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News: Mike Brown case: No indictment
Member Since: 5/2/2012
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Originally posted by T0M
I'm sorry but if he wasn't black, nobody would be talking about it.
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Because it probably wouldn't have gone down that way to begin with.
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Member Since: 11/17/2011
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Originally posted by DivaDown
http://fox8.com/2014/11/25/never-bef...jury-decision/
I'm sorry but whether you're black, white, asian, etc. when a cop tells you to get on the ground, JUST DO IT. Whether your guilty or not, JUST DO IT. The details will be sorted out later.
It's not law enforcement that's the problem here, it's the lack of respect for law enforcement.
The decision is the right decision.
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bye
officers need respect for citizens as well
call me when that happens first
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by xclusivestylesz
I knew this would of been the outcome after finding out 7 of the jury members were white with only 3 black.
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First of all, it's "would have."
Second, the three black jurors voted the same way. They came to a unanimous decision.
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
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Originally posted by Ascension
Once Michael was far enough away from him, he had other options to then incapacitate him if he felt there was a need once Michael stopped running when he did not stop firing shots.
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Um, that's not what is said to have happened though. Darren Wilson told the court Michael Brown was charging at him, not running away.
"I hit him at least once because I saw his body kind of jerk or flenched…he’s still coming at me, he hadn’t slowed down….I start backpedaling and again, I tell him get on the ground, get on the ground, he doesn’t….I shoot another round of shots….At this point it looked like he was almost bulking up to run through the shots, like it was making him mad that I’m shooting at him. At this point I’m backing up pretty rapidly, I’m backpedaling pretty good because I know if he reaches me, he’ll kill me. And he had started to lean forward as he got that close, like he was going to just tackle me, just go right through me. Just coming straight at me like he was going to run right through me. And when he gets about that 8 to 10 feet away, I look down, I remember looking at my sites and firing, all I see is his head and that’s what I shot…"
Now don't tell me if you were being charged by a Michael Brown you wouldn't be terrified too he was 6' 5" and 289 lbs, that's massive! If such a giant person grabs hold of you then - you lose!
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Member Since: 5/19/2012
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Originally posted by DivaDown
http://fox8.com/2014/11/25/never-bef...jury-decision/
I'm sorry but whether you're black, white, asian, etc. when a cop tells you to get on the ground, JUST DO IT. Whether your guilty or not, JUST DO IT. The details will be sorted out later.
It's not law enforcement that's the problem here, it's the lack of respect for law enforcement.
The decision is the right decision.
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And that's why we have the charge "resisting arrest" do not pretend like that is reason enough for Darren Wilson to have shot Mike.
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Member Since: 9/7/2011
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Originally posted by Luzianne
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Also, 6 shots to anyone RUNNING AWAY wounded is OVERKILL, regardless of how anyone spins it.
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He was not running away. The autopsy report shows no shots to the back. All from the front and according to the doctor who made the report, the shots were at an angle that indicated he was lunging forward.
Y'all can stop making stuff up to justify your baseless anger.
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Member Since: 5/19/2012
Posts: 25,222
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Originally posted by Goosey
Um, that's not what is said to have happened though. Darren Wilson told the court Michael Brown was charging at him, not running away.
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That is what Darren Wilson said. and why the hell would that be believable? There isn't anyone that is going to charge directly at someone who is shooting at you
there are multiple holes in Darren Wilson's case that were never brought up.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Sinister
bye
officers need respect for citizens as well
call me when that happens first
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I'm sorry but didn't he attack the police first? and wasn't he involved in theft just prior to the incident? Not sure how you can talk about respect, when the guy obviously did not have respect for law and authority.
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Member Since: 8/3/2012
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Originally posted by Goosey
Um, that's not what is said to have happened though. Darren Wilson told the court Michael Brown was charging at him, not running away.
