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In reply to the discussion: Why What Happened In The Store Matters [View all]suffragette
(12,232 posts)148. "People are hurt over this"? A young man is dead over this.
I think your sense of proportion is off.
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we don't understand his (Brown's) behavior because he did not get a chance to say anything.
Xipe Totec
Nov 2014
#2
I am talking about Brown's behavior before he ever encountered Wilson
TexasMommaWithAHat
Nov 2014
#5
Turn off Faux for one day and see if you can see anything other than their talking points on this.
hlthe2b
Nov 2014
#10
CNN's been nearly as bad on this... Ratings, from the racist froth they are stirring up seems to be
hlthe2b
Nov 2014
#16
why being a part of the KKK really matters, when a white cop in a black area. ya think?
seabeyond
Nov 2014
#8
he didnt "get caught". the cop didnt know he was in the store. yes. you are wrong. nt
seabeyond
Nov 2014
#22
you want to create this whole conjecture, pinning brown responsible for his death, when the cops
seabeyond
Nov 2014
#35
The Grand Jury was not presented with evidence that indicated that Brown robbed the store.
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#145
No, just Dorian Johnson's very detailed version of events in the store.
TexasMommaWithAHat
Dec 2014
#147
One possibility - the behavior doesn't make any sense because it's not what actually happened.
hedgehog
Nov 2014
#20
Ah, the grumpy, moody teenager who wasn't actually convicted of any crime concern.
IdaBriggs
Nov 2014
#24
The man fears for his life. He doesn't want to have anything to do with this!
TexasMommaWithAHat
Nov 2014
#26
That's it in a nutshell, isn't it? The copologists project a 'sincere desire to
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#57
Actually the store is talked about, because the owner never pressed charges or said Brown stole
Rex
Nov 2014
#40
To borrow a phrase from lawyers (or lawyer TV shows), you're assuming 'facts
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#33
Here's the (real) question. Why didn't Wilson say "You are under arrest" or give
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#65
Yeah that really brings it home right there. Wilson did not try to arrest either one
Rex
Nov 2014
#75
My theory about Wilson's real stream of consciousness (interspersed with facts in parenthesies):
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#92
You're being willfully obtuse. One possible reason why Brown never displayed any
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#76
I've read Volume 4 many times. Johnson says only that Brown took 'a handful'. Brown
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#94
They've been asked that question repeatedly in this very thread. Yet still no answer. The
Guy Whitey Corngood
Nov 2014
#146
You make it sound like he walked right out of the store and enountered Wilson...
hexola
Nov 2014
#46
You'll want to look at Volume 4 of the GJ testimony. Here's a good link
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#83
Anyone not believing that Wilson was 100% culpable has been accused of being a racist
TexasMommaWithAHat
Nov 2014
#88
Exactly. It doesn't matter if any of those "if"s were real or not, he was killed for a non-capital
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#137
How is Brown the "aggressor at the car" when Wilson was the one who pulled up, then backed up fast
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#138
What "behavior" earned a hail of bullets? The answer Is of course none so
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#141
no, you are not at all interested in michael's mindset. you're a troll. mike brown is dead because
locdlib
Nov 2014
#78
nobody gives a shit about your number of posts. what's that got to do with your fucked up topic?
locdlib
Nov 2014
#87
you mean it would be better for you, cause i'm real good. you can't rationally explain
locdlib
Nov 2014
#93
Re-read Wilson's words. HIS mind-set is what interests me, as he deliberately hassled a person he
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#104
"I'm giving the Wilson the benefit of the doubt as to what happened at the car"
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#139