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M Brown's mother accused in armed robbery of Ferguson vendors selling t-shirts
Mail Online ^ | 11/6/2014

Posted on 11/07/2014 1:24:23 AM PST by Altura Ct.

Michael Brown's mother has been named as one of the 'attackers' who assaulted and robbed vendors selling t-shirts commemorating the youngster's death.

A report from Ferguson police identified Lesley McSpadden, 34, as one of a group of up to 30 people that ran into the tent and ransacked the stall in the Missouri city on Saturday October 18.

Pearlie Gordon, 54, Brown's mother-in-law, and two men were selling 'Justice for Mike Brown' merchandise when the subjects 'jumped out of vehicles and rushed them' during what police are classifying as an armed robbery.

According to the document obtained by the Smoking Gun, Gordon told police that McSpadden approached her and said, 'You can't sell this s****.'

In response, Gordon reiterated that she was Michael's mother-in-law and said that unless McSpadden had a patent with her son's name on it, she would continue to sell the merchandise.

Then McSpadden's mother, Desureia Harris, began to rip down t-shirts hanging on a line, Gordon told officers.

While doing it she said: 'You don't know my grandson like that.'

Then other members of the group joined in and also began 'tearing her booth apart.'

Gordon told the authorities that she was repeatedly struck in the head and knocked to the ground.

More than $1500 in merchandise and $400 in cash 'was stolen by unknown subjects' who managed to escape before police arrived.

A witness who saw the alleged assault while waiting at a red signal said that she saw subjects 'punching' the t-shirt vendors.

The investigation into the incident - which has been classed as an armed robbery - is ongoing.

Two days ago it was announced that McSpadden and the slain youngster's father Michael Brown Senior would be speaking at a human rights conference in Switzerland.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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Robbery - seems to be a trait.
1 posted on 11/07/2014 1:24:23 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.
Lowlife grifters
2 posted on 11/07/2014 1:26:37 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Altura Ct.

“youngster”???


3 posted on 11/07/2014 1:27:44 AM PST by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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The apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree.


4 posted on 11/07/2014 1:42:26 AM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: informavoracious

I was just about to comment about that. It’s not like he was 6 or something...


5 posted on 11/07/2014 1:47:35 AM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Our fertitlity is not a disease that needs to be medicated."- Lila Rose)
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To: Altura Ct.

Kind of have sympathy for her. No body should profit from her son’s death. I hope this doesn’t keep her from making that all expense paid trip to the UN in Switzerland.


6 posted on 11/07/2014 1:59:42 AM PST by tbpiper
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Didn’t Roman Polanski find safe haven against US charges by lingering in Switzerland? Maybe she will stay there and never return, a fugitive from justice.


7 posted on 11/07/2014 2:36:30 AM PST by ChronicMA
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This little family incident will probably make Thanksgiving dinner a bit awkward.


8 posted on 11/07/2014 2:38:26 AM PST by spinestein (The answer is 42.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Throw her fat can in the can when she gets back from bad-mouthing the USA in Switzerland.


9 posted on 11/07/2014 2:42:07 AM PST by Iron Munro (“EARBOLA” – the nausea one gets when hearing the sound of Barack Obama 's voice)
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Robbery - seems to be a trait.

It's part of their culture and religion, along with shooting each other and burning their own houses down.

Whites just wouldn't understand.


10 posted on 11/07/2014 2:45:45 AM PST by Iron Munro (“EARBOLA” – the nausea one gets when hearing the sound of Barack Obama 's voice)
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To: Altura Ct.

Trayvon’s momma got a million bucks. I gots to gets mine!


11 posted on 11/07/2014 3:12:46 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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"Pearlie Gordon, 54, Brown's mother-in-law..."

I wasn't aware that the "youngster" (Michael Brown) was married.

12 posted on 11/07/2014 3:35:35 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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Her “I just won on Wheel Of Fortune” mentality doesn’t come as a surprise.


13 posted on 11/07/2014 3:35:51 AM PST by albie
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To: informavoracious

They never stop with the lies, do they.

It seems to be reflexive with the Left ... lie about anything and everything, even when it isn’t ‘necessary’.


14 posted on 11/07/2014 3:37:26 AM PST by NorthMountain
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To: Altura Ct.

LOL! Maybe she can bring this up at the UN?


15 posted on 11/07/2014 3:40:18 AM PST by erod
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To: Altura Ct.

Just like her criminal son. . . . . .


16 posted on 11/07/2014 3:52:20 AM PST by DeaconRed (RATS: Please Don't Dump Debbie (Does Dallas) Washer Woman Slitz. - - - We need her. . . .)
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Didn’t Roman Polanski find safe haven against US charges by lingering in Switzerland? Maybe she will stay there and never return, a fugitive from justice.

Polanski is a French citizen, France won't deport a citizen to the U.S.

17 posted on 11/07/2014 3:52:30 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Eccl 12 V.13)
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To: Altura Ct.

Wait a minute, this guy was what, 16, 17 years old, right? How does he come to have a “mother-in-law”?


18 posted on 11/07/2014 3:57:18 AM PST by jocon307
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Does this mean she won’t be going to Geneva to lecture humanity on civil rights?


19 posted on 11/07/2014 4:09:21 AM PST by oblomov
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So who gets the franchise on the “Free Lesley McSpadden” T shirts?
20 posted on 11/07/2014 4:33:44 AM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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