Posted on 08/15/2014 7:40:35 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Five days after a police officer fired multiple rounds at and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, we now know that the officer’s name is Darren Wilson. Thanks to Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, we also know that officers believe Brown had just strong-armed a convenience store clerk for a $48.99 box of Swisher Sweets cigars. Jackson provided the incident report from that robbery to reporters in Missouri this morning. He took no questions, suggesting reporters take some time to “digest it.”
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Why did it take five days for them to release this information, none of which has anything to do with the circumstances of Brown’s death? ..... Per Matt Yglesias, if Brown was a suspect in a robbery, why wasn’t his accomplice Dorian Johnson arrested and charged rather than allowed to escape and appear in multiple television news interviews?
Was Johnson lying when he claimed that Wilson approached him and Brown not to question or arrest them for robbery but to tell them to “get the (*) onto the sidewalk”?
We don’t know because Jackson says he “cannot discuss the investigation about the attempted apprehension of the suspect in that strong-arm robbery. That goes to the county prosecutor’s office.”
I’m sure there are more questions. This is just for starters. But it smells very bad when a police department refuses to release any information about a deadly officer-involved shooting, unleashing five days of madness, and then reverses course to assure the public that Brown was a menacing, cigar-stealing thug.
(Excerpt) Read more at newrepublic.com ...
The New Republic is a far left publication.
He is making it worse for the rioters and liars who perjure themselves at the drop of a hat.
Sometimes it takes a while to catch up with a suspect to question them especially when they run the streets all the time...they may have been trying to find him to question him and he kept eluding them or maybe the officer just happened to run into him..
Did they listen to the Brown family acknowledge that the video was of brown. Now I agree that the police used very poor judgement with seemingly unnecessary secrecy. But come on folks, trash talking makes the truth go away??
Tiffany Mitchell, Eyewitness To Michael Brown Shooting, Speaks
Beutler stirring the pot again, eh? He won’t like it when his mischief finally comes down on his head.
Here’s a novel thought Butler. If Brown and Johnson hadn’t robbed that store none of this never would have happened. Eespecially for some cheap cigars but that doesn’t really matter because the dollar amount of the items taken isn’t the issue. Taking items by force and stealing is both bullying and taking something that isn’t yours.
I thought liberals didn’t like bullying...(the door swings both ways)
Why wasn’t Brian Beutler, author of this piece, consulted at the time of the arrest?
Why wasn’t the New Republic there to interview witnesses?
Why hasn’t Brian Beutler, who has watched all of the requisite CNN reports, been invited to share his opinion in the national newsmedia?
Why has the New Republic not been consulted on the fairness of the retail price of those cigars?
Why is this case about everything except a guy who picked the wrong F’n day to rob a convenience store?
Here’s a novel thought Butler. If Brown and Johnson hadn’t robbed that store none of this ever would have happened. Eespecially for some cheap cigars but that doesn’t really matter because the dollar amount of the items taken isn’t the issue. Taking items by force and stealing is both bullying and taking something that isn’t yours.
I thought liberals didn’t like bullying...(the door swings both ways)
It is standard procedure to withhold information during an active investigation. As a matter of fact, as was posited by the State Trooper in charge of the investigation, nothing should have been released until the investigation was complete.
Sounds like the local police chief panicked, and with good reason, and released some information with the idea it might keep riots from happening in his city.
Tiffany probably be lyin’. I mean, she does have a lawyer with her.
It’s so tough to manufacture witnesses and fabricate testimony when you don’t know how much hard evidence and proof the police have on their side.
The truth only makes things worse for those who are liars.
CC
That's great, but he wasn't shot at night.
The Ferguson Police Chief’s Statement Is Only Making Things Worse>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yes, worse for two reasons:
1) The Ferguson Police Chief is White.(and not a race baiter)
2) He told the truth about 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Nothing makes things worse like one who refuses to bend under the play of the race card, and who tells the truth.
Only Making Things Worse
Yep, he told the truth and included a video too.
I expect her to go missing in about 72 hours.
Poor TNR lefties. It’s always a bummer when your narrative goes all Hindenburg on you.
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