On Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:56:43 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 8/23/2014 9:26 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:31:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, August 23, 2014 5:05:54 PM UTC-4, jps wrote:

In this case, because he disengaged with the young man before firing
the kills shots, it could be considered premeditated and in the first
degree.

You're a hoot. You have no idea what the circumstances are, if any disengagement occurred, or if the officer felt his life was in danger as the thug charged him again after nearly beating the officer to death.

Whitey cop bad, right?

The "beat5ing" has been overstated a bit, the cop was punched or
slapped in the face but you hit a cop, you are going to be in trouble,
no matter what.
If this thug repeated the same thing we saw on the store video (turn
and try to threaten with his bulk) , he was going to be shot .. In
Missouri, New York or even yuppie assed San Francisco.

CNN seems to have some witnesses who back up the cop version of the
story but they are too afraid to go on camera.
I notice the news anchors are softening on their predictions of a
prosecution.
In real life, charging a cop for killing a felon in the process of an
arrest is pretty rare

For the folks who think otherwise, do not underestimate the power of
the police unions.


Due mostly to the immediate reaction to the shooting Holden opened a
federal investigation based on civil rights violations.
The FBI has been in town conducting witness interviews. A federal
autopsy (the third) has been completed.

The Feds have the authority to detain and/or arrest Wilson. They
haven't. Why?

In the end I think he will probably be arrested and charged with
something. The whole issue is too hot of a political potato.

I see, if he's arrested it will because of political pressure, not
because he's a suspect in a murder investigation.