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Radio caller: Michael Brown rushed officer
KOCO - Oklahoma City ^ | August 18, 2014 | Steve Kastenbaum, Holly Yan and Michael Pearson CNN

Posted on 08/18/2014 12:16:14 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

FERGUSON, Missouri (CNN) —The Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who killed Michael Brown says the teenager rushed at him full speed in the moments before the shooting, according to an account phoned into a St. Louis radio station and confirmed as accurate by a source with detailed knowledge of the investigation.

According to the account on KTFK, phoned in by a woman who identified herself as "Josie," the altercation began after Officer Darren Wilson rolled down his window to tell Brown and a friend to stop walking in the street.

When Wilson tried to get out of his cruiser, Brown first tried to push the officer back into the car, then punched him in the face and grabbed for his gun before breaking free after the gun went off once.

Wilson pursued Brown and his friend, ordering them to freeze, according to account. When they turned around, Brown began taunting Wilson, saying he would not arrest them, then ran at the officer at full speed, according to the caller.

Wilson then began shooting. The final shot was to Brown's forehead, and the teenager fell two or three feet in front of Wilson, the caller said.

The account matches Wilson's telling of events to investigators, according to the source.

If true, the account represents the first telling of events from the perspective of Wilson, whose shooting of Brown has touched off nightly protests and violence in the suburban St. Louis city.

(Excerpt) Read more at koco.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blackkk; eyewitness; ferguson; fergusonshooting; gentlegiant; michaelbrown; missouri
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To: Texas resident

they are bussing them in. Black Panther leader is not from Ferguson.


101 posted on 08/18/2014 5:51:38 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: smokingfrog

DORIAN JOHNSON’S VERSION:
“Me and my friend was walking down the street in the middle of the street. And we wasn’t causing any harm to nobody.
ie: xoxo we luv everybodys
If this guy wrote this out in cursive just like Rachel Jentil supposedly did ??? De Fense I