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Originally Posted by AGDee
This is where the problem is, because people assume that in a high adrenalin situation where you've just been attacked and the person who attacked you tried to take your gun and is now charging toward you, you're going to stop and think "I'm going to shoot him in the knee". I think survival instinct causes anybody to just shoot and stop that person in any way possible. Shooting a moving target is also not going to result in shooting them in one specific body part. Brown was almost twice the weight of Wilson and significantly taller. There's no way Wilson would win a physical fight. Once Wilson was unconscious, Brown would have his gun and would then be armed.
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And this is where I have a problem. From what I've read and the legal analysis of those I've seen, Wilson was hardly challenged in his GJ testimony. Just seemed like he was allowed to present his version pretty much without challenge.
We've seen the Wilson hospital pictures ands have seen slight discloring on his right cheek -- odd enough for having been hit in the driver's seat of a car (where you'd expect a left cheek strike). As KDCat said, does it make sense to, after running, stop, and then charge the guy that just shot you and has drawn down on you?
Brown was not "twice the weight" of Wilson, nor was he "significantly taller." Both men are and were 6'4". Brown did outweigh Wilson by 70-80 pounds.
At the end of the day, we'll likely never really know what went down out there. It's time for mandatory police body cameras. Period. That way nobody has to take anybody's word for anything anymore.
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