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The officer, Darren Wilson, has told the authorities that during the scuffle, Mr. Brown reached for the gun. It was fired twice in the car, according to forensics tests performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first bullet struck Mr. Brown in the arm; the second bullet missed.
The forensics tests showed Mr. Brown’s blood on the gun, as well as on the interior door panel and on Officer Wilson’s uniform. Officer Wilson told the authorities that Mr. Brown had punched and scratched him repeatedly, leaving swelling on his face and cuts on his neck.
This is the first public account of Officer Wilson’s testimony to investigators, but it does not explain why, after he emerged from his vehicle, he fired at Mr. Brown multiple times. It contradicts some witness accounts, and it will not calm those who have been demanding to know why an unarmed man was shot a total of six times. Mr. Brown’s death continues to fuel anger and sometimes-violent protests.
More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/18/us/ferguson-case-officer-is-said-to-cite-struggle.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
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Mz Pip
(27,449 posts)IF he discharged his weapon during an actual struggle for the gun.
But that's not what happened. Struggle or not, and I'm skeptical that there even was one, he had no right to shoot Brown as he walked away.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)to me. He's had months to concoct this story. As a police officer, he himself would never accept as credible a story an accused criminal told months after a crime, especially when the accused criminal had full access to witness statements and all evidence.
Absolute BS.
Logical
(22,457 posts)philosslayer
(3,076 posts)The evidence just confirms what we all knew. Strengthens it in fact. The officer tried to pull Michael into the car, and then shot him, hitting him in the arm. When Michael fled for his life, the officer gunned him down.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)Through the window? I'm not sure what you are saying here.
It doesn't matter much to me, I am convinced Wilson shot that boy down in cold blood, but I am not understanding your version of events.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)The cop trying to pull Micheal into his car. But the cop was probably just trying to hold him and it looked like he was pulling him in as Michael was pulling away. Then he got out of his car and shot him down for no reason. I would think there may have been fingerprints on the lying cops gun holster to prove Michael tried to take his gun which I doubt.
blkmusclmachine
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KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)language:
"This is the first public account of Officer Wilson’s testimony to investigators" (Emphasis added).
An interview with investigators IS NOT 'testimony' (although lying to federal investigators carries serious penalties). It is, at most, a witness statement, no more and no less.
This article in full is quite eye-opening and smells a bit like a 'plant' or 'leak' by someone with a pro-Wilson agenda.
As for Brown's blood being in the SUV and on Wilson's uniform, what efforts were made by that Ferguson death squad to secure the vehicle and Wilson's uniform before Wilson himself could contaminate the crime scene?
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Wilson had ample opportunity to "contaminate" the evidence. Then, he pulled tired but effective cop get-out-of-jail-free card -- he feared for his life.
Did any of the autopsies find traces of Wilson's skin under Brown's nails? I don't recall seeing that.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)'jas2200') is worthy of re-printing here:
McCulloch has to work with the cops after this case is over, so the last thing he wants to do is make it look like he's going after cops. Means McCulloch must be pressured to recuse himself and Gov Nixon MUST appoint a special prosecutor, one with no discernible ties to the cops.
Otherwise, St. Louis should prepare itself to burn to the ground.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Local police.
The police union get pissed off and then they stop helping the local prosecutor.
