re: Michael Brown's mother can't handle the truth

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How so? His story was he got jumped. Guy went for his gun. Charged him. He fired until threat was neutralized (actually, I think he fired the weapon dry, but I'm not 100% on that).

I'm not saying it happened exactly that way, but if it did, Wilson was completely justified - and at least some of the witnesses supported this version. The objective evidence certainly did. Even an unarmed suspect is a threat if he has shown the willingness and ability to arm himself.

The decedent made 2 mistakes - he attempted to disarm the officer and he failed.

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Because he pulled his car up aggressively (by his own admission it was to cut them off physically. I consider that aggressive even if he isn't trying to instigate anything) to a 6'5" 300 pound man knowing he had no taser and positioned himself in an incredibly vulnerable position.

Did he think he would win that fight? He put himself in a position that IF Brown resisted and fought him, he would have no choice but to shoot him. There were so many better ways to handle it that could leave outs for taking a non-lethal defensive position or calling backup. And there was ZERO benefit for pulling up that close except stroking his ego maybe.