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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 11:31 AM Sep 2014

New Witness saw Wilson chasing Brown and shooting him while Brown had his hands up.

Another witness to Michael Brown's shooting has come forward in an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The witness, who spoke to the Post-Dispatch under the condition of anonymity, was working on a building in the neighborhood and wasn't from Ferguson. He told the Post-Dispatch that he could not tell whether or not there had been a struggle between Officer Darren Wilson and Brown, but that he saw Wilson chasing Brown and shooting him while Brown had his hands up.

Brown, a black teenager, was shot by Wilson, a white police officer, around noon on August 9th by Wilson. Amid allegations of racial profiling and excessive force, the FBI has stepped in to assist local police on the investigation. The Department of Justice has also opened up a wider probe on police in the area.

So far, the key witness to the shooting has been Dorian Johnson, a friend of Brown's who was with him when he was shot. Johnson has said that Wilson started firing unprovoked, and that Brown was "shot like an animal."



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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/06/michael-brown-shooting-wi_n_5776906.html

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New Witness saw Wilson chasing Brown and shooting him while Brown had his hands up. (Original Post) kpete Sep 2014 OP
k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Sep 2014 #1
Hhmmm... donco Sep 2014 #2
Several witnesses say Brown was chased, then he stopped, turned around, and put his hands up. Vattel Sep 2014 #3

donco

(1,548 posts)
2. Hhmmm...
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 12:06 PM
Sep 2014

"New Witness saw Wilson chasing Brown and shooting him while Brown had his hands up. "

I guess Brown was running backwards with his hands up?

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
3. Several witnesses say Brown was chased, then he stopped, turned around, and put his hands up.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 12:34 PM
Sep 2014

He was then fatally shot. You really think there is an inconsistency here?

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