Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
Q. Why did you shoot him six times?
A. I ran out of ammunition.
A. I ran out of ammunition.
With respect Terry nobody on here actually knows the nuts and bolts of the situation, we are all speculating. What I can see though is a weary time served officer that has flipped , he probably has to deal with difficult arseholes every day of his working life and just had his fill of it. Perhaps it would pay to give these officers more time out from street duty.and put them on other tasks. I am not condoning what he has done but sometimes just sometimes enough is enough, we are not machines.
Bob
Given the posts here, I can only speculate as to how fair minded some of you would be.
So you can reserve judgment or join the lynch mob.
At some point there will be a grand jury, perhaps a criminal jury, weighing the evidence in the prosecution of the officer involved. It will be made of ordinary people such as ourselves. The state of Missouri has the death penalty.
Given the posts here, I can only speculate as to how fair minded some of you would be.
Perhaps Mr. Brown, after one violent confrontation with the officer, knowing he had just committed a felony strong arm robbery and fearing incarceration, fled the officer and then returned and charged at the officer. Fearing for his life, the officer fired, wounding Mr. Brown in the arm. Mr. Brown, who according to an uncle, stood 6'4" and weighed 300 pounds. In his adrenalin and cannabis fueled state he was not slowed down by his initial wounds and in his continued charge, the officer fired twice more. The latter being fatal shots to the head.
I just don't 'get' any of this...
OK so why shoot an unarmed man dead.
Larry, it's MHO that is exactly what the local police want...there is information being withheld, I can assure you, in an effort to keep the public "...in the dark..." More so than any other civic organization, the local police departments have the authority to withhold information under the guise of "...an ongoing investigation..." and IMHO many of the local law enforcement agencies use this ploy to hold off public criticism until the issue cools down...at which point the local law enforcement agency MAY make it public, but most often does not as they still want to keep the public uninformed in any case where possible police abuse of power has been alleged. They want to protect their peers from any form of criticism, reasonable or not. It's just what they do...and have for who knows how long? It's just another of the "...military style..." approaches law enforcement has adopted...don't let the "enemy" know what you are up to, except that in this case the "enemy" is the very people that law enforcement is suppose to "...serve and protect."
Regards!
Doug
Larry, it's MHO that is exactly what the local police want...there is information being withheld, I can assure you, in an effort to keep the public "...in the dark..." More so than any other civic organization, the local police departments have the authority to withhold information under the guise of "...an ongoing investigation..."
Regards!
Doug
Doug FFS it is a murder inquiry, the media/public cant be privy to this information in the same way as when Clinton was having his beef smoked.
Bob
Well funnily enough Jack, in the UK, a heat wave is rioting and looting weather. One shower of rain, and home they go. True! :laugh:
OK so why shoot an unarmed man dead.