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Topic subjectRE: If he gets off, it'll be because the grand jury wouldn't indict Wilson
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12610420, RE: If he gets off, it'll be because the grand jury wouldn't indict Wilson
Posted by ThaTruth, Thu Oct-09-14 03:51 PM
>which is what ppl in Ferguson are preparing to happen w/this
>grand jury taking this long to decide if this case should go
>to trial
>
>The "I thought he had a gun" defense wouldn't seem very
>plausible given the fact that several witnesses' story
>corroborate w/one another that Mike Brown was fleeing the
>scene and stopped and turned around w/his hands up to
>surrender once Wilson fired shots at him...
>
>I don't see how a defense attorney can argue Wilson thought
>his life was threatened in any kind of way when Brown was
>running AWAY from him...

He can say a 6'4" 300lb black man was charging towards him and he feared for his life.