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Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson

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Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson
In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, police officer Darren Wilson breaks his silence about the shooting of Michael Brown.

Wilson told ABC News that he did not execute Brown on August 9 but was in fear for his life and was just doing his job.

Wilson told ABC News that Brown reached into his car and grabbed his gun. He described how Brown charged toward him and he felt that he had to shoot Michael Brown.​
Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson - ABC News​


It's basically a preliminary report.
 
Excon said:
Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson
In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, police officer Darren Wilson breaks his silence about the shooting of Michael Brown.

Wilson told ABC News that he did not execute Brown on August 9 but was in fear for his life and was just doing his job.

Wilson told ABC News that Brown reached into his car and grabbed his gun. He described how Brown charged toward him and he felt that he had to shoot Michael Brown.​
Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson - ABC News​


It's basically a preliminary report.
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If I was Darren Wilson I wouldn't talk to anyone.Especially considering the fact those rats in the media made the situation worse.They are more likely to edit and or twist his words to make him look like a racist.
 
Bad move on Wilson's part. Arguably, George Stephanopoulos is in the camp that would want to see him charged.
 
Excon said:
Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson
In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, police officer Darren Wilson breaks his silence about the shooting of Michael Brown.

Wilson told ABC News that he did not execute Brown on August 9 but was in fear for his life and was just doing his job.

Wilson told ABC News that Brown reached into his car and grabbed his gun. He described how Brown charged toward him and he felt that he had to shoot Michael Brown.​
Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson - ABC News​


It's basically a preliminary report.
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I'm shocked - I didn't expect this to happen for perhaps years. Officer Wilson is either getting incredibly poor legal advice and/or he's a well meaning man but a naive fool.
 
He Hasn't done himself any favours as it came across a little scripted. Based on the evidence I support what the jury concluded however I have a couple of issues with what Wilson said tonight,

- The "Hulk Hogan" comment sounds absurd especially when you consider that Wilson is 6ft 4 and is supposed to be trained to subdue grown men. It sounds like something a Lawyer told him to say.

- In traumatic events such as these it is rare for people to have such clear memories of the situation so I am guessing he is filling in a lot of gaps with witness testimonies and a little bit of his own twist.

-. He talks about looking into Browns eyes and thinking to himself " Can I legally shoot". This one stood out for me as it is unusual for someone to have such clear rational thoughts in what was supposed to be a life and death situation. He was obviously struggling to contain Brown, was under threat and had been attacked. Seems unlikely to me that he would do the "math" in a moment like this especially since he had never fired his gun.

Still believe he was in the right based on the evidence but he would do well not to say much more as it stinks of lawyers speech.
 
Higgins86 said:
He Hasn't done himself any favours as it came across a little scripted. Based on the evidence I support what the jury concluded however I have a couple of issues with what Wilson said tonight,

- The "Hulk Hogan" comment sounds absurd especially when you consider that Wilson is 6ft 4 and is supposed to be trained to subdue grown men. It sounds like something a Lawyer told him to say.
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Also consider that Wilson was still sitting inside his cruiser and that Brown weighed almost 100lbs more than he did. So it very well may have seemed to Wilson that Brown was towering over him.

- In traumatic events such as these it is rare for people to have such clear memories of the situation so I am guessing he is filling in a lot of gaps with witness testimonies and a little bit of his own twist.

-. He talks about looking into Browns eyes and thinking to himself " Can I legally shoot". This one stood out for me as it is unusual for someone to have such clear rational thoughts in what was supposed to be a life and death situation. He was obviously struggling to contain Brown, was under threat and had been attacked. Seems unlikely to me that he would do the "math" in a moment like this especially since he had never fired his gun.
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It only takes a moment for the brain to decide if its a flight or fight situation. Wilson said he had to fight because he thought Brown was going to shoot him with his own gun. That would suggest that Wilson had his gun pulled out and Brown was close enough to try and wrestle the gun away or try to turn it toward Wilson. No doubt a struggle ensued and the gun went off inside the vehicle and grazed Brown in the hand(?) and caused him to back off(?) and allowed Wilson to pump him full of lead (6 of 12 bullets fired hit Brown). Apparently, the entire confrontation took place within 90 seconds. I think there was plenty of time to do the math.

