Go out an loot a Q-Mart?
All the facts in the Michael Brown case are not yet known to the general public so it is a little premature to convict the LEO and confer sainthood on Michael Brown.
The evidence in a shooting is presented to a Grand Jury, they are the ones who say ‘yay’ or ‘nay.’
They received a $1.75 million in a wrongful death settlement, and they got the law changed in Wisconsin on how investigations are done on the police.
I also wonder what he means by his son being “slightly intoxicated.” Was he over the limit, or not?
One thing missing from the story....why was the son fighting with police in first place? As we have learned from Trayvon, Mike Brown and others, just as it is best not to believe everything a cop says...its also good to not to always believe “my baby was a saint” from parents. Going to do some research.
Kudos to Wisconsin legislature for doing the right thing in holding the police accountable...
Yeah, it helps to read the article before commenting...
If this is true, it sure looks that way in Wisconsin:
In 129 years since police and fire commissions were created in the state of Wisconsin, we could not find a single ruling by a police department, an inquest or a police commission that a shooting was unjustified.
Gee..., what are the odds....
Ping
I think there’s a posse of FR cop haters making a trek to Ferguson MO to show their solidarity!
Right on brothers! Off some pigs!
Seriously, this contingent will call us “cop suckers” if we simply don’t hate cops and think they are a priori cold blooded murderers in all instances.
This is the Rev Al contingent, Bill Ayers contingent of FR and they are quite incongruous.
Turns out he was wrong.
I'm not sure why it matters that he was not holding a weapon or that he was outside his house rather than anyone else's.
I'm unaware of any law that says you're allowed to attack someone if you don't have a weapon - that didn't work too well for Trayvon Martin.
Nor did I know that you are allowed to resist arrest as long as you are outside your house.
http://www.odmp.org/officer/14283-police-officer-travis-ed-williams
This is my uncle. I never got to meet him. Every single person that I have met that did know him thought of him as a truly great man, who would have likely ended up as police chief. Obviously there are poeple in law enforcement that have no business being there. They are the exception, and I wish that the media would quit trying to convince people, especially Freepers, that they are the rule.
The author is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
I don't see were it says that in the article provided. I do see where it says
The officer involved committed suicide.
Basic, simple police work would make these kids of raids pointless.
What this parent did...
Wanting to uncover the truth, our family hired a private investigator who ended up teaming up with a retired police detective to launch their own investigation. They discovered that the officer who thought his gun was being grabbed in fact had caught it on a broken car mirror. The emergency medical technicians who arrived later found the officers fighting with each other over what happened. We filed an 1,100-page report detailing Michael’s killing with the FBI and US Attorney.
It took six years to get our wrongful death lawsuit settled, and my family received $1.75 million. But I wasn’t satisfied by a long shot. I used my entire portion of that money and much more of my own to continue a campaign for more police accountability.”
The parents of the SEALS killed during Extortion 17 are still hunting for answers, too. “Calling VP Biden!”