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In reply to the discussion: Why What Happened In The Store Matters [View all]XemaSab
(60,212 posts)66. No blood on the inside of the car?
That's not true.
"Another important piece of evidence comes from DNA analysis. It revealed that Brown's blood was on Officer Wilson's gun (a Sig Sauer P229) and on the inside of his police vehicle."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366575509/ferguson-documents-the-physical-evidence
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we don't understand his (Brown's) behavior because he did not get a chance to say anything.
Xipe Totec
Nov 2014
#2
I am talking about Brown's behavior before he ever encountered Wilson
TexasMommaWithAHat
Nov 2014
#5
Turn off Faux for one day and see if you can see anything other than their talking points on this.
hlthe2b
Nov 2014
#10
CNN's been nearly as bad on this... Ratings, from the racist froth they are stirring up seems to be
hlthe2b
Nov 2014
#16
why being a part of the KKK really matters, when a white cop in a black area. ya think?
seabeyond
Nov 2014
#8
he didnt "get caught". the cop didnt know he was in the store. yes. you are wrong. nt
seabeyond
Nov 2014
#22
you want to create this whole conjecture, pinning brown responsible for his death, when the cops
seabeyond
Nov 2014
#35
The Grand Jury was not presented with evidence that indicated that Brown robbed the store.
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#145
No, just Dorian Johnson's very detailed version of events in the store.
TexasMommaWithAHat
Dec 2014
#147
One possibility - the behavior doesn't make any sense because it's not what actually happened.
hedgehog
Nov 2014
#20
Ah, the grumpy, moody teenager who wasn't actually convicted of any crime concern.
IdaBriggs
Nov 2014
#24
The man fears for his life. He doesn't want to have anything to do with this!
TexasMommaWithAHat
Nov 2014
#26
That's it in a nutshell, isn't it? The copologists project a 'sincere desire to
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#57
Actually the store is talked about, because the owner never pressed charges or said Brown stole
Rex
Nov 2014
#40
To borrow a phrase from lawyers (or lawyer TV shows), you're assuming 'facts
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#33
Here's the (real) question. Why didn't Wilson say "You are under arrest" or give
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#65
Yeah that really brings it home right there. Wilson did not try to arrest either one
Rex
Nov 2014
#75
My theory about Wilson's real stream of consciousness (interspersed with facts in parenthesies):
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#92
You're being willfully obtuse. One possible reason why Brown never displayed any
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#76
I've read Volume 4 many times. Johnson says only that Brown took 'a handful'. Brown
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#94
They've been asked that question repeatedly in this very thread. Yet still no answer. The
Guy Whitey Corngood
Nov 2014
#146
You make it sound like he walked right out of the store and enountered Wilson...
hexola
Nov 2014
#46
You'll want to look at Volume 4 of the GJ testimony. Here's a good link
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#83
Anyone not believing that Wilson was 100% culpable has been accused of being a racist
TexasMommaWithAHat
Nov 2014
#88
Exactly. It doesn't matter if any of those "if"s were real or not, he was killed for a non-capital
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#137
How is Brown the "aggressor at the car" when Wilson was the one who pulled up, then backed up fast
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#138
What "behavior" earned a hail of bullets? The answer Is of course none so
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#141
no, you are not at all interested in michael's mindset. you're a troll. mike brown is dead because
locdlib
Nov 2014
#78
nobody gives a shit about your number of posts. what's that got to do with your fucked up topic?
locdlib
Nov 2014
#87
you mean it would be better for you, cause i'm real good. you can't rationally explain
locdlib
Nov 2014
#93
Re-read Wilson's words. HIS mind-set is what interests me, as he deliberately hassled a person he
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#104
"I'm giving the Wilson the benefit of the doubt as to what happened at the car"
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#139