Darren Wilson to ABC News: I Have a Clean Conscience

[Lady Freedom Returns]

Darren Wilson says he's sorry but his conscience is clear
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
updated 4:40 PM EST, Tue November 25, 2014

(CNN) -- Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he was sorry for the loss of life when he shot unarmed teen Michael Brown last August but that his conscience is clear because he was simply doing his job.

The interview, conducted Tuesday and scheduled to air Tuesday night, is the first by Wilson, who had not been seen in public since the August 9 shooting.

The death of Brown sparked violent demonstrations in the days after the shooting and again on Monday night, when it was announced that a Missouri grand jury would not charge Wilson.

Read and see more @ http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/25/us/darren-wilson-interview/

[uppityperson]

1. "he was simply doing his job". And THAT is the problem.

[hobbit709]

4. Here you go

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[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

6. Yup.

Unjust system yields unjust results.

[sarisataka]

30. That's what these guys said

[msanthrope]

2. He's a fucking sociopath. nt

[hunter]

22. Yep. I know veterans who still feel horrible decades later about shooting people...

... who actually ambushed and shot them first.

People like Darren Wilson shouldn't be allowed to carry guns.

None of this would have happened if Wilson hadn't had a gun.

[Ykcutnek]

3. ABC is only inflaming the situation with this interview.

$$$ and ratings trump all.

[meow2u3]

5. Wilson's a racist sociopath

If he can murder an unarmed black kid in cold blood, justify it by making the kid out to be a demon, and then turn around and declare his conscience to be clean, he has no conscience. Period.

[Paper Roses]

7. Officer Wilson, since you took a life and ruined your own:

Perhaps a new home on some island in the Bering Sea would be a good place for you. You will have no friends, might just as well be alone! I would suggest a South Sea island but that would be too comfortable. I hope you freeze your fanny off on some ice floe. Maybe the poor polar bears will keep you company.

[JaneyVee]

8. FUCKING MURDERER. There are a million different scenarios...

That could have resulted in a different outcome. YOU chose murder.

[calimary]

9. =(

This just makes me hurt. This just hurts. Dammit.

Saw a comment from Congresswoman Marcia Fudge about this - I thought what she said was extraordinarily profound:

WASHINGTON, D. C. -- Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia Fudge on Monday categorized a Missouri grand jury's decision not to criminally charge the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown "a slap in the face" that underscores "an unwritten rule that Black lives hold no value."
"The Ferguson Grand Jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown is a miscarriage of justice," said a statement from Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat. "It is a slap in the face to Americans nationwide who continue to hope and believe that justice will prevail.
"This decision seems to underscore an unwritten rule that Black lives hold no value; that you may kill Black men in this country without consequences or repercussions. This is a frightening narrative for every parent and guardian of Black and brown children, and another setback for race relations in America.
"My heart goes out to Michael Brown's loved ones, and to the loved ones of all the Michael Browns we have buried in this country."

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/11/rep_marcia_fudge_calls_ferguso.html

The whole damn thing just makes me ache.

[HereSince1628]

10. Something not right about that...

I don't think that's a good thing

[helpmetohelpyou]

11. He needs to just shut the fuck up

He knows he fucked up and that he didn't have to kill Michael Brown

fucking douchebag.

[VanillaRhapsody]

14. Just another George Zimmerman looking to make a name for himself.

[helpmetohelpyou]

15. No worse, he wore a badge

[VanillaRhapsody]

16. But he is no more qualified than George was....

[Ken Burch]

25. Which is why it's even worse that he HAS a badge. n/t.

[VanillaRhapsody]

31. good point....

[procon]

12. So it's just a choice between black/white, hot/cold, life/death?

No shades of grey, no other nuanced choices at all? The fact that he had a whole range of non-lethal choices at hand from a baton or mace, not to mention the running police car he was sitting in, plus his professional training and many years of experience... when does any of that stuff come into play?

[hifiguy]

13. Doubtful.

I don't think the shitheel has a conscience to begin with.

[baldguy]

17. And this is precisely why he should've been charged & convicted of 1st degree murder.

[wheniwasincongress]

18. I was surprised by his interview

when he said he had no regrets and were he to relive the day, he would do everything the same again. You think by now with Zimmerman and so on that his legal team would coach him to say something like, "I wish I had drove off" or "I wish I hadn't shot him" to soften his public image. You know what I mean?

[PragmaticLiberal]

21. That's where I'm coming from as well.

Let's say for a moment that Wilson was totally justified in his actions.

Even if that was the case you would think he'd display a little empathy/regret.


Hell, even soldiers on the battlefield who are facing people ACTUALLY shooting at them often don't take any joy in what they did.

Wilson just comes across as cold/matter of fact.

[sarisataka]

29. Were I in his place

And had the chance to have a do over, I would definitely consider doing something different...

[Loki]

19. That sociopathic motherfucker has no conscience.

Woe unto you Darren Wilson, the justice of Karma shall haunt you the rest of your days/

[Cha]

20. I'm he does.. fucking sociopaths don't have a twinge of conscience. Not one word to the Browns. :(

thank you, LFR

[Ken Burch]

23. "A clean conscience"...and a smooth cranial surface, most likely.

I've been trying my best not to say this to avoid cheapening the discussion, but the guy looks like his parents were "kissin' cousins"...or worse.

[seveneyes]

24. Does everyone share a unique conscience?

Conscience and opinions are not unlike awareness and illusion. One must work with the facts in hand and act within the manner they are inclined.

[damnedifIknow]

26. Wilson you make me sick

You are scum.

[JCMach1]

27. he takes the Nuremberg defense...

so shocked... he was JUST doing his job.

[MoonRiver]

28. That's because he has no conscience.

Definition of a sociopath.

[Live and Learn]

32. It is quite obvious that Wilson has no conscience at all.

Nobody with one could kill another person and not feel bad about it no matter the circumstances.

[Odin2005]

33. If you had a conscience you would not be a cop, you POS Pig.

[AverageJoe90]

34. This man's response, is honestly just sickening.....

Especially given the circumstances of Brown's death: he was unarmed, and actually running FROM Wilson when he died.

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. Mr. Wilson should find another line of work. He does not possess the mental faculties needed

to perform.

[Dawson Leery]

36. Pity your parents didn't use birth control.

[Generic Other]

37. He has no conscience

In the country I want to live in, Michael Brown would be studying for his finals today. Officer Wilson would be helping an arthritic auntie across the street. He would know the kids on his beat by name. His partner would be a man who had grown up in the neighborhood. They would be there to "serve and protect." Officer Wilson wouldn't be so damn afraid. In fact, he wouldn't need a gun. And neither would anyone else. Every man, woman and child deserves a healthy and safe community to live and work in.

Officer Wilson called Michael Brown a "demon." But there is more than one kind of demon, and Officer Wilson certainly has one within his heart whether he can admit it or not. It is not fair that the people of Ferguson couldn't count on their neighborhood cops to be human. Because Officer Wilson is a coward. He did not really risk his life for the community. He executed someone -- by his own admission -- because he was so frightened. He was a coward who had the power of law to apply deadly force in that situation. I don't think he has much to be proud of.

[nc4bo]

38. I wonder how long he stood at a mirror practicing his facial expressions?

So they'd appear to be just right....

Sorry, have to depend on fellow DUers as I can't bear to watch this shitstain.

[Rex]

39. Well then he and Dick Cheney have something in common.

[Initech]

40. This is what happens in a country where guns have more rights than people.

[gollygee]

41. Typo: They accidentally typed "a clean" instead of "no" n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

42. "I'm sorry for loss of life BUT..."

Wilson's the demon.