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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:00 PM Mar 2017

Everything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong

Here is the story of Michael Brown’s murder that we all believed: One sunny day in Ferguson, Mo., a huge behemoth of a man named Michael Brown walked into a convenience store; committed a strong-arm robbery, escaping with the invaluable loot of a pack of cigarillos; and while he was walking home, Darren Wilson, a brave cop responding to the robbery, stopped him.

When Wilson tried to detain Brown, Brown reached for the cop’s gun and the policeman shot him. But Brown wouldn’t quit, and the officer thought that Brown might have a weapon, so Wilson shot a few more times to stop Brown from harming him.

“What happened in Ferguson is that a man committed a robbery, attempted to assault a police officer, and the police officer—to save his life—shot him. The police officer did his duty. The officer should be commended for what he did.” —Rudy Giuliani on Fox News, March 12, 2015
Except none of that happened.


After a documentarian released video this past weekend that dispels the myth of the Mike Brown corner-store robbery, more information is emerging about the n-word-using patrolman who was accused of racial discrimination and excessive force even before he pumped at least six bullets into Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, killing him. New court papers reveal that Brown never tried to take the officer’s gun, never struck the officer and did not initiate any contact with Wilson, who was cleared of wrongdoing by a secret grand jury in November 2014.

http://www.theroot.com/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-death-of-mike-b-1793261221

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Everything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong (Original Post) Blue_Tires Mar 2017 OP
I hope this story gets the attention it (& Mike Brown) deserves Jarqui Mar 2017 #1
The author of the story in The Root lapucelle Mar 2017 #2
Interesting... Those updates weren't there when I posted the OP Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #3
When Mike Brown was shot, the store owner told the local press The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #4

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
1. I hope this story gets the attention it (& Mike Brown) deserves
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:16 PM
Mar 2017

It's probably the only way this racist killer gets brought to justice.

lapucelle

(18,040 posts)
2. The author of the story in The Root
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:42 PM
Mar 2017

explained in his update that his story (based on the reporting of the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery who uncovered the U.S. District Court document containing the testimony) is not about the facts in this case, but rather about the public's perception of the facts in this case.

"Here is the crux of Lowery’s point, and where we actually agree: Lowery’s argument is that Darren Wilson’s admissions do not contradict his grand jury testimony, and he is correct. Lowery is speaking to the facts of the case concerning Darren Wilson’s testimony.

This article wasn’t about that.

This addressed what everyone believed about the incident. It is clearly laid out in the first paragraph. This article was about the general public perception about the Michael Brown case, how the image of Brown had been twisted into making Brown into a police-attacking demon. How the general public believed that Wilson apprehended suspects on their way from a robbery and had to shoot the robber who reached for his gun."


http://www.theroot.com/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-death-of-mike-b-1793261221

The Polack MSgt

(13,159 posts)
4. When Mike Brown was shot, the store owner told the local press
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 12:03 PM
Mar 2017

That Mike Brown had not robbed his store...

That angle disappeared down the memory hole in a day - never to be heard again... Until now

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