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maxrandb

(15,334 posts)
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 12:42 PM Aug 2014

Why do we still know so little about Officer Wilson?

Just wondering if anyone has the toxicology report on Officer Wilson? He was the one that did the shooting, right? Don’t we require bus and train drivers to take a drug test if they have an accident? Don’t we require that of police when they shoot someone?
I’d also like to know what music he listened to. Apparently, Michael Brown was a fan of “rap”. Did Officer Wilson listen to Death Metal music, Country Music, White Supremacist Christian Rock, Rap?

What about his viewing habits. Did he consume Faux News 24/7? Was he a Limbaugh and Hannity fan? Does he have a Confederate Flag displayed on the wall at his home? How about his pick-up truck or vehicle? Is it laden with idiotic Tea-Bagger “Don’t Tread on Me” stickers? Does he have one of the “Cold Dead Hands” NRA stickers? Truck Nuts?

Inquiring minds want to know. Does he post on Freaker Republic, or Storm Front? Has he questioned the President’s legitimacy on Social Media? Is he a “birther”?

Perhaps some interested “journalist” could look into it.

It just strikes me as “odd” that we have gotten “examples” of “potential” character from the Ferguson Police about Michael Brown, and yet, NOTHING ABOUT THE HABITS, DRUG USE, MUSIC PREFERENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA INTEREST, ETC., of a guy that worked for them for over 6 years.

Strange, huh?

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Why do we still know so little about Officer Wilson? (Original Post) maxrandb Aug 2014 OP
They're still working on "character development". Give it time. CincyDem Aug 2014 #1
Until they produce the actual person SwankyXomb Aug 2014 #2
Does your desire for massive government intrusion extend to other suspects? Taitertots Aug 2014 #3
They've released all kinds of info on the victim. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #5
"Some"? Did you read the OP? Taitertots Aug 2014 #7
What I would like is for the media to place as much emphasis maxrandb Aug 2014 #8
Try to find a copy of the CBA. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #4
We do know that Darren Wilson ... GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #6

CincyDem

(6,363 posts)
1. They're still working on "character development". Give it time.
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 12:46 PM
Aug 2014

By the time a trial comes around (and I do believe there will eventually be a trial), Officer Wilson will show up in court looking tall, bald, and wearing a white t-shirt and pants (i.e. Mr. Clean).

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)
2. Until they produce the actual person
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 12:58 PM
Aug 2014

I'm sticking with my CT that there is no "Officer Wilson", that's just the name they use for any cops that fucks something up this badly.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
3. Does your desire for massive government intrusion extend to other suspects?
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 01:32 PM
Aug 2014

Do you actually think that they should document every aspect of his life and release it to you?

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
5. They've released all kinds of info on the victim.
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 02:20 PM
Aug 2014

It would seem reasonable to release SOME info on the shooting officer. Does it not seem reasonable for an officer involved in a shooting to have a toxicology test, and have his official report on the incident made public? Has Wilson even written an official report? All we're hearing from the FPD is unnamed "source's" third hand accounts, which is laughable.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
7. "Some"? Did you read the OP?
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 02:58 PM
Aug 2014

The poster indicated that he wants music preference, social media history, interior decorations at his house....

Who is the "they've" that you mention having released data on the shooting victim? Did the government find and release any of the information covered in the OP?

maxrandb

(15,334 posts)
8. What I would like is for the media to place as much emphasis
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 05:29 PM
Aug 2014

on searching this guys background, as they are with Michael Brown.

They posted pictures of his flashing so-called Gang Signs

They posted that he listened to a wrote so-called Gangster Rap

They released that he had marijuana in his system

They released "still" photos of an incident at a convenience store that had nothing to do with this

One idiot started posting the Brown had a violent police record, that turned out to not have been true.

They did all this to assassinate his character and bring into question that "Maybe...he deserved it"

and yet...I don't even fucking know if Wilson spent his off time jerking off to Hannity and Limbaugh.

If what someone listens to, or how they dress, or the pictures they post are "relevant", then this Officer should get the same treatment.

That's what I'm talking about. What Mike Brown did in his personal life should have no relevance, but if it does, then we deserve to get that same personal information on the guy who shot him.

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