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An audio recording of the Michael Brown shooting has reportedly surfaced
http://news.yahoo.com ^ | August 26, 2014 | Adam Chandler

Posted on 08/26/2014 11:39:11 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

What's thought to be an audio recording of the shooting death of Michael Brown has reportedly surfaced. According to CNN, an unidentified man, who has since been interviewed by the FBI, is said to have managed to record the incident in which Michael Brown was shot by Officer Darren Wilson earlier this month, setting off a national firestorm.

The most notable tidbit from the short recording (and what will become subject to the most immediately scrutiny and parsing) is the existence of two distinct volleys of gunfire from Officer Darren Wilson's weapon. From CNN:

class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">In the recording, a quick series of shots can be heard, followed by a pause and then another quick succession of shots.

Forensic audio expert Paul Ginsberg analyzed the recording and said he detected at least 10 gunshots -- a cluster of six, followed by four.

The man who recorded the shooting was talking to someone on video chat when the sounds of gunfire erupted in the background. The Daily Mail added:

Lopa Blumenthal, the attorney for the unidentified man who recorded the alleged gunfire nearby said that she believed the audio shows, if it is authentic, that Officer Wilson had a clear 'point of contemplation' while pulling the trigger and aiming at Brown."

Also of some serious importance, should the tape's authenticity be confirmed, is the fact that ten (or, by some counts, eleven) shots were fired at Brown by Wilson.

Here is the segment as it aired on CNN with the audio recording.

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To: a fool in paradise

My point about the first shot was to highlight a potential omission that potentially undermines the credibility of the recording (i.e., did the makers forget to cover that one or is there some other explanation.) Until this audio clip is established somehow as genuine and unedited (something I doubt), I do not think we can infer anything from it.


81 posted on 08/27/2014 6:07:21 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah

Watching Fox versus the other networks on this video is really something. Mark Fuhrman says the video, if real, helps out the cop. Says the cop had to give a statement and tell how many bullets he fired. If the cop’s story is 10 bullets, or eleven, he can always say he shot to stop the attacker, when he saw he was not neutralized, he gathered his thoughts for a couple of seconds and proceeded to fire his weapon until the attacker was neutralized, this time face down on the pavement. The other networks as usual are saying this proves the cop emptied his weapon into the “innocent unarmed teen” who was attempting to surrender. In otherwords the cop murdered him. It’s funny watching the different versions of what people think this audio means. Mark Fuhrman’s analysis is the most credible I’ve heard.


82 posted on 08/27/2014 7:37:29 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: ctdonath2
Not echoes.

Okay - thanks for that input... I admit being surprised at the rapidity of those initial shots.

83 posted on 08/27/2014 7:40:53 AM PDT by alancarp
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To: NKP_Vet

‘Furhman’ and ‘credibility’ are two words that should never be in the same sentence.


84 posted on 08/27/2014 7:42:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: alancarp

With training & stress, one can fire quite rapidly. In one week-long handgun class I’ve taken, students start terrified of the final exam requirements as seeming impossibly fast, yet 6 days later they’re blazing thru it with ease - and faster still in subsequent classes.

Note too that Wilson missed nearly half his shots while firing that fast.


85 posted on 08/27/2014 8:30:23 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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To: Chewbarkah

How many shots does his gun hold? How many are some “witnesses” and “experts” claiming? How many shells were found?


86 posted on 08/27/2014 9:24:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
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To: Noob1999

Good points. Especially the suggestion for Holder. LOL


87 posted on 08/27/2014 11:58:05 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Now word is the recording is just a Howard Stern prank.


88 posted on 08/27/2014 12:27:04 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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