Ferguson, MO is about 30 miles from me. Has anyone been listening to the news about it...?
I was pretty up to date until about Tuesday, then I stopped paying close attention(aka: reading all of the live feed). MWeber has been keeping me in the loop tho, he is temporarily living in Florissant, so he is loving his life right now.
I've been reading about it from the minute it happened, and the news information changes like crazy. There must be now 10 different stories of what had happened.
I am guessing the officer will walk, too much doubt with the other side of the story coming out...but hopefully the autopsy bullet-holes will paint a picture and get as close to the real story as possible.
On one hand I can see both sides(from hearsay): The officer was assaulted and his gun was almost stolen(and Brown probably would have killed him) and in a potential adrenaline rush he gunned Brown down. The officer didn't NEED to shoot Brown when he was running away or when he supposedly turned around to "surrender". But not a lot of people could stop their adrenaline at that point...but is it self defense? How far does that defense go when the attacker is leaving the scene...can you chase them down and kill(execute) them?
The cop shot way to many times, that I won't disagree with, just the matter in how he shot him(when he was running away and then "potentially" surrendering) that is mildly disturbing.
