I don't think it was racially driven and I think the officer acted in according to current law. I think Brown was charging the cop based off of the evidence.

I think we need stricter rules regarding lethal force. You shouldn't be able to shoot and kill an unarmed civilian even if they are charging you. Police are trained, use the training to overpower him or use less than lethal tactics to stop him. The firearm should only be used if the suspect has a weapon of some kind in his hand

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Posted by Rebelgator

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Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:51 am to deltaland

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You shouldn't be able to shoot and kill an unarmed civilian even if they are charging you. Police are trained, use the training to overpower him or use less than lethal tactics to stop him. The firearm should only be used if the suspect has a weapon of some kind in his hand

So... If a 5'9 150 lb officer is being charged by a 6'5 250 lb guy, he should just get beaten to death or knocked out and shot with his own gun?

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Posted by the808bass

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Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:56 am to deltaland

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I think we need stricter rules regarding lethal force. You shouldn't be able to shoot and kill an unarmed civilian even if they are charging you. Police are trained, use the training to overpower him or use less than lethal tactics to stop him. The firearm should only be used if the suspect has a weapon of some kind in his hand

No. All of that. Just no.

What I think we need is a civilian review board which processes excessive force complaint in situations like this Michael Brown. It needs to be separate from the police.

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