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If mike brown didnot rob the store

Posted on 8/16/14 at 6:50 am
Posted by ODanMan
Prairieville
Member since Sep 2008
1630 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 6:50 am
Would he still be alive, and all of this would have been avoided , and yes the cop prolly has some blame after the fact.
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
42769 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 7:00 am to
Most likely -

whether the cop knew he robbed the store or not, HE knew he robbed the store and (probably) figured the cop was going to question him about it.

Hence the confrontation, hence the escalation, hence the opportunity for a cop to react badly - or even go rogue.

All nonexistent if the sweet child had not robbed the store.

sigh
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119446 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 7:20 am to
Store owner is receive the wrath, not the thief.

Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
124175 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 7:26 am to
quote:

If mike brown didnot rob the store
Would he still be alive
Considering we don't yet know exactly what occurred, it's anyone's guess.
Right?

If we take the policeman's account as relayed by a second party as correct, Brown went after the cop's gun in the squad car. Then he rushed the cop again outside the car. Given that set of facts, he'd be dead either way.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
80218 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 7:31 am to
quote:

Would he still be alive, and all of this would have been avoided , and yes the cop prolly has some blame after the fact.



Meh, no way to really tell at this point. The chief of police has been an incompetent moron and spoon fed info to continue inciting the people.

There are two things that need to be known to answer your question

1) Did the officer confront them because of the robbery or because they were in the street? This info keeps going back and forth

2) If he approached them only because of being in the street... Did Brown react in a confrontational manner because he thought the cop was there to arrest him?


We will never know the answer to the second.
Posted by SpidermanTUba
my house
Member since May 2004
36128 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 8:30 am to
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Would he still be alive, and all of this would have been avoided , and yes the cop prolly has some blame after the fact.




If he had paid for the cigars he would have still be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72170 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 8:41 am to
quote:

Would he still be alive, and all of this would have been avoided , and yes the cop prolly has some blame after the fact.
Unknown.

He could've died at that exact moment anyway.

The cop could have shot him for fun.

A meteor could have hit him.

He could've been crushed by a coke machine.
Posted by trackfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
19691 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 8:56 am to
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Would he still be alive

No. I don't think one event had anything to do with each other. Brown would still be a punk and the cop would still be a hothead. On the one hand, Brown never learned that you should always defer to cops because some of them are assholes and will kill you. On the other hand, the cop has to realize that he's the adult in the situation and a lot of teenagers are immature punks.
Posted by S.E.C. Crazy
Alabama
Member since Feb 2013
7905 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 9:07 am to
His main witness robbed the store with him so he has reason to lie. Just looking at the store video you can see the guy was a bully thug. The video was released to show that the witnesses veracity is not to be believed.

I think the guy was trying to hide the cigars under his coat or down his pants and the cop though he was going for a gun. The cigars was found on him, the first thing a thief does when the cops show up is to try and hide the evidence.
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
58173 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 1:13 pm to
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Would he still be alive, and all of this would have been avoided , and yes the cop prolly has some blame after the fact.



I don't know exactly what happened in this case and few people do. But, when you go down these hypothetical roads, it doesn't serve much good.

Ex: girl gets killed driving to store to pick up milk for mom. Mom wonders if her daughter would still be alive if she had only picked the milk up herself after work.
There are too many what if!
Posted by Hater Bait
Tuscaloosa & Gulf Shores
Member since Nov 2012
2871 posts
Posted on 8/16/14 at 1:24 pm to
I thought he was going to be much younger
and a lot smaller.

The unarmed teen was at least 6'4 and 290??

I like how his family rep said the police are trying
to "smear" the "victim" by realising the strong
arm robbery video. WTF?

This situation is unbelievable.
Both sides look like idiots.
Why isn't the National Guard there???

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