Coming to a Conclusion

I was pretty clear on the fact that I thought Darren Wilson used an excessive amount of force that lead to Michael Browns death until the most recent testimonies. Up until the most recent testimonies, I had only heard that Micheal Brown was charging Darren Wilson  a couple times. One of those was Wilson's testimony where he would obviously say that Michael Brown was a threat. 

I had only heard that Michael Brown was walking to the officer and was not posing any serious threats. In the past few presentation, I had heard a lot more witnesses saying that he was charging Officer Wilson. One said he looked like a football player ready to tackle. In this case, I would see why Wilson would feel threatened. In the end, its so hard for me to form an opinion when it feels like I can't get a good understanding of what really happened that day.

I feel that it would be important to touch on the fact that what you believe, may affect the way you perceive something. For the people who hate the police and see them as the bad guys will look at this event differently than people who think Police and good and so the person on the other side of his gun is bad.  One person might see Michael Brown as an innocent kid not doing anything, when the officer, unprovoked, shot him several times and killed him. Someone else will see an officer saving the community from a dangerous man.  There were so many witnesses looking at the exact same thing, yet it is hard to find consistencies.