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samsingh

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7. that opens up the can of worms to anyone who is afraid and i guess

Wed Nov 26, 2014, 03:39 PM

Nov 2014

can do whatever they want - justified or not.

i see no evidence that wilson's life was in danger. it's like jumping in front of a moving train and then blowing it up with a rocket launcher and saying 'it was going to hit me'.

but the collective intellect of the 'stand your ground' laws continue to plummet into absurdity that is used to justify cold blooded murder.

in any civilized society, killing someone must meet some objective test. there was no imminent danger to anyone. If he thought the man looked like a demon 'wilson's absurd description', why didn't he wait for backup? What was Brown threatening that required immediate intervention?

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"Wilson had a reasonable fear for his safety when he fired the fatal shot" FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #1

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At the very least, witnesses said Wilson fired AT Brown's back FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #9

So it's ok if he only WANTED to shoot him in the back? cyberswede Nov 2014 #16

evidence shows that brown was heading towards wilson Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #4

What am I missing? craiga86 Nov 2014 #23

They would have to believe Brown was the aggressor louis-t Nov 2014 #5

There are other witnesses who support Wilson's version TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #10

If they're "scared to come forward", how do you louis-t Nov 2014 #14

I'm reading the transcripts TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #18

The graze wound happened at close enough range TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #19

That still doesn't mean he was grabbing the gun. louis-t Nov 2014 #22

Look at the autopsy craiga86 Nov 2014 #24

Officer Wilson was not being tried frazzled Nov 2014 #6

You are absolutely correct jberryhill Nov 2014 #15

I think the prosecutor's plan was to azmom Nov 2014 #20

that opens up the can of worms to anyone who is afraid and i guess samsingh Nov 2014 #7

officer wilson had a powerful case of horseshit, that's what he had -- unblock Nov 2014 #8

inbred asshole MFM008 Nov 2014 #11

Autopsy craiga86 Nov 2014 #25

as long as there is no interest in considering other witnesses... handmade34 Nov 2014 #12

No ... No ... No ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #17

And almost ran the two azmom Nov 2014 #21

Affirmative defenses are to be raised at trial jberryhill Nov 2014 #13