"Poll: Should officer Darren Wilson, who shot Michael Brown, be arrested?"

[Kimon²]

Yeah, theres another option. "wait and possibly die"

well despite the fact that police officers take that job fully aware of its risks, and should be fully willing to take those risks in order to serve the public and deal with situations fairly, i know they have more skills than "shoot" and if "avoiding gunfire from an extremely unskilled gunman" isnt one of them, then that sounds like a pretty big problem.

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[Alyx Vance]

well despite the fact that police officers take that job fully aware of its risks, and should be fully willing to take those risks in order to serve the public and deal with situations fairly, i know they have more skills than "shoot" and if "avoiding gunfire from an extremely unskilled gunman" isnt one of them, then that sounds like a pretty big problem.

So taking the risk of dying so the gunman can shoot everyone else? Genius.
Also, I'm going blind but I've still outshot a damn good shooter on a lucky dime. Don't think 'oh, they don't posses skills. Its okay' because thats what gets you killed.

[Foxscotch]

I don't think they needed to shoot any guns at all, but more than anything I don't understand why they "had" to kill him. it was a twelve year old kid, just fire a warning shot somewhere NOT at a human being. a child is not gonna act brave after that. if, by some ridiculous coincidence, this kid didn't know what a gun was, despite holding a toy version of one and being twelve, one shot to the leg would definitely incapacitate him. there was absolutely no need to shoot him twice in some area of the body that would kill him (I can't find anything saying exactly where he was shot)

[Kimon²]

So taking the risk of dying so the gunman can shoot everyone else? Genius.
Also, I'm going blind but I've still outshot a damn good shooter on a lucky dime. Don't think 'oh, they don't posses skills. Its okay' because thats what gets you killed.

like i said, the chances of this were already incredibly low due to the fact that it was a 12 year old kid, but i would assume that there are more than one policemen there in case something like that happens. if a policeman is shot and possibly killed, that sucks. but i would rather they take a risk more often, at least in situations where it is improbable to be a real gun like this, then allow situations to unfold like this.

[Alyx Vance]

like i said, the chances of this were already incredibly low due to the fact that it was a 12 year old kid, but i would assume that there are more than one policemen there in case something like that happens. if a policeman is shot and possibly killed, that sucks. but i would rather they take a risk more often, at least in situations where it is improbable to be a real gun like this, then allow situations to unfold like this.

All I have to say is, even little Susan can shove a 1911 in your back one day. Age, race, gender, it doesn't matter. They just might have the mind to pull it.

[Georges]

to those of you arguing that Brown was running away, why would the bullet points have entered into him at the FRONT if he was running AWAY.

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[Alyx Vance]

to those of you arguing that Brown was running away, why would the bullet points have entered into him at the FRONT if he was running AWAY.

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Clearly he was running to get behind the officer, duh.

[Kimon²]

All I have to say is, even little Susan can shove a 1911 in your back one day. Age, race, gender, it doesn't matter. They just might have the mind to pull it.

i cant speak for everyone, but id rather get shot then take the risk of shooting an innocent kid.

to those of you arguing that Brown was running away, why would the bullet points have entered into him at the FRONT if he was running AWAY.

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watch that video i linked earlier

i think he was shot from the front, and when he tried running away he fell and the killing shots entered his body

[Georges]

i cant speak for everyone, but id rather get shot then take the risk of shooting an innocent kid.watch that video i linked earlier

mind linking it again? I don't exactly feel like searching through the past 25 pages of this thread to find it...

[Trogtor]

cant barren the darren

[Ninja Decoy]

i cant speak for everyone, but id rather get shot then take the risk of shooting an innocent kid.

Oh boy good thing you don't know about the kind of people people in the military have to/had to kill if they wanted to survive.

[Alyx Vance]

i cant speak for everyone, but id rather get shot then take the risk of shooting an innocent kid.watch that video i linked earlier

i think he was shot from the front, and when he tried running away he fell and the killing shots entered his body

You have fun with your bullet wounds. I don't ever want to have to kill another living thing but if it triggers my fight reflex what can I do?

[SeventhSandwich]

to those of you arguing that Brown was running away, why would the bullet points have entered into him at the FRONT if he was running AWAY.

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He had to have ran away at some point because there were blood stains in Wilson's car and his body was found 35 feet away from the car. What this means is that if Brown was bumrushing Wilson like he said he was, he would have had to have been shot 6 times(including straight through the eye), then gotten into his car, left the car, and walked 35 feet away from the vehicle. Even considering what Jubel said about the stopping power of standard-issue police pistols, I think it would be pretty hard to accomplish that after being shot straight through the head.

[Kimon²]

mind linking it again? I don't exactly feel like searching through the past 25 pages of this thread to find it...

AAAAAAAAAAAAgh ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWUkBxmFUvU

Oh boy good thing you don't know about the kind of people people in the military have to/had to kill if they wanted to survive.

i again, cant speak for anyone, but i dont hear too many stories of military members having to shoot a kid to save their life. whatever though.

[Harm94]

ah yes you got me im absolutely blistering with fury right now

I know how badly you want to prove the world how right you are, but no one is going to be convinced. Use this event to prevent more Michael Brown's from happening.

Officer Wilson' career as a police officer is pretty much over, he's done. Sending him back out in the field is just putting a bullseye on him. The relationship between the police and community seems pretty low, they did not like how the police handled the protesters when they brought out swat gear. I bet those cops will be probably those streats in outer body armor have Kevlar helmets for a few months after the rioting calms down.

You got people who aren't even from ferguson who just want to raise hell, smash and steal, they don't even care about brown. You have smashed up business, damaged streets, broken street lights, wrecked cop cars. In a few months people are going to complain about how crappy their town got. The city is going to have to have to replace street lights, fixed damaged roads, replace the damaged police cars. Business owners are going to have to pay out their own pocket to fix their businesses up.

People are going to have to pay a big chunk of change to fix up their town, it's not getting fixed over night. Those businesses are the life blood of the town. They attract people and provide the city most of the funds through tax money. Those business owners will probably pack up and leave, streets will have to repaired and re-light. Crime will probably go up. People are going to get mad and leave their town.

My advice for Ferguson PD would be to start checking up all the business owners, start helping them. Baby steps to build a relationship with the community. Invest in body cameras so that officers have a little bit more accountability. Have the city pay for Brown's funeral, create some sort of charity in his name. Have people learn so that this doesn't happen again. For all we know Wilson could have been a good cop and Brown a good kid who made a really bad decision. People are still going to be upset, there will always be cop haters, but I think having good relationships between the communities and the police can help prevent these events.

I hope we can evolve past the point where we don't look at a person's skin and instead look at person for who they are.