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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
He was shot 30 plus feet away . He stopped threw his hands up which is a universal sign of surrender.
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There was supposed to be a recording that shows that, but I've set to see anything other than the witness, who happened to be the guy who was at the convenience store that Brown robbed, who claimed that. This same witness went on every TV station he could to talk about the incident yet he left out the part about robbing a store and refused to give a statement to police about the situation.
If something substantial shows up that says that's what happened, then yes the cop was way out of line. If the police story is accurate, then the cop can easily articulate being in imminent physical danger which allows for the use of lethal wounding according to every policy handbook I've ever seen for law enforcement.
We have no idea what really happened. As of right now everyone's story should be questioned and held up to legitimate scrutiny. Since there are no dash cams in Ferguson, due to their force being woefully underfunded, I'm guessing there will be no video evidence at all and the cop will end up losing a wrongful death lawsuit and his badge.