Michael Brown is merely the straw that broke the camels back.
Only an idiot would narrow everything down in scope to just Michael Brown instead of looking at reality and seeing hundreds of cases of police brutality every year, or MANY cases of possible wrongful death every year. The Chokehold Death in NY, Chicago cop shooting kid with toy gun ...
This is a very big problem, it is not about one case of cop shoots criminal, its about how in poor neighborhoods the police act differently and treat people differently than in more expensive neighborhoods. Why are cops in nice suburban neighborhoods seen as friends to the people, but in poor neighborhoods, enemies of the people? Something is broken. And so what if somebody is guilty of petty crimes or even less petty of crimes, thats what the court is for. Cops are not judge dredd, the should not use deadly force unless they are in real danger of losing life or limb.
MB is a mountain out of no hill. The evidence gives credence to Wilson's story. But the media/Al/Rev/Crump need their $$.
Garner, imo, is a different story and I would like some info from the GJ.
The 12 yo was tragic but what do you expect the cops to do? A replica 1911...
I've posted it before but we had 2 cops killed because they, probably, hesitated. I didn't see Al, Jesse/Crump here. Or CNN.
I say let Ferguson police itself and see what kind of cesspool it turns into in 6 mo.
And the bolded...That follows Wilson's story. In 10th grade, I played football against William Perry (11th grade). I was the biggest guy on JV at ~200lbs. Perry was probably 240 and benching 100lbs+ more than me. So he got to run over me for 2hrs, twice a day in the summer. MB had 80+lbs on Wilson. I think he was in real danger.
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