Originally posted by MF DELPH
Ok.So now that we've established that the cigars and purchase are irrelevant, let's discuss the relevant details.
You stated above that there are many flaws in Darren Wilson's account, which I'd like for you to point out, if you wouldn't mind. I've been going over the Grand Jury documentation which was provided by the County Prosecutor's office. In the documents it details the testimony of several witnesses, as well as physical evidence and expert witness testimony, which was gathered by local authorities, the State Attorney's office, and the FBI on behalf of the Justice Department, in a collaborative, and exhaustive, effort, which was not based solely on the testimony of Officer Wilson. There were several data points of forensic and ballistics evidence, coupled with the testimony of several other witnesses present, which was either corroborated or dismissed based on said forensic and ballistics evidence, which led to the lack of indictment based on a large body of evidence. Is it Officer Wilson's account specifically which you believe to be flawed, or the collective testimony and physical evidence that supports his story over the other witnesses (Dorian Johnson, for example) who also gave accounts, but of whom the testimony they provided did not map to the physical evidence present at the scene (for example, Dorian Johnson's claims that Officer Wilson shot Mike Brown in the back, or the witness that claimed that 4 officers and vehicles were on the scene at the time of the shooting but only one officer fired shots, or the witness testifying that Mike Brown was never inside of the Police vehicle at any point in time, which were all discredited via other witness testimony, forensic/dna evidence, and police dispatch records)?
The robbery is not irrelevant altogether. Just irrelevant to the shooting. Although the pro Darren Wilson side has used it to justify the shooting.
Issues with Darren Wilson's account:
1) He says Mike Brown kept punching and hitting, having the strength of Hulk Hogan, being like a demon, yet Darren Wilson has virtually no injuries at all. The photographs released from him at the hospital show at most that there is a mild reddening on his cheek, but who knows where that comes from. Definitely not 2 full on, undefended, punches to the jaw by Hulk Hogan powered demon as Wilson alleges.
2) Stopping to exchange Cigarillos and a chat.
In that scuffle Mike Brown also apparently pauses, hands cigarillos to his friend, Darren Wilson takes that opportunity of pause to do...nothing.
3)
Wilson says that Brown collapsed about 10 feet from him, after which Wilson returned to his car didn't go near or touch Brown, however there is photographic evidence, that he stood much closer over Mike Brown.
4)
Wilson at different times says that Mike Brown had his hands raised (as one would do when an officer tells them to) but also says that Brown reached for something in his waistband (even though he had nothing there). Which I think other eye witnesses do not corroborate.
5)
Most eye witnesses as far as I know say that Mike Brown walked, with his hands raised towards Wilson. Wilson alleges he charged him like a bull.
There's more articles talking about issues with his testimony in a broader context, like why is someone allowed to just wash himself and clean his gun unsupervised after shooting someone?
I'm not saying all the other accounts are flawless, just that Wilson's has flaws, and seems somewhat manufactured (handed cigarillos tying him to the crime reported, grabbing inside of his waistband as if to reach for a gun, when he doesn't have a gun). And I'm saying that the American public has been deprived of finding out the truth.
My issue with this whole thing is my believe that there was no fair trial to be had, because white police officers get special treatment in particular when their victims are black. I think every incident where someone ends up dead should be brought to a trial, and that this has not is just another blemish in a long history of racism, injustice and bias of the American "justice" system.