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Madison, WI police officer attempting to break up street fight has crowd turn on him'

{ The officer stopped in the area of Prairie Road and Jacobs Way around 6:20 p.m. after spotting a large number of people in the street. He said that as he approached he saw a woman punch a man in the face, and he could see that the woman had a can of pepper spray.

The officer said that as he went to arrest the woman he was surrounded by a crowd that was voicing anti-police sentiments, including "We need to start killing these officers."

Police said the woman’s daughter was grabbing the officer while trying to free her mother. The officer said he tried to diffuse the situation by explaining to the crowd that the woman had just punched someone and was armed with pepper spray. Police said his words were ignored, and the struggle with the two people continued.

The older woman punched the officer in the face and grabbed him by the throat, according to the release.

The officer said he could see many in the crowd were recording the incident on their cellphones while some accused him of misconduct and using excessive force.

A witness told police he or she "felt the officer was in trouble" and said it appeared someone had gone for his gun.

The two women were arrested when more officers arrived. }

If they want to beat the shit out of each other in their own neighborhoods so bad, why put ourselves at risk trying to stop them? Let them all kill each other en masse, see if they're still talking about 24 "unarmed" deaths when the ghetto starts looking more like Syria than the South Side.

> Trayvon Martin – Bashed the head of his assailant into the sidewalk with little provocation. Was also kicked out of school multiple times. Perpetrator wasn’t even white.
> Michael Brown – Robbed a store and assaulted an officer with no provocation at all. Hardly deserves sympathy.
> Tamir Rice – To be fair, while he was pointing a toy gun modified to be resemble a real one at people, the officer shot before giving him much of a chance to stand down. Officer was in the wrong in this case. But the kicker for this one is the mass negligence of the similar incident of Christopher Roupe, who was shot for holding a Wii remote up to the cop, with little to no reaction time. No riots here, which shows the hypocrisy of the movement.
> Eric Garner – Could have avoided death if he hadn’t resisted arrest. Not too sorry.

If I may call a bit of bullshit here.
1. Why even bring up the killing of Trayvon Martin? George Zimmerman maybe a cop wannabe, but still isn't a cop. Secondly, Trayvon wasn't "kicked out of school multiple times". Where are you getting this 'information'? Next, how could Trayvon bash George's head on the walkway when his body was found in the middle of the grass? Lastly, "little provocation"? George Zimmerman stalked, chased and possibly attacked Trayvon for no good reason. That seems a bit more than "little provocation".

2. There is no evidence that Michael Brown even approached Darren Wilson let alone assaulted him. Michael's friend at the scene said Darren grabbed Michael after a mere exchange of words. Another witness who caught the struggle said that Michael was trying to get away from Darren.

3. The killing of Christopher Roupe happened a year before the BLM Movement and well before this rash of prominent killings by police officers. This is hardly negligence or hypocrisy.

4, Eric Garner was NOT resisting, the video shows he wasn't. Even if he was, they still shouldn't have KILLED HIM! If he says he can't breathe, HE CAN'T BREATHE! LET GO!

^ the witnesses in the Michael Brown case, noteably the ones who claimed he had his hands up ("hands up don't shoot") were ultimately found to be lying to a court of law. It was a huge deal when it was exposed, how did you miss it?

{ Wilson knew about the theft of the cigarillos from the convenience store and had a description of the suspects. Brown fought with the officer and tried to take his gun. And the popular hands-up storyline, which isn’t corroborated by ballistic and DNA evidence and multiple witness statements, was perpetuated by Witness 101. In fact, just about everything said to the media by Witness 101, whom we all know as Dorian Johnson, the friend with Brown that day, was not supported by the evidence and other witness statements. }

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Trayvon was suspended at least three times from school for having drugs and being intoxicated during class, the same reason his mother decided to kick him out of the house and be done with him. The court was presented with evidence that confirmed George Zimmerman was being beaten, including having his head bashed against the sidewalk at one point during the struggle, and that although Zimmerman was following him, Trayvon is ultimately the one who attacked first.

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"All Lives Matter" has about four legitimate cases of unwarranted police brutality against people of various races, including white.

>“All Lives Matter” has about four legitimate cases of unwarranted police brutality against people of various races, including white.

