re: Jacoby Stevens appreciation thread

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Zimmerman went to follow Martin and lost him in the heavy rain, it is on his way back to his vehicle that Martin approached Zimmerman and proceeded to bang his head against the concrete.

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The problem with this is that Zimmerman was told REPEATEDLY NOT TO FOLLOW by the 911 operator. Yet he CHOSE to do so and his recorded statement saying "they always get away". If ZIMMERMAN follows the advice of the 911 operator and wait for law enforcement there's a good fricking chance Trayvon Martin is alive today.

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However, as discussed later in this report, those witness accounts could not be relied upon in a
prosecution because credible witness accounts and physical and forensic evidence, i.e. Brown’s
DNA inside the SUV and on Wilson’s shirt collar and the bullet trajectory and close-range
gunshot wound to Brown’s hand, establish that Brown’s arms and/or torso were inside the SUV.

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There is no doubt there was a struggle between Wilson and Brown inside his unit. BUT, once Brown disengaged, Wilson did not shoot him at that time. The question is, Why didn't Wilson shoot Brown AT THAT MOMENT?

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Given the totality of the circumstances – that the officers had been fighting with Sterling and had attempted less-than-lethal methods of control; that they knew Sterling had a weapon; that Sterling had reportedly brandished a gun at another person; and that Sterling was much larger and stronger than either officer – the Department cannot prove either that the shots were unconstitutional or that they were willful.  Moreover, two different, independent experts opined that this shooting was not unreasonable given the circumstances.

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Let's see. VIDEO footage shows the 1st officer on the scene calmly talking to Alton Sterling, Sterling is being compliant with the 1st officer, here comes the 2nd officer who immediately jumps out of his unit, runs over to where Sterling and the 1st officer are talking, draws his weapon, puts it against the temple of Sterling and says, I will blow your fricking head off. THAT'S when the struggle begins. Now this is a cop whose had a litany of complaints against him from the community, but since BOTH his PARENTS were High Ranking officials in the Department, those complaints fell on deaf ears. Again, even the Training Officer made a recommendation that he would one day kill someone because of his emotional inbalance.

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George Floyd:
The knee restraint IS LEGAL and is in the Minneapolis use-of-force policy.
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Just because something is LEGAL, doesn't mean you get to use EXCESSIVE FORCE, especially when you have 3 other damn officers present with you.