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originally posted by: whyamIhere
And, if we had body cameras we wouldn't have to guess.
Maybe I'm just dumb, but I am not really understanding your point.
Could you tell me in terms I might understand ?
What if he was traveling slower than an average walk for part of the time?
now if brown was traveling faster than an average walk then he could have covered an even greater distance than 36'
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: deadeyedick
What if he was traveling slower than an average walk for part of the time?
now if brown was traveling faster than an average walk then he could have covered an even greater distance than 36'
Not sure how this is proof of corruption. At best it shows that Wilson's memory of the events may not be perfect. It certainly doesn't show that he did not feel threatened by Brown.
He stated that he felt threatend with bodily harm.
then the officer was not in as much danger as stated.
Brown was a pretty large slug. One who had been told repeatedly to get on the ground by an armed policeman. One who kept approaching said armed policeman. One who continued to advance after said policeman had fired.
are you afraid when a slug is coming toward you? Do you panic and shoot them?
phage please stick to the info in the op please.
And his statement aligns with statements from witnesses who did not change their statements. What about the ones that didn't change statements that could be seen as evidence against Wilson? Why weren't they threatened too? You seem to think that the case hinges on some eyewitness reports while others don't matter. You seem to want to second guess the grand jury. You seem to think that you are more capable of reaching a conclusion than they are even though they actually heard the witnesses, they actually saw the evidence. Why do you think that?
the times and distances do not align with wilsons statments but do align with the first statments of witnesses and show that they were possibly forced to change their statments.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: deadeyedick
He stated that he felt threatend with bodily harm.
then the officer was not in as much danger as stated.
Brown was a pretty large slug. One who had been told repeatedly to get on the ground by an armed policeman. One who kept approaching said armed policeman. One who continued to advance after said policeman had fired.
are you afraid when a slug is coming toward you? Do you panic and shoot them?
If one is surrendering one does not continue to advance upon an armed policeman who has told one to get on the ground. If one continues to advance upon an armed policeman who has told one to get on the ground one is displaying threatening behavior, not submission.
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: deadeyedick
He stated that he felt threatend with bodily harm.
then the officer was not in as much danger as stated.
Brown was a pretty large slug. One who had been told repeatedly to get on the ground by an armed policeman. One who kept approaching said armed policeman. One who continued to advance after said policeman had fired.
are you afraid when a slug is coming toward you? Do you panic and shoot them?
If one is surrendering one does not continue to advance upon an armed policeman who has told one to get on the ground. If one continues to advance upon an armed policeman who has told one to get on the ground one is displaying threatening behavior, not submission.
Spot on, and add that Brown already was shot in the police vehicle doorway when he struggled for the cops gun. That establishes the intent to be aggressive and not surrender long before he ran off then came back charging. Once he tried to take the cops gun anything other than laying flat on the ground is going to seen as threatening.
That's your opinion. You weren't there, were you? You aren't Wilson are you?
why can you not understand that 25' in 9 seconds is slower than walking and is not threatening enough to shoot someone coming toward you unarmed
Why wait for an attacker to arrive? That's sort of the purpose of a gun, isn't it?
because one could have even ate their lunch while waiting on the attacker to arrive.