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Robbery Tape Humiliates Media's 'Gentle Giant' Narrative (Michael Brown/Ferguson, Missouri)
Breitbart's Big Government ^ | August 15, 2014 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 08/15/2014 8:57:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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With the release of tape today by the Ferguson Police Department of a man who appears to be Michael Brown allegedly physically assaulting a much smaller clerk while stealing Swisher Sweet cigars, the media’s narrative has collapsed. The media – and top-level politicians across the political spectrum – portrayed Michael Brown in saintlike fashion. That narrative no longer holds.

The report from the police department states:

Brown grabbed a box of Swisher Sweet cigars and handed them to Johnson. [REDACTED] witnessed [REDACTED] tell Brown that he had to pay for those cigars first. That is when Brown reached across the counter and grabbed numerous packs of Swisher Sweets and turned to leave the store.

Brown then reportedly “grabbed [an intervening bystander] by the shirt and forcefully pushed him back into a display rack.”

We still don’t know the details of what happened between Officer Darren Wilson and Brown that led to Brown’s shooting death. Perhaps Wilson is a racist; we have no evidence of that as of yet. Perhaps Wilson used excessive force; we have no evidence of that as of yet, since we don’t have full evidence of the situation leading to the shooting. If Officer Wilson killed Brown without justification, he should obviously be punished to the full extent of the law....

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: bigmike; blacks; ferguson; mediabias; michaelbrown; mikebrown; missouri
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To: yldstrk

I’d imagine there’s a process they have to follow before they can do that. I also doubt it would’ve mattered to the folks who decided to riot over it.


61 posted on 08/16/2014 4:08:50 AM PDT by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: yldstrk

Perhaps it took a bit to be absolutely sure they had Brown on the video. Coming out with the wrong guy would have made it twice as bad.


62 posted on 08/16/2014 4:17:00 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
"the media would have seen what utter fools they were to even report on this."

On the other hand, I think it's good that they were given enough rope to hang themselves in full public view.

63 posted on 08/16/2014 5:13:30 AM PDT by capt. norm
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To: KarlInOhio
Maybe getting all their ducks in a row before any announcement. Being 99% right is equal to being 100% wrong if the media sees you as the enemy.

Yep. Given a hostile media, if you are not 100%, the media will seize the 1% you are mistaken on, and spin that to discredit everything else you said. You have to be 100% right in every part of your statement.

64 posted on 08/16/2014 5:19:38 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Uncle Chip
Residents and peaceful protesters are outside standing incredulously asking where the police are and pointing out that these looters are not people from the area and could easily be arrested one at a time -- but the police are MIA having their hissy fit probably.

Not so "easily arrested" when in a group. The Ferguson police know that all that's needed for a major riot is another black person shot by police. They want nothing to do with that, and would rather see the city burn than have the Obama "Justice" dept doing a rectal probe on them.

65 posted on 08/16/2014 5:25:32 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Well, every even numbered year is an election year, and in the odd years there’s always some race baiting, overblown incident happening too.
Maybe it’s because there’s so much black crime someone’s gonna get popped or busted? Ya think?


66 posted on 08/16/2014 5:29:40 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: jespasinthru

Yo, moron - Brown’s accomplice already confessed.


67 posted on 08/16/2014 6:27:40 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

> Michael Brown allegedly physically assaulting a much smaller clerk while stealing Swisher Sweet cigars, the media’s narrative has collapsed. The media – and top-level politicians across the political spectrum – portrayed Michael Brown in saintlike fashion. That narrative no longer holds.

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.


68 posted on 08/16/2014 8:06:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jespasinthru
The video that they are showing is from four years ago, because I remember watching it way back then

Once you've seen one thug strong arming the owner in the liquor store, you've seen the all.

I can remember the same vid, over 30 years ago, different actors, same scene.

69 posted on 08/16/2014 8:15:07 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: M-cubed

Sure, he made a few mistakes, particularly when he was one of the teen stars on ‘Hollywood Street Beat’ but he was turning his life around.


70 posted on 08/16/2014 8:57:23 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

as usual, the “victim” is a huge man and nothing like any 18yro that I know.....such a sweet person...


71 posted on 08/16/2014 9:07:40 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Sarah Barracuda; yldstrk

They probably had to conduct a thorough investigation first. Imagine them releasing the video, claiming it was Brown then it turns out it wasn’t.


72 posted on 08/16/2014 9:22:51 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: yldstrk
why the idiot police department wasn’t immediately forthcoming with the facts confounds reason

I saw a story linked here on FR (I don't have the link handy) that described the reasons as follows:

A) the clerk reported the robbery, but the officer that pulled Brown didn't know about it, meaning there was no immediate connection between the two incidents.
B) only after the "witness" (Brown's friend) spoke to the police about the robbery several days later did the police realize that they were dealing with the same people.
C) the store initially declined to give the police the videotape of the robbery when asked a few days ago (in what now seems to be a prescient desire to avoid community backlash). The police had to threaten legal action before they turned it over.

So we may very well have seen the videotape very soon after the police got it... which, unfortunately, was well after the riots and everything had started...

73 posted on 08/16/2014 9:23:58 AM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

makes sense


74 posted on 08/16/2014 10:27:04 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Uncle Chip
Have you seen this ?

Feds Objected To The Release Of Alleged Michael Brown Robbery Tape

"Police in Ferguson released a video tape allegedly showing slain teen Michael Brown robbing a store even though the Justice Department warned that doing so could inflame racial tensions, CNN is reporting."

Snip

"Despite holding off Thursday, Ferguson police still decided to release the tape Friday over the Justice Department's objections, according to CNN."

75 posted on 08/16/2014 10:32:42 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

This has devolved into the Dance of the Lawyers —


76 posted on 08/16/2014 10:46:05 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: UCANSEE2

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3193523/posts

Photos of the officer here:

http://news.yahoo.com/photos-ferguson-officer-darren-wilson-received-police-award-earlier-this-year-021255893.html

He looks like a pretty tall guy


77 posted on 08/16/2014 10:53:38 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The media want to use this to consume months, like Trayvon did, rather than have the discussion be about Illegal immigrant invasion, ObamaCare, IRS, Iraq, Gaza, Benghazi, etc.

Keep the real stuff off the pages as long as possible. And conservatives are like everyone else...they love a good puzzle.


78 posted on 08/16/2014 10:58:33 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Michael Brown attacked the cop because Brown thought that the cop was attempting to stop him for the theft he had just committed. That’s my theory...


79 posted on 08/16/2014 11:04:10 AM PDT by mandaladon (To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an)
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To: mandaladon

I think your right..just because the cop didnt know about the robbery, doesn’t mean that Brown didnt assume that was why the cop was stopping him


80 posted on 08/16/2014 11:05:29 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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