Maybe if was that simple we wouldn't be having this discussion?

Calm down br0

Darren Wilson himself during his testimony said that Michael Brown was initially running away after the first altercation before stopping (and allegedly turning around to charge). Read the testimony, I posted it earlier.

Darren Wilson and Michael Brown are both 6'4 - Brown is just considerably heavier - if you would be 'scared as fuck' from a guy who is only 80lb heavier (still a great deal, I'm aware) then you are exaggerating. Someone who is heavier by that much would warrant caution, but not ridiculous panic, especially when you are armed and he is not.

Also good job getting your info from CNN when you just followed up this post by saying that the media can't be trusted due to emotional bias.

There is no concrete proof whether or not Wilson told Brown to put his hands up or either get on the ground - only his word (according to Wilson he said to 'get on the ground'). All other resident eyewitness accounts say that Brown did put his hands up or more or less stopped and surrendered. This very well could be a case of 'following commands' and still being shot.

Brown wasn't drugged.

The way Wilson phrases it basically makes it looks like Brown was literally running through the bullets as if he was superman. He described it as if the bullets 'annoyed' him. His testimony is complete bullshit right from the beginning lie about his knowledge of the robbery that just happened.

It is also mind boggling to me the people buy into the story that Brown was running away from DW (who admitted he was shooting at a fleeing enemy; mistake #1), then for some reason decided to turn around and charge at him. Let me ask anyone, if you were running away from gunshots, do you think you, with a functioning brain, would turn around and run back at them? It is extremely more sensible to think that after realizing that he was being shot at - MB stopped and surrendered (which ALL of the eyewitness stories maintain and are consistent) then was shot.

Darren Wilson is also 6'4 and 210 lbs. Not sure if that's relevant, he sure as hell wouldn't automatically been taken down by Brown.

I advise that everyone who actually cares about the legitimacy of Darren Wilson actually read the transcript of his testimony. It's extremely formulated and strange - and seems to only paint Brown as this hyper -belligerent criminal and Wilson as a 'perfect' cop.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/11/24/darren-wilson-testimony-snippet.pdf

He basically lied with multiple inconsistencies:

1) Says he was aware of the robbery that MB committed /(Ferguson police chief back in august completely refutes this)

2) Says MB was wearing a black shirt /(Bob McCulloch says he was wearing a white shirt)

3) Says he politely asked the boys to get on the sidewalk /(Dorian Johnson, MB's friend said that he had told them to 'get the fuck on the sidewalk')

4) Says that MB said "fuck what you have to say" /(very robotic and strange thing to say, also Dorian Johnson again, says that he did all of the talking and MB said nothing for majority of the time until the altercation started)

5) Says he noticed the two boys from the stealing - why he confronted them a second time /(once again, it's been confirmed that he had no knowledge of the robbery, also Dorian Johnson was not a part of the police dispatch so he couldn't possibly have recognized him)

6) Tells Brown to 'come here for a minute' Brown responds 'what the fuck are you going to do about it?" /(response does not fit the call - also once again Dorian Johnson says that Brown has said nothing up to this point)

7) Says Brown had cigarillos in his right hand/(Brown then proceeded to punch him with his right hand? apparently no evidence of cigarillos or cigarillo residue in his car afterwards, where Wilson said he was getting hit)

8)His whole story is that he pulls up to Brown (who had just shoplifted) and his friend, Brown tells him to fuck off, he rolls back up because he notices the cigarillos, He opens his door, Brown shuts it, and punches him through his window(???) then tells his friend to 'hold these(cigs)' and then proceeds to assault Wilson.

Extremely bizarre as he just robbed a store and it would probably be in his best interest to keep a low profile. Even more bizarre to attack a cop out of random because he told you to get on the sidewalk? Then hand your cigs to your friend and proceed to beat him up through a window and enter his car?

9) here's the good part: He says that he's in the car with Brown (allegedly assaulting him) so he pulls out his gun and points it at him. What does Brown apparently say according to Wilson.
"You're too much of a pussy to shoot me"

ok

10) apparently after chasing him, Brown turns around, reaches into his pants and charges towards Wilson. He shoots multiple shots and apparently he hit him at least once /(it appears that MB is a fucking bear because I don't remember the last time someone gets shot and keeps running - also, Brown was unarmed, why would he reach into his pocket?)

1)White Prosecutor has deep family ties in the police force (father killed by a black man)

2)Police force is extreme majority white and patrolling area is predominantly black

3)jury was majority white

4)little discussion on the changes that are needed in that community in regards to the relationship between the people and the police force

In no way is it certain that it is a race issue, but It's not unreasonable to think that it is.

I'm not gonna lie my jaw dropped when that blue-whale sized dinosaur grabbed the shark. If the screenplay is terrible, they better make it up with some dazzling visuals.

Ultimately depends on the motivation of the riot. 'Civil rights' vs. 'A Sports Game' will of course produce different types of behavior - not that I am condoning either.

I'm honestly curious to see how the police force would function with just rubber bullets and tazers. Would be interesting to see how it could prevent otherwise death-causing cases to occur.

The picture wasn't necessary, but chill, I think the point he's trying to make is that rioting is not an exclusively African American thing, which common sense can tell anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFinNxS5KN4

should i be excited or not

Who said that?

Yeah I have no idea why tazers aren't used more often by cops. Enemy is neutralized, and everyone lives.

You're stretching it Marxist - we really don't know what happened, and frankly it doesn't matter. The decision is made, Brown is dead, Wilson wasn't indicted. What we need to be discussing is the protests and the actual problems in that community.

You missed the point. Whether Michael Brown was innocent or not is almost irrelevant - he was just the catalyst for the protests. At the time of the shooting, it was widely believed he was innocent. As Marxist has already stated, this isn't about Michael Brown necessarily, it's about a problem that their community feels they have endured for far too long.

Whether Michael Brown deserved to be shot is unbeknownst to anyone except people who actually saw it and Darren Wilson - anything could have happened, any evidence could have been skewed.

The protest should have continued to be peaceful, It's really sad to see them take the violence route; it dilutes the message completely.

Michael Brown is one person, it is unfair to determine the nature of their culture based on one criminal mainstream case. You could just as easily say that the police force in Ferguson has the Us vs. Them mentality; which could to be the case with actual real instances of racial profiling in that area. You can't just automatically assume that parents raise them with that ideology - as far as we know, Michael Brown could have been taught that police officers are actually spiders in disguise.

You have a majority black community and a massively predominant white police force, and racism still being a thing (believe or not) you are going to have some issues whether you like it or not.
Whether or not Michael Brown assaulted Darren Wilson is a moot point seeing as the decision has already been made.

I don't think anywhere in these past few months has anyone said that Michael Brown is innocent 'because he has black skin'. Some are asserting that is the reason he was 'targeted', but to say that anyone pretends their race is a responsibility deflector is absurd.