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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
From my understanding the officer was just responding to the robbery when he saw Michael Brown being disrupted in the streets. He was not aware that this was the man who had just robbed the store. It's murky as sometimes the story gets told differently.
So again, from the last thing I read the officer didn't know about Michael Brown and the robbery. But it's about Michael Brown's state of mind here. He did just commit a robbery and he decided the first thing to do was run out in the middle of the street and draw attention to himself. When a cop shows up, what else was he willing to do that many would not see as normal? Go for the gun?
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The fact of the matter is whether or not he grab for the gun . This indicates he did not have a weapon. When he was shot he was unarmed. He was shot 30 plus feet away . He stopped threw his hands up which is a universal sign of surrender.
The cop could have stayed his distance gun drawn and backup arrived less then a minute after the discharge of his weapon.