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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Yes, this case drew a ton of attention.
But in the month surrounding it, there were several other cases of police unnecessarily using deadly force on black men. Eric Garner, John Crawford, Michael Brown, etc. Garner and Brown may possibly have been criminals--but none of their crimes were worthy of being shot to death.
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Brown was not shot for robbing a store. He was shot for his assault of Wilson and then attempting to gain control of the officer's sidearm. If he had gotten control of the gun, what do you think he would have done with it?
Wilson didn't have a Taser, couldn't deploy OC spray in the car and there was no room to use his baton.
If Brown was white, he would have been shot as well.