Toe Jam Football writes:
Although, with hindsight, we know that Brown was not armed with a gun or other weapon, this fact does not render Wilson’s use of deadly force objectively unreasonable. Again, the key question is whether Brown could reasonably have been perceived to pose a deadly threat to Wilson at the time he shot him regardless of whether Brown was armed.Sufficient credible evidence supports Wilson’s claim that he reasonably perceived Brown to be posing a deadly threat. First, Wilson did not know that Brown was not armed at the time he shot him, and had reason to suspect that he might be when Brown reached into the waistband of his pants as he advanced toward Wilson.”
While Brown did not use a gun on Wilson at the SUV, his aggressive actions would have given Wilson reason to at least question whether he might be armed, as would his subsequent forward advance and reach toward his waistband. This is especially so in light of the rapidly-evolving nature of the incident. Wilson did not have time to determine whether Brown had a gun and was not required to risk being shot himself in order to make a more definitive assessment.
In addition, even assuming that Wilson definitively knew that Brown was not armed, Wilson was aware that Brown had already assaulted him once and attempted to gain control of his gun. Wilson could thus present evidence that he reasonably feared that, if left unimpeded, Brown would again assault Wilson, again attempt to overpower him, and again attempt to take his gun.
Under the law, Wilson has a strong argument that he was justified in firing his weapon at Brown as he continued to advance toward him and refuse commands to stop, and the law does not require Wilson to wait until Brown was close enough to physically assault Wilson.
It doesn’t even matter whether Brown was armed or not. It doesn’t even matter whether he was going to take Wilson’s gun away or not. If you charge at a cop with your head down like a bull, you need to be shot. Anyone who charges a cop needs to get shot. If you punch a cop in the face, you need to be shot. Everyone who punches a cop in the face needs a bullet. That’s how I see it.
I can’t believe I am siding with cops in this Black Lives Matter nonsense. I don’t even like cops. Like, at all. But when it comes down to a choice between cops and thugs, I will side with the cops most of the time. As far as I am concerned, the police are not killing enough of these thugs. They need to kill more of them to satisfy me. I cheer every time a cop kills one of these thugs in a justifiable homicide. I love it.