Still believe he was in the right based on the evidence but he would do well not to say much more as it stinks of lawyers speech.
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Meh, the jury is still out for me.
 
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Moot said:
Also consider that Wilson was still sitting inside his cruiser and that Brown weighed almost 100lbs more than he did. So it very well may have seemed to Wilson that Brown was towering over him.


It only takes a moment for the brain to decide if its a flight or fight situation. Wilson said he had to fight because he thought Brown was going to shoot him with his own gun. That would suggest that Wilson had his gun pulled out and Brown was close enough to try and wrestle the gun away or try to turn it toward Wilson. No doubt a struggle ensued and the gun went off inside the vehicle and grazed Brown in the hand(?) and caused him to back off(?) and allowed Wilson to pump him full of lead (6 of 12 bullets fired hit Brown). Apparently, the entire confrontation took place within 90 seconds.

Meh, the jury is still out for me.
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Only takes moments for the brain to decide I agree but as you said it happened in a matter of secs and it's hard for me to imagine he was thinking anything but Survive Survive Survive. Been in similar situations during my tour of Iraq ( although nothing that close quarters) and my uncles served in Northern Ireland during the troubles and I have rarely if ever heard someone quote protocol when their life was on the line. I don't question his actions I just question is judgment now to speak to the media because they will pick him apart.
 
Higgins86 said:
Only takes moments for the brain to decide I agree but as you said it happened in a matter of secs and it's hard for me to imagine he was thinking anything but Survive Survive Survive. Been in similar situations during my tour of Iraq ( although nothing that close quarters) and my uncles served in Northern Ireland during the troubles and I have rarely if ever heard someone quote protocol when their life was on the line. I don't question his actions I just question is judgment now to speak to the media because they will pick him apart.
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Part of survival training would be knowing when to pull a gun. And pulling a gun on someone at close range seems like a foolish thing to do because they might try to grab the gun away. Aren't cops taught to get out of the car before pulling a gun? Suppose Wilson is lying to cover up his own incompetence.

Speaking to the press and not showing any remorse.....you're right, he's not doing himself any favors.
 
Moot said:
Part of survival training would be knowing when to pull a gun. And pulling a gun on someone at close range seems like a foolish thing to do because they might try to grab the gun away. Aren't cops taught to get out of the car before pulling a gun? Suppose Wilson is lying to cover up his own incompetence.

Speaking to the press and not showing any remorse.....you're right, he's not doing himself any favors.
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Yeh It seems like he got himself into deep waters and panicked.
 
CanadaJohn said:
I'm shocked - I didn't expect this to happen for perhaps years. Officer Wilson is either getting incredibly poor legal advice and/or he's a well meaning man but a naive fool.
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I've seen parts of the interview. Officer Wilson comes off as being very credible and consistent with his previous testimony and the forensic evidence. Ole Stef asks him in the end....."If you had it to do over again would you do anything differently?". Wilson immediately responds no. Then Stef pulls the race card and asks if Michael Brown had been White would the result be the same. Immediate 'yes' from Wilson.
 
Higgins86 said:
He Hasn't done himself any favours as it came across a little scripted. Based on the evidence I support what the jury concluded however I have a couple of issues with what Wilson said tonight,

- The "Hulk Hogan" comment sounds absurd especially when you consider that Wilson is 6ft 4 and is supposed to be trained to subdue grown men. It sounds like something a Lawyer told him to say.

- In traumatic events such as these it is rare for people to have such clear memories of the situation so I am guessing he is filling in a lot of gaps with witness testimonies and a little bit of his own twist.

-. He talks about looking into Browns eyes and thinking to himself " Can I legally shoot". This one stood out for me as it is unusual for someone to have such clear rational thoughts in what was supposed to be a life and death situation. He was obviously struggling to contain Brown, was under threat and had been attacked. Seems unlikely to me that he would do the "math" in a moment like this especially since he had never fired his gun.

