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

[Blake1]

I don't know about anyone else here; but if there's a guy in my home about to murder me somehow, I'm going to shoot him. I don't give a crap if he "deserves a second chance" or that it's "morally wrong to do so", I am going to shoot him.
no guys I don't have a firearm

for the rest of eternity. which is the issue

aw boo hoo the poor kid doesnt get a second chance to change his behavior ;(

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[Victor Von Doom]

Imagine this, the races here are reversed, this wouldn't even be a fourth of how big it is now.
Quit turning stuff into a thing about race, whites are CLEARLY superior   I feel the ones oppressed sometimes, anything they do against a person of the opposite race "YOU tribal" when if it's black against white, nobody gives a stuff.

[Kimon²]

You want a man to lose his freedom, his job, and his reputation just to please yourself even if he is innocent? That's disgusting.

if evidence came to light disproving what i thought, then i would change my mind, but what i know now is that he killed an unarmed kid by shooting him 6 times

I don't know about anyone else here; but if there's a guy in my home about to murder me somehow, I'm going to shoot him. I don't give a crap if he "deserves a second chance" or that it's "morally wrong to do so", I am going to shoot him.

alright but what does that have to do with this

like in case you still havent realized mike brown was unarmed

[Victor Von Doom]

if evidence came to light disproving what i thought, then i would change my mind, but what i know now is that he killed an unarmed kid by shooting him 6 times

AN unarmed kid under the influence of marijuana and had just recently robbed a store, I have no doubt he tried to pull some shady stuff whilst he was on the ground.

[iAmburnJ]

I think a cop should be at least fired if they kill someone, even if it was an accident, and especially if it wasn't
and I honestly think it's absurd that there are literally people who get paid, by the government, to murder people

why is it that murder is suddenly a matter in which you lose your job when you are a police officer-- they should be treated the same under the law. if he murders someone he should go to prison. police officers for the most part are sadistic forgets. its why they sign up in the first place. the same can be said about the military.

This has probably already been covered but y'know, if somebody is shooting at me I'm not going to shoot back or anything. There's plenty of cases where it wasn't needed but there's plenty where it was. I remember a while back a guy with a knife was naked and threatening people and eventually charged a police officer and got shot down (pretty sure it was in Germany, news story and live-leak). If somebody with a lethal weapon suddenly charged /you/, the adrenaline is gonna start pumping and your mind is gonna race. You don't want to be stabbed, so you're gonna shoot. Unlikely you're focused on "shooting him in the leg" to disable him, since he has a lethal goddamn weapon in his hand.

if evidence came to light disproving what i thought, then i would change my mind, but what i know now is that he killed an unarmed kid by shooting him 6 timesalright but what does that have to do with this

like in case you still havent realized mike brown was unarmed

If I recall the officer's story matched up with evidence including the way the shots occured and etc, so apparently he reached for the gun or something like that.

[Harm94]

if evidence came to light disproving what i thought, then i would change my mind, but what i know now is that he killed an unarmed kid by shooting him 6 times

Unarmed doesn't always mean innocent.

[iAmburnJ]

Unarmed doesn't always mean innocent.

ding ding. pretty sure evidence matched up with him reaching for the gun.

[Blake1]

like in case you still havent realized mike brown was unarmed

He was reaching for the officer's firearm.

[Kimon²]

AN unarmed kid under the influence of marijuana and had just recently robbed a store, I have no doubt he tried to pull some shady stuff whilst he was on the ground.

even if he did rob that store, which there is no definite proof that he did, and even if he had marijuana in his system (which doesnt mean he was high at the time), the autopsy, witnesses, and common sense would be against mike brown charging at an armed cop head and hand first

ding ding. pretty sure evidence matched up with him reaching for the gun.

we've been over the fact that it is about twice as likely that his hands were raised, and that he wasnt trying to grab a gun that was pointed at his loving head

like in what world would somebody do that instead of just surrendering

He was reaching for the officer's firearm.

again please check your damn facts

[Kimon²]

"hey you know what's more likely than a cop being influenced by racism to use excessive force on a black kid who he thought robbed a store? an unarmed young man reaching for the gun pointed at his head while charging headfirst at said gunman."

[Foxscotch]

Have you considered taking a basically English and Reading comprehension class?

really don't see what you're talking about. I didn't say "they should be fired if it was deemed unnecessary," I just said they should be fired if they kill someone, period

no guys I don't have a firearm

you should keep it that way, or at least spend some time with a therapist before getting one

If somebody with a lethal weapon suddenly charged /you/, the adrenaline is gonna start pumping and your mind is gonna race. You don't want to be stabbed, so you're gonna shoot.

I can absolutely guarantee I would not shoot them, because I don't carry a gun

[iAmburnJ]

even if he did rob that store, which there is no definite proof that he did, and even if he had marijuana in his system (which doesnt mean he was high at the time), the autopsy, witnesses, and common sense would be against mike brown charging at an armed cop head and hand firstwe've been over the fact that it is about twice as likely that his hands were raised, and that he wasnt trying to grab a gun that was pointed at his loving head

like in what world would somebody do that instead of just surrenderingagain please check your damn facts

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-evidence-supports-officers-account-of-shooting-in-ferguson/2014/10/22/cf38c7b4-5964-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html

really don't see what you're talking about. I didn't say "they should be fired if it was deemed unnecessary," I just said they should be fired if they kill someone, periodyou should keep it that way, or at least spend some time with a therapist before getting oneI can absolutely guarantee I would not shoot them, because I don't carry a gun

i was putting you into an officer's shoes with that uh..metaphor? no loving clue but, again. re-read and pretend you're a police officer. you can't tell me you wouldn't shoot somebody CHARGING you with a lethal weapon.

[Rally]

for the rest of eternity. which is the issue
not seeing how this relates to what I said

In situations where deadly force is used; one person usually ends up dead. Would you rather it be the criminal, or the police officer?

Do you have some sort of bitter dislike for cops or something? Did you get a speeding ticket? Why are you valuing the life of a criminal over the life of a police officer?

[Kimon²]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-evidence-supports-officers-account-of-shooting-in-ferguson/2014/10/22/cf38c7b4-5964-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html

"[EDITOR’S NOTE: After this story was published, the forensic pathologist interviewed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and quoted below said that some of her statements about Michael Brown’s autopsy were taken out of context by the newspaper. Read the full report here.] "

are you serious
you didnt read your own source

also,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html

even if mike brown had, against the odds, attacked the officer, why would the officer shoot him six times, including a killing shot to the head while he was already dying on the ground?

[iAmburnJ]

"[EDITOR’S NOTE: After this story was published, the forensic pathologist interviewed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and quoted below said that some of her statements about Michael Brown’s autopsy were taken out of context by the newspaper. Read the full report here.] "

are you serious
you didnt read your own source

posted that link to suggest the officer's account was deemed true