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brooklynite

(94,585 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2015, 10:27 AM Mar 2015

Attorney: Ferguson shooting suspect didn't target officers

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A man accused of shooting two officers last week in Ferguson was not targeting police or aiming at demonstrators at a late-night protest, his attorney said Monday as he countered an earlier police description of the crime.

Defense attorney Jerryl Christmas also suggested that St. Louis County police may have used excessive force when arresting the suspect, Jeffrey Williams, saying his client had bruises on his back, shoulders and face and a knot on his head.

Police spokesman Brian Schellman called the lawyer’s allegations “completely false,” adding that Williams was seen by a nurse when booked into the county jail, standard procedure for all incoming inmates.

“The nurse released Williams as fit for confinement,” he said.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/attorney-ferguson-shooting-suspect-didn-t-target-officers/article_ee51e2bd-7a9b-53a5-9d3c-74d51eaf7444.html

This is not going to help the situation; it'll allow the Fox News crowd to say that Ferguson is lawless and needs tough policing.

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Attorney: Ferguson shooting suspect didn't target officers (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2015 OP

This reminds me of something from a few years ago . . . JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #1

If the NRA wants every American to be armed, this is exactly the expected outcome. rgbecker Mar 2015 #2

This is going to be a circus. I am only hoping that they actually have the right man. That is jwirr Mar 2015 #3

If the races were reversed, would you believe a white and possibly racist shooter's vkkv Mar 2015 #4

Luckily innocence is presumed in this country until one is proven guilty. Ed Suspicious Mar 2015 #8

You are being sarcastic, right? vkkv Mar 2015 #11

in other words, a garden variety drive by with really bad aim nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #5

The most preposterous thing about this story SwankyXomb Mar 2015 #6

This. Ed Suspicious Mar 2015 #9

Excellent point! vkkv Mar 2015 #12

Better. How about 'a lone wolf' ? n/t bonniebgood Mar 2015 #7

Being 'fit for confinement' by a jail 'nurse' doesn't mean that he wasn't beaten. blackspade Mar 2015 #10

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)

1. This reminds me of something from a few years ago . . .

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 10:31 AM

Mar 2015

Defense attorney Jerryl Christmas also suggested that St. Louis County police may have used excessive force when arresting the suspect, Jeffrey Williams, saying his client had bruises on his back, shoulders and face and a knot on his head.

He's entitled to the best defense he can get.

rgbecker

(4,831 posts)

2. If the NRA wants every American to be armed, this is exactly the expected outcome.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 10:37 AM

Mar 2015

All will have great opportunities to settle their disputes with fire power, the more the better. Who's to say it should only be a matter of bodily harm and not property rights? Why not blast away if someone tries to take away your .38?

The guy was simply complying with his latest issue of "The Rifleman".

As far as the police beating the shit out of the guy? What did you expect? Justice department report compliance in the same week as it was issued?

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

3. This is going to be a circus. I am only hoping that they actually have the right man. That is

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 11:27 AM

Mar 2015

what this lawyer said on tv last night - that Williams is not the right man. In this case since the victims are 2 policemen I would assume that the police would not just be satisfied with arresting anyone. They would want the real shooter. So I hope that they have the evidence and not just thinking they have him.

As to who he was targeting - only he knows that at the moment.