| MegaManX said: Micheal Brown was walking down the middle of the street when the confrontation started, he had just robbed a store and was not being discreet. It's probably, but we don't know fully since even the friend has been discredited, that MB may not have taken lightly to being confronted by a cop even if it's a simple command since you can't walk down a street like that. You say the cop feared an ass whippin like it should just be part of the job, a cop has responsibilities, they don't want to deal with hostile people, and if he assaulted the cop or tried to grab his gun then he has commited multiple felonies and is now a very real threat especially with a guy his size. Cops have to deal with a lot of shit people, you won't last long as a cop if you think you can take out every person with just your fists, I think you don't understand what cops have to deal with or how quickly you can find yourself in a life or death circumstance. You may not like cops, but the friend even admitted they were walking down the middle of the street and he just robbed a store! So clearly he was not being harassed because he was black, the guy clearly thought highly of himself and knew his size would intimidate people. I think he got aggressive with the cop and the cop had to do it, we all know how to behave around cops, if you have to take some shit especially as in this case where it was warranted then so be it, anybody that assaults a cop is asking for it. In regards to the 6 shots, I guess you have never been in a life threatening circumstance, nor have I, but I can imagine if a big guy is coming at you and already tried to grab your gun, that you might fire off several shots. You also don't realize that he wasn't a still target, most shots hit him in the arm, he's a big guy, the adreneline is flowing, you may not feel it right away, in a literal matter of seconds a lot happens and the reactions aren't instant. Or he did and as the cop fired off, he reacted to it and fell into the other shots, you make it sound like he was 20 feet away and unmoving throughout the whole process. If he was charging the cop, clearly he moving, perhaps bent over and who knows how he will react, you can aim for one part of the body and even if you have great accuracy, you can't take into account whether a wound will make them fall or lean into a shot making a nonlethal one lethal. |
You guess wrong, I have been shot at by police. They were aiming for my head and I was unarmed. Bullets whizzed by really close to my ear, it felt like i was slapped in the ear. I thought I was hit, they emptied out their clips and reloaded twice. Several cars and houses got hit, 14th district police were sued by half my block.
I have seen way too much abuse of power by police to give them the benefit of the doubt. I am not defending Brown, I don't know all the facts and more is being released as we speak:
He may have feared for his life, my assumption may have been wrong. It seemed to me at first that the cop just lost his cool after feeling like he was disrespected. If he put his hands on the cop like that, he should have known what was coming next. Brown obviously wasn't new to the streets.
Growing up on the west side of Chicago I've seen a lot of dirty cops. I've been held for three days and beat while handcuffed to a pole on the wall. I don't trust police for shit. They deal with a lot of shit, sure. But they deal out a lot of shit too. That knife cuts both ways, and that's why people are losing respect for police.
