What do you think???

[SharkmanMC]

What is your opinion on the Micheal brown killing in Ferguson, do you think that the officer should be innocent or guilty? Tell me!!

 

[XXAgentJXX]

even if brown didnt initially surrender , that doesnt mean the cop can unload his gun on him(he shot at brown six times)

 

[MyrkrBrandr]

Michael Brown was black, The cop was white. That is a main reason that this is national headlines. This is sad but unfortunately true. The man attacked the police officer and ran away, If an officer sees a threat to their life they are trained and authorized to use lethal force, which this cop did. For sure he could of handled it better, but it was justified.
This is just my opinion.
This is a sad story and I feel for the family of the victim.

 

[Zinc // Akash754]

He shot him too many times. Guilty.

 

[Lively]

You know, I could probably stand to do more research on this case, but I'll stand by the Jury's decision. They studied hours of interviews and mountains of logs and evidence files. Everything. They spent hundreds of hours trying to come to a decision. I feel that they're acquittal of the officer is founded in the truth and should be treated as such. I also know for a fact that many of the eyewitnesses to the event were found to be lying throughout the proceedings of the trial. This rather debases many of the shouts for Justice for Brown. Granted, I'm not the most knowledgeable on this whole fiasco, but I feel the officer was in the right.

I think the media, social and news, is blowing this story way out of proportion. Everybody needs to calm down about the whole thing really.

E. That said, let's keep the whole discussion civil. I'll be watching this thread closely.

 

[powdski]

I think he is innocent. The guy attacked the cop, and the cop told him to freeze because Brown had just robbed a store. Then he came at the cop again, so in self defense the cop shot him. There were pictures on the news showing marks from the teenager beating up the cop.

 

[AGFire2013]

I'm not really too sure, though I'm leaning more towards him being guilty.
Though his side of the story was long and detailed, some of the evidence completely contradicts the 'facts' of his story.
Wilson states that Michael Brown attacked him, though Brown's family and friends emphasize the fact that he was a gentle, caring person. An interesting and determinant piece of evidence are his multiple bruises that could sustain his claim that Brown physically attacked him. Either way, physical violence could have been solved in other ways; calling for help, getting out of the car, etc. There were also onlookers who said that Brown did not attack Wilson; besides, if they had seen him attack Wilson, surely they would have done something?
"When he stopped, he turned, looked at me, made like a grunting noise and had the most intense, aggressive face I've ever seen on a person. When he looked at me, he then did like the hop...you know, like people do to start running. And, he started running at me. During his first stride, he took his right hand put it under his shirt into his waistband. And I ordered him to stop and get on the ground again. He didn't. I fired multiple shots. After I fired the multiple shots, I paused a second, yelled at him to get on the ground again, he was still in the same state. Still charging, hand still in his waistband, hadn't slowed down."
The part about Brown having his hand in his waistband suggest that he has a weapon of some sort, though he didn't have one on him. Wilson also estimates that Brown ran 10-20 feet away from the car and charged 10 feet, though his body was found 150 feet away from the car. Another inconsistency that contradicts his side of the story. Another interesting point that the article makes:
"But the larger question is, in a sense, simpler: Why?
Why did Michael Brown, an 18-year-old kid headed to college, refuse to move from the middle of the street to the sidewalk? Why would he curse out a police officer? Why would he attack a police officer? Why would he dare a police officer to shoot him? Why would he charge a police officer holding a gun? Why would he put his hand in his waistband while charging, even though he was unarmed?"
And this is a good question. Why would an 18-year-old heading to college curse and reguse to move from the middle of the street to the sidewalk? Surely he would have obeyed, knowing better? How could he have been shot 10 feet from the car when he was found dead 150 feet away?
There's also his friend's account, in which the officer was swearing and threatening to shoot, rather than Brown.
If there's one thing I'm not too sure of, it's whether this was a case of being racist or not. Could it have been a random white cop doing a poor job and unnecessarily shooting another man, who just happened to be white? Could it have been the media exaggerating and freaking out because of the fact that it was a white man killing a black man? We may never know.

But like Lively said, the Jury has gone through a huge number of interviews and articles, and are certainly much better at researching and analyzing information than I am. Though I have some thoughts and opinions on this topic, the Jury has a much better chance at having the right decision, having the skill and time to go through multiple articles and scrutinizing every detail in a professional and qualified manner.

 

[SharkmanMC]

You know, I could probably stand to do more research on this case, but I'll stand by the Jury's decision. They studied hours of interviews and mountains of logs and evidence files. Everything. They spent hundreds of hours trying to come to a decision. I feel that they're acquittal of the officer is founded in the truth and should be treated as such. I also know for a fact that many of the eyewitnesses to the event were found to be lying throughout the proceedings of the trial. This rather debases many of the shouts for Justice for Brown. Granted, I'm not the most knowledgeable on this whole fiasco, but I feel the officer was in the right.

I think the media, social and news, is blowing this story way out of proportion. Everybody needs to calm down about the whole thing really.

E. That said, let's keep the whole discussion civil. I'll be watching this thread closely.

i understand what your saying, but if he was so scared of an unharmed kid, doesnt he have a taser or pepper spray

 

[SharkmanMC]

Michael Brown was black, The cop was white. That is a main reason that this is national headlines. This is sad but unfortunately true. The man attacked the police officer and ran away, If an officer sees a threat to their life they are trained and authorized to use lethal force, which this cop did. For sure he could of handled it better, but it was justified.
This is just my opinion.
This is a sad story and I feel for the family of the victim.

Not true, the officer had him in custody and shot him in the police car

 

[powdski]

i understand what your saying, but if he was so scared of an unharmed kid, doesnt he have a taser or pepper spray

As said above Brown came chasing after the cop with his hand in his jacket or whatever. It would look like he is pulling out a gun from the cop's POV. So in self defense he shot him. Innocent

 

[Lively]

Not true, the officer had him in custody and shot him in the police car

That claim is from a supposed eyewitness account. As I mentioned a lot of the eyewitnesses to the event turned out to have been lying about what they saw.

 

[SharkmanMC]

That claim is from a supposed eyewitness account. As I mentioned a lot of the eyewitnesses to the event turned out to have been lying about what they saw.

The witnesses were the 2 black woman and white male?