What's the biggest reason for Blacks not advancing

I am just saying, the cop deserves a fair trial if it comes to that.
He sure does and it's a damned shame that he denied Michael Brown the same.
I am glad that you are privy to the facts and outcome of the investigation. Please post when the non-disclosure statement has expired. Thanks.
What?
My statement was because I am unsure what "fair trial" you are speaking of. If justified, as tragic as it was, the shooting was permissible under law. Did the officer fear for his life or believe he was going to be severely injured, then permissible. If not, and it was a cold blooded act you are correct that Michael Brown was not given the right to a fair trial. I will add that if it was murder, even a guilty conviction won't right the wrong.
If that was not your meaning, my apologies. You should know me by now that I am not into trying to be an a$$ on the net.

I enjoy the dialogue at times and the differing opinions.
Under either set of circumstances Brown was denied a fair trial. He'll never have that trial.
Hopefully the officer will.

 
I am just saying, the cop deserves a fair trial if it comes to that.
He sure does and it's a damned shame that he denied Michael Brown the same.
I am glad that you are privy to the facts and outcome of the investigation. Please post when the non-disclosure statement has expired. Thanks.
What?
That's walksalone's line. Come up with something new.
It wasn't a line. I don't/didn't understand what lo country was asking in the quoted post.
 
Releasing the robbery report but not the shooting report at the same time is super-lol. Especially since the officer in question had zero knowledge of the robbery.
Exactly. There is only one reason why that would be released . . . and some people are jumping all over it. I suppose that shouldn't surprise me.
Don't know if you mean me or not? If you do just say so and don't beat around the bush. They aren't going to release the bulk of the information because it's still being investigated. I think they should've released some info at the same time as the video, but they may not be able to release anymore info until the investigation is finished.
It wasn't directed at you. That was more about a certain online media presence.

I did direct some later questions towards you. Does your department allow unattributed reports to be released directly to the public . . . no officers name on the bottom?
When we release something, we release something, we don't try to hide anything, but we've never had the need to or had an event like this occur before either.

 
I always get a kick out of folks that have never been in situations that LEO's or soldiers find themselves in, but yet take the time to take the moral high ground. Not to mention casting judgement on a situation they only have second hand knowledge of because they were not there...

 
How'd they come to the conclusion that Mike was a potential suspect in the robbery case? EDIT: See that there is video surveillance of what could be Mike Brown. However, the officer who shot him had no clue he was a potential suspect in the robbery case. That's a very big factor.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
How'd they come to the conclusion that Mike was a potential suspect in the robbery case? Because he was around the area?

http://fox2now.com/2014/08/15/fox2-ask-veteran-police-officer-to-review-robbery-surveillance-video/
How'd they come to the conclusion that Mike was a potential suspect in the robbery case? EDIT: See that there is video surveillance of what could be Mike Brown. However, the officer who shot him had no clue he was a potential suspect in the robbery case. That's a very big factor.
 
I always get a kick out of folks that have never been in situations that LEO's or soldiers find themselves in, but yet take the time to take the moral high ground. Not to mention casting judgement on a situation they only have second hand knowledge of because they were not there...

Last I checked, the news sources weren't the ones sending tear gas and rubber bullets into what were peaceful protests.
exactly

 
First off we are still dealing with a incomplete picture of what happened, And I think we should all wait to make any rash decisions much like what happened with the Trayvon Martin death.

Secondly regarding the cop knowing if Michael brown was a suspected strong armored robber. For the wording I heard during the police press release, was that the officer didn't know the description of the suspect at the time of the officers FIRST contact with Brown. But it is entirely possible that after he first confronted the two men that his radio came across with th discription which led to the physical interaction of The officer and brown.

I hope everyone allowed more information to come out before attacking either of the men involved I this case, let's not turn this into duke or any number of other news based tragities.

 
I don't think anybody here is attacking either party. I think we are all saying our thoughts and then defending them with what evidence is known. Nothing wrong with that. I'll change my tune if evidence comes out that the cop was actually in the right and that Brown presented enough of a danger to use deadly force. For the time being, I don't think that was the case.

There are reports out there that Brown might have been involved in a robbery. That's fine, but it doesn't change anything because the officer did not know that Brown was a potential suspect. So the police releasing that information is to me an attempt at justifying their potential brutality by saying that x officer was doing a service to the community.

 
I always get a kick out of folks that have never been in situations that LEO's or soldiers find themselves in, but yet take the time to take the moral high ground. Not to mention casting judgement on a situation they only have second hand knowledge of because they were not there...

Last I checked, the news sources weren't the ones sending tear gas and rubber bullets into what were peaceful protests.
exactly
Apologies for having an opinion, sir. It won't happen again, sir.

You see, sir, the only way any of us can view this situation is through our own eyes and our own backgrounds, sir. I can only imagine how I'd react if I was in a similar situation, sir. And sir I don't think I would have shot Mike Brown, sir. I understand that cops have a different background, sir, and that that background leads them to maybe reacting differently in similar situations. But sir I think that even most cops would disagree with mystery cop's actions towards Mike Brown, sir.

 
Releasing the robbery report but not the shooting report at the same time is super-lol. Especially since the officer in question had zero knowledge of the robbery.
Exactly. There is only one reason why that would be released . . . and some people are jumping all over it. I suppose that shouldn't surprise me.
Don't know if you mean me or not? If you do just say so and don't beat around the bush. They aren't going to release the bulk of the information because it's still being investigated. I think they should've released some info at the same time as the video, but they may not be able to release anymore info until the investigation is finished.
It wasn't directed at you. That was more about a certain online media presence.
I did direct some later questions towards you. Does your department allow unattributed reports to be released directly to the public . . . no officers name on the bottom?
When we release something, we release something, we don't try to hide anything, but we've never had the need to or had an event like this occur before either.
Is that quiet criticism of how the Ferguson PD is handling this? Because they are hiding things.
 
Back
Top