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Related: About this forumEverything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong
Here is the story of Michael Browns 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 cops gun and the policeman shot him. But Brown wouldnt 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 officerto save his lifeshot 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 officers 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
Jarqui
(10,506 posts)It's probably the only way this racist killer gets brought to justice.
lapucelle
(19,565 posts)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 Lowerys point, and where we actually agree: Lowerys argument is that Darren Wilsons admissions do not contradict his grand jury testimony, and he is correct. Lowery is speaking to the facts of the case concerning Darren Wilsons testimony.
This article wasnt 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
Blue_Tires
(56,620 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,451 posts)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