Racial profiling and stereotyping of blacks particularly and non-whites generally must be combated and condemned strenuously. Michael Brown was a young black man with plans to make himself a useful member of society.

he was also a bully...not that he deserved to die

 

Well said Gil.

Quote from the article:

 

"For teachers, he was "a student who loomed large and didn't cause trouble,"

Ah playing devil's advocate...why did he manhandle the shop owner and steal stuff if he was such a good guy?

Hold yuh harses, budday! GNI has some notable bullies. Shall I put a slug in them?

Bhai, Every Criminal Mudda does halla and bawl how good dem Pickney is. I on the other hand not blind and deaf.

like i said...he did not deserve to die...yuh blind or yuh cyant read

 

Gil

 

It is our responsibility as elder members of society to assist and guide the youngsters. They will make mistakes along the way.

 

 

I read you, man. And me na go shoot to kill too.

didn't realize you and Gil were elderly...like yall read fuh retirement

 

Not yet ready for retirement. Still a few more years left before I head back to Guyana and enjoy my retirement. Zero Politics when I retire.

 

But Gil is ready for retirement.

 

Most teenage boys will get into trouble sometime in their lives. That doesn't mean that they deserve to be gunned down.

 

Right on Skelly.

 

This young man did not deserve to die. I commend you for taking a principled stand on this incident.

where is anyone saying that he deserved to be gunned down?

Darryl Wilson is 6' 4" tall and weighs 210 lbs. Michael Brown is the same height and weighs 290 lbs. Is Darryl Wilson relatively small to the Michael Brown based on this data?

 

BRB

 

Racism is at play here. They can slice, spin it and dice it however they want but the world is witnessing injustice.

 

Ray, no one said he deserved to be gunned down. Yes, he bullied the store keeper and stole. This does not mean he deserve to be dead. He was just a teenager; regardless of his size.

Billy Ram, time for arithmetic and intelligence exercises.

Darryl Wilson is 6' 4" tall. Michael Brown was [not is. He dead] same height, i.e., 6' 4" tall.

Darryl Wilson weighs 210 lbs and Michael Brown weighed [not weighs] 290 lbs.

Therefore Darryl Wilson was 80 lbs lighter and slimmer than Michael Brown.

But, but, but...

Darryl Wilson carried a gun and bullets and badge and those things carry big weight, you know what I mean? And that kinda weight offset his physical weight deficiency.

Besides, Darryl Wilson was 10 years older than Michael Brown and should have more brains.

BOTTOM LINE: Wilson murdered Brown.

Professional murdered a teenager without any consequences.

WHy you keep repeating that he did not deserve to die when no one is saying he deserved to die?

Were you ever a cop? They are trained to shoot to kill if faced with a threatening situation...if someone charging you, and you have a gun....what yuh think will happen?

Gilbakka,

 

I am not taking sides here. I am just trying to ascertain some relevant facts that can allow me to make a good judgment whether this was a case of murder or self-defense. Brown weighing 80 lbs more than Darryl surely gives him a significant advantage. Take for example a boxer outweighing his opponent by 80 lbs.  A hard punch from the heavier guy would surely put the lighter guy out. Don't you think that Brown could have finished this guy off with heavy punches?  Think about a Guyanese man who was punched to death on Hempstead Turnpike in Long Island by a man who did not weigh  more than 20 lbs. than himself.  Darryl may have been danger when this guy came at him. The incident was not caught on camera but we can judge from his hostility in the store that  he may assaulted the police which provoked the shooting

If Michael Brown did hit the police officer then he got what was coming to him.  The video of the store where he may have stolen the cigars showed an angry young man but it also showed a man who wanted to scare the store clerk but not hurt him.  The police officer could have shot him in the foot or fire a warning shot.  But that was not done.

 

I once watched a Canadian police officer use a series of  f--- /SH-t curse words in a mall on a young native Canadian male while he was arresting the young man's sister for being drunk in public. It was very clear to me, a bystander, that it was all done to make the young man attack him so that he can get an excuse to use physical violence on him.  When the young man talked back the police officer then threw him to the ground and arrested him also.

 

The parents of children of color have to teach them when they are young how to behave when approached by police officers.  Not because there are these two silver tongue toms Obama/Holder in power now does it mean racism has ended for people of color.

If Brown held up the store, then he is not as wonderful and non-violent as his parents are claiming. Good kids know how to be respectful and stay out of trouble. Brown apparently wasn't that good a kid. Wilson may have shot him in cold blood but he may have also shot him in response to feeling threatened. Police officers take care of multitudes of people and every once in a while we have a case like this where the facts are not very clear. All this marching and protesting seem more opportunistic and lacks true perspective. People like Sharpton are late to the dance if this point is where they get involved.

The banna probably did not deserve to die, but bad man luck does run out.  The "gentle giant" beat up on the store clerk in a robbery minutes before being shot.

Reminds me of the Buxton thugs who got zapped in 2006.

My take on this is the cop should have waited for back up

to apprehend the kid.

Gilly,

 

Thank you for pointing my grammatical errors. I was in a rush when I did this. 

 

No problem, bro. We all make mistakes, typos, etc.

 

 

100 Percent accurate. 

Take your take to the toilet.

Expected from some one with warped logic.The cop was

over powered by unarmed kid in broad day light,what are

his options shoot him in his head,or wait for backup????

"neutralize" the threat.

Some day, there is going to be a militant black group that is going to even scores with white policemen. Perhaps, that will be a reason to think twice before killing a blackman. That day will come. People will only take that much before they take the law into their own hands.

In my opinion most police operation are correct. There are only a few that are under the shadow of suspicion so we shouldn't react like there is some epidemic. Back in the 80s there was a traffic cop in Guyana who used to drive fear in us bike riders. We thought that he was a sob but when I met him a few years ago, I saw a really gentle and calm person. I concluded that he had to display that attitude to get the respect of vehicle operators. After all we broke so many laws as bike riders. Stop sign meant nothing to us back then.