Working in reverse, the phrasing no more than 1 to 2 feet away limits the distance to a maximum of 2 feet. Why would the phrasing "at 1east" 1 to 2 feet away be used? Could it have been 3 feet away, 10 feet, 35 feet? At what point can we, or others reading the report, reasonably infer the distance from the front of the pistol to the first strike on Brown?
All we can infer from the autopsy report is that it was “at least 1 to 2 feet away”. The eyewitness reports seem to suggest it was quite a bit further, but nothing at this point leads to the conclusion that the shooting was “1 to 2 feet away”.
I think its just jargon-speak for "we didn't find any powder burns on the body that we would expect if the gun were within 2 feet of the wound."
>> Working in reverse, the phrasing no more than 1 to 2 feet away limits the distance to a maximum of 2 feet.
Flawed logic. (Some call it “bullshit”.)
probably so the claim can't be made that the officer walked over to the kneeling deceased and executed him, as some have alleged to have occurred.