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Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting

Posted by Soulskill on from the completely-non-controversial-topics dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A grand jury in Missouri has decided there is no probable cause to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. "A grand jury of nine whites and three blacks had been meeting weekly since Aug. 20 to consider evidence. At least nine votes would have been required to indict Wilson. The Justice Department is conducting an investigation into possible civil rights violations that could result in federal charges." Government officials and Brown's family are urging calm in Ferguson after the contentious protests that followed Brown's death.

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  1. The "Protesters" by KermodeBear · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The "protesters" in Ferguson right now are burning cars, breaking into stores, in general being asshats.

    They're not interested in any kind of justice. They're only interested in revenge.

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    1. Re:The "Protesters" by ClickOnThis · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The majority of the protesters are demonstrating peacefully. Of course, that doesn't excuse the asshats. Par for the course, sadly.

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    2. Re:The "Protesters" by flyingsquid · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It's worth remembering that the protests started out peacefully. It was the police who escalated things by responding to peaceful protests with armored vehicles, police in body armor carrying assault rifles, launching tear gas at people exercising their constitutionally protected rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. You have a police force that has abdicated its responsibility to protect and serve the population, and is instead acting like an occupying army and oppressing the community they are sworn to help. And this is after years of targeting the black community. If you act like an occupying force, it's hardly surprising if people start acting like insurgents.

  2. Flip Argument by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's OK to try and harm someone just because they are wearing a badge and talking to you?

    Equally disgusting...

    Because that's what the physical evidence, and now a grand jury who had ALL the facts, said.

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    1. Re:Flip Argument by bongey · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Which was started by his friend Dorian Johnson who was recorded in local media saying " I kicked the cops door" .For some reason the national news didn't play that one. Justice for Mike Brown, Dorian Johnson should be charged with manslaughter. See why Dorian Johnson might want to lie.

    2. Re:Flip Argument by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Insightful

      But the fatal one that occurred 150 feet away from the original scuffle, after Brown had surrendered? Not a fucking chance.

      There is a grand jury who disagrees with the version of events that you have imagined.

      But you made up your mind about the officer a long time ago, so I'm wasting my time.

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    3. Re:Flip Argument by Bomarc · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Running from a police officer is not an offense worthy of public execution without trial.

      Only problem was: The fatal shot was fired when he was running / charging in the direction of the officer. (If you bothered to listen to the forensic evidence... oh wait: you are one of those "I've already made up my mind, con't confuse me with facts.)

    4. Re:Flip Argument by cheezedawg · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I submit to you that you do not know what happened. Don't feel bad- very few people outside of the 12 members of the Grand Jury have heard all of known facts of the case. I certainly don't know what happened.

      But please keep this in mind. Things that you accept as fact are not really facts. Case in point: your assumption that Brown had surrendered. Some of the sworn testimony that was released tonight following the prosecutor's press conference indicates that Brown had not surrendered, and in fact was charging the police officer "like a football player" with his head down and fists clenched. And at the same time, as the prosecutor detailed in his press conference, much of the early eye witness accounts that indicated that Brown had surrendered did not hold up under further scrutiny.

      As I said, I don't know what happened, but I think this is enough to move the narrative that Brown had surrendered out of the "fact" category.

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    5. Re:Flip Argument by roman_mir · · Score: 5, Insightful

      7 witnesses (black) collaborated cop's story. Brown was running at the cop, after beating him and pulling his gun, which then went off in the car. The cop did the correct thing by trying to stop the offender and as the offender charged at him, the cop fired multiple rounds, hitting Brown in the hands and torso, which didn't stop the charge and so the cop finished off the offender by firing into his head. If somebody attacked me (and I am not a cop and never will be) and tried taking my gun away and tried beating me and then charged at me from a distance, I would have shot him as well, would have emptied the entire clip and the colour is absolutely irrelevant.

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    6. Re:Flip Argument by ArmoredDragon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      So just because the victim is a minority means they ARE wrong?

      If not, what are we supposed to do, just ignore the justice system every time some people don't like the result?

  3. Re:MOD PARENT RACIST by x0ra · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When a white guy beats up a black guy, it's racist. When a black guy beats up a white guy, it's social justice... Your morality stinks.