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On day of national protest, evidence suggest Ferguson cop beaten badly before shooting
The Washington Times ^ | August 20, 2014 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 08/20/2014 7:45:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Michael Brown allegedly beat Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson so badly that the he suffered an orbital fracture and was nearly unconscious before firing his weapon, a source told Fox News Wednesday. The unarmed teenager was killed by gunfire Aug. 9.

“The Assistant [Police] Chief took him to the hospital, his face all swollen on one side,” the news outlet’s inside source said of Officer Wilson’s condition immediately following the altercation. “He was beaten very severely.”

The source, which Fox said is “close to the department’s top brass,” said that when confronted by the police officer and told to stop walking in the middle of the road, Michael Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson ignored the order.

“They ignored him and the officer started to get out of the car to tell them to move,” the source told Fox News. “They shoved him right back in, that’s when Michael Brown leans in and starts beating Officer Wilson in the head and the face,” the individual added....

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Forgot the sarc tag


41 posted on 08/21/2014 12:21:28 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Eagles6

Really
Yet you still refer to them only as ...urban


42 posted on 08/21/2014 12:46:39 AM PDT by wardaddy (Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
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To: She_is_my_ hero

probably on pure adrenaline (and pain) at that point.

All you ever wanted to know about orbital blowouts:

http://www.aapos.org/terms/conditions/28

http://radiopaedia.org/articles/orbital-blow-out-fracture


43 posted on 08/21/2014 2:49:06 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: wardaddy

Referring to them as Amish is disrespectful to the Amish.


44 posted on 08/21/2014 12:03:07 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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