Darren Wilson's Side of the Story

[sheltiedave]

How about the twelve year old in Cleveland, Zeke? Another good shot?

[Rajoo]

The Brown family is calling for all LE officers to wear body cameras. I doubt if the cops will think this is a good idea to have their actions monitored.

[barbara]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Respecting a process that has the deck stacked against you is submission.

True, but that didn't happen in this particular case no matter how much you want to believe otherwise.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

How about the twelve year old in Cleveland, Zeke? Another good shot?

From USA Today:

"[Cleveland Deputy Chief] Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon from his waistband but had not pointed it at police. The boy did not make any verbal threats, but he grabbed the replica handgun after being told to raise his hands, Tomba said.

Williams said the "airsoft"-type pellet gun lacked the orange safety tip required at the time of sale and was indistinguishable from a real semiautomatic pistol."

If the above is accurate?

100% GOOD SHOOT.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Zeke

From USA Today:

"[Cleveland Deputy Chief] Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon from his waistband but had not pointed it at police. The boy did not make any verbal threats, but he grabbed the replica handgun after being told to raise his hands, Tomba said.

Williams said the "airsoft"-type pellet gun lacked the orange safety tip required at the time of sale and was indistinguishable from a real semiautomatic pistol."

If the above is accurate?

100% GOOD SHOOT.

So what happened to your fucking AK 47?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by merrylander

So what happened to your fucking AK 47?

It's called showing precedent.

In October 2013, a sheriff's deputy in Santa Rosa, Calif., shot dead a 13-year-old boy carrying an airsoft replica AK-47 assault rifle. The deputy was not charged.

[bobabode]

For what it's worth, here's the transcript of Wilson's testimony before the Grand Jury.
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/pag.../1472/?hpid=z1

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Punch a police officer, run away, get chased and killed. And this is justice.

Why? because he's a punk, and we're fine with street justice for punks, especially punks who don't even look like us.

Nothing new here. Move along.

Now don't tell me I'm wrong. Tell me how it is that you know, with utter certainty, that I am wrong.

Because a grand jury heard evidence from 60 witnesses, along with forensic reports, and decided you're wrong. That's good enough for me and I feel no urge to go burning and looting as a result of the decision.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Because a grand jury heard evidence from 60 witnesses, along with forensic reports, and decided you're wrong. That good enough for me.

Precisely what I said.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Zeke

A Grand Jury found no evidence of a crime?

That makes you utterly certain I'm wrong about... what exactly?

There were two explicit assertions in my post.

First, I asserted that the killing of Brown, as I believe it probably went down, was not justice. The grand jury finding, taken at face value, says it was not provably illegal. But I've been assured repeatedly here that 'legal' has nothing to do with justice. Does that apply only one way, then?

Second, I asserted that people's attitudes toward 'punks' leads us not to care about 'street justice' being applied to them. The grand jury finding hardly makes my assessment of how people feel true or false....

So I don't see that the grand jury finding is a good basis for you to be certain I am wrong. Care to try again?