So, I just responded to a comment and now I'm wondering if I
was wrong to respond. I received a comment on my "The Right to Surrender" post.
The comment said:
"By all accounts?" Excuse me...the facts are NOT
in...but we do know ONE FACT - he had committed a robbery hours before walking
down the middle of the street and being asked by a policeman to come over (who
didn't know about the robbery)...EXCUSE ME! The facts are NOT IN YET...stop
judging!
I responded:
Wow, normally I wouldn't take the bait, but I'll bite. Did
you even read the whole post? First of all, it says, "By the accounts of
multiple witnesses," not "By all accounts." I worded it that way
on purpose because, at that time, we hadn't heard Darren's side. Second, can
you please point out to me where I judged the case? I explained that Darren
Wilson lost control of the situation and a terrible tragedy occurred at his
hands; I gave my opinion about people who went online and made nasty comments
that seemed to insinuate that stealing somehow made Mike Brown worthy of death;
I condemned the initial police response; I condemned the looters and the
rioters and praised those who stood against them and I ended the post with
"How do we solve this? The solution is simple: arrest the officer who shot
and killed Mike Brown. Take this battle off the streets and send it to the
courts where it belongs." I'm tired of the case being tried in the media.
I want it to go to court so that we can all (hopefully) hear the facts. How you
find fault in all of that is beyond me. At no time did I claim to know the
facts. The only place I can possibly see you interpreting as stating
"facts" is the part that says, "Mike Brown was done running. He
was trying to give up and his right to surrender was taken away" and that
is based on the now 5 witnesses, it's not something I just grabbed out of the
air. I went out of my way not to say anything disparaging about Darren Wilson,
because you're right, we don't know all of the facts yet. However, I
respectfully disagree with you that we know ONE FACT. We actually know TWO
FACTS. The one about the robbery that you and I both stated and we know that
Mike Brown is dead and Darren Wilson killed him. The next time you want to be
outraged by something you read that doesn't share your sentiment, I suggest you
read it twice and make sure it's saying what you think it's saying.
Was I wrong to respond? Should I have just left it alone?
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