On 11/29/2014 8:06 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/29/2014 7:46 AM, Toasty The Snowless Man wrote:
On 11/28/2014 11:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/28/2014 11:07 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:48:08 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
If Brown was aggressively going after Wilson after taking at least a
couple of gun shot hits, then I think Wilson acted appropriately.
However, I don't just don't know for sure. Too many contradictory
accounts by witnesses.
The blood evidence on the pavement showed that he turned around and
came back at least 25 feet before he went down..
Turned around and came back 25 feet to do what? Wilson was armed. Brown
was not.
Look, I am not trying to make a case that Wilson was wrong in what he
did. I just think the DA predetermined what he felt the GJ outcome
should be and influenced it that way. That's what is unusual.
Given what happened later, it may have been better to indite on some
lesser charge, have a public trial, present all the same evidence and
have Wilson found not guilty.
And two million dollars later the riots would still come. What happened
later had nothing to do with Wilson. It had to do with racist agitators
like Sharpton and the punk's felon stepfather. All they saw was black
man down white man standing; exactly the way our own rec.boats racist
sees it.
How many violent protests, demonstrations, burning of buildings, cars
and looting occurred when the verdict for George Zimmerman was announced?
None.
There were some protests but they were all peaceful in nature.
Granted, Zimmerman was not a cop but his trial was public for the world
to see. His fate was not determined by an anonymous group hidden behind
closed doors and with controlled evidence.
Zimmerman's case was slightly different. He was not allowed his right to
a Grand Jury. He was the underdog who was pursued by highly recognizable
racist figureheads. Martin's parents maintained their dignity throughout
the trial. The local black community was sophisticated enough to realize
that rioting and looting did not serve their purpose to maintain
acceptable race relations, despite the taunts from Sharpton and others
who make thier living being divisive.