EatTheRich
President
1. Trayvon Martin was shot on February 26, 2012. No charges were initially filed against the shooter, George Zimmerman, who admitted to police that he followed the unarmed minor before shooting him to death. On March 8, Martin's father held a press conference criticizing the Sanford PD's investigation, and on March 9 his attorney announced plans to sue to get the public records released. Also on March 8, a petition on Change.org called for Zimmerman's arrest and prosecution. It garnered over 10,000 signatures in the first three days, and 2.2 million eventual signatures, making it the largest petition in the website's history. On March 13, the NAACP wrote to the Department of Justice asking them to step in, and on March 20 they launched an investigation, the day before a demonstration planned in New York that would bring in 5000 participants. Later that same week other large protests included 10000 in Sanford, 3000 in Atlanta, and 1200 in Baltimore.1. Disagreed.
2. You mean fellow robber Dorian Johnson? His credibility is highly suspect. The story that the sitting 6'4", 210# Wilson grabbed the standing 6'4", 292" Brown and tried to pull him into the police cruiser defies reason. More likely is that Wilson tried to open up his door, Brown shoved it back closed and a struggle for the gun ensued where Brown left his blood inside the cruiser.
Brown was shot on August 9. The next day there was a protest of 200 in Ferguson, which was taken advantage of by a handful of looters. On August 11, police were using tear gas, rubber bullets, and beanbag rounds against protesters, including a peacefully protesting state senator. It was at this point that the FBI launched an investigation into something which, after all, happens on about a semiweekly basis to unarmed Black people in the U.S. without being the subject of national investigation. 4500 people attended Michael Brown's funeral, and there was a 111-block-long line of protesters in New York.
2. I did mean Dorian Johnson. If his "testimony is highly suspect" because he is a "robber" (?), surely Wilson's is also highly suspect because he is a cop. Anyway, if Brown was in a position to shove the door closed, doesn't that imply that Wilson was opening it AT him?