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Comments on: The Wind Increases http://michaelmurray.ca/the-wind-increases Michael Murray Writes Things Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:44:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 By: Ed Hotchkiss http://michaelmurray.ca/the-wind-increases#comment-56689 Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:50:06 +0000 http://michaelmurray.ca/?p=4883#comment-56689 @Carsten Stroud

I think you have done, in one long paragraph, what it took prosecuting attorney McCulloch 45 minutes to explain & several days to accomplish before his grand jury; you have tried Darren Wilson & found him not guilty. Unfortunately that is not the job of a grand jury. It is the grand jury’s job to determine whether probable cause exists to indite Darren Wilson; that is all. Eye-witness evidence was very contradictory & much emphasis was placed on physical evidence but, it is possible, that this was chosen selectively & with bias. Surely, the basic facts, that an unarmed youth was killed by a police officer, should be sufficient probable cause for a trial. In this case the State of Missouri was denied its right to cross examine witnesses in open court. Justice may have been done, but it certainly was not seen to be done.

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By: Michael Murray http://michaelmurray.ca/the-wind-increases#comment-55710 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 21:33:06 +0000 http://michaelmurray.ca/?p=4883#comment-55710 Jon:

I don’t know what it’s like to live in the US, but I’ve just been seeing far too many videos of young, really young, black men/boys getting shot by police officers, and shot really, really quickly. I don’t think that there’s really any doubt that racism, be it unconscious or otherwise, and conditioning, is playing a huge role in these shootings.

Master Stroud:

Niceville rocks.

When it’s made into a movie/TV show/action figure, I would like a small role. It doesn’t even have to be heroic.

I certainly respect your experience and point of view, and I won’t argue the particulars of the verdict regarding Darren Brown, we’ve all been in that echo chamber long enough. It seems to me that policing is an extremely difficult and dangerous ( for a number of reasons, internally and externally) job, and that officers probably have to rely on instinct and conditioning more than observation and mediation. The officer who killed the 12-year-old in Cleveland fired his gun less than 2 seconds out the vehicle, and I think a uniquely American point of view where black men are seen as weapons unto themselves, inherently dangerous or demonic, underpins such instinctual and terrified actions.

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By: Carsten Stroud http://michaelmurray.ca/the-wind-increases#comment-55692 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:52:48 +0000 http://michaelmurray.ca/?p=4883#comment-55692 Dear Michael I admire you and your work, but in this case I must with respect disagree … I have worked as a cop and subsequently have spent many years working with an observing police all over America and Canada … the larger issues surrounding race and gun ownership in America I leave to one side … In the Brown confrontation, Officer Wilson had a sworn duty to protect the citizens of his town. Brown had already attempted to take Wilson’s weapon. He had struck Wilson twice. The power differential between Wilson and Brown in terms of sheer physical strength was enormous. After assaulting Wilson, Brown walked away, and it was part of Wilson’s duty as an officer not to let that happen BECAUSE of the assault and the attempt to take the weapon. Wilson had to arrest him. Brown turned and charged the officer. Wilson knew that he was not able to overcome Brown with physical force. He was in fear for his life, and he was responsible for keeping his weapon away from a violent felon. Police officers are not required to fight fair. They ar required to uphold the law and arrest felons. Brown gave Wilson no choice at all. Your argument about a “higher standard” would result in the deaths of many more police officers. That’s just not how things work on The Street. It’s not pretty, but it is The Law.

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By: Jon Miller http://michaelmurray.ca/the-wind-increases#comment-55667 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:09:42 +0000 http://michaelmurray.ca/?p=4883#comment-55667 Your words are incandescent, casting a harsh but needed light upon a very dark and painful indictment against American society. The Grand Jury that freed Darren Wilson will forever be remembered and reviled as were those that were convened in the 1960’s and failed to indict those who resorted to bombing churches and murdering those who promoted Civil Rights.
It is a dark and horrible time, Michael Murray.
I fear for the democracy we have taken for granted and feel that the days of freedom are gone.
I have never before believed that, one day, Americans would be refugees.
Today? I believe that soon, we will be.

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