Ferguson officer Darren Wilson not indicted

[TheBlackNaruto]

greenmedic88 said:

TheBlackNaruto said:

What consits of "interrogating"? Being a police officer gives you a right to question any person you choose to? Does that mean someone has to answer them whent hey are midning thier own business? Just asking quiestions here not saying that it is the same. So the cops are here to serve and protect the peopel but aren't trained to have a mindset to subdue? Just shoot ot kill? How can they not afford to have that mindset when they took an oath to protect?

The bolded confuses me instead of waiting for backup like they are trained to do he doesn't want to be a "pussy" and got out to try and detain a dangerous person by shooting thim 6 times? Where is the part where he tried to detain him? So because a "big guy" was charging at him that meant to unload your gun on him? Not a SINGLE other option for an unarmed man? A REGULAR man just like you and me. He may have been big but that doesn't mean his only option was to unload on him. Now in NO WAY am I painting MB as being innocent he was very much in the wrong for attacking on officer. Though looking at the pictures that were released the "beating" that he gave the officer didn't seem to justify death. But still should not have attacked the officer AT ALL. But to be gunned down and left in the middle of the street in a pool of blood is UNACCEPTABLE.

The way this ENTIRE case was handled was pathetic and there is NO justification for the loss of this life. You say he didn't want to be a pussy but he says he FEARED FOR HIS LIFE and was already in the car and could have called for backup and waited it out and found the suspect later and apprehended him. Especially since he was already fearing for his life that would have made more sense to me. I do not know all the facts and that is just my opinion and sadly there is only one side to this story seeing as the other person will never get a chance to tell their side of the story.  It is just sad case period and the system here definitely needs to be worked and handled a lot better. The ferguson police department as a whole made the situation even worse than it was because of how poorly it was handled.

To clarify, Wilson was responding to a call from dispatch, following  up on the 911 call  made by the convenience store in response to Brown's petty theft of a handful of cigars and assault of the convenience store clerk, which was recorded on the store's video system not long before the attempted arrest. The response was not a case of mistaken identity, racial profiling or some random interrogation.

Brown responded to the questioning with an expletive directed at Wilson, who then attempted to exit the patrol car, which Brown slammed shut, leading to Brown reaching into the patrol car when he struck Wilson two times, Wilson responded by drawing his weapon, Brown attempted to grab Wilson's firearm which wasn't discharged until the third attempt by Wilson. Brown's blood was on the weapon, corroborating the testimony and there was a medical report confirming Wilson had been struck more than once in the head. 

Wilson did call for back up before the shootings. He was attempting to detain a suspect based upon the call from dispatch for a man matching Brown's description, which was for a reported crime Brown was captured on video committing. 

The only facts, as presented by the jury that aren't clear, would be the testimony given by Wilson, seeing as there were conflicting reports given by Brown's friend present at the incident, and non-related observers. There were conflicting reports given by multiple observers. 

The biggest problems came from the lack of disclosure from the Ferguson PD until much later in the investigation. Wilson didn't have to give official testimony for the case until almost 30 days after the incident as he wasn't immediately charged with a crime. 

The convience store never made a 911 call they already stated that. Heck some amount of time must have passed after robbery seeing as Brown had on sandals during the robbery but boots when he was shot and killed. The Chief of police stated that Wilson did not know anything about the robbery before hand according to officer Wilson himself. But that changed during the trial which is another issue that I have. It was stated that they were walking in the middle of the street and officer Wilson instructed them to get out of the middle of the street. Now what words were actually said no one will ever know for sure. Wilson left the scene of the crime before it was secured due to injuries but the photos don't back up the severity to have left the crime scene like that which was also something that bothered me.

The rest about Brown reaching in the car and being shot...I have no problems with that seems legit without a doubt. I do have an issue with Brow and his friend running away and officer Wilson getting out of the car and only telling them to stop which somehow enraged Brown to not stop running but turn around and rush officer Wilson who had a loaded gun which he had already been shot with  pointed at him. It seems like something is missing in there imo but again because there really is only one side to this story no one will ever know for sure. Again the Ferguson PD handled the situation very poorly and the refusal to let the body be seen or not give any other info for so much time made it much worse. But coming from someone who lives in the area the Ferguson PD has always been pretty looked down on for how they handle most situations.