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In reply to the discussion: Was Michael Brown surrendering to, or attacking, Officer Wilson? [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)34. Exactly!
There was zero reason for the police officer to draw his gun with lethal intent. Zero. First, Mike Brown was unarmed. Second, he was at least twenty feet away from Officer Wilson and posed no threat, and third, according to eye-witness accounts, he was surrendering, with hands up. Now, either Officer Wilson is ignorant of the universal sign of surrender or he just chose to ignore it.
Either way, this was clearly an extrajudicial execution perpetrated by Officer Wilson, and no amount of vigorous excusing his over-the-top behavior by some on this site is going to change it. They certainly won't change my mind on at least that point.
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Was Michael Brown surrendering to, or attacking, Officer Wilson? [View all]
Michigander_Life
Aug 2014
OP
But there are witnesses who claim that Officer Wilson shot Mike Brown when he was already down.
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2014
#12
Witnesses say that after Mike Brown was already down, the cop "shot him some more".
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2014
#16