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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 1439221" data-attributes="member: 249">Are you really going to toss me such a softball response?&nbsp; Do you really believe this or are you just trolling for a response like I think?&nbsp; First off these aren&#039;t the facts in dispute, the facts in dispute are was Michael Brown in the act of surrendering with his hands in the air when Officer Darren Wilson shot him?&nbsp; The supporting evidence of what actually occurred along with honest eye witness testimony tells us this is a resounding no.&nbsp; Secondly, your assumption that Officer Darren Wilson should not pursue is ludicrous on several levels.&nbsp; First off it flies in the face of what law enforcement is all about.&nbsp; Darren Wilson&#039;s job was to put himself in harms way to keep society safe, and he did just that by pursuing an obviously dangerous individual like Michael Brown.&nbsp; Officer Wilson was, like all officers, equipped and trained to deploy the use of lethal force should himself or another person find themselves in harms way.&nbsp; After struggling with a nearly 300 lb. assailant for his own gun Officer Wilson had every right to believe Michael Brown was not an individual that should be allowed to retreat back into society and pursued him as he had a duty to do.&nbsp; When Michael Brown continued to show aggressive behavior and having already wounded the officer he had no choice but use lethal force to stop him.&nbsp; Had this not been a police officer, but a private citizen you may have something there, but I doubt it.&nbsp; If every police officer retreated in the face of aggression or resistance law enforcement as a whole would be nothing more than a joke.&nbsp; Some people, like Michael Brown, don&#039;t understand anything else except the use of equal or greater force against their efforts to disrupt and destroy society.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brett636, post: 1439221, member: 249"] Are you really going to toss me such a softball response? Do you really believe this or are you just trolling for a response like I think? First off these aren't the facts in dispute, the facts in dispute are was Michael Brown in the act of surrendering with his hands in the air when Officer Darren Wilson shot him? The supporting evidence of what actually occurred along with honest eye witness testimony tells us this is a resounding no. Secondly, your assumption that Officer Darren Wilson should not pursue is ludicrous on several levels. First off it flies in the face of what law enforcement is all about. Darren Wilson's job was to put himself in harms way to keep society safe, and he did just that by pursuing an obviously dangerous individual like Michael Brown. Officer Wilson was, like all officers, equipped and trained to deploy the use of lethal force should himself or another person find themselves in harms way. After struggling with a nearly 300 lb. assailant for his own gun Officer Wilson had every right to believe Michael Brown was not an individual that should be allowed to retreat back into society and pursued him as he had a duty to do. When Michael Brown continued to show aggressive behavior and having already wounded the officer he had no choice but use lethal force to stop him. Had this not been a police officer, but a private citizen you may have something there, but I doubt it. If every police officer retreated in the face of aggression or resistance law enforcement as a whole would be nothing more than a joke. Some people, like Michael Brown, don't understand anything else except the use of equal or greater force against their efforts to disrupt and destroy society. [/QUOTE]

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