Has it been established that the perp turned around and came back at the cop?
Again - if the perp is not armed, was the cop not armed with a baton, a can of mace, a taser?
Given the state of the militarization of the police in this country - do we really want to give latitude to agents of the state, that at their discretion they can shoot to kill?
One law for us - a different set of "laws' for the state and their agents?
That seems to be the case at an ever-increasing rate. And to much applause.
Has it been established that he was shot 30 feet away?
The only real "witness" was his accomplice
As can be seen from this second photo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3193194/posts?page=197#197
Brown’s body is near the periphery of the crime scene, which would seem to indicate the cop was standing further down the slight incline of the street from Brown when he shot him.
In other words, to the right of his body in that picture from 197. (It wouldn’t make sense, in other words, to not tape off the part where the cop was too. That also would be part of the crime scene)
And so as I pointed out in post 151, since his head is pointed in the direction of the blood trail, which is running downhill, he seems to have been shot (fatally) as he was approaching the cop again.
Now it’s not entirely clear from the photos where the cop was when he shot Brown. But if he was indeed further down the slight hill than Brown, this is conclusive evidence Brown was facing him when he was shot fatally.
Which would seem to indicate Brown did something threatening to justify the shooting (unless we are seriously entertaining the possibility the cop just shot him while he stood there motionless with his hands in the air. I’m sorry, that’s too “Alex Jones” for me).
Bottom line: because of that blood trail’s direction, and the position of Brown’s body, where the cop was standing will answer conclusively if he was shot in the back or shot as he was approaching the cop. So this is a detail we all need to keep an eye (ear) open for.
Why, yes. They can carry a handgun completely in the OPEN. That is the law. They can have a shotgun mounted in their car.
You cannot.
This is reality.