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Lawyer: Friend confirms that he and shooting victim had robbed convenience store
kfoxtv.com/AP ^ | August 15, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 08/15/2014 12:24:48 PM PDT by maggief

Edited on 08/15/2014 1:35:24 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Lawyer: Friend confirms that he and shooting victim had robbed convenience store

August 15, 2014 18:11 GMT

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- The friend who was with Michael Brown when he was shot and killed by a police officer near St. Louis over the weekend is reportedly confirming that he and Brown had taken part in the theft of cigars from a convenience store that day.

That word comes from the attorney for Dorian Johnson, speaking to MSNBC. Police in Ferguson had earlier announced that Brown was suspected of taking cigars from the convenience store in what was described as a "strong-arm robbery.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri
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To: stevio

My mistake. Normally I’d recognize the sarcasm, but considering some of the stuff I’ve been reading in some of these threads, I took the bait.


61 posted on 08/15/2014 1:49:44 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: maggief

Wow, the press “availability” just concluded with Brown’s father and cousin was telling. It was mainly along the lines of, “Don’t believe what they’re telling you!” mixed with, “More stuff is going to come out about Michael. We know he wasn’t perfect!”


62 posted on 08/15/2014 1:53:38 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: maggief

I would be surprised if this was the first time that Brown strong armed someone to take what he wanted.

In the video he looks very self assured and comfortable with his theft and intimidation of the owner.

He comes across as a guy who knew the ropes and how to go about using his size and hulking presence to intimidate and get his way.


63 posted on 08/15/2014 1:54:40 PM PDT by Iron Munro (A liberal: someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.)
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To: maggief

Sticking a pack of cigars in your pants and walking out is a lot different than pushing around a man half your size and taking them by force.


64 posted on 08/15/2014 1:54:46 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: maggief

——The friend-—

The accomplice in the strong arm robbery

Strong arm......what a great term. The 6’9” giant needed no gun to strong arm the diminutive old shop keeper


65 posted on 08/15/2014 1:58:03 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: Beagle8U

This has all the stink of the Saint Trayvon of Skittles theater.


66 posted on 08/15/2014 1:58:34 PM PDT by Iron Munro (A liberal: someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.)
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To: maggief

So it’s “Big Mike” now. Too bad for him, because police know it’s very hard to bring down a 300# man with a taser, so a huge person is going to get shot more often in an altercation with police.


67 posted on 08/15/2014 1:58:39 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Patriot Babe

It wasn't Iced Tea, it was Watermelon Juice. Look it up.

68 posted on 08/15/2014 1:59:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: maggief

Mr. Obama and General Holder retracting their words in 3 ... 2 .... 1


69 posted on 08/15/2014 2:01:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: MrB

Yeah, he was very casual with heavy handed violent behavior to an upstanding minority shop owner. THAT MEANS SOMETHING. It’s not about the blunts he stole. It’s about the evil way he did it.

I actually gave the story about the incident from the witness’s side the benefit of the doubt. It’s lost all benefit now. I think he was probably rough with the officer.


70 posted on 08/15/2014 2:02:12 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: txrefugee

At 340lbs, I’ll have to remember that. Oh, wait, in 54 years I’ve never seen the inside of a jail cell nor even been arrested. Never mind.


71 posted on 08/15/2014 2:03:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I wonder if he was given immunity for admitting that. Yesterday I read that he was being housed outside Ferguson but not why.

Just a guess.


72 posted on 08/15/2014 2:04:18 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: JennysCool

“More stuff is going to come out about Michael. We know he wasn’t perfect!”

Previously...

“We called him the gentle giant. He was a gentle giant.”

“He was never a person who liked confrontation.”

“We talked about how when you turn yourself to the Lord you feel so good - and good things come your way” “He had a more mature mind than a little boy’s mind.”

“He was funny, silly, he would make you laugh.” “Any problem going on, any situation, there wasn’t nothing that he couldn’t solve. He could bring people back together.”

“Respect how they raised him in the fact that he was a nonviolent kid.”He was never a person who liked confrontation.” His smile was going to make you smile.”

“He had never gotten into a fight in his entire life.”


73 posted on 08/15/2014 2:08:07 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Patriot Babe


74 posted on 08/15/2014 2:10:54 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Iron Munro; All
Red cap?


75 posted on 08/15/2014 2:17:20 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Aw the poor media, their- evil white cop shoots poor defenseless little black boy narrative— just got F&^ed

Well its nice to see sometimes bad things happen to bad people.


76 posted on 08/15/2014 2:17:48 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (If you're on the same side of Ferguson as Al and Jesse, then you F-ed up somewhere. Rethink it dummy)
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To: TexasCajun
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77 posted on 08/15/2014 2:23:08 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Cubs Fan

Brown knew he had robbed the store....and no doubt likely assumed the officer knew....(which some are saying the officer didn’t know). People who are guilty cannot run from their guilt...it will dictate their perceptions.

Brown knew he had stolen just a short time prior...anybody who had done so ‘would assume’, if a cop was pulling you over, you were in deep crap.


78 posted on 08/15/2014 2:25:06 PM PDT by caww
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To: maggief

Have they trademarked the name yet?


79 posted on 08/15/2014 2:25:22 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: maggief

And another one I read,”He quit the high school football team before the first game because he didn’t want to hit anyone.”


80 posted on 08/15/2014 2:28:10 PM PDT by LiveFree99
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