More evidence is emerging supporting Ferguson officer Darren Wilson’s claims in the shooting of Michael Brown. The most recent story states that Brown did not have his hands up in the air, as supporters have long claimed, when he was shot. The image of people holding her hands in the air has become the unifying symbol of case and the new evidence represents a new contradiction of the account of Brown’s friend, Dorian Johnson, who insisted that Brown was not shot in a struggle in the car and was shot with his hands in the air.
The fatal encounter between Wilson and Brown occurred shortly after Brown committed a strong arm robbery of a store owner in stealing some cigars:
However, Brown was unarmed when he was shot and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon quickly called for the prosecution of Wilson and referred to Brown as the victim and Eric Holder ordered a massive federal investigation of the shooting as a civil rights violation before the completion of the local investigation.
Much of the anger stemmed from the account of Johnson. As discussed earlier, the evidence indicates that Wilson was suffered some injuries in a struggle and that, consistent with his account, Brown was shot at close quarters, his blood was on the service weapon. The evidence also reportedly supports the claim that the gun was discarded within the car in a struggle.
Regardless of how one reads this evidence, it is another cautionary tale in rushing to judgment in such cases before the investigation is completed. The involvement of politicians and protesters in immediately demanding prosecution can have a highly distortive effect on such cases. There has been an immediate and negative response to any suggestions of evidence supporting the officer in this controversy. The fact is that this controversy — and subsequent rioting — was based on the account of Johnson and very early (and contested) stories of what occurred. As I have previously discussed, while the looting and rioting was not their fault, it was highly improper for politicians to assign guilt before the completion of even the initial investigation.
Wilson reportedly testified before the Grand Jury that he pulled over in his SUV to talk to Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson about the theft of cigarillos. He said that when tried to get out, Brown slammed the door shut and punched him in the face. He just that, when he reached for his weapon, Brown grabbed it and it was pointing for a time at Wilson in the struggling. He said that it was in this struggle that Brown was shot in the hand. He said that he then chased after Brown who allegedly turned and ran toward him. Wilson testified that he told him to stop and then fired. He said that when Wilson continued, he fired more shots.
The independent experts hired by the Post-Dispatch said that they believed that the evidence supported Wilson on some critical points and that a significant struggle occurred in direct and irreconcilable conflict with the account of Johnson. Forensic pathologist from San Francisco, Dr. Judy Melinek, said that Brown’s palms could not have been facing Wilson in the standard surrender position – with hands up and palms out – when he was shot. While other scenarios could explain the evidence and there is still the question of why so many shots were fired (even if the officer’s account is true), there may remain considerable conflicts in the original account.
Those conclusions would seem to support growing view that the Obama Administration also found insufficient evidence to support any federal charge in the shooting and is leaking stories to prepare people for the closing of the investigation.
Source: CBS
“The democratic senator and governor there have been very cautious. See you don’t keep up very well either.”
Cautious? The Governor called for prosecution when he knew it was going before the Grand Jury, and, most recently, the anti-gun Senator was arrested, with a pistol in her possession, for failing to get out of the street and for refusal to obey a lawful order.
I would hardly call that “cautious”.
SWM, You’re spinning. I am TOUGH on cops. I know them better than just about anyone else here. Of course we should question EVERYONE in authority. I wish you and the cultists would question King Barry. He’s got just little more authority than a local cop!!
“Well, Democrats are dead in the water without the black bloc vote. That’s all this is about. And Democrats are more than willing to incite black mob violence and destroy entire communities to maintain that black bloc vote.” Stephen Yep, we really don’t attract much of your Stormfront vote.
@swarthmoremom
I didn’t say it was about local elections. It’s about national elections coming up in November.
Why in the world are you interested in a podunk town 1,000 miles away from you. The answer is obvious.
And, it’s not that your heart bleeds for blacks. You are obviously more than willing to turn Ferguson into another Detroit. That’s already happening.
Nick Spinelli
Stephen, I am convinced virtually none of the white liberals here, who are “down w/ the struggle” have any black folk w/ whom they regularly associate. This has been corroborated by black guys I know who read this blog. They hate the enabling of bad behavior in their community by white guilt people like you see here.
