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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'm torn, if I read the testimony and look at the inconsistency of witnesses and if Brown did act as its laid out then this is a fairly clean shoot, it he did keep moving towards the cop and put his hand under his waist band under his shirt I can see where the cop thought he was going for a weapon, especially after Brown had shown himself to be violent and fearless and enraged.
I do think that vest and dashboard cameras have to become a must thing.
I don't think that the Grand Jury got it wrong based on what they were given to work with.
Even if there was an indictment it probably wouldn't have gotten past pre trial and that might had made things just as bad violence wise.
The big loser is that community, the riots didn't hurt the government or the cops. It probably cost people jobs and cash. It certainly will perpetuate the stereotype that some have that black communities are scary and violent places, and that can't help in terms of attracting businesses and money.
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I guess that's my issue - they weren't given much to work with by the prosecution. Lots of questions left unanswered that would've been best explored at trial.