tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post3178149792368436119..comments2024-01-20T02:06:45.388-08:00Comments on The Political Omnivore: Michael Brown The MartyrUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-50766682404285074822014-08-19T12:09:29.688-07:002014-08-19T12:09:29.688-07:00What I'm saying is that once you've tear-g...What I'm saying is that once you've tear-gassed reporters on camera I'll interpret ambiguous situations against you. If I already know you're scum, why should I pretend to be a court and give you the innocent-until-proven guilty treatment?<br /><br />Tell you the truth, though, I'm not sure how much it matters what happened to Brown. The police department has already earned imprisonment for the things nobody will dispute them doing.<br /><br />PS: I haven't actually compared the autopsy and the testimony, so I can't really discuss that. The bits and pieces I've seen were consistent, but I've only seen bits and pieces.Sanctaphraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17117418785914238427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-61418397353047031252014-08-19T11:18:47.371-07:002014-08-19T11:18:47.371-07:00I didn't read the statement--but remember that...I didn't read the statement--but remember that the eye-witness testimony (at least the version I got) said Brown was shot -in the back-. The autopsy refutes that, not the police.<br /><br />Yes, the police have behaved very badly--tear-gassing reporters on camera, for example, leaves little room for interpretation. On the other hand, keep in mind that sometimes things we *know* (the NBC Zimmerman edit) turn out not to be actually *true*--so I don't see that waiting for the investigations before saying we have a really good idea of exactly what happened is a bad idea.<br /><br />That's not the same as accepting the police's version of the 'the truth' (especially as we don't actually have that yet).<br /><br />-The OmnivoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-86774805577533942502014-08-19T11:03:07.457-07:002014-08-19T11:03:07.457-07:00I really don't think the police deserve any be...I really don't think the police deserve any benefit of the doubt here. They've tear-gassed and shot (with rubber bullets) peaceful protesters, handed out death threats all over the place, tried to tarnish the name of the kid they killed, and generally acted like a gang of monstrous thugs.<br /><br />So if the police testimony differs from the testimony of the eye-witnesses, I'm gonna go with the witnesses' version. Especially because the witnesses have far less reason to lie than the police do.Sanctaphraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17117418785914238427noreply@blogger.com