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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Who effing cares what he was doing prior to being shot and killed for nothing more than Loitering and potentially resisting arrest.
All it does it work exactly the way it's working, running down his character and absolving the individual(s) responsible for his death by turning him into less of a human being.
Even if he, Michael Brown, had just killed someone, unless the arresting officer fears for his life, shooting and killing him is an inappropriate response.
You can't just shoot someone because you think they are acting strange and then justify it afterwards because they happened to commit a crime before your encounter. That's just killing someone.
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This, as much as its tempting to say that Brown was a criminal and deserved it, we don't know enough to say that.
I personally don't know if the officer was afraid for his life or a gun touting lunatic, its still way to early into this and there's not enough information out there for me to reach a conclusion.
But I think we're focusing on the wrong thing. the question is, how is the investigation going to happen, is it going to be open and fair, or is it going to be buried?
Brown could be the worst thug in the world, but the police officer isn't a paid executioner, and if he acted like that then he has to be punished. If the officer freaked out and let fly a hail of bullets, then he's got to pay the price for this.
However one of the tenants of a lawful society is the concept of innocent until proven guilty, but it seems that we as people are constantly falling Short of reaching that lofty tenant.