"Thinks" was murdered is the opportune word here. "Knows" isn't possible, because that was proven wrong by physical evidence. You can't know something is true if you weren't there, unless the evidence proves it. Education is key here. If people don't even understand the laws that they live under, how can they interpret them correctly?
Here are facts:
1) MB committed robbery at a liquor store. Proven fact with physical evidence.
2) MB committed an assault on the liquor store owner. Proven fact with physical evidence.
3) Brown becomes a suspect and a BOLO is issued by Ferguson PD.
4) Wilson identifies MB carrying stolen cigarillos and attempts to detain and question. Proven fact with evidence.
5) Brown attacks the policeman, committing additional felonies of assault, etc. Proven fact with evidence.
6) Officer fears for his life under use of force laws and fires his weapon at MB. Proven fact with evidence.
7) Brown stumbles back from the shot and attempts to flee the crime scene. Proven fact with evidence.
8) Wilson pursues MB and orders to stop. Proven fact with evidence.
9) Brown turns and charges Wilson creating a threat to Wilson's life under deadly force laws. Proven fact with evidence.
10) Wilson fires repeatedly into MB to stop the threat under use of force and deadly force authorization laws. Proven fact with evidence.
11) MB is subdued by the rounds fired and expires on the street. Proven fact with evidence.
13) Multiple black witnesses recount the same story as Officer Wilson's story. Proven fact with evidence.
14) Black grand jury members find that there is no evidence to indict Officer Wilson.
I fail to find a murder in this massive pile of physical evidence that is without assumption or biased.
Surely the Brown family can see that the evidence in it's purest, and most physical form indicates that their son made a series of very bad decisions that ultimately caused him to lose his life under the guidelines of the very laws designed to protect everyone equally.
People need to set aside emotion and look at the facts and the application of law. They are completely missing the point on law. The law says that if an officer fears for his life or the life of another, he CAN and will shoot you. Legally.
Not sure what people are really missing here. It's not murder if it's legal, unless YOU say so of course. But that isn't what counts. We live by and under laws in this country, not what a specific subset of the population decides is right or wrong.