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Bull.
Or perhaps poppycock.
There’s that.
My outlook on this case from the beginning has been that I will accept the grand jury’s decision, no matter what it is.
Why anybody would view this differently is beyond my understanding.
Well, Democrats are dead in the water without the black bloc vote. That’s all this is about. And Democrats are more than willing to incite black mob violence and destroy entire communities to maintain that black bloc vote.
Stephen. No democrats up state wide in Missouri this year. The democratic senator and governor there have been very cautious. See you don’t keep up very well either.
still the question of why so many shots were fired (even if the officer’s account is true),
I can explain. When you are out hunting in the woods and you are being charged by a rampaging grizzly bear or mountain lion. You shoot until the beast is dead or until you run out of bullets.
bettykath,
I couldn’t care less about what some rag writes in an attempt to secure information that is not going to be released until the Grand Jury completes their deliberation. I don’t care if the prosecutor lies to them. I don’t care if the Chief lies to the media. —–The evidence is what the evidence is. It will be made available after the Grand Jury finishes. The rest is just part of a story…a tale.
Nick, You are wrong about friends, and it is enabling of bad behavior to question police shootings? Bizarre… As citizens we are not supposed to question police authority? Talk about fascist thinking…….
The mother of Recent Muslim convert Zale Thompson who was ruthlessly gunned down by police yesterday is calling for intervention by the Justice department. She claims that her child did not bury an ax in a police mans head. The college bound gentle giant did not even have an ax.
It was a falafel.
“Stephen Seeking justice does not translate into your scenario.”
You aren’t seeking justice. You’re seeking black votes for the Democratic Party.
These friends see stark differences between the Zimmerman case and this one. They have conflicting thoughts on Zimmerman. On this case, after reading the reports the last few days, there suspicions were confirmed. You see, any objective person, particularly a male, looks @ that strong arm robbery video and sees the mindset of the deceased. He was “Buckin’ up.” The Good Lord made many big men gentle. Not this guy.
Stephen, I am convinced virtually none of the white liberals here, who are “down w/ the struggle” have any black folk w/ whom they regularly associate. This has been corroborated by black guys I know who read this blog. They hate the enabling of bad behavior in their community by white guilt people like you see here.
http://time.com/3159680/ferguson-michael-brown-shooting-police-report/
“Wilson never filed a report on the incident, according to the office of the St. Louis County prosecutor.”
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/08/29/incident-report-wheres-use-force-report-violations-ferguson/
“Everyone who is paying attention to the incident in which Mike Brown was gunned down in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri by Officer Darren Wilson is aware that there is no actual “Incident Report” in existence. Well, more specifically, a week after the ACLU requested the report and was told that there was a report but it was being withheld because it was exempt from the Sunshine Law, they produced “an” Incident Report that had no useful information in it.
What we now can state firmly in addition to this is that Ferguson Police also do not have a Use of Force Report that their policies required to be produced – not by Officer Wilson but by the Watch Commander on duty that day.”
Correction: I thought it was Wilson who was supposed to fill out the report. That is incorrect. It is the Watch Commander who is supposed to fill out the report.
Amnesty International Report on the character of Ferguson Police:
(Gurdian).
Nice to know that the sound cannons at Ferguson worked and they got what they paid for.
“As I said, the outcome of your bleeding heart demand for tribal blood vengeance for blacks will be to turn Ferguson into a wasteland for decades.” Stephen Seeking justice does not translate into your scenario.
@swarthmoremom
I’m not searching the media every day to find a story about a white kid shot by police.
As I said, the outcome of your bleeding heart demand for tribal blood vengeance for blacks will be to turn Ferguson into a wasteland for decades.
Your “friend of the blacks” thing doesn’t acknowledge actual results. The result of this demand for tribal blood vengeance is the predictable destruction of an entire community. Which you will refuse to acknowledge, of course.
Was Dr. Judy Melinek part of the investigation or someone hired by a news agency that had voiced its tailored reporting to show that Officer Wilson was guilty of a crime?
“This case should never have made the papers and TV.” Stephen. Yeah, why make a fuss over another unarmed black kid being shot? Just leave the body in the street and move on.