Was it legal for Darren Wilson to shoot Michael Brown?

[avebury]

10. No

Even if the PD makes a case that the shooter was in fear for his life, this argument only works for the 1st shot. There was a break in time between shot #1 and shot #2 and then again between shot #2 and the volley of shots that ultimately killed Brown. Gaps in time between the shootings is more then sufficient to establish premeditation. Furthermore, backed up by all of the eye witness testimony, Brown was of no threat to the office at the time of Shot # 2 and the Volley of shots that killed the boy.

It sounds like, when the cop told the boys to get on the sidewalk and Brown mouthed off to him (as teenagers are likely to do) this cop got pissed off because he felt like he was being disrespected. This seems to be evidenced by the fact that he brought his car around and came so close to the boys that there was not even enough room for the cop to get out of the car without hitting the boys with the door of his car. It is pretty clear that this cop was not going to allow them to get away with disrespecting him.

After the first shot (and I am being generous in potentially allowing the cop that one) there is no credible reason on this planet to continue to try to kill the kid and that is exactly what he was trying to do. One woman has already come forward with a story of her interaction with this cop and it does not show him in a positive light and I would not be surprised if there were not more stories just like that.

The shooter's reaction to Michael Brown was way way way over the top. This is someone who is not psychologically fit to be a cop. He is treating the people he was hired to protect and serve as nothing more then animals (which surprisingly is the impression you get from some of the cops who were going all military on the town before they were pulled out). This is a PD that appears to routinely treat their community as enemy combatants not as American citizens.