Posted on 10/18/2014 7:13:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It's beginning to look like Ferguson, Missouri might be the scene of yet more horrific riots as word has leaked out about Officer Darren Wilson's grand jury testimony in the Michael Brown shooting investigation. Wilson reportedly testified that he was trying to leave his car to question Brown and his friend as they walked in the middle of the street, but Brown pushed him back into his police car. He then, according to Wilson, pinned him, scratched him repeatedly, and hit his face and neck and tried to take his gun. At this point, Wilson says he shot Brown twice because he was in fear for his life. Brown's blood was reportedly found inside the police car and forensic tests reportedly confirm the gun was shot twice inside the vehicle.
However, critics are pointing out that a huge part of the story is missing -- such as why Brown was then shot four more times outside of the car. And why, as witnesses have claimed, Brown had his hands up in surrender.
Reportedly, government officials have said privately that so far the evidence doesn't indicate that Wilson violated Brown's civil rights.
This leaves many worried that Wilson will be free to walk away from what happened. And given how people reacted to the shooting, Wilson going free is bound to bring more violence to the area. In fact, a Ferguson resident and activist told CNN that if Wilson walks free, "St. Louis [where Wilson is from] will burn."
Dorian Johnson, who was walking with Brown when they were confronted by Wilson, told CNN that when the officer pulled up and told them to get on the sidewalk, he threw his door open so close to them that it hit Brown....
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“People are worried he is innocent and this could lead to him not being imprisoned. Some country.”
No, people are worried that he is guilty, but a corrupt system will protect him. They have with far too many others.
Most likely, the cop is innocent. But not once did I trust them to actually critically investigate him. The primary issue here isn’t whether a guilty man goes free. It is that only a moron and a fool trust there to be honest investigations of a cop.
When you convince the public that a serious investigation isn’t going to happen, because countless times that is exactly what happens, then don’t complain when people don’t trust your investigations.
If Brown was committing a felony, and Dorian was his partner, then Dorian would be guilty of felony murder for the death of Brown. And given Dorian’s support for Brown, it appears that they may have been a team.
The majority of the Black community is behaving so despicably....have they forgotten what lynching was about? Now they are wanting to do the lynching themselves.
great point, I am a WASP myself and I was roughed up by a couple cops when I was younger, they were just 2 bad apples,I had done nothing wrong, I was bitter for a while but got over it.
I support the police knowing there are good and bad in all fields of work. I take it case by case, in this case the officer was clearly innocent, as well as George Zimmerman.
“If Brown was committing a felony, and Dorian was his partner, then Dorian would be guilty of felony murder for the death of Brown”
Two events. Robbery was not felony and no death occurred.
If Dorian assisted Brown in the attack on the officer, this would be a felony.
There is no reason to believe that a serious investigation is not taking place here. Including the US Justice Dept plainly looking for wrongdoing by the officer.
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