Ferguson Missouri Murder Verdict

seafrog

11/25/2014

• I know this is a young community, and I will follow all the forum guidelines, but I want people who have serious thoughts on this to post them. Keep your thoughts clear from straight up insults and bad language whenever possible. I'd like to keep this open for awhile.



I thought that officer Darren Wilson's trial verdict for the murder of Michael Brown was a no-brainer to begin with. Aside from the fact that I don't fully trust some of the evidence brought forth, a man whose job is to serve and protect should not resort to shooting a man who is only minimally armed.

But that's enough for now. I'm interested in what you all have to say.

I understand that up to this point I've been ignoring a larger portion of the CF community from other countries, as what I'm talking about only applies to Americans. If any of you wish to express your thoughts, please do so.


So that's it. Post away.

ThePurv

Race should have never been brought up.

voyager40

First I feel a lot of people took the "account" of Mike Brown's robbery accomplice at face value which is a big mistake. Second many assume that every officer carries a taser and pepper spray, and most actually do not. Third they assume such "less lethal" measures are 100% effective in stopping a threat and they're just not. I've seen people get pepper sprayed and proceed to beat the stuffing out of the person who sprayed them with not much more than a runny nose and slightly watery eyes. For a taser to be effective both prongs have to hit the target AND embed under the suspect's skin, they're so inaccurate that often only one prong hits the target and sometimes the prongs don't go deep enough into the skin or because of baggy or heavy clothing they don't even penetrate the clothing. It would appear that Mike Brown punched the officer while he was still inside his car then tried to take his gun, luckily the officer was able to maintain control of his weapon and use it to defend himself in the car. Then the suspect fled and the officer having the duty to pursue someone who was now a violent felon got out of the car and attempted to pursue, at which point the suspect turned back toward the officer and by most of the witness accounts charged the officer. If I were in that officer's shoes and a violent suspect who just tried to kill me was charging back toward me I would've done exactly what that officer did.

Also, a lot of people assume that not having a weapon means you can't pose a lethal threat to other people. Tell that to an MMA fighter.

AmHopeless

Body cameras would be a good idea to avoid any ?'s of guilt in the future . Some of the police here are beginning to use them.

[dot]

Well.. wasn't exactly a trial, more like a trial to determine whether a trial is worth having..


I can't find a decent article about the latest thing on washington post, what website do people normally use in the US?

doop51

[MOD]dot wrote: »

Well.. wasn't exactly a trial, more like a trial to determine whether a trial is worth having..


I can't find a decent article about the latest thing on washington post, what website do people normally use in the US?

Reddit or the news tab on google

doop51

Growing up around Ferguson its been tense long before this shooting

AwfulFallout

all the media companies that provided a lot of coverage on this case during the previous riots should be sued by the state of missouri for damages, i believe the media manipulated things into a race type of deal when it is clearly wasn't and fueled a lot of the fire.

Moe_deta

ThePurv wrote: »

Race should have never been brought up.

Summary:

This is Murica. Where cops (who are mostly white, lol) and black people do not mix.

A stereotype that lead to all this chaos. This is my perspective however, I don't really know what happened nor I care (busy, not being an ass). I only saw some clips on 'Yahoo News'

Big_Z_WSM

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/25/ferguson-grand-jury-aftermath/70075506/


ey man some crazy shets happened last night man hhhhhh

I was watching the whole time instead of complaining about the patch hhh.