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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1386153" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>If the facts of the case are that the cop rolled up on Brown, got out, and gunned him down in cold blood while his hands were raised in surrender,<strong> then the cop needs to be tried and convicted for murder.</strong></p><p></p><p>I don't think that's what actually happened, though. I don't think the cop woke up that morning and thought to himself "I'm going to murder a black man today just for the hell of it."</p><p></p><p>I am hearing reports that the first shot was fired when the cop was flat on his back in the front seat of his patrol car, getting beat down by a 295 lb man.<strong> If</strong>, and I say <strong>if</strong> that is the case...it fundamentally alters the nature and culpability of the shots that were fired after that.</p><p></p><p>This isn't Mississippi in the 1950's. This isn't an all-white police force brutalizing and dehumanizing a black populace. I watched the press conference and I saw diversity behind the podium, with black politicians, police officers and religious leaders being given full air time. The FBI is involved now, going door to door seeking witnesses.</p><p></p><p>What the people need to do is calm down, quit looting, and let the justice system do its job. What the prosecutor, the police and the politicians of that area need to do....is to make sure the investigation takes place with total transparency and accountability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1386153, member: 14668"] If the facts of the case are that the cop rolled up on Brown, got out, and gunned him down in cold blood while his hands were raised in surrender,[B] then the cop needs to be tried and convicted for murder.[/B] I don't think that's what actually happened, though. I don't think the cop woke up that morning and thought to himself "I'm going to murder a black man today just for the hell of it." I am hearing reports that the first shot was fired when the cop was flat on his back in the front seat of his patrol car, getting beat down by a 295 lb man.[B] If[/B], and I say [B]if[/B] that is the case...it fundamentally alters the nature and culpability of the shots that were fired after that. This isn't Mississippi in the 1950's. This isn't an all-white police force brutalizing and dehumanizing a black populace. I watched the press conference and I saw diversity behind the podium, with black politicians, police officers and religious leaders being given full air time. The FBI is involved now, going door to door seeking witnesses. What the people need to do is calm down, quit looting, and let the justice system do its job. What the prosecutor, the police and the politicians of that area need to do....is to make sure the investigation takes place with total transparency and accountability. [/QUOTE]
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