Ties, and benefits-of-a-doubt, always go to the police officer.You keep saying that. If it were PROVEN that he went for the gun, then the officer would have been in the right if he shot Brown dead BEFORE Brown turned and ran away.
It hasn't been proven. And he shot the man dead long after going for the gun was even possible.
And, technically speaking, you're right about the timing of the use of lethal force.
Unless, of course, the officer commanded the suspect to halt, and to surrender, and the suspect failed to comply.
Of if the suspect turned on his heel and proceeded to rush-charge the officer, which, when compounded with the early attempted gun-grab, constituted sufficient cause to use lethal force, yes?
Now, as to whether or not such things actually happened, I cannot say.
Nor can I but what I find telling is the fact that Brown was hit numerous times and still fell FORWARD ... towards the cop.
Do you understand the concepts of inertia and mass?
Think about the mass of Michael brown vs the mass of the bullet, then add in inertia and your mind will be calmed.
My mind is calm, Pops. What possible reason could there be for Brown to have been shot multiple times and still fall toward the cop? Momentum, perhaps?
Sure, the battlefields were littered with the bodies of charging soldiers laying head first toward the enemies machine gun nests. If a machine gun didn't knock the soldier backwards what makes you think a small caliber handgun would?
I would add to that, many of these charges were made with the "nest" being on a hilltop, so the soldier would be running uphill and still the bodies fell forward.
We are agreeing, Pops. Those who claim Brown was surrendering or moving away or standing still with hands up are not telling the truth.