Ferguson Cop Charged with Felony Assault

[Philly]

You mean the fact that he's a cop and there was a lot of media attention?

[Mr. Shaman]

[Libertarian602]

The fact that he was a white cop, and Michael Brown a unarmed black teen. The fact that battlelines were drawn before the facts were made aware too the public. The fact that Michael Brown was portrayed as a "gentle giant" even though minutes before he was caught on camera roughing up a guy not even half his size for a box of cigars. The fact that the narrative was portrayed that Michael Brown was simply surrendering while being gunned down by a trigger happy racist cop, even though forensics evidence, autopsys, and eye witness testimony suggested that wasn't really the case.

I'm sorry, I don't want to live in a country that determines justice by a 24 hour news cycle, preconceived notions about white cops and young black men, and racial divisions.

[Philly]

[Professor]

[Libertarian602]

A grand jury made its decision about probable cause. Sorry it didn't work out the way you wanted it too. I'm done going in circles with you.

[Libertarian602]

[Philly]

[Mr. Shaman]

[Indy]

I'm sorry but I just don't believe Wilson's story.

When the decision came down I thought: ok, well that's that, and for this reason everybody should have shut up until all the evidence was presented.

Then I saw the evidence. Or at least how it was presented.

Without getting into the point-by-point differences in witness testimony, what set off my b.s. detector were Wilson's own words of what allegedly happened. A lot of it reads like a bad screenplay:

For example, Wilson confronts them for walking in the street and Brown's alleged response was "We are almost to our destination." Um, what? That doesn't even make any sense.

What makes even less sense: Wilson tells Brown to get on the sidewalk (again, apparently) and he allegedly says "f**k what you have to say!"

f**k what you have to say? Huh? What kind of response is that? "What you have to say"?

So then Brown allegedly decides to go all in on the escalation and pushes Wilson back into his car using the door and says "What the f**k are you going to do about it?" Oooooookay. So not only does he taunt an armed law enforcement officer but he does so knowing he just committed a robbery.

I'm thinking that if I just committed a robbery and was approached by a cop who merely asked me to get on the sidewalk I'm probably going to do just that and do anything I can to slide away before somebody realizes that I just committed a robbery and there's probably a BOLO on me.

But no, this kid, even with a clean route of escape because the cop allegedly just wants him on the sidewalk instead completely self-immolates, first insulting the officer, then taunting him and slamming his door shut, INSURING that now he's going to jail if not for the robbery than for this. So either Brown is literally the dumbest, most irrational SOB on the planet or something doesn't work here.

Then there's the whole matter of Brown then allegedly going past the point of no return by not only punching the officer, but now going for a weapon and now escalating this into a life-and-death struggle over a box of cigars, although again, if Wilson's only request was to get on the sidewalk, Brown has now assaulted an officer and attempted to take his gun away... just because. Because somebody asked him to get out of the street.

So he's allegedly punching him repeatedly in the face with his right hand with enough force that Wilson felt like the next one would kill him (um, COUGH) and... what? At the same time reaching into the window, across Wilson's body and um, into his holster to take his holstered weapon? How the f*** would that work? What, with his left hand? Or is he punching with the right and then reaching in between punches?

Point being: I probably would have not questioned the grand jury decision had I never heard what Wilson himself said. His story I find, frankly, not believable on just a basic smell test.