Posted on 10/22/2014 1:19:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An addendum to Ed’s post this morning. Per WaPo, it’s not just the forensic evidence that’s backing Wilson up.
[M]ore than a half-dozen unnamed black witnesses have provided testimony to a St. Louis County grand jury that supports Wilson’s account of events of Aug. 9, according to several people familiar with the investigation who spoke with The Washington Post.
Some of the physical evidence — including blood spatter analysis, shell casings and ballistics tests — also supports Wilson’s account of the shooting, the Post sources said, which cast Brown as an aggressor who threatened the officer’s life. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they are prohibited from publicly discussing the case…
Benjamin L. Crump, a lawyer for the Brown family, said Brown’s family and supporters will not be persuaded by the autopsy report or eyewitness statements that back Wilson’s account of the incident…
Exactly how high Brown’s hands were has been inconsistent in the accounts, and at least one witness said that after Brown was shot, he appeared to take a step toward Wilson. That witness said, however, Brown had his arms around his stomach before hitting the ground.
The Post doesn’t specify which details from Wilson’s account were supported by the witnesses (none of whom want to be named, of course, lest they face reprisals for being honest). Did they corroborate the fight in the front seat of the squad car when, Wilson claims, Brown grabbed his gun? The physical evidence supports that too: One forensic pathologist who reviewed the autopsy report noted that Brown’s hand wound wouldn’t have had gunpowder particulate in it unless his hand had been on or right next to Wilson’s gun. Two shell casings were also found in Wilson’s squad car, per the Post, supporting the fact that the gun was discharged twice inside the vehicle. Or did the witnesses corroborate the fatal shooting later, after Brown had moved away from the car and Wilson had gotten out? That’s what the case will turn on: If Wilson ends up being indicted, prosecutors will argue that, yes, Brown might have reached for Wilson’s gun but the subsequent shooting was unnecessary. Brown was already wounded; Wilson was shooting out of rage, not to repel a mortal threat.
Realistically, though, how likely is it that he’s going to be indicted at this point? Crump says he has seven witnesses who’ll say that Wilson gunned Brown down unjustifiably. Great, says the defense, we have seven witnesses who say the opposite plus a pile of forensic evidence that shows Brown, who’d just committed a robbery at the local convenience store, not only assaulted a police officer but attempted to seize his firearm. There’s little doubt, barring some bombshell evidence that the public doesn’t know about, that Wilson’s not going to be convicted. The question now is whether he’ll be charged. One theory for all the leaks lately is that law enforcement is trying to prepare the public for the fact that grand jury is unlikely to return an indictment, but I don’t know: Given what Crump said in the excerpt above plus protesters vowing that “it’s going to be a war” if Wilson isn’t charged, sounds like releasing the evidence early isn’t going to calm anyone down. On the contrary, it may be that this is being leaked because Wilson supporters fear that he’ll be unfairly indicted anyway for political reasons, even though there’s no probable cause to think he murdered Brown. That’s probably the outcome city leaders would prefer — indictment followed by acquittal so that they can say the system took the incident seriously enough to force Wilson to defend his actions in open court. Think that result would calm people down? Me neither.
One more odd detail from WaPo’s story: “The Post sources said the levels in Brown’s body may have been high enough to trigger hallucinations.” Er, okay, but isn’t the fact that Brown had just apparently committed a crime minutes before Wilson rolled up a more likely explanation for why he got aggressive? He had obvious reasons to fear police scrutiny at the time. Reefer madness seems like an odd theory of the case.
Nothing says justice like a new flat screen TV, doncha know.
“Brown’s family and supporters will not be persuaded by the autopsy report or eyewitness statements that back Wilson’s account of the incident…”
So?
I really hope some skulls get broken open on pavement if they riot. I’m so sick of the lies.
At one of the links to stories about this, I read an amusing theory in the comments section that the whole thing was an accident caused by Michael Brown tripping on his pants that he was wearing below his buttocks, thereby falling into the vehicle.
Crump knows full well Wilson is 100% innocent and there is no chance Wilson will be convicted, but if Crump can Mau Mau the Grand Jury into an indictment under the threat of violence, Crump will be able settle out of court for millions before the trial starts just like he did with the Treyvon Martin case.
State of mind is a factor.
When told to leave the middle of the street and move to the sidewalk, Michael Brown swore at the officer.
When Wilson tried to exit his police vehicle, Brown pushed the door in, pushing Wilson back inside.
Those two acts alone establish that Michael Brown was not in a law abiding, gentle giant mode.
Grabbing the officer’s weapon was strike three.
The truth is irrelevant.
Not if he were really high enough to experience hallucinations.
Not to mention he had just robbed a store and assaulted the clerk just before this happened.
Facts don’t matter to racist black lynch mobs.
An amazing thing to me, was when he had Officer Wilson pinned inside the car with his right hand and arm, he give Johnson, his accomplice, the box of cigarillos with his left.
Then uses his newly freed left arm to fight for the weapon.
Brown signed his own death warrant by his own choice.
Add this fraud to countless others like Tawana Brawley, and why you almost strip Al Sharpton and his fellow travelers bare.
I’d sure like to see evidence that some groups get that.
I can think of about seven who did. Good for them. I respect their choice to do the right thing.
Good citizens one and all...
Cop White and the Seven Snitches?
They wouldn’t be “persuaded” by God Almighty Himself, because they’re not after justice or the truth, they want the lynching of a white officer to show their power and put the fear of blacks into YT. That’s what all the knockout games, other black-on-white violence and intimidation is about.
True. I also think it accomplished another goal. Turn more whites toward racist thoughts who never had them before. That way they can keep running on the ‘racism’ and be able to actually find some occasionally.
but I don’t think it got the ‘fear’ response they wanted. It got a lot of gun sales.
They better all be out of town before the sun sets or else.
It’s not just the forensic evidence that’s backing Wilson up.
[M]ore than a half-dozen unnamed black witnesses have provided testimony to a St. Louis County grand jury that supports Wilson’s account of events of Aug. 9, - according to several people familiar with the investigation who spoke with The Washington Post.
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOEZ
he had Officer Wilson pinned inside the car with his right hand and arm,
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with just one arm..
and he was much bigger, heavier and stronger than the officer..
no wonder Officer Wilson thought he was in danger..
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