"I hit him at least once because I saw his body kind of jerk or flenched…he’s still coming at me, he hadn’t slowed down….I start backpedaling and again, I tell him get on the ground, get on the ground, he doesn’t….I shoot another round of shots….At this point it looked like he was almost bulking up to run through the shots, like it was making him mad that I’m shooting at him. At this point I’m backing up pretty rapidly, I’m backpedaling pretty good because I know if he reaches me, he’ll kill me. And he had started to lean forward as he got that close, like he was going to just tackle me, just go right through me. Just coming straight at me like he was going to run right through me. And when he gets about that 8 to 10 feet away, I look down, I remember looking at my sites and firing, all I see is his head and that’s what I shot…"
Now don't tell me if you were being charged by a Michael Brown you wouldn't be terrified too he was 6' 5" and 289 lbs, that's massive! If such a giant person grabs hold of you then - you lose!
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Not to mention, he was already hit TWICE by bullets and STILL charging at the officer after robbing the place.
Autopsy reports correlate with the officer's story. Michael Brown was hit in the front of his body NOT the back of his body. Therefore, Michael Brown was NOT running away.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by xclusivestylesz
I knew this would of been the outcome after finding out 7 of the jury members were white with only 3 black.
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But there are several black witnesses that have sided with Wilson
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
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Originally posted by conseeded
That is what Darren Wilson said. and why the hell would that be believable? There isn't anyone that is going to charge directly at someone who is shooting at you
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Actually there are a lot of people who would do that, and Darren Wilson is at least as believable as some of the random "witnesses" with varying stories who may not have even seen anything.
If you want the truth you will have to look at the autopsy reports and forensic details because you can't just trust Wilson or random people.
Here you are, courtesy of Goosey: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgra...psy-report.pdf
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by iStanGaga
He was not running away. The autopsy report shows no shots to the back. All from the front and according to the doctor who made the report, the shots were at an angle that indicated he was lunging forward.
Y'all can stop making stuff up to justify your baseless anger.
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People just don't like to face the facts. All they see is white cop kills black teen=racist!!11!
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Member Since: 3/5/2011
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If a cop of colour shot down a person of colour would this get so much coverage? (I'm getting confused with the politically correct terms here, sorry )
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Member Since: 1/4/2014
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Originally posted by Cas
If a cop of colour shot down a person of colour would this get so much coverage? (I'm getting confused with the politically correct terms here, sorry )
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The problem with these scenarios is that MORE OFTEN THAN NOT justice would act swiftly and the cop would be put on leave and indicted before people even had a chance to make a picket sign. People always create these hypothetical situations but when its black on black or black on white the justice system always miraculously manages to work swiftly and justly.
People always use the excuse "Well black people always kill black people and no one complains" (I wont even get into how stupid that argument is, and its underlying racist undertones) BUT when black people kill black people, when the murderer is caught they are charged, tried, and locked up so fast it'll make your head spin. I mean just look at home many black men and women are in jail right now. Florida gave a black woman 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at an abusive husband who threatened kill her. Meanwhile in Ferguson........
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Member Since: 3/5/2011
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Originally posted by YouDaIcon
The problem with these scenarios is that MORE OFTEN THAN NOT justice would act swiftly and the cop would be put on leave and indicted before people even had a chance to make a picket sign. People always create these hypothetical but when its black on black or black on white the justice system always miraculously manages to work swiftly and justly.
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That's sad to hear. The police force in my country treats everyone like **** equally.
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Member Since: 1/3/2014
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Originally posted by iamvladd
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Why are they giving a killer screen time?
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Member Since: 9/7/2011
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Originally posted by KingSebert
People just don't like to face the facts. All they see is white cop kills black teen=racist!!11!
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Exactly. I had someone on twitter telling me "if the cops had not tampered with evidence..". Seriously!
In one of the videos that shows Brown laying dead on the street, you can hear the witness recording saying "kid got shot for no reason.." later someone comes and asks him if he saw what happened and says no I didn't. Despite not seeing what had actually happened, he had already determined the cop just shot the young man for no reason--in cold blood. I mean this attitude is embarrassing.
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Member Since: 1/4/2014
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Originally posted by iStanGaga
Exactly. I had someone on twitter telling me "if the cops had not tampered with evidence..". Seriously!
In one of the videos that shows Brown in the laying dead on the street, you can hear the witness recording saying "kid got shot for no reason.." later someone comes and asks him if he saw what happened and says no I didn't. Despite not seeing what had actually happened, he had already determined the cop just shot the young man for no reason--in cold blood. I mean this attitude is embarrassing.
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You're still here.
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