PO Darren Wilson is the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO back in August. As you are probably well aware, riots broke out based on claims and so called witness accounts that Brown was running from Wilson with his hands raised in the air in surrender when Wilson shot him. Well, in light of witness reports, even I was quite skeptical of Wilsons claims that he was justifiably defending himself but I would not condemn him until more facts came to light. Now it seems the condemnation he got from many may not have been justified.
The official autopsy report has finally been released and the findings clearly do not support witness claims that Brown was running from Wilson nor that he had his hands up in the air. In fact, the autopsy results reportedly support PO Wilson's claims that Brown tried to wrest his service weapon from him (Brown had one shot through his hand) and that Brown was charging at him when he fired more shots at him, including the fatal shot. The autopsy clearly showed that Brown's hands could not have been up in the air with palms facing Wilson, as witnesses claimed, because of the angle of the wounds to his arm and because of the travel of the bullet that hit him in the arm. It further shows that the shot to Brown's head (the fatal shot) came as Brown was either falling toward or lunging at Officer Wilson and not while he was running away or from the rear or while he as on the ground. Of course, these results contradict the independent autopsy that the family had done to some extent; however, the results of yet a third autopsy - by the feds, have not yet been released. (source)
While Officer Wilson has not yet been exonerated of any wrong doing, one has to see that for him - it's getting better. Along those lines allow me to parody a 1967 song by The Beatles - Getting Better:
Getting Better
It's getting better all the time
I defended myself in
the hood (No I can't complain)
Then the autopsy
showed I did as I should (No I can't complain)
He wasn’t running
from there (Oh), his hands not in the air (Oh)
Coming at me full steam
I shot that fool (He wasn’t cool)
I've got to admit
it's getting better (Better)
A little better so
please don’t riot and shout (It can't get worse)
I have to admit it's
getting better (Better)
It's getting better
since the facts came out
He was a law breaking
angry young man
He attacked viciously when I
gave a command
Violently at me came
this turd, shots finally heard
I'm doing the best
that I can
I've got to admit
it's getting better (Better)
Please don’t riot and
shout (It can't get worse)
I have to admit it's
getting better (Better)
It's getting better
since the facts came out
Getting so much
better all the time
It's getting better
all the time
Better, better,
better
It's getting better
all the time
Better, better,
better
He was cruel to the
convenience store man
He strong armed him
and stole his cigars
Man he was mean but I
forever changed his scene
And I'm doing the
best that I can (Ooh)
I admit it's getting
better (Better)
Please don’t riot and
shout (It can't get more worse)
Yes I admit it's
getting better (Better)
It's getting better
since the facts came out
Getting so much
better all the time
It's getting better
all the time
Better, better,
better
It's getting better
all the time
Better, better,
better
Getting so much
better all the time
That is all.
All the best,
Glenn B
