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even the FPD said the shooter didn't known Brown was a suspect
the cop murdered him BECAUSE HE COULD
I've acknowledged your point and agreed with it. What more do you want me to say?
the cop murdered him BECAUSE HE COULD
If the cop's story is to be believed, was his use of force warranted?
They left the body in the street for 4 hrs?
Can anyone confirm this?
This is totally unacceptable.
How long after the shooting was the incident called in?
Can anyone find this?
I would appreciate it.
If in fact the guy turned after being told to stop and bum rushed the cop...
yeah, in my opinion...
you just don't do like that and expect a good outcome.
With more and more info coming in (witnesses saw Brown charging, no shots in back, scuffle over gun, etc), it's looking like a good bet the cop's shooting will be legally justified. You might argue he shot him too many times, but that's a judgment call that happens right on the spot.
The main problem is department policies that allow cops to use deadly force because they feel uncomfortable.
The last shot was in the TOP of the head going DOWN into the brain. Forensically that better corroborates a forward rush/tackle than an innocent youth holding his hands up and saying "don't shoot!"
possibly, yes. it's also possible the cop fudged the story.
Agreed. I don't envy the people who'll ultimately be responsible for deciding the truth of what happened.
the most probable scenario is that his head went down after he was initially hit in the arm. But it still does not tell us what brown was doing/not doing.
Cops murder white guys, too
Cops gun down headphones-wearing Utah man because he wouldn’t comply with orders
Police shot and killed a 20-year-old Monday who was wanted for probation violation, but the man’s brother said he was wearing headphones and could not hear officers’ orders.
Officers were called about 7 p.m. to a 7-Eleven store in Salt Lake City after witnesses reported a man waving a gun around.
Dillon Taylor was walking out of the convenience store with his brother and cousin when officers arrived, and police said Taylor matched a description of the suspect.
Three officers said they ordered Taylor to reveal his hands, but they said he ignored their commands and was “visibly upset.”
Taylor was then shot by police and was pronounced dead at the scene.
His brother said Taylor was wearing headphones and did not hear the officers until they surrounded him.
“He couldn’t hear them, so he just kept walking,”said Jerrail Taylor. “(Then) they had guns pointed at his face. That’s when he turned off the music. I saw them point guns at my brother’s face, and I knew what was going to happen.”
One officer told Dillon Taylor to get on the ground, but another told him to place his hands on top of his head.
“He got confused, he went to pull up his pants to get on the ground, and they shot him,” Jerrail Taylor said.
Police have not said whether Taylor was armed at the time, but his brother insists he didn’t have a gun.
“All this complaining about one of us having a gun, I’m kind of lost at because none of us had a gun,” said Jerrail Taylor.
But police said officers did not likely know who Taylor was or that he was wanted on an open warrant.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/1...y-with-orders/
Thanks, NRA and gun mfrs!
The Pew Research Center poll conducted on August 14-17 among 1,000 adults found that while 80 percent of black Americans say the incident raises important issues about race, only 37 percent of whites agreed. The majority of whites (47 percent) held the view that race is getting more attention than it deserves.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/only-37-whites-polled-believe-michael-brown-shooting-raises-issues
63% of whites think a white cop murdering an unarmeed black man in a black community and leaving his body on the street for hours raises no race issues?
extreme activist SCOTUS5, tell us again how racism has come a long way since the 1960s!
I would think it raises procedural issues. But i guess that's cause im not constantly thinking about race?The Pew Research Center poll conducted on August 14-17 among 1,000 adults found that while 80 percent of black Americans say the incident raises important issues about race, only 37 percent of whites agreed. The majority of whites (47 percent) held the view that race is getting more attention than it deserves.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/only-37-whites-polled-believe-michael-brown-shooting-raises-issues
63% of whites think a white cop murdering an unarmeed black man in a black community and leaving his body on the street for hours raises no race issues?
extreme activist SCOTUS5, tell us again how racism has come a long way since the 1960s!
No protests. No looting. No snake oil salesmen like Rev. Sharpton.
Taylor pleaded guilty in 2012 to robbery and obstructing justice after he and another person stole a tip jar from a restaurant and then a 30-pack of beer about an hour later. He threatened to shoot a witness to the theft, and then he threatened to shoot one of his accomplices and their wife or daughter about a month after the incident.
Strange how these types of people get shot by cops.
Obviously a capitol offense.
There should be a protest if that's what happened.
The Best Reporting on Federal Push to Militarize Local Police
( headlines/soundbites only )
The Defense Department has provided tens of thousands of pieces of military equipment to local police departments for free.
The DOD program, known as 1033, has provided $4.3 billion in free military equipment to local police.
The Justice Department, working with the Pentagon, began to pay for military technology in police departments during the Clinton years
States received at least $34 billion in federal grants to purchase military grade supplies in the decade after 9/11.
Department of Homeland Security spending on domestic security hit $75 billion a year in 2011.
St. Louis County has received at least 50 pieces of free tactical gear from the Defense Department in the last four years.
Police conduct up to 80,000 SWAT raids a year in the U.S., up from 3,000 a year in the early ‘80s
The grenade launchers used by Ferguson police can cause serious injury.
Militarization isn’t just changing the tools police officers use, but how they relate to communities they serve
http://www.propublica.org/article/th...ailynewsletter
Meh, one less thug on the planet.
Members on the local law enforcement boards are saying Wilson suffered a broken eye socket and may lose sight permanently in that eye. Could be very damning evidence against Brown if true, not that Brown cares anymore.
his own damn fault. why was involved physically with a huge guy in the first place?
I wonder if he said "please" when he told them to get out of the street, or
was it just "n!gg@s, GTFO of the street before a shoot your dirty black asses"
I'm skeptical of this.
Meh, "sanc y of life."
If Wilson's story is true, explain to me how he is at fault for a 6'4" huge dude trying to grab his gun and punching him.
I'm skeptical of cops all the time, but I tend to lean towards believing their story when the other sides story continues to be proven false.
I'm only skeptical because there is a cell phone video that supposedly shows officer Wilson at the scene, and he doesn't appear to have a massive facial injury.
I don't have any sympathy for a white trash thug who threatened to kill people.
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