Discussion for article #235617
Now if only the police department or the union was made to pay out any settlement that comes from this suit, but alas it will be left for the taxpayers to pay.
Nobody will pay anything. Not only did the Grand Jury determine that Officer Wilson used justifiable force but so did the Holder ran DOJ.
"The department found that Wilson’s actions “do not constitute a prosecutable violation” and there “is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove Wilson’s stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety.”
There will be no settlement because the suit has zero merit.
Now if a bunch of black people who were referenced in the DOJ Ferguson PD Report got together and filed a lawsuit, THAT suit would have a lot of merit. That’s a suit I would like to see. But DOJ was very clear in stating that “evidence established” that the shooting was self-defense, and that self defense is completely justified. Read the whole report. They left no ambiguity whatsoever, and they covered all 3 scenarios - the first shot, the chase, and the final shooting. Even the fact of why he was first stopped was covered, it was due to him having stolen merch in hand after he had robbed a store, not due to being black. In fact Wilson pulled away and only backed up when he saw the stolen merch (he had just got a call on it right before that, and that is on tape).
Crump is milking this. Yes, he says witnesses said Brown had his hands up before the shooting. All the credible witnesses agree he raised his hands. They all then said he charged at Wilson, some saying they could not believe Wilson did not shoot sooner. They also said Wilson was backing up, trying to give him more of a chance to stop charging. Crump leaves that out. He is milking this for his own self promotion, and does not give a shit about the Brown family.
Let the people wronged in the PD report file a suit, THEY have a good case. They even have DOJ Report backing them up.
This isn’t going to end pretty for Ferguson et al. Wilson could easily have been convicted “beyond a reasonable doubt”…and the lower hurdle in a civil trial is not going to be a problem for Brown’s family. Cut the check!