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Michael Brown Was Shot While His Hands Were Up, New Witness Confirms
By karoli September 6, 2014 7:52 pm
A new witness to the Michael Brown shooting has spoken to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His account confirms what other witnesses have said, with a few extra details.
Yet another witness has come forward in the Michael Brown shooting, telling a very similar account to the other four witnesses who have spoken publicly. He is one of the two workers pictured above. That photo was posted to Instagram just after the shooting.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch has the story:
Cont'dThe co-worker told KTVI that Brown promised to come back and resume their conversation; Brown walked away, and the workers returned to their job.
About a half-hour later, the worker heard a gunshot. Then he saw Brown running away from a police car. Wilson trailed about 10 to 15 feet behind, gun in hand. About 90 feet away from the car, the worker said, Wilson fired another shot at Brown, whose back was turned.
The worker said Brown stumbled and then stopped, put his hands up, turned around and said, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK. He said he told investigators from the St. Louis County police and the FBI that because of the stumble, it seemed to him that Brown had been wounded.
More:
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/michael-brown-was-shot-while-his-hands
Cha
(297,285 posts)I wonder how much more corroboration the DOJ has?
I sure hope they were able to recover Wilson's social media accounts. Sounds like he was a racist jerk like others whose posts have surfaced these last few weeks - otherwise, the Ferguson PD wouldn't have spotted him the head start to make everything disappear.
Murderer.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,365 posts)Thanks for the thread, Judi Lynn.
malaise
(269,045 posts)or they wouldn't have to make up so much shite.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Thanks, Judi Lynn.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Seriously in 5 years Americans will soon be allowed to hunt and bag their own human as long as they can come up with some justification as to why they shot the person like the person they shot was 'Black while walking' or use the reliable 'Stand your ground' excuse.
And for those reading this I hope you sense the in what I have written
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Is that it probably isn't as much sarcasm as you think.
90% of police officers do not live in the communities that they police. It didn't use to be that way. It's far easier to shoot a stranger than the person you see walking their dog every morning.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)as they usually are.
riqster
(13,986 posts)TheVisitor
(173 posts)"Culhane was the breakout star of her high school field hockey team and currently attends Amherst College in Massachusetts."
She is an athlete. Naturally, that gives her the utmost consideration. Not to mention: the BMW.
Oh right, and of course... she's white!
riqster
(13,986 posts)Like, she was a female, had red hair, and so on. Anything BUT being white. Sheesh.
samsingh
(17,599 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)They consider them to be sub-human primitives.
If they get out of line they need to be put down like a mad dog. This keeps the others in line. Especially if you parade their corpse in front of the others.
sheshe2
(83,786 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)HoustonDave
(60 posts)Didn't the autopsy commissioned by the Brown family determine that all entry wounds were in the front?
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)The wound on his forearm, to be precise, could have come from behind.
HoustonDave
(60 posts)Just ran through articles on the Baden/Parcell autopsy in the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, Politico (which echoed NYT) and Wall Street Journal - ALL say the private autopsy report shows that all entry wounds were in the front. One says Dr. Baden said that one or more bullets apparently exited and re-entered, but none say anything about entry wounds from the rear. Cite your sources please?
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)links, please.
thanks.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)said so with his own mouth. The co-conductor of the autopsy. Any newspaper who stated unequivocally that no shot could have hit Brown from behind was mistaken.
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1408/18/acd.01.html
assistant who worked with Dr. Michael Baden on the autopsy whose
preliminary results were revealed today.
Shawn Parcells, there are a lot of people out there tonight saying, OK,
these preliminary findings are out and we now have conclusive proof that he
was not shot from behind, that he was -- that Michael Brown was facing the
officer for every one of the shoots fired.
What would you say to that?
PARCELLS: Our preliminary results agree with that, other than as I pointed
out at the press conference, this shot to the right forearm could have come
from the back as he`s walking away. But it also could have come from the
front direction if he`s put his hands up, put his hands up in a defensive
position, or even if he`s running at the officer, you can still have that
part of your arm exposed. And that`s why it`s very important that we
understand the events that occurred and be able to piece those together and
look at further evidence, which at this time Dr. Baden and I have not been
able to do.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/55902805/ns/msnbc/t/last-word-lawrence-odonnell-monday-august-th/#.VA9g_fldXOM
That definitive enough for you??????
Listen, even the police admit that Wilson shot at brown as he was fleeing, and that's in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/shooting-accounts-differ-as-holder-schedules-visit.html?_r=0
Here's the point: you're wrong. One of the shots could have come from behind, and even the cops admit Wilson shot at Brown as he was fleeing. You're wrong.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)If you're running away, the underside of your arms are facing behind you. When you turn around with your hands/arms up, the underside of your arms face forward. So shots to the arms (and iirc, something like 3 or so shots hit the one arm) could come from 'the 'front' from either the front or rear, depending upon the positioning of your arms at the time.
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)If "officer safety" is the reason for all this wanton violence by cops, perhaps they should consider the risks involved when surrendering to cops can get you murdered anyway. How is the next guy going to react? Surrender and be murdered? Or fight to the last, taking out as many cops as you can along the way?
It's like they learned absolutely nothing from the Chris Dorner incident.
aikoaiko
(34,170 posts)It will probably help that he is white and not from the community (as sad a commentary that it is).
underpants
(182,826 posts)So, it's real now