Posted on 08/22/2014 1:38:02 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
For days something has been irking me about the Michael Brown shooting and the autopsy performed. Repeatedly we've heard from witnesses who do not agree with Officer Darren Wilson's account. They have said that either, one, Brown was shot in the back or, two, he had his hands raised in surrender, while standing upright, when Wilson shot him.
Well, the autopsy showed that Brown was not shot in the back, so the witnesses that claimed that are now confirmed to either be mistaken or liars. But what about the hands raised witnesses? Forget for a moment that most of these witnesses were the same ones who claimed Brown was struck repeatedly in the back. For whatever reason, the press has been reporting that the autopsy somehow confirms anti-Wilson testimony. But that's not true. Simple mathematics disproves their testimony and likely confirms Wilson's.
But before we get to that, let's establish a few facts. First, the particular bullet in question that disproves this testimony is one that entered Mr. Brown's skull and exited into his collar bone.
Second, there are no videos or testimony that the street on which the shooting occurred was unusually sloped or hilly.
Third, we need to look into what those who stated that Brown had his hands up in surrender say they witnessed.
Tiffany Mitchell stated, “After the [first] shot, the kid just breaks away. The cop follows him, kept shooting, the kid’s body jerked as if he was hit. After his body jerked he turns around, puts his hands up, and the cop continues to walk up on him and continues to shoot until he goes all the way down."
Disregarding the fact that Brown was not shot in the back (which already disproves this testimony), to summarize, several shots are fired at Brown first, then he turns around and the fatal bullet is fired. Three total witnesses, Dorian Johnson, Tiffany Mitchell, and Piaget Crenshaw, say the same thing: Brown was shot in the back, then he turned around, then he was mortally wounded. His head was raised.
Fourth, if Brown's head was raised, then the shot must have been angled, otherwise any exit wound would have exited the back of his skull and not hit any other part of his body. To go from any part of the head into the collar bone is a pretty steep angle.
Fifth, how far away was Brown from Wilson? Well, according to these three witnesses, there was a sizable gap between the two men. Another witness, Michael Brady, seems to corroborate these stories by placing the distance at about 20 feet.
All the facts are now assembled to show how the witnesses testimony falls apart. But just to recap: the street is flat, Michael Brown has his hands and head raised, he is twenty feet away from Officer Wilson, and the bullet in question went from his head to his collar bone.
Now all we need to do is create a triangle that shows the trajectory of the bullet. Actually, we have to create a small one first to get the proper big triangle. And assuming that both Mr. Brown and Mr. Wilson were both standing straight up, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find out all the proper measurements, or a2 + b2 = c2.
Still following? It's a bit tough at first because Mr. Brown has a height of six feet, four inches, so we cannot use him as the lowest point on a triangle. However, that can be the height on the first triangle we make. So, height would be equal to 6.33, which would be a in our equation.
To get the proper angle, we would use the distance given by Mr. Brady in his testimony, 20 feet, and that would be b. Now we can find out c, the hypotenuse. 6.33 squared is roughly 40. 20 squared is 400. Together, that's 440. The square root of that is almost exactly 21.
Now all we have to do is double the numbers and retain the same angles. The conclusion is... Officer Brown would have to be... 12 feet, 8 inches to have shot Michael Brown the way that "witnesses" say he did. Officer Wilson is not 12 feet, 8 inches.
But you know how this would all make sense? If we take into account Officer Wilson's testimony, that Brown was charging him, his head lowered. There wouldn't have to be a big angle any more because, if Wilson fired forward, it could easily go through Brown's head and into his collarbone.
Math has disproved the already shaky testimony of pro-Brown witnesses and confirmed the story of Officer Wilson.
You RACIST, you... You are confusing the po’ folks with facts. And besides, no one there ever took geee-ometry... That is a white man’s math class, doncha know... Ergo your reasoning is, on its face, racist.
It would be nice if the facts mattered in this case but all that really matters to the masses is skin color.
I see a journalist has filed suit to get access to Brown’s juvenile record.
http://gotnews.com/sued-st-louis-county-court-get-michael-browns-juvenile-arrest-records/
The blacks don’t want logic and justice, they want a lynching.
