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originally posted by: Shamrock6
originally posted by: deadeyedick
originally posted by: mysterioustranger
a reply to: deadeyedick
Given all the potential factors...you just admitted you can't accept that. Oh...and my classes were not for purchasers...it was advanced law enforcement and military based suppositional training about understaning potentially misunderstood situations.
Just because youve said you cant accept it, doesnt mean its not true. Nor that it IS true.
These Range Instructors-instructional training points were well taken for this "what-if"?. And according to a few other members, they were also made aware of the same outcome for the premise presented.
Maybe we could send an instructor over to your place so you can correct them? I mean...given all the potential variables n all...???
Nobody i know round here would even wait for the knife to be drawn. The lesson would be cut short. That was the just of my response that if i came to your house with a knife i would likely get shot and the other way around.
It is true both ways that we are limited by our training. think deep about that one
putting that aside it still shows that wilson was off with his remarks about distance and actions. The comment may have been aimed at showing what one could do in 25' but it only shows that all the things brown said happened in that time could not fit in the time and distance aspects of his statments.
I find it absolutely stunning that you're sitting here railing endlessly against Wilson for over reacting, making things worse, not doing things "normal" people would do, going outside what you believe policy is, and you say something like this.
You just said you know people, and given that you offered to provide your own address I think it's safe to include YOU in that "people" you know, who would shoot somebody who they believed had a knife but that hadn't drawn the knife yet, and we're over 21 feet away. You just said you and others you know would shoot somebody based purely on the belief that they were armed and may have intent to harm you, but had not displayed a weapon and were not close enough to touch. And you say that after everything you've posted the last several says. That is utterly mind blowing to me.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: deadeyedick
Also, in your earlier comment, you said you and others would shoot somebody before the "could even draw" the knife. Now you're talking about somebody who is "wielding" a knife. Wielding is holding or using a weapon. You've already said you'd shoot somebody who was simply carrying a knife and hadn't "drawn" it yet. So you'd readily shoot somebody who had no knife in their hands, but you thought they might harm you, and even though they're not close enough to harm you, you'd shoot them anyway. Instead of running away and calling for backup, like you say a police officer should've done with somebody who was also not displaying a weapon but was well within arms reach and had already demonstrated the intent and willingness to do the officer harm. Yep, feel like we've got that all nailed down
originally posted by: Tusks
There is a limit on how fast humans on foot can travel.
There is no limit on how slow they can travel.
originally posted by: TorqueyThePig
a reply to: deadeyedick
Wilson stated that when Brown charged him he back peddled to create more distance between the two.
Could that not account for the discrepancy you have with the distance?
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: deadeyedick
phage please stick to the info in the op please.
I am. Wilson said that Brown was running toward him in spite of being told to get on the ground. In spite of being fired upon. Brown may not have been "running" but he could have been advancing at a threatening pace, or even a walk. Wilson fired because he felt threatened.
And his statement aligns with statements from witnesses who did not change their statements. What about the ones that didn't change statements that could be seen as evidence against Wilson? Why weren't they threatened too? You seem to think that the case hinges on some eyewitness reports while others don't matter. You seem to want to second guess the grand jury. You seem to think that you are more capable of reaching a conclusion than they are even though they actually heard the witnesses, they actually saw the evidence. Why do you think that?
the times and distances do not align with wilsons statments but do align with the first statments of witnesses and show that they were possibly forced to change their statments.