Henry Ford
Footballguy
When did they arrest him?You've said this a few times. If I'm reading you correctly, I think you're referring to the person who has the absolute right to remain silent. You know, the guy who the entire black population in this country wants arrested immediately.Indeed. If only there were someone who could have offered clarity as to the events of that evening and relayed that information to the public in an open, honest and timely manner. Too bad.Or the cop got hit in the face with his own door in the initial contact, and tried to apprehend the kid with a fractured orbital bone. The kid has no idea why the cop is freaking out and tries to bolt. Cop is pulling his gun out with a skull fracture and it goes off while he's holding the kid inside. Then the kid starts to run, panicked. Cop gets out of the car and yells "freeze" and fires, either missing or hitting the arm, but he's in blinding pain and all he sees is movement of the kid turning around and coming toward him - kids arms are in the air and he's surrendering, but all the cop sees is a HUGE guy (he must be getting close if he's that big, right?) and he starts shooting again.My point is, you can use the same, "Sure, why not?" with the officer shooting an unarmed man with his hands in the air. Neither case is considered rationale. One or both of these guys went over the deep end.Sure, why not?Do you really believe someone would turn around and attack a police officer who has already shot at him?Do you really believe that the officer would shoot someone who had their hands up and was just standing there? Seriously?He could have all the injuries in the world and it still wouldn't justify unloading on someone 10 yards away with his arms up.What if it turns out the cop suffered injuries during the struggle with Brown near or inside the cop car?
Does this change anything for you?
What if they find fingerprints on the gun that match Brown's?
I'm in the camp that I need more info before I judge anything.
So yes, I agree. We desperately need more information
There are a million possible variations. If the cop has a serious injury to his orbital area, I don't think he sees a minute of jail time even if he actually executed the kid. Probably still off the force, though.