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11 Bravo

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Tue Nov 25, 2014, 04:36 PM Nov 2014

In your opinion, what is Darren Wilson guilty of? [View all]

What (if anything) do you believe Wilson should have been charged with?

I tend to come down on the side of Voluntary Manslaughter. I think a black kid first sassed him, then frightened him.
He had a gun, and believed he was operating under the color of law, so he used it, unlawfully in my opinion.

Embarrassed, scared, and trigger-happy is a combustible mixture, particularly in a cop.


43 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Murder 1 (Premeditated, with malice)
2 (5%)
Murder 2 (With malice, but not premeditated)
15 (35%)
Voluntary Manslaughter (Heat of Passion)
16 (37%)
Involuntary Manslaughter (Negligent homicide)
2 (5%)
Nothing
8 (19%)
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What do you call it jschurchin Nov 2014 #1
As a prosecutor I would have been confident in vol. manslaughter NoJusticeNoPeace Nov 2014 #5
I think premeditation is a stretch in this case. 11 Bravo Nov 2014 #8
as i understand it, premeditation doesn't have to be an extended thing 0rganism Nov 2014 #24
If I were a prosecutor hifiguy Nov 2014 #2
Absolutely pathetic Niko Nov 2014 #3
Yes, you are Absolutely pathetic HERVEPA Nov 2014 #6
Are you talking to me? Because I have no idea ... 11 Bravo Nov 2014 #9
Bless your heart... ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2014 #14
Opinions =/= mobbing ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #16
What hidden thread? This looks complete yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #22
You asked two questions sarisataka Nov 2014 #4
Over reaction oldandhappy Nov 2014 #7
He committed homicide, the things on your poll consider homicide's legal qualifications HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #10
Homicide is the taking of a human life as done by another human. 11 Bravo Nov 2014 #13
My point is -that- is something of which we can be certain. HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #21
One of the manslaughters is possible... Mike Nelson Nov 2014 #11
so easy to have an opinion like this when not bothering to look at TorchTheWitch Nov 2014 #12
12 shots n/t ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #17
There is no exact number of shots where justifiable homicide suddenly becomes murder Lurks Often Nov 2014 #26
Premeditated Kalidurga Nov 2014 #15
The question the grand jury had to answer was not whether he was guilty, but whether there were Mass Nov 2014 #18
I think he was guilty of nothing Glassunion Nov 2014 #19
First degree murder alcibiades_mystery Nov 2014 #20
Other: Being a gutless puke tenderfoot Nov 2014 #23
Probable cause exists for a Murder 1 indictment based on the final two head shots, which KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #25
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