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Originally Posted by over the mountain
the lethal force was used when mike brown was 100 to 150 yards (or feet?) away.
if a person has a stick, an officer gets "in fear of their life" and kills the stick holder with 15 shots.
is a black guy holding a stick objectively more dangerous than a white guy?
the stats say overwhelmingly yes when we know common sense says it should absolutely not matter.
but race does matter in this country with all races contributing to the problem. with all races also contributing to trying to make a positive change.
from what little i know of this particular incident, i dont think the office should have been indicted. in a confrontational situation, i dont know how i would react and dont want to play judge and think i would be calm and rational. of course i havent been trained to handle high stress confrontations and how to use a hand gun and dont get paid good money to do so day-in-day-out but .. .
imo the protests arent necessarily about the facts of mike brown but the alarming statistic of black men/teens killed by police officers.
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If the cop shot Brown from 100 yds away with a handgun, sign that man up to our olympic team in biathlon or any shooting competition! LOL.