Will someone please tell Darren Wilson
Nobody in the midst of a life threatening confrontation pauses to ask themselves, "Is it lawful for me to shoot this man?" And gets the response from themselves, "Yes." Officer, you lost me with that lie. I couldn't make myself listen to another word. Stephanoplis kept a straight face through your Zimmermanesk ramblings and he should get an Emmy for it.
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I was appalled when I received a text message from my local ABC news station to be sure and tune in. 
Seriously, the desperation here to defend Wilson gets so pathetic at times, you have to wonder if these are just bored kids playing with dads PC and internet connection. 
Did you read my post completely. Here, try again:
WTF led to the melee in/at the car? All reports start with Brown walking down the street and Wilson coming upon him and barking orders for him to get out of the street. I can likely imagine just how he said it, too. No one has yet explained what happened next. It makes no sense for MB to simply walk up to the cop car. Instead, it makes more likely sense that Wilson pulled along side Brown who was not immediately compliant to his ORDER (his fucking authority) and threatened to make him get out of the street, perhaps brandishing his gun. Then MB, in self defense, grabbed at it, and was shot, leaving his blood in the car and GSW residue on his hand(s). That's when MB fled and Wilson, the bully who couldn't stand the affront to his ego and his authority, literally hunted him down with an ultimate coup de grace kill shot to the top of the frigging head.
Wilson started this shit and you know, you're just towing the blue line. A cop is always right, of course. Ask Abner Louima, he's one of the few who didn't die! When someone (especially a black male) dares defend himself against cop aggression, it's assault. It justifies a a hale of gunfire and in Michael Brown's case, a volley of 12 shots.
Spare me 
I have come to fear cops more than crooks. Cops escalate situations, cause more harm and injure and kill people with impunity.
Exhibit A and B: treatment of peaceful Occupy Wall Street protestors and peaceful Ferguson protestors along with the media covering them back in August. Yet look how you guys back off from the Cliven Bundys of this nation
at unarmed people you stop for jaywalking. There is no other way. 
"Non-echo-chamber thoughts" must be the secret handshake that let's you in the Good Ol' Boys Network. We all know what that is. 
Brown? Did he stop Brown because his blood was in his car? 
I don't think your questions are serious.
"Yes, because most gun experts recommend firing your weapon 12 times at unarmed people you stop for jaywalking."
What you did was try to be clever/snarky and it didn't work out for you. Instead it just made you look ignorant/dishonest.
"You are dealing with a lot of weapons grade ignorance and vitriol like a champ. A lot of DU has concocted an impervious barrier against non-echo-chamber thoughts and you are doing a great job smashing it."
I wrote a sarcastic response to what you wrote. There is no weapons grade ignorance. There are phony arguments about the chain of events that lead to the initial contact between Wilson and Brown, which was jaywalking.
Weapons grade ignorance =
and he is not the only one of these apologists i was just commenting on this yesterday: the mental gymnastics some go through to defend Wilson.
Now people are actually expected to believe you cannot swing in a car. I for one hate it when someone thinks I will believe what the a freeper eats up all day long as the truth.
It's as if someone thinks we don't have critical thinking skills.
a way that you can't exit your vehicle without physically making contacting with someone who is standing there. That's where the stupidity started in this case. It started with the officer. According to Dorian Johnson, Wilson backed his car up to try and trap them, but he then couldn't exit his vehicle without hitting them with his door. Duh.
So "somebody come up and start hitting you".
But Wilson was powerless from inside the car without his firearm, which was a totally safe choice at those close quarters.
Don't you understand cop fetishist physics?
My experiences with police have been so different, as a white woman.
It illustrates perfectly how being a suburban white woman gives me a privileged position. I may have my own problems, but I don't have to be afraid of cops in most situations, since I'm generally not going to be seen as a threat.
I can't even begin to imagine how terrifying that must have been for a seven year old.
Police should live in the communities they work in. It would go a long way toward relations in both directions, simply by making cops recognize that the communities they work in are populated by HUMAN BEINGS!
Oh, this makes me so angry. I hope I'm making sense...I'm tired enough that it all seems like word salad at this point! 
thank you for sharing. i know how you feel. i think i am going to take a break for Thanksgiving. Nice chatting with you, Bettie Have a great Thanksgiving.
