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In reply to the discussion: Michael Browns autopsy diagram..... [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)34. From anything I've seen, an unjustified killing.
I don't know that I would go so far as cold blooded murder. I suspect more bigotry induced irrational fear and stupidity. Brazen gangland style execution by a police officer, in the middle of the day, in front of potentially hundreds of witnesses makes no sense. Being irrationally scared out of his gourd by the bogeymen in his own mind, and by having gotten himself into a situation where he had escalated the situation, and as a consequence using far more force than was appropriate for the situation makes sense.
It doesn't justify it - but it is also different than cold blooded murder.
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You could be shot in the top of the head if you are falling forward towards the shooter. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2014
#11
Read the NYT article - which quotes the doctor the family retained to do the autopsy.
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#15
You're right, context is important and highlighting only one portion of a quote
justiceischeap
Aug 2014
#49
How many criminals charge like a bull preparing to head butt the cop with the gun?
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#18
Quoting the doctor retained by the family is not spinning a far-fetched fantasy. n/t
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#43
"Gangland style execution" is how such a murder would be described byt the media.
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#7
Or - as the doctor who performed the private autopsy on behalf of Brown's parents said,
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#19
Some talking points on cable news try to say officer tried to just wound him first...hitting the arm
FarPoint
Aug 2014
#5
The autopsy brings up questions as to the correctness of 'eyewitnesses'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Aug 2014
#27