis sources said Wilson suffered an “orbital blowout fracture to the eye socket.” This comes from a source within the Prosecuting Attorney’s office and confirmed by the St. Louis County Police.

Facts no longer matter, which is what I said on Day One.

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[GiaCat]

Just saying this in general; no one ever waits for the facts to come to light. All we get is rumors and distortions when something like this happens and then tempers flair.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

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You lost, get over it. See BRONZEAGE for a man hug.