Does the fact that the 'poor gentle giant' the media is playing up has, in fact, turned out to be a violent robber change anything for you?
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...628d0be04.html
This gives a hell of a lot more credibility to the police version of events versus Brown's robbery accomplice who basically said the cop 'shot him for no reason'
The officer responded to the robbery at the convenient store, got a description of two black men (and what clothes they were wearing), and their direction of travel on foot. The officer sees the suspects and attempts to engage them. They fight.
What happens from there is still up in the air until more facts come out.
It does not change my opinion of militarized police and the like, but it certainly changes my opinion of the shooting. In my view, it would be very justifiable for the officer to shoot if "Big Mike" started fighting the officer and grabbing his weapon (as claimed). Now as to the reports of shooting Brown from a far distance while hands up, etc. If that turns out to be true then the cop should burn for it.
This just proves that too many people, including those on RPF, are too quick to jump to conclusions without all the facts and condemn ANY police action regardless of what really happened.
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