Ferguson officer Darren Wilson not indicted

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nanarchy said:

TheBlackNaruto said:

Just clarify for me are you saying that if someone hits you then the right thing to do is kill them or that it is understandable to kill them?

If someone is trying to hit you, yeah that person has given up all rights to there own safety, once they are trying to hit you they are in effect threatening your safety at a minimum and potentially your life.  A single hit can and has many times killed people. He wasn't shot for having hit the cop, he was shot trying to do it again.

Well. slight correction there, he wasn't shot for trying to do it again, he was shot because he'd already assaulted the officer, backed off when the first shot was fired (through the car door), and then killed because he wouldn't get down on the ground (maybe charging him, maybe not, the witness accounts conflict there).  The problem here is he'd already shown he has absolutely no respect for authority, and a perfect willingness to commit assault.  On the other hand, due to the conflicting witness accounts, we can't prove either the cop killed him without need, or that the victim wasn't charging him for further physical aggression.

It's really reminiscent of the Treyvon Martin case, due to a lack of corroborating testimony from all witnesses, and the 2nd party not being alive to represent their side, you can't just convict because of emotional feelings.  The system is certainly flawed, and there's most certainly a race problem in the US, but, when you can't prove something, you can't just say guilty.  No matter how much public opinion may want it.