In both our countries the murder of a policeman (/woman) is somehow deemed more tragic or more worthy of report, or even more worthy of investigation than if a civilian is murdered by a policeman. Would you agree? Why is that?
Because a society that tolerates the murder of its protectors is doomed.
I know that, I just wanted to not give much chance to rubbish what I said before they consider why cops seem to get away with a lot of bad behaviour.
Please cite one case where a cop actually murdered someone, and "got away" with it. (And this is using the legal definition of murder, "the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.")
He committed crimes, he was unarmed, WILSON aimed for the head, then shot him in the head 3 times.
Dr. Baden's autopsy, performed at the request of the Brown family, said he was shot in the head twice. I don't believe the separate autopsy ordered by the Justice Dept. had any different results.
You seem to conveniently ignore this information, which is an excerpt from an article in the Washington Post: "The significance of this wound and related physical evidence is that it places Brown’s right hand within 6 to 9 inches of the barrel of Wilson’s firearm. This physical evidence is thus quite consistent with Wilson’s testimony that Brown was trying to get hold of Wilson’s weapon, creating a fear in Wilson that he was going to get shot. It also creates a problem for those who view Brown as having been somehow accosted by Wilson and was just trying to escape."
In a court of law, the underlined statement above would probably draw an objection of "assumes facts not in evidence," and the objection would probably be sustained. But when an assailant has his entire body inside the car, apparently trying to kill the driver of the car, what might you suggest as a "kinder, gentler" target? How about his big toe? Or maybe just fire a "warning shot" through the roof of the car to scare him away?

Some of the previous replies read like the words of Armchair Experts who know all about how to do a job that they themselves wouldn't (and couldn't) do.
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NoCatfish2
on Sat 10/24/15 12:56 PM