Ferguson Grand Jury No Indictment of Darren Wilson sends a Powerful Message
What’s the message? It’s simple as long as you wear a badge and a gun, you have the right to initiate a confrontation and if you feel yourself losing that battle, you can now draw your weapon and kill the threat. You may not be so lucky if you are a civilian but why not take a chance. You could fall under the George Zimmerman defense or the gentleman who shot and killed that young boy for loud music. This gives you a 50/50 chance. But if you are unarmed, hard of hearing or playing with a toy gun, your chances of getting justice may not be so balanced. Consider this, the grand jury said that Mr. Wilson followed the law and the training he received in law enforcement training but I have to wonder if that is true or have the training changed since I attended. You see, we were instructed never to engage without back up especially if you were outnumbered. Mr. Wilson’s odds were 2 to 1. We were instructed to monitor and track until the numbers we...