I suppose the whole wanting evidence that this was a killing carried out in cold blood prior to tearing down a community and crippling its economy is also vastly overrated.
Did you hear about that white civilian who was shot dead by protestors?
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I suppose the whole wanting evidence that this was a killing carried out in cold blood prior to tearing down a community and crippling its economy is also vastly overrated.
Did you hear about that white civilian who was shot dead by protestors?
I'm no cheerleader of the police but you have to put things into perspective. You've got a 6'4" 300 pound man charging at you, who's already assaulted you and your hand gun has already gone off once. You've got a few seconds to react to that threat. The officer can't let his weapon get into the hands of this other person. What are you going to do?
If this event went down like that then there isn't a police officer in the world who isn't going to be cleared.
What if Brown kept coming at the officer even after the first few shots? These things happen in seconds. Yes 6 shots is over the top but when your in that position you just want to stop that threat.
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Evidence of what exactly?
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between his friend (ok, bias) and the lady waiting for the bus & the guy who was tweeting... none state that Brown kept coming at the officer.
Both the friend & lady state he was trying to flee, and the guy who tweeted "they just shot him".
2 bullets to the head... on a reportedly fleeing, unarmed teen.
You got a source for that statement?
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The friend also said that Brown was shot in the back. There are also other witnesses saying that Brown charged at the cop.
There has been a lot of BS from both sides so we'll never know what truly happened that night.
Just because Brown didn't have a weapon doesn't mean he isn't a threat. If they did get into a physical confrontation and if Brown did indeed go for the officer's gun at some point, then Brown is a huge threat to that officer if he is coming at him again. Plenty of cops have been killed with their own gun.
The friend is proving to be a horrible witness. There are witnesses saying that Brown did or didn't come after the cop. Who knows?
It's best to sit back with an open mind and take in all the information instead of just grabbing the pitchfork straight away like some have.
Brown not being armed doesn't make him a non threat to the police officer. Brown was a huge guy.
Was there rioting on the streets of Sydney when Roberto Curti was killed by police?
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No there wasn't, largely because it's an isolated case and the officers have all been charged. In American there have been a number of deaths of unarmed black kids being killed with the perpatrators seen as getting off scot free. It's a case of cumulative rage.
Seems to be kicking off big time again tonight
Well we know how that ended up in LA (and elsewhere) in 1992.
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looking at the wounds to his arm (4) it would appear he was on his knees covering his head with his arms..
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In cases like these the case gets lost in the 'bigger picture' and no-one on any side wants to see the forest through the trees.
The facts of the case are largely irrelevant to how people are reacting, it's just the snowflake that has broken the branch, not an avalanche, and much like the Trayvon case people are going to force their agendas onto the case from all sides to try and paint the bigger picture in this guys blood.
The facts about this situation don't make any difference to how people are going to react, everyone knows this dance, the sides have already been taken, no matter how guilty or innocent any parties are the conclusions are made based on previous incidents and the people rally to their personal causes.
Everyone wants a ride on the tragedy train to air their pet peeves out in public.
The facts of the case are largely irrelevant to how people are reacting, it's just the snowflake that has broken the branch, not an avalanche, and much like the Trayvon case people are going to force their agendas onto the case from all sides to try and paint the bigger picture in this guys blood.
The facts about this situation don't make any difference to how people are going to react, everyone knows this dance, the sides have already been taken, no matter how guilty or innocent any parties are the conclusions are made based on previous incidents and the people rally to their personal causes.
Everyone wants a ride on the tragedy train to air their pet peeves out in public.
That's terribly condescending in dealing with serious issues.
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Yeah, sure there are legitimate issues coming out of this, but you just know we'll get the gun rights activists, the white supremacists and talking heads every which way trying to make points every which way off the publicity this case will build. Even the serious issues should wait for all the facts before trying to use this case as an example of anything.
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Well thas what the commercial media want.
We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented” – The Truman Show
Fact of the matter is America is one of, if not most, corrupt, violent nations with the biggest population of white supremacist/christians on this planet.
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Definitely no certainty on this bit yet.
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Good.
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Twitter saying PD teargassing Canfield and blocking media. Wtf
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Have the feds shut down all iphones yet? until then s**t hasn't really gone down.
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