The_Walrus wrote:
So, to summarise:
- Black man starts punching white man in the face
- Black man stops punching white man and walks away
- White man threatens black man with gun
- Black man moves towards white man
- White man kills him
- The great and good of the American right jump to the white man's defence
This is institutional racism. The white man has massively overreacted based on the evidence presented and should be facing a murder charge.
I still think its inconclusive. I can rewrite your narrative this way:
- Mr Brown assaults police officer. Breaks his eye socket and almost knocks him out.
- Mr Brown stops assaulting police officer and walks away
- Police officer says "freeze police". (which is his civic duty to do.)
- Mr Brown rushes towards police officer.
- Police officer shoots Mr. Brown in self defense. (if one was just beaten to the point of having their eye socket broken and just about being knocked out, and their attacker turns on them again, they would have every right to shoot in self defense. Never mind a police officer, you would have the right to fire in that scenario.)
I'm not saying I believe this account. Just that it's plausible given the information we have been provided.