Still believe he was in the right based on the evidence but he would do well not to say much more as it stinks of lawyers speech.
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I will say one thing. I have thought the same thing before shooting someone in Iraq. It's not unusual, IMO, to think that way when you are trained over and over to think that way. Police officers are, I'm sure, trained even more that we were for combat as far as Positive ID, justifiable shootings, etc. I didn't think it was something strange for him to consider in the situation. That's just me though.
 
Hangin' Chad said:
I've seen parts of the interview. Officer Wilson comes off as being very credible and consistent with his previous testimony and the forensic evidence. Ole Stef asks him in the end....."If you had it to do over again would you do anything differently?". Wilson immediately responds no. Then Stef pulls the race card and asks if Michael Brown had been White would the result be the same. Immediate 'yes' from Wilson.
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My point is simply that it's not a good idea to speak publicly about a matter that remains involved in a legal process. Jails are filled with people who couldn't keep their mouths shut when they should.
 
jamesrage said:
If I was Darren Wilson I wouldn't talk to anyone.Especially considering the fact those rats in the media made the situation worse.They are more likely to edit and or twist his words to make him look like a racist.
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Exactly. Yet he did.
 
CanadaJohn said:
I'm shocked - I didn't expect this to happen for perhaps years. Officer Wilson is either getting incredibly poor legal advice and/or he's a well meaning man but a naive fool.
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The underlined and most likely he is the real gentle giant forced into a bad situation.
 
If I were George I would have asked him...

if you were in your vehicle and in possession of the weapon...and the suspect was fleeing, why did you not call and wait for back up?

Was that part of your training?

If the other suspect did not flee, did you not think "I have one...I can get the other later"?

Was that part of your training.
 
CanadaJohn said:
My point is simply that it's not a good idea to speak publicly about a matter that remains involved in a legal process. Jails are filled with people who couldn't keep their mouths shut when they should.
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How was allowing him to testify before a GJ a good move? Did he not have a defense attorney?

Just imagine a murder suspect being asked by the prosecution to testify to the GJ unchallenged as to the events of the incident...The GJ who is to determine whether to indict you or not.

Just unheard of.
 
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1750Texan said:
How was allowing him to testify before a GJ a good move? Did he not have a defense attorney?

Just imagine a murder suspect being asked by the prosecution to testify to the GJ unchallenged as to the events of the incident...The GJ who is to determine whether to indict you or not.

Just unheard of.
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The answers to your questions would be evident if you knew something about GJ testimony and proceedings.
 
Hangin' Chad said:
I've seen parts of the interview. Officer Wilson comes off as being very credible and consistent with his previous testimony and the forensic evidence. Ole Stef asks him in the end....."If you had it to do over again would you do anything differently?". Wilson immediately responds no. Then Stef pulls the race card and asks if Michael Brown had been White would the result be the same. Immediate 'yes' from Wilson.
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how many feet away did he shoot Brown ?
 
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Excon said:
It varied as Brown was advancing on him.
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he kept advancing, while getting shot, from over 100 feet away?

remarkable endurance/pain threshhold, and remarkable accuracy under duress with a service issued gun?
 
SlevinKelevra said:
he kept advancing, while getting shot, from over 100 feet away?
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:doh
You obviously did not pay attention to the information from the dynamic incident.
It wasn't static.
Wilson had to back up as Brown kept charging.
 
Excon said:
:doh
You obviously did not pay attention to the information from the dynamic incident.
It wasn't static.
Wilson had to back up as Brown kept charging.
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brown died over 100 feet from the police vehicle.
what were you paying attention to?
 
SlevinKelevra said:
brown died over 100 feet from the police vehicle.
what were you paying attention to?
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And?
Why do you think that matters?
He actually ran further than that as he turned around and charged the Officer causing the Officer to back up.
Really, you have no point.
We know he ran after he got shot in the hand at the vehicle and got some distance before the Officer was able to get out of his vehicle.
 
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