Did the cop use a tractor beam to pull him in?
I heard on the radio driving home last night that the officer had injuries to his face.
It will be interesting to see what all the actual evidence is. They also said Michael was running away and was shot in the back (not sure if their info was from this same “witness” or not, but IIRC they mentioned it was Michael’s friend who had ducked behind a car).
An initial story I heard was that the officer asked Michael and his friend, who were walking down the middle of the street, to move to the sidewalk, they kept walking, he asked again, then when he stopped the car and opened the door, Michael essentially jumped him inside the car, tried to grab his gun and a shot went off.
So, my initial thought was that it was an accidental shooting. It will be more difficult to explain if Michael was shot in the back, but we don’t know what was said or what transpired inside the car.
Here is a possible scenario I have been able to glean: the police man drove by MB and his companion walking on the street, snarled at them: Get on the effing sidewalk. Kids kept walking. Policeman backs up his truck and reaches out the window, grabs MK. MK gets away, walks away, police man gets out and shoots him 35 feet away.
Here's how the police SUV window came into play, according to an accumulation of 'eyewitness' testimony, whether true or not. Uncle Chip can vouch that I've written about this before on FR.
If true, Michael Brown was never in the police SUV.
When the police officer put his SUV in reverse and drove back at Brown and his friend, he drove up right along their side. I don't know what words were exchanged, but the officer shoved his SUV door open and tried to rapidly exit the SUV.
The SUV door struck Brown and bounced back (perhaps with Brown's assistance, but I'm only speculating), striking the officer.
The officer drew his service weapon with one hand, lunged through the open window, wrapped the other arm around Brown's neck, and pulled him back toward the SUV. During the struggle with Brown outside the police SUV and the officer half-in and half-out, the officer accidentally discharged the firearm.
Is that true? I don't know.
If the kid was ultimately running away unarmed and he's got his hands raised and the cop is still firing away, then I'd say there's a problem.
If this witnesses testimony is anything approaching accurate, the cop used excessive force, albeit in the heat of the moment.
Once the unarmed kid failed to grab the gun (presuming he did attempt that), and then he ran, getting shot multiple times in the back (or front with hands raised) is going to be problematic.