But that’s not true either —
The Chief implied in the morning that the reason Brown was stopped is because he was a suspect in the robbery — implied but never stated.
He then came back in the afternoon and corrected that impression by clearly stating that there was no connection between the robbery and the shooting — that he was stopped because he was in the middle of the street not because he was suspected of robbery or because he had cigars in his hand.
Later he slipped this cigar statement of his in but then he was forced to admit that that did not come from the officer but was his own speculation.
I still think both is the answer.
Initial encounter based on the street blocking.
Encounter escalates when suspicion raised.
I don’t know it for a fact, but there are multiple reports indicating the officer backed up... something caused him to go back.
Something also caused another officer to arrive within 3 minutes.
I don’t think the stories emerging are mutually exclusive. You apparently do...
We will have to agree to disagree and continue to pay attention to the facts as they become available.