I got lazy after reading over 200 pages of transcripts, where I found that only about 40 pages were meaningful… Before I continue to discuss about what I think of the result, I’d like to say that justice is subjective and abides to what an individual’s moral standard is. The results of the case is, therefore, a collective response of what the society considered as conventionally justified. When the conventions are challenged with the change of time, amendments of law are resulted. These moral justifications should however be applied only after all the information, if attainable and available, are presented. My opinions, thus even after reading these transcripts, would still be biased like everyone who has two cents about the matter.
In short, I don’t think Wilson shoot Brown out of KKK like racial discrimination but similar toward the conclusion of the movie “Crash” (2006). However, does this truly justice the life? No. To me, Wilson had committed Voluntary Manslaughter or 3rd Degree Murder. This was covered in the list of charges stated in [3] P.132. His “fear” was like that ending scene in Crash. An idea that triggered the shoot given the right condition, an inception due to the depiction of of our media and society.
Getting into a little more detail…. From [1], If you are in the driver’s position grabbing a person that is separated by the car door, especially for a big person such as Darren Wilson, your torso would be turned and leaned in an angle from your lower body. Why would you want to pull a big person, 300lb and 6’4, into the car from the driver’s seat? What are you trying to accomplish? Get him to give you a giant blowjob? Furthermore, Brown hit Wilson on the left side of Wilson’s face, so I assuming Brown used his right hand for this. Afterward, Wilson used his right hand to grab Brown’s forearm, I am assuming it’s Brown’s right arm because Brown was about to swing his left fist toward the right side of Wilson’s face. I am then assuming he lose his grab on Brown’s right arm when Wilson tried to reach his gun. This whole set of interaction I could only imagined to be choreographed by Hollywood and nothing else, was Wilson high?
During the straggle, how do you have time to tell him you are going to shot him if you are so fear of your life? Have you watch Crash (2006)? What is this? A comic book? “Let me tell you how I am going to attack you before I attack you and you will still get hit despite you know my move~” Now which hand did Brown used to jam Wilson’s gun? What happened to Wilson’s free hand? If Brown used his left hand to jam the gun? Huh?
I am fine that you, as a police officer, went chase after Brown, a suspect. However, now that Brown realized Wilson would use his gun and Brown started running away, he was running away and THEN Brown was like, “Hey, you know what it’s around two motherfucker and started charging at Wilson again at 30-40 feet away while Wilson has his gun in his hand ready to shoot.” However,The county examiner did stated that Brown’s body had traces of THC which could impair Brown’s judgement, thus leading into the gun grab and second confrontation. On another hand, why couldn’t Wilson shoot Brown’s leg during the chase instead?
Johnson in [2], while given that he was Brown’s friend so it’s likely he was biased, recounted the similarities with Wilson’s testimony. At the same time, he saw that Brown, while he did not raise his hand for submission, he was showing his belt area that his was unarmed. Just this one difference in perspective has become a strong indication that Wilson was potentially truly feared and thought that killing Brown was his only chance of “Survival”. This then return to my earlier question of why did he not use another alternative mean to capture Brown? I personally think this is a strong enough “Probable Cause” indict Wilson.
In [3], the contradictions among the testimonies were unusually high. Give that I have only skim through the Grand Jury transcript and first transcript. I have also read two of the short testimonies and brief through Wikipedia (I know, this is may be worse than getting Obama’s speech from Fox News.) However, it was a good starting point. These contradictions which I think is based on the similar ideas suggested in the previous paragraph, to me, remain suggestive to be a probable cause. Another strange thing in this case is what Justice Scalia, I know… but for once I agree with him, in [4], the process that the persecutor was involved seemed very biased as if they don’t want to indict Wilson no matter what. Well it worked.
Lastly in [1], it was Wilson’s first time killing someone, and it has only been three months but he doesn’t seems to be bothered by it. I mean… I don’t know how it should feel when you kill someone but I don’t think calm should be one of the words to be used to describe the recollection. Before I close, I would just like to state that I feel the same way as in [5]. Even though I am not Black or don’t have a gigantic penis, I’m sympathetic and I’m introspective. Was it racism? I think it has definitely played a role.
Reference:
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llwdma6zVhA&feature=youtu.be
[3] http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/25/us/evidence-released-in-michael-brown-case.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
[4] http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/11/26/3597322/justice-scalia-explains-what-was-wrong-with-the-ferguson-grand-jury/
[5] http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-players-facebook-post-on-ferguson-darren-wilson-michael-brown-decision-goes-viral/