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originally posted by: Witness2008
a reply to: Xcathdra
O.K. Strong armed robbery. I still don't understand how that deserves a death sentence with your hands in the air.
As to using the robbery as justification for the cop killing him would be pretty thin justification as the cop had no idea of the robbery.
originally posted by: MarlinGrace
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: kosmicjack
FPD would gave us believe Wilson realized they were suspects mid-encounter..but, following the shooting Johnson wasn't arrested..
Why? No one had reviewed the video yet....
Very strange indeed.
Johnson's name is in page 4 of the police report dated 8/9/2014.
And Johnson was talking it up pretty good a few days later on the news stations.
Unless of course, the released "official" police report is "edited" ??
Lot's of rumors going around too.....
My favorite is;
The "militarized" swat confrontations were actually a DHS training exercise !!
They had a few days to figure it out and I bet they gathered lots of "data" from the incidents the other night.
They did this to catch the organized instigators.
They probably did catch people and it is not reported.
Then all quiet the very next night. Very odd.
They looked like Blackwater guys to me. It could have been ugly in a hurry.
FPD would have us believe Wilson realized they were suspects mid-encounter..but, following the shooting - Johnson wasn't arrested..
Why?
originally posted by: jammer2012
a reply to: [post=18290325]kosm I totally agree. If you look at the timeline.it seems to me that the incident at the store will now be used as a convenient excuse for this officer and may overshadow the even bigger problem at hand.
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
a reply to: Witness2008
Robbery seems such a strong word.
It evokes, to me, taking power from the shop owner, and taking control.
This looks more like shoplifting.
originally posted by: Witness2008
a reply to: Xcathdra
O.K. Strong armed robbery. I still don't understand how that deserves a death sentence with your hands in the air.
As to using the robbery as justification for the cop killing him would be pretty thin justification as the cop had no idea of the robbery.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: kosmicjack
The other possibility being ignored is the 2 who committed the crime may very well have thought the police contact was in regards to the strong arm robbery and not walking in the middle of the street.
I will wager they attacked and tried to kill the cop because they thought he was looking at them for the robbery.
The women’s accounts corroborate that of a previous witness, all three of whom said the officer fatally shot the unarmed teen.
Police have said the black 18-year-old died in a dangerous struggle after trying to grab the officer’s weapon. Not so, say the witnesses.
“It looked as if Michael was pushing off and the cop was trying to pull him in,” Tiffany Mitchell told CNN on Wednesday night.
It looked like the two of them were arm wrestling, she said.
Neither woman, who gave their statements to St. Louis County police, say they saw Brown enter the vehicle.
Instead, a shot went off, then the teen broke free, and the officer got out of the vehicle in pursuit, the women said.
“I saw the police chase him … down the street and shoot him down,” Crenshaw said. Brown ran about 20 feet.
“Michael jerks his body, as if he’s been hit,” Mitchell said.
Then he faced the officer and put his hands in the air, but the officer kept firing, both women said. He sank to the pavement.