Whether you consider the Michael Brown shooting as two engagements or one prolonged engagement, some questions must be asked of the officer, from an officer's perspective. We must endeavor to look at this through a clear, reasonable and objective lens and not just through the lens of a 'blue bias' because it is the reasonable standard we will be judged by. Neither should we allow our 'blue code' to cause a 'blue haze' in our thinking that will keep us from having a frank and open dialogue, even among ourselves:
1. Officer Wilson, have you received training from your police department in making tactical approaches to suspicious subjects?
2. Officer Wilson, as you positioned your police car to block the street, did you use it to create a barrier between yourself and Michael Brown?
3. Officer Wilson, how did Michael Brown get to the driver's side door of your police car before you were able to get out of your police car?
4. Officer Wilson, was Michael Brown armed while he was at the driver's side of your vehicle?
5. Officer Wilson, as you fought Michael Brown at your police car, were you ever in fear for your life? Why?
6. Officer Wilson, did Michael Brown go for your weapon while it was holstered or after it was drawn?
7. Officer Wilson, did Michael Brown disengage from having a fist fight with you and run away? Why?
8. Officer Wilson, have you received training from your police department on the force continuum?
9. Officer Wilson, have you received training from your police department in the application of open hand and closed hand control techniques?
10. Officer Wilson, have you received training from your police department in effecting take-downs on combative subjects?
11. Officer Wilson, have you received training from your police department in non-lethal force options and applications?
12. Officer Wilson, when Michael Brown was running away from you, was he armed?
13. Officer Wilson, when Michael Brown turned toward you, was he armed?
14. Officer Wilson, after Michael Brown turned toward you, did you issue any verbal commands for him to stop?
15. Officer Wilson, at the point when Michael Brown turned and advanced toward you, what was the threat to your life at that moment?
16. Officer Wilson, can you fight?
17. Officer Wilson, did you have non-lethal instruments on your person at the time of your engagement/s with Michael Brown
18. Officer Wilson, did you employ any non-lethal techniques in order to subdue and control Michael Brown?
19. Officer Wilson, how many times did you shoot Michael Brown?
20. Officer Wilson, how many volleys of fire did you discharge against Michael Brown?
21. Officer Wilson, in between those two volleys of fire, had Michael Brown armed himself?
22. Officer Wilson, seeing that Michael Brown was never armed, why did you continue to employ and then utilize lethal force against someone who was never armed?
23. Officer Wilson, why did you shoot Michael Brown the first time at your police car?
24. Officer Wilson, how close to you was Michael Brown the first time you shot him at your police car?
25. Officer Wilson, why did you shoot Michael Brown the second time after chasing him more than 100 feet from your police car.
26. Officer Wilson, how close to you was Michael Brown the second time you shot him after chasing him more than 100 feet from your police car.
27. Officer Wilson, why did you shoot Michael Brown the third time after chasing him more than 100 feet from your police car.
28. Officer Wilson, how close to you was Michael Brown the third time you shot him after chasing him more than 100 feet from your police car.
29. Officer Wilson, were you simply too unskilled in unarmed combatives, and too afraid of Michael Brown to have a fist fight with him?
If I, not being a lawyer, can come up with 29 questions to ask the officer I am certain the prosecutor at his civil trial will have a field day with him.
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