They have their own (dysfunctional) organization now?

the witnesses in the Michael Brown case, noteably the ones who claimed he had his hands up (“hands up don’t shoot”) were ultimately found to be lying to a court of law. It was a huge deal when it was exposed, how did you miss it?

Wilson knew about the theft of the cigarillos from the convenience store and had a description of the suspects.

The Ferguson Police Department said he didn't know about the alleged theft, so someone's lying. If he did know about it, then why was he barking at them about jaywalking instead of just arresting them?

Brown fought with the officer and tried to take his gun.

Complete lie.

And the popular hands-up storyline, which isn’t corroborated by ballistic and DNA evidence and multiple witness statements

Michael Brown's autopsy shows that he was clearly surrendering, and flies in the face of Wilson claim that he was charging 35 FEET AWAY.

including having his head bashed against the sidewalk at one point during the struggle

Bollocks, Zimmerman's head injuries were wildly inconsistent with be bashed on concrete multiples times, this was even shown in the trial. Also, how in the hell could he cry for help, pull out his gun from a position so awkward that's almost physically impossible, and get off a CLEAR shot into Trayvon's heart, all while get his head bashed on the walkway? I don't know if you learned from the past three years, but George Zimmerman is not a good liar.

You say citation is needed but you then provide no evidence of your own? Poor form.

"The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System's autopsy on Brown showed that gunshot wounds on the black teen’s right hand and "microscopic examinations" showed a "strong likelihood of the presence of soot," which was evidence of a close-range discharge of a firearm. Previous autopsies -- one performed by local officials and the other by a private examiner hired by Brown’s family -- had also reached similar conclusions.

"The gunshot wounds of the right chest may represent re-entry wounds from the exiting gunshot wounds to the right arm and/or the right forehead," the report says.

Darren Wilson, the white officer who fatally shot Brown on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri, had told the grand jury investigating the case that the two had a scuffle through the open window of his police vehicle moments before Brown was shot. The latest autopsy report is also consistent with Wilson’s account that the struggle resulted in the officer discharging his firearm."

http://www.ibtimes.com/michael-brown-shooting-federal-autopsy-shows-evidence-scuffle-browns-death-close-1744256

You've missed the point completely. We already know Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown the struggle and shot him again when he was fleeing. The argument is who initiated the struggle.

He wasn't fleeing. This was the biggest story of the case when it was revealed by the autopsy. Another willfully ignorant race-baiter who wont let facts stand in their way.

{ A new autopsy report revealed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has now put the final nail in the coffin of the Michael Brown “Gentle Giant” narrative. Proponents of prosecuting Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department over his shooting of Brown have claimed that Wilson shot Brown while he was running away, his hands up. In actuality, the autopsy report suggests that Brown did indeed attempt to take Wilson’s gun, that Wilson shot him in the hand over it, and that Brown charged Wilson with his hands down. All gunshot wounds were from the front – there were no gunshot entrance wounds from behind.

Witness 10 saw the struggle in Wilson’s police car -- with Brown confronting Wilson inside the car:

"I just see Mr. Brown inside the police officer’s window. It appeared as [though] some sort of confrontation was taking place…. [T]hat took place for seconds, I’m not sure how long…. And one shot, the first shot was let loose and after the first shot, Mike Brown came out of the window and took off running. So my initial thought was that wow, did I just witness this young guy kill a police officer (grand jury testimony, Vol. 6, page 165, line 23, hereafter cited by just page and line number)."

"He [Mike Brown] stopped. He did turn, he did some sort of body gesture, I’m not sure what it was, but I know it was a body gesture. And I could say for sure he never put his hands up after he did his body gesture, he ran towards the officer full charge. The officer fired several shots at him and to give an estimate, I would say roughly around five to six shots was fired at Mike Brown. Mike Brown was still coming towards the office and at this point I’m thinking, wow, is this officer missing Mike Brown at this close of a range. Mike Brown continuously came forward in the charging motion and at some point, at one point he started to slow down and he came to a stop. And when he stopped, that’s when the officer ceased fire and when he ceased fired, Mike Brown started to charge once more at him. When he charged once more, the officer returned fire with, I would say, give an estimate of three to four shots. And that’s when Mike Brown finally collapsed." (166:21-167:18). }

Michael Brown was fleeing, even Darren Wilson admits this. The autopsy revealed that Michael was shot at least once while running from Darren Wilson's gunfire. Even audio of the gunshots backs this up. As for Witness 10…