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Originally Posted by Low D Flat
What is the possible justification for the 6th shot? How is that one self-defense?
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These are my questions, too. Does fear of imminent death diminish with the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th shot? Have the distances been determined showing how far Brown was from Wilson when the shots were fired?
Also, it's been reported that police department violated their own protocol, not taking statement from Wilson immediately after the incident, instead the next day. By then, several other witness narratives had emerged.
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I kept thinking the same thing.
I agree. The grand jury heard all of the evidence and was in the best position to determine whether there was probably cause.
I'm not saying that means that they got it right—they may have blown it, or they may have let factors other than the evidence influence their decision. But they did have the benefit of all the evidence available.
I do anticipate civil rights charges.
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MysticCat, a question. I've seen legal commentary on several networks discussing basically a "data dump," by the prosecutor, giving all the evidence to the grand jury and letting them sort it out rather than guiding them to the charge he wanted or thought most appropriate.
Except for a Ferguson police union representative, all the legal eagles I saw though the behavior quite odd and out of form for the role of a prosecutor in a grand jury setting. Your thoughts?
On the local level the Grand Jury decision's been made. But a lot about this process, as reported, stinks.
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