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wheniwasincongress

(1,307 posts) Tue Nov 25, 2014, 06:06 PM Nov 2014

Darren Wilson is 6'4'', 210 lbs. [View all]

At the time of his death, Michael Brown was also 6'4" and 292lbs.

Remember that when Wilson talks about how small he felt.

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Darren Wilson is 6'4'', 210 lbs. [View all] wheniwasincongress Nov 2014 OP

Like a child fighting a giant. bravenak Nov 2014 #1

But it was a 6'4'' demon... TeeYiYi Nov 2014 #2

A Demon the size of Hulk Hogan! BootinUp Nov 2014 #92

He had a GUN. He was a COP. Avalux Nov 2014 #3

Yes! This! Lex Nov 2014 #76

You dont think 80 lbs is significant. Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #4

Two points. #1 - In boxing, everyone above 200 lbs is considered a heavyweight so... stevenleser Nov 2014 #10

I'm 6'5" 230 lbs and I had my ass kicked, but good, by a guy that rudolph the red Nov 2014 #12

this is a person with training pothos Nov 2014 #13

I still cant figure out why Wilson just did not step on the gas dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #25

Rabid cop syndrome Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #28

If you stop to talk to someone while in your car, do you leave it in drive Lurks Often Nov 2014 #53

why didn't he put the car in drive? noiretextatique Nov 2014 #55

And maybe you're projecting your own worldview on him Lurks Often Nov 2014 #61

It takes a nano second to shift into -park dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #66

Unless you were in better condition and knew how to fight. I do not know if these two things apply jwirr Nov 2014 #87

Yeah, but his skin color gave him superhuman powers. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #5

Well, it does take a 'small' man to shoot an unarmed black teenager 12 times... Spazito Nov 2014 #6

we get it... handmade34 Nov 2014 #7

Persumably Darren Wilson would have had police training as well. Police are trained to handle bigger Erose999 Nov 2014 #8

Wow I did not know they stacked shit that high. n/t dilby Nov 2014 #9

+1 nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #34

A distinction with a difference seveneyes Nov 2014 #11

I wonder how many 290 lb men Wilson encountered TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #15

My 14 yo son is 6'2" 230 lbs - he is definitely NOT scary cyberswede Nov 2014 #36

I'm calling BS Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #41

Really? xmas74 Nov 2014 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberswede Nov 2014 #45

That's a big boy Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberswede Nov 2014 #51

Thank you Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #52

Yeah but at some point extra weight weighs you down and doesn't make you stronger gollygee Nov 2014 #18

Agree. Bruce Lee was a shibboleth I trusted many years ago seveneyes Nov 2014 #20

I think size does make a difference gollygee Nov 2014 #21

I agree - and training would definitely make a difference. cyberswede Nov 2014 #37

remember the weight difference between martin and zimmerman noiretextatique Nov 2014 #57

+1 gollygee Nov 2014 #69

but one is white and one is black, remember how skinny Trayvon Martin was JI7 Nov 2014 #14

the same people who claimed Trayvon's size noiretextatique Nov 2014 #58

Maybe the Fergusson PD needs to issue more procon Nov 2014 #16

There could be a huge difference there, a pudgy out of shape cop at 210 pounds doc03 Nov 2014 #17

Brown must have looked pretty scary to you MrScorpio Nov 2014 #19

Looking at a picture, imagining a picture or living a picture seveneyes Nov 2014 #22

If it is a picture we want there is the one above of Wilson and then the video of Michael in the jwirr Nov 2014 #88

Well at 6' 4" and 292 pounds he would be pretty intimidating doc03 Nov 2014 #23

You are aware that cops are in pathological fear of blacks in America, right? MrScorpio Nov 2014 #26

Coward Wilson was the same size. PeteSelman Nov 2014 #48

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O.I.C. cyberswede Nov 2014 #73

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Rebuttal for what? Nobody is claiming they were the same weight. cyberswede Nov 2014 #81

Excess weight doesn't make you stronger gollygee Nov 2014 #78

Same height. Roughly the same size. PeteSelman Nov 2014 #90

why? noiretextatique Nov 2014 #59

The cop didn't look pudgy or out of shape gollygee Nov 2014 #24

Mike Brown was practically obese MrScorpio Nov 2014 #27

Same here, nor does it give you super human strength. Rex Nov 2014 #31

If Brown wouldn't have assaulted Wilson and attempted to take his doc03 Nov 2014 #39

If Wilson would have kept driving and not turned around to confront the kids, Brown would be alive. Rex Nov 2014 #40

Well he was a cop and Brown was walking down the middle of the street. He also had received a doc03 Nov 2014 #42

If Wilson had the appropriate weapon for a situation like this... RichGirl Nov 2014 #93

No "practically" about it cyberswede Nov 2014 #46

I guess you've never seen a picture of Wilson, he is in shape. Rex Nov 2014 #30

how about an in shape cop at 210 with 70# muscle with and an obese teen with 100+# fat uppityperson Nov 2014 #32

Going by Body Mass Index, 210 lbs. at 6-foot-4 is just barely outside the "normal weight" range. nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #35

Zimmerman and Wilson have training TM and Mike brown have none by the black guys are uponit7771 Nov 2014 #29

^^^ Very Good Point ^^^ alittlelark Nov 2014 #44

do you think noiretextatique Nov 2014 #60

Thank you, I had no idea Wilson was that big, thought he was a little guy the way the story read. uppityperson Nov 2014 #33

For the first time Wilson tried to bully someone not smaller than he was csziggy Nov 2014 #38

Plus the car, which was made of steel and weighs two tons Starry Messenger Nov 2014 #47

Darren Wilson is a stupid coward and bully. When I pulled shore patrol duty, I was 5'7, 155 lbs. haele Nov 2014 #49

+1. nt bemildred Nov 2014 #54

+1 Couldn't agree more! B Calm Nov 2014 #63

If i was scared of a cop RedCappedBandit Nov 2014 #56

The "demon" expression fadedrose Nov 2014 #62

Darren Wilson GummyBearz Nov 2014 #64

Damn, two big ass men right there. nt. NCTraveler Nov 2014 #65

That's a big difference, absolutely. Lil Missy Nov 2014 #67

6'4", 210, armed and armored. Iggo Nov 2014 #68

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"If" arcane1 Nov 2014 #82

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Never happened. Iggo Nov 2014 #91

That's not what I'm talking about. Iggo Nov 2014 #89

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Because the heights are the same, while the weights are not? cyberswede Nov 2014 #72

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The weight only matters in that it shows that Brown was in worse shape gollygee Nov 2014 #79

I didn't seek shit. It wasn't even my post. cyberswede Nov 2014 #80

Isn't it nice to have them here, nit-picking everyone's posts but contributing nothing? arcane1 Nov 2014 #83

They must have a lot invested in justifying the shooting of an unarmed teenager. cyberswede Nov 2014 #84

The parallels are not lost on me either. To very loosely paraphrase Johnny Cochran: arcane1 Nov 2014 #85