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In reply to the discussion: As someone who said "I want to wait for the facts" about Wilson: we have them now, and he looks bad [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)then he should have waited for backup, which arrived 90 seconds after it was called in. But no, he didn't do that. He followed Mr. Brown after Brown left and walked or ran in the other direction. Even according to Wilson, he only fired two shots in the car. Wilson should have stayed in his car and waited for backup to arrive.
Particularly tragic is that of the 11 shots Mr. Wilson fired, apparently it was the last shot which struck Mr. Brown in the forehead that killed him.
Personally I think Wilson bullshitted his entire story. I believe there was probable cause to indict on a manslaughter or 2nd degree murder charge. I believe the grand jury would have indicted on such a charge if the prosecutor had directed the case in that way. And if he had overseen the grand jury in the same way he had done on the countless other cases in which he has gotten the grand jury to return an indictment.