Not bad but one error in the facts. From the Autopsy diagram it looks like all the shots in his arms support that his hands were down not up. They have entry points consistent with arms lowered. Raised they would have entered from the other side of his arm.
I don’t know who came up with this quote, but it’s true:
The slave doesn’t dream of being free, he dreams of being the master.
This is stupid, it assumes that the kid was standing there after 5 bullets had been pumped into him.
Yes, Crump’s assertion is stupid too, but two stupids don’t make a smart.
Mr. Brown would have suffered noticeable abrasions and such from the momentum of rushing forward.
But, more facts and detail can come forward and that will change as well.
If that arm was raised in the air when he was shot, Wilson would have to be standing over him and shooting nearly straight down.
The fact that this particular “witness” was also Brown’s accomplice in the robbery that had immediately preceded the confrontation, destroys any shred of credibility for his testimony.
His story about Brown being shot in the back has been shown to be a lie. The idea that the officer reached out with one arm and grabbed the large, tall Brown by the neck, is being shown a lie...and anyone with any common sense knew it was incorrect to begin with.
The idea of Brown surrendering with his hands up is already discounted by other witnesses, and ballistics will show it is a lie too.
No, much more credible eyewitness accounts make plain that:
1) Michael Brown profaned a police officer who at first simply asked him get out of the middle of the street.
2) Micael Brown refused to follow a lawful police instruction to get out of the middle of the street.
3) Michael Brown assaulted the police officer when he returned to question Brown, striking him several times in the face, attempting to the get the officer’s weapon in the process.
4) Michael Brown ran from the police car after assaulting the officer.
5) Michael Brown turned around and taunted the police officer when that officer gave chase and told him to stop.
6) Michael Brown then charged the police officer.
7) Michael Brown was killed by gunfire from the police officer as he charged that officer, Darren Wilon.
The police incident report agrees with this sequence of events.
Conversation from two bystanders discussing what happened on a YouTube video agrees with this sequence of events.
Other eyewitnesses agree with this sequence f events.
The medical report on the officer indicates he was severely beaten about the face and head...beaten almost unconscious...and sustained a fractured orbital bone to his left eye.
I believe that forensics and ballistics will prove this sequence of events.
Michael Brown was a large, very powerfully built and strong young man who was also a violent criminal and thug. He had strong-arm robbed a store minutes before this confrontation.
This officer, Darren Wilson, was heroic in his actions.
After significant injury to himself, and at moral peril to himself, he confronted a violent criminal and attempted to do his duty and apprehend the criminal. He then had to defend his life against the criminal and shoot him.
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That's exactly the author's point... the testimony of an eyewitness was that Brown was standing there after 5 bullets had been pumped into him until the fatal shot was fired. That's what the author is debunking.
Those witnesses need to be charged with making false statements. No justice, no peace.
Nice work...hope Wilson’s lawyers read this blog.
That is probably the correct scenario...As one can see in the picture of the cop at the top of this page, it would be impossible to shoot someone in the arms where Brown was shot, unless his arms were outstretched, or up in the air, or he was facing away from the policeman...That's simple logic based on the arm wounds...
Hafta wonder, if Brown kept walking away, what would the policeman have done???
seeing how he was a year and a half behind in school and lived with grandma im curious why?
Or, if the shot hit him as he was falling.
But what about the hands raised witnesses?
Witness said that arms were raised as he taunted the officer shouting something like “you gonna shoot me” but then he rushed at the officer and that’s when the volley of shots happened, killing him.
Race baiters are claiming arms were raised as he was being shot.
Nonsense!!! Have you ever heard or seen someone surrender with arms raised while rushing agressivly toward the person with a gun. Try to picture that in your mind.
No scruff marks on Brown’s knees or hands. Only face. Which means not someone charging or moving with sandals, tube socks at a cop with pointed gun no less. 2 head shots downward angle, with officer not over 12ft tall so Brown’s already down, kneeling, etc. Forensics thus far don’t show good future for officer.
Your facts are correct but dont matter. The only thing that matters is that Wilson spend the rest of his life in prison and his family be hounded their remaining days. The 21st Century lynch mob led by the race whores, the self hating white media and the Obama administration will stand for no less, facts be damned.
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