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Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 10:01 AM Nov 2014

Why Darren Wilson will possibly not be charged.

Found this letter to the editor of the UK Guardian. The author expresses opinions held by RWNJ's who have never known the process of analytical thinking. Perhaps thinking itself is just a bit beyond his capabilities.

"dallasdunlap Glen Tucker 29m ago

The grand jury is necessary to determine if there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. Adding up all the public statements of all the witnesses and the autopsy reports, I would say that, IMHO, Wilson did not break any law in the shooting of Brown.
Tasers have a range of 15 feet and require both needles to be embedded in order to work. Apparently, Wilson didn't have a Taser anyway.
It is much harder than you think to shoot someone in the leg. If you have your gun out, and an assailant gets to you, there is a good chance you'll be killed with your own gun unless you shoot him. Police are taught to fire at the center of mass (the torso) and to keep firing until the threat is down.
The US is not a Nazi state. If you want to change the law so that police aren't allowed to pursue felony suspects, you are perfectly free to approach your state legislators and try to sell them on that idea.
If you want to change the laws on self-defense, you can follow the above procedures.
If you don't want police to shoot people who attack them, you'll have to restrict job opportunities in the police forces to people who are professional boxers or football players."

The only law broken by Darren Wilson, according to competent witnesses, was "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
Wilson's life was under no threat at all. Will all HELL break loose in Ferguson if Wilson is not charged with murder? Gov. Jay Nixon thinks so.

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ladjf

(17,320 posts)
1. Why is anyone still speculating the outcome of the Wilson situation? Ferguson is a
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 10:04 AM
Nov 2014

political "cesspool". The authorities there seem to be proud of their nastiness.

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
2. What felony suspect is he talking about....
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 10:05 AM
Nov 2014

does this numbnuts think cops are free to shoot anyone who they think matches the description of a suspect?

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
3. He was stopped during a "routine pedestrian stop" - not as a pursued felon
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 10:10 AM
Nov 2014

whatever a "routine pedestrian stop" is.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
10. There was a felony in the car committed by Darren Wilson
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 11:52 AM
Nov 2014

Brandishing his weapon as a threat for having been mouthed off to, and reckless endangerment for having it go off.

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
13. Here is the link.
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 12:17 PM
Nov 2014

[link:http://gu.com/p/43cpg/sbl|

I hope! The comment quoted will be found in the comment's section. Other comments make interesting reading as well.





http://gu.com/p/43cpg/sbl|

librechik

(30,674 posts)
7. those laws are written specifically to target minorities. (and other Enemies of The State)
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 11:49 AM
Nov 2014

Southern states are still racially segregated to a dismaying degree, Jim Crow traps all hidden in complicated state statutes that are difficult to challenge (since the racists are almost always in charge of the legislatures and vote in a bloc to block.) Vast institutions of great age and respectability must be destroyed in order to change that culture.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
11. Darren Wilson committed a first degree, premeditated murder of Michael Brown
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 11:53 AM
Nov 2014

He will get away with it, as the state has no desire to indict him for killing this young man with malice aforethought.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
12. Wilson won't be charged because black lives have no value in the legal system
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 11:53 AM
Nov 2014

I thought we'd been over this already?

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