edited again. johnson admitted to stealing the cigarillos with brown
It does beg the question, why would you steal cigars like that, and casually walk off? Did you think that they would not call the cops on you. Thats some super tough guy shit right there. I look forward to hearing johnsons side of the story of that interaction.
Regardless, even if he did go for your gun (i still dont believe that. its just such a huge leap), failed, and ran after you shot once, then shot him again. Once he clearly was giving up, and obviously had no weapon, otherwise he wouldnt waste time reaching for yours, why would you shoot him multiple times after he is on his knees with his hands up. Thats still one of the biggest problems of this whole case, regardless of the robbery and assault that the cop didnt know of at the time, regardless of him running from you. You basically killed him so he wouldnt talk, but why even do that in broad daylight, when there is another witness there with him.
This is gonna explode on the internet now, and not for any good reason. It was clear that he wasnt talking to the boys for that situation, so other then attacking browns character to prove he likely assaulted the officer, this isnt like the evidence everyone was looking for. Again, you still executed him after he gave up. You got your shots off, you wounded him, he couldnt go any further, but the deed still wasnt done for you, and you executed him.
This evidence changes little for me besides not being able to paint him as an 18 year old kid on his way to college, who was a good dude. I hate thieves and bullies personally myself, but again, you cannot execute people after they have given up, if they even gave you reason to shoot them in the first place.
What a cluster fuck this case has become. Jesus christ. A possible injustice, now clouded by his previous wrong doings, and a society filled with people who think stealing cigars is an offense worth of death, even though everyone has stolen some shit before from a store. I stole mvc2 from a dept store when i was young, on day 1 that it came out. Just a straight up grab and run, and thats way more expensive then some cheap ass cigarillos. Never got caught, but in hindsight, that is not worthy of death. Arrest, sure. So i will wait to see all the closet prejudice and or racist people come out trying to use this as evidence worth of being executed in the street. Anytime a brown person commits a petty crime, people explode in an uproar of justice, meanwhile, dur, this is what young teens do. Its far from a brown minority exclusive, but i shouldnt have to point that out. Figured i would before someone post their first stupid thought on this new evidence. Read this first, and continue to think rationally.
