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What If Darren Wilson Had Not Murdered Michael Brown? (Original Post) Akbar Dec 2014 OP
It would be dylan33 Dec 2014 #1
You mean if he'd been sensible and stayed in his car Warpy Dec 2014 #2
A mother and father wouldn't be living through onecaliberal Dec 2014 #3
It would have Michael Brown in it pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #4
We wouldn't have learned about the systematic corruption in Ferguson Kalidurga Dec 2014 #5
Wilson would have been in jail hollysmom Dec 2014 #6
What if Mr. Brown had paid at the c-store pipoman Dec 2014 #7
We will never know Marrah_G Dec 2014 #8
It would have another life in it, which is infinitely valuable (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #9

Warpy

(111,222 posts)
2. You mean if he'd been sensible and stayed in his car
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 12:15 AM
Dec 2014

until Brown went indoors and he called for backup?

Brown would have spent the night in jail, probably have had the charges dropped (if the store owner wanted to keep doing business, Brown was a success story in that area, a kid who was on his way to college), Brown's family would have lit into him for being so fucking stupid, and life would have gone on.

There would have been no grand jury, people would not have been injured by cops playing army during peaceful protests, and a lot of businesses in the area would be standing and open by 9 AM tomorrow.

However, the problems caused by racist, overmilitarized police would still be under the rug.

onecaliberal

(32,811 posts)
3. A mother and father wouldn't be living through
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 12:15 AM
Dec 2014

their worst nightmare.
A city and country wouldn't be reminded for the umpteenth time that black people are gunned down by police for no reason without consequence at least weekly. It's ridiculous already.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
5. We wouldn't have learned about the systematic corruption in Ferguson
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 12:27 AM
Dec 2014

and we wouldn't be being mocked by son of Lil Kim.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
7. What if Mr. Brown had paid at the c-store
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 07:53 AM
Dec 2014

Maybe he would still be alive, maybe if he was still killed Wilson would have been indicted. ..

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
8. We will never know
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 10:39 AM
Dec 2014

Michael Brown could have gone on to do something that changed the world or one of his children could have. At the very, very least the lives of his friends and family would not be devastated and he would still be alive. Human life has value, no matter what color.

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