Monday, November 28, 2016

Who is really at fault?

After hearing the presentations and ready my transcript there are so many different stories its hard to conclude what really happened. However I do believe that Officer Wilson abused his power and shot way too many times. Because of Mikes size I understand why Wilson felt threatened but this whole could have been avoided if Wilson had not reversed back to Mike and provoked him. After the fight in the car the first shot was justified to get mike to back off. However, when mike started to turn around after running Wilson should have stopped shooting because there have been a lot of consistent stories where mike was not a threat. With that said hearing all these different sides reminds me of what is happening today. We have a country divided between the thought that either police officers are good or bad, and all black brutality that happens either should not have or the person had it coming. Unless we can find a middle ground and show that even though some force is needed that not all blacks are threats and we should not single them out based on the color of their skin.

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  1. I agree that Wilson abused his power too much. I believe that he was justified in shooting Wilson as a defense when he was being punched but he did not correctly assess the threat that he was under and was therefore not justified in responding through multiple gunshots in areas that are lethal. Michael Brown also didn't have a weapon and when he turned around he was a significant distance away from Wilson which doesn't constitute for the continuation of a firing of a gun.

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