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So, tell me if you were in his position would you take that chance? If he really thought that he did something wrong why would he open himself up to questioning before he had to? Why would he take a chance on going to jail for the rest of his life?
Nope, not me. I wouldn't do it whether I thought I'd done something wrong or not. But I'm not a cop, and so don't have that little extra believability in the public's eye. Granted, thanks to citizens recording video of bad actors among the police forces, that believability might be a bit reduced. You'd never know it from threads on C-D, though.
No need to backup common knowledge to the general public. Your the only one here clueless. I'm not your personal encyclopedia. I do what I want.
If you want to find out the information you'll research it. There's currently a thread in the P&OC section about Police issues. I'd be happy to discuss the issue there.
Have you found a witness backing up officer Wilson's story? It's been about a week now and you still haven't produced anything.
There's already been multiple autopsies performed to my knowledge. We found out how many times he was shot, where he was shot, etc.
He had 4 shots to his right arm and 2 head shots.
There is no video footage of the actual shooting, but there is video footage of the scene right after the incident. You can see officer Wilson pacing back and forth in that footage.
Since when did witness testimony become unreliable? To my knowledge that is up to the judge or jury to decide.
I'm going to do a little research on witness testimony. Here's an article on a ruling about witness testimony.
From my understanding it is accurate identification that is the biggest hangup with eye witness testimony. Not the broad facts of what happened. That argument would not apply here IMO.
Tell that to the many men and women who have been wrongfully convicted based on eyewitness testimony. Which is why some of the eyewitness' said that he was shot in the back. People are fallible. I would never convict someone based on an eyewitness testimony without enough physical evidence to back it up.
Tell that to the many men and women who have been wrongfully convicted based on eyewitness testimony. Which is why some of the eyewitness' said that he was shot in the back. People are fallible. I would never convict someone based on an eyewitness testimony without enough physical evidence to back it up.
I specifically stated accurate identification (identifying a suspect) is the biggest flaw of eye witness testimony. Along with insignificant details most people don't remember.
However, that is much different than remembering whether Brown was being chased and shot at. Whether he was surrendering when he was shot. Whether Brown punched officer Wilson.
Completely different.
And saying he was shot in the back and shot at while he was fleeing is a minor detail that doesn't take away the fact that he was not a threat if that was the case.
We also have video evidence, confirmed by the witnesses, of what happened IMMEDIATELY after Brown was executed.
DW appeared before the grand jury for 4 hours. He was not obligated to do so. That says to me that he has nothing to hide.
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Originally Posted by Above Average Bear
So, tell me if you were in his position would you take that chance? If he really thought that he did something wrong why would he open himself up to questioning before he had to? Why would he take a chance on going to jail for the rest of his life?
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Originally Posted by Gtownoe
Well he had his friend call in to give his version of events before he had to release a statement. Maybe he's doing it for good PR.
Apparently its worked on some.
All I want to know is facts. He could go to church every day between now and the grand jury reaching a decision and if the witnesses are correct he still deserves to be locked up.
Can't answer my question, huh?
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