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Tom Joad 11-25-2014 04:25 PM

Officer Darren Wilson's story is unbelievable. Literally.
 
http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/728116...ons-story-side

I agree with the author. There are a lot of things in Wilson's version that set off my internal bullshit detector.

Quote:

We've finally heard from Officer Darren Wilson.

Wilson had been publicly silent since the events of August 9, when he shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. And, even as the grand jury announced its decision not to indict him, he remained silent. He had his attorneys release a statement on his behalf.

But on Monday night, St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch released the evidence given to the grand jury, including the interview police did with Wilson in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. And so we got to read, for the first time, Wilson's full, immediate account of his altercation with Brown.

And it is unbelievable.

I mean that in the literal sense of the term: "difficult or impossible to believe." But I want to be clear here. I'm not saying Wilson is lying. I'm not saying his testimony is false. I am saying that the events, as he describes them, are simply bizarre. His story is difficult to believe.

The story Wilson tells goes like this:
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Zeke 11-25-2014 04:59 PM

I read this hours ago and it is perfectly believable for a chaotic situation caused by entitled thuggery.

When bizarreness enters your world via a social cretin, you get bizarre descriptors.

sheltiedave 11-25-2014 05:21 PM

Lawyered up, to the nth degree.

It is no coincidence that at every possible point where Wilson could insert doubt, doubt was inserted.

whell 11-25-2014 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Joad (Post 249542)
http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/728116...ons-story-side

I agree with the author. There are a lot of things in Wilson's version that set off my internal bullshit detector.



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Who cares whether or not Ezra thinks the story is "unbelievable" or not? Was Ezra on the Grand Jury where he could listen to all the evidence presented? No? Then who cares?

Zeke 11-25-2014 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by whell (Post 249559)
Who cares whether or not Ezra thinks the story is "unbelievable" or not? Was Ezra on the Grand Jury where he could listen to all the evidence presented? No? Then who cares?

Apologists.

Rajoo 11-25-2014 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whell (Post 249559)
Who cares whether or not Ezra thinks the story is "unbelievable" or not? Was Ezra on the Grand Jury where he could listen to all the evidence presented? No? Then who cares?

All the evidence presented is not all of the evidence.

Tom Joad 11-25-2014 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeke (Post 249550)
I read this hours ago and it is perfectly believable for a chaotic situation caused by entitled thuggery.

When bizarreness enters your world via a social cretin, you get bizarre descriptors.

When people are trying to lie their way out of trouble you get some pretty bizarre stories too. I raised three kids. I've heard one or two.

BlueStreak 11-25-2014 06:07 PM

What is "entitled thuggery"?

Dave

Zeke 11-25-2014 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak (Post 249567)
What is "entitled thuggery"?

Dave

"I like these cigars. I deserve to have them. I will take them. Coppers got nothing on me."

whell 11-25-2014 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BeamOn (Post 249564)
All the evidence presented is not all of the evidence.

Still holding on to anything you can, even phantom evidence, so you can continue to advance your narrative. You're persistent, I'll give you that much. :rolleyes:


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