Michael Brown had no criminal background
Source: KSDK.com (local TV news)
ST. LOUIS COUNTY An 18-year-old shot and killed near a Ferguson apartment complex Saturday afternoon had no criminal record, according to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's office.
According to police, Brown pushed an officer into his car. Then, both struggled and at some point, Brown reached for the officer's weapon before a shot inside of the car followed by a number of other shots. Brown was not armed.
St. Louis County Prosecutor's office confirmed that Brown had no prior misdemeanors or felonies against him.
Read more: http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/13/michael-brown-ferguson-shooting-no-criminal-background/14023731/
Just the average incoming college Freshman.
RIP Mr. Brown.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)They really messed up and instead of dealing with it professionally they are letting the one cop who committed a crime turn them all into criminals. There should be 70% Black cops if there is 70% Black residents. US towns can't be allowed to be run like prison camps.
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)When you can show that left-handed people are more likely to be shot down in the streets than righties.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)We need to represent racial diversity for obvious reasons on the police force.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Gun culture calls bullshit on this.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Happens all the time, you know?
Here's my guess: Roid rage cop tries to open the door on the kid, but the door hits him and bounces back. The cop, enraged, grabs the kid by the throat, just as the witness said, and is going to pull his sidearm to scare the kid when the gun goes off in the car. The cop gets so freaked out and furious that he just goes after the kid, nutso. Shoots him once in the back. Then blasts him over and over again in a total rage.
This is a murder, pure and simple.
We've all heard "he reached for my gun" before. It was bullshit then and it's bullshit now.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)are the two biggest lies cops use to justify their anarchy.
dembotoz
(16,832 posts)and people will believe it
"He was a criminal, he just wasn't caught yet"
Coming soon to a TV set near you
PREDICTION: fox 'news' animation w/in 24 hours
got to let potential jurors know the 'facts' before trial.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)the horrendous crime of posting something sketchy on facebook.
christx30
(6,241 posts)and capital offense of failing World History II and failing to turn in his Chemistry homework 3 times.
LoisB
(7,231 posts)hell didn't reach for the officer's gun. I would posit that by the age of 6, most Black kids in this country know that even looking askance at a white cop can get you killed.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)I have to believe he knew of and was fearful of what happened the last time it was reported that a cop put his hands on a Black man's neck.
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abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Sentence structure and grammar are barely a thing on here...
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)myrna minx
(22,772 posts)LoisB
(7,231 posts)myrna minx
(22,772 posts)HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)No typo in that dude!
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Officer probably thought Brown pushed or kicked the door back. Officer should have realized how close Brown was and what the door would have done.
Was just looking for an excuse to arrest/shoot/etc.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)That cop murdered him.
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)Cant remember it happening before.
1monster
(11,012 posts)did one freakin' year.
sigh.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)it means the investigation is moving along and information is being released to the public. I am in hopes that the investigation is thorough, complete and not rushed.
VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)I saw in the New York Times (of all places) that the Ferguson Chief of Police, one Thomas Jackson, is now claiming that Brown scuffled with the unnamed shooter and that the shooter's face was so swollen from the scuffling that he had to go to the hospital. This sounds so similar to the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman scenario, that I'm starting to think that Ferguson law enforcement is trying to "fix facts around the policy" (to quote the Downing Street Memo).
I hope the U.S. Attorney at least considers possible obstruction of justice charges against the Ferguson Police Chief.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/us/missouri-teenager-and-officer-scuffled-before-shooting-chief-says.html
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)He should be dealt with seriously for lying to the public.
Welcome to D.U.
joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)a couple of heated expletives thrown in for good measure .
Shame on the NYTimes for not vetting its reporting more diligently (speaking of the Downing St. Memo era). This one stinks to high heaven.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)that way it would harder to disprove their bogus story. If the officer had incurred the facial swelling, wouldn't the police have taken photos of that?
SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)to the Bard).
SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)Ironic that he is so free with the cop's medical info, while claiming the cop's name must be kept private.
VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)our latter-day Sherrif of Nottingham is concerned.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)he opens up his medical record. His WHOLE medical record.
imthevicar
(811 posts)For the Police Cover up they want.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Hannity? Coulter? Larry Elder?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Moostache
(9,897 posts)For humanity, its a disgrace that must be stopped...
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SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Unvanguard
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philosslayer
(3,076 posts)Really? Already proven to be largely a myth. Enjoy your stay.
Unvanguard
(4,588 posts)Yes, you have the right to defend yourself against other people's imminent use of force, when the force you use to defend yourself is prorportionate and the minimum necessary for self-defense. But there is no reason whatsoever to think that the threat posed by Michael Brown in this instance rose to that level. And someone being unarmed obviously has a whole lot to do with this analysis--no, the police (let alone "law-abiding folks" broadly) are not simply entitled to shoot someone because, hey, they might possibly be holding a gun. Your sentiment that "If you start a confrontation with the police, expect to get shot" is both inapplicable here (it looks like the police started this confrontation) and completely baseless (the police are not entitled to shoot anyone who starts a confrontation with them, thank God).
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Yet here you are saying "If you start a confrontation with the police, expect to get shot."
Not following your own advice, are you?
randys1
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SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)might affect one's belief in the likelihood that he fought with the officer in the car and went for his gun. But even if Michael Brown was a previously convicted felon and did in fact go for the gun as the police suggest, once Brown exited the vehicle and tried to run away, that police officer no longer had the justification of self defense. That officer shot a fleeing unarmed man in the back and then in the front as he was on the ground. That's murder. There is no escaping that conclusion. Michael Brown's body was 35 feet away from the patrol car when the final shots were pumped into him.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Early after it was only the local police standing near with a few people outside the tape. The simple dignity of a cover over the body and allow mom and family to stay near him would have shown a bit of respect!
I don't even want to post the picture of him laying in the street, here's a link where the pic is posted. http://dayandadream.com/2014/08/09/ferguson-teen-shot-dead-police/
raging moderate
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And a lot of other white people like me, who are FED UP with being HUMILIATED by the poor attitudes and behavior of some of our distant white relatives. We truly feel AWFUL about what has happened and is continuing to happen to many of our distant Black relatives, and we are always GLAD to see Black people standing up for themselves. When we see them hurt in these horrific ways, suddenly they become our close Brothers and Sisters in our hearts. And if capitalizing the word "Black" helps to heal them a little more, then I say they should. They are still being oppressed. Maybe someday that won't be true. Maybe we will heed the warnings of history. Nobody ever talks about the tragic massacre and enslavement of the Roman aristocracy at the end of the Roman Empire, but it should serve as a warning to any white supremacists. When the Roman Empire was at its height, the pale northern Europeans were known to the CIVILIZED world of that time as the "northern savages," stupid superstitious ignoramuses who looked fearsome but were easily defeated in battle or outsmarted in trade. Roman aristocrats would have rolled in laughter if they could have learned of the later pretensions of superiority among the Confederate descendants of those northern savages. The Roman Empire increased in pride and brutality until finally their bubble burst, and then it was their turn to be crushed, amid a lot of chaos and mayhem for everyone. This time, I want things to turn out differently, and better for everyone. I want more equality and justice and brotherhood in the world because I care about my descendants, whatever color they may be.