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Ferguson: Police Kill 18yo Black Male; Fire Gas/Rubber Bullets Into Protesting Crowds

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The only reasonable scenario I can see is Brown did do the crime so when the officer approached him he assumed the officer knew and reacted. After the initial altercation I can't think of an explanation. In my opinion this is the best case scenario for the police.
 
Pkm said:
Did he shop lift, or just walk in..grab them..try to walk out..toss an elderly person..walk out..?

So cop wasnt responding to that call when stopping him they say? I wonder if Brown thought his previous actions of robbery and assualt was the reason for the cop interacting with him.
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That's assuming that Brown was the person in the video/picture. Let's assume that it was, why was Officer Wilson following Brown if he wasn't there in relation to the robbery?
 
Random Painted HIghway said:
color me surprised that the chief actually said that about the robbery. I'm guessing there is something very definitive that proves this in the dispatch logs. Still would guess the defense would say he "heard the descriptions on the radio" blah blah blah. Seriously a piece of work to release the video that apparently even according to the chief is a non-sequitor, at least in Wilson's mind at the time. Instead he was just harassing some kids who were in the street? oof.
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I know this is bordering on tinfoil hat territory, but I think your hypothesis is correct. The timing of the video and the information released leads me to believe that they would have tied the stop to the robbery if they could have, but there is definitive evidence this was not the case.
 
Why would the press ask for something they apparently didn't even know existed until today!! This is unbelievably inept and outrageous. I hope the FBI puts this entire department behind bars.
 
captmcblack said:
That's ridiculous.

The press didn't ask for video of an unrelated robbery. They asked for video of the shooting.

If the press fails to make that crystal-clear here, I'm done.
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It seems the press are this close to straight up lighting Chief Wiggum on fire here. They want blood. You don't arrest them/tear gas them/waste their time and then not expect them to come for that ass
 
HBP said:
The only reasonable scenario I can see is Brown did do the crime so when the officer approached him he assumed the officer knew and reacted. After the initial altercation I can't think of an explanation. In my opinion this is the best case scenario for the police.
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Eye witness statements don't corroborate with this. They state that the officer started to drive off after initially talking to Brown and Johnson and then, seconds later, drove back to them for a second time after which the altercation occurred.
 
HBP said:
The only reasonable scenario I can see is Brown did do the crime so when the officer approached him he assumed the officer knew and reacted. After the initial altercation I can't think of an explanation. In my opinion this is the best case scenario for the police.
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Even if this is the case, and it might be, the end result shouldn't be the execution of the purported shoplifter.
 
Popnbake said:
Now people can't separate the two incidents.

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the victims first strike was he was black now the second strike is he has been dehumanized as a criminal. This cops slate is golden he doesn't have to worry about the law because right or wrong its on his side. He does have to worry about the angry mob of people but I am sure he is already in PC being hidden somewhere. This whole story just stinks!
 
captmcblack said:
That's ridiculous.

The press didn't ask for video of an unrelated robbery. They asked for video of the shooting.

If the press fails to make that crystal-clear here, I'm done.
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There is no video of the shooting. The Ferguson PD had received dashcams, but not installed them yet.
 
marrec said:
Eye witness statements don't corroborate with this. They state that the officer started to drive off after initially talking to Brown and Johnson and then, seconds later, drove back to them for a second time after which the altercation occurred.
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The only witness to the start of the altercation is the friend.
 
teiresias said:
Why would the press ask for something they apparently didn't even know existed until today!! This is unbelievably inept and outrageous. I hope the FBI puts this entire department behind bars.
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There were talks of him being a robbery suspect on pg. 1 of this thread. No reason the press wouldn't ask for corroboration. Probably asked for any files/reports involving Brown.
 
endresults said:
Yeah, I know my first reaction when being attacked by a 6'4" 300lb man is to make sure I don't hurt him. Completely unjustified, got it.
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You're a wretch of an individual, just like the millions of malformed mouth-breathers who tried to paint Trayvon Martin as a gangster despite evidence to the contrary. Your presence in this discussion is toxic and will do nothing to advance anything.
 
they didn't want to reveal the cop's name but they freely hand out the video of the victim which is unrelated to the shooting.
 
endresults said:
Yeah, I know my first reaction when being attacked by a 6'4" 300lb man is to make sure I don't hurt him. Completely unjustified, got it.
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Nobody gives a shit what your or the cop's first reaction were or would be. It's the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and I could go on reactions that led to Brown being shot in the back after the alleged attack had ended and after Brown (according to witnesses) surrendered.
 
So the chief has just admitted to what every sane/non-racist person in this thread has been saying all day? That the Brown being a robbery suspect had nothing to do with the shooting?

Let that sink in. The chief of this police department that's been fucking up for a week, admitted to some shit that people in this thread who should know better couldn't grasp. If that doesn't sum up how fucked up people's prejudices are then I don't know what does.
 
Mortemis said:
So this just makes the robbery even mor irrelevant than it already was.
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That is incorrect. It could provide clues to the mindset of Michael Brown as he was stopped. He may have thought the cop knew about the robbery. It is a detail that CANNOT be simply dismissed as irrelevant. It may not end up as relevant to the guilt of the cop.
 
marrec said:
Eye witness statements don't corroborate with this. They state that the officer started to drive off after initially talking to Brown and Johnson and then, seconds later, drove back to them for a second time after which the altercation occurred.
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One eye witness, the friend, who has been anything but consistent with his statements. The others saw it after a struggle with the officer or whatever happened there.
 
MorisUkunRasik said:
Being attacked? You know nothing about this incident do you? It's OK to admit it.
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That part gets skimmed over a lot, so I don't blame you

"The officer who shot Brown had been hit and suffered swelling on the side of his face. He was taken to a hospital and released the same day, Jackson said."

Maybe he hit himself, but my money is on Brown.
 
EASTC0AST_GH05T said:
the victims first strike was he was black now the second strike is he has been dehumanized as a criminal. This cops slate is golden he doesn't have to worry about the law because right or wrong its on his side. He does have to worry about the angry mob of people but I am sure he is already in PC being hidden somewhere. This whole story just stinks!
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I heard that in the state, lethal force may be used if a felony suspect is said to be resisting arrest.

Can that still be applied if the officer was unaware that the person he killed was a suspect for a felony?
 
Maybe Brown didn't know that the cop didn't know that he was a suspect and hence the scuffle? (if there was a scuffle... etc. etc.)
 
If he was scared of being caught shoplifting why would he go for a cops gun? Seems like a really extreme reaction. Thats a much bigger crime and trying it is basically risking your life.
 
Evil_Silver said:
Lol the press never asked for it because we didn't even know there was an alleged robbery and video related with the incidient. The police chief is an idiot.
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I'd like to see the chief produce evidence that the press asked for the robbery video. However, the robbery was at least mentioned by a witness YouTube video posted on Monday, it just hadn't been confirmed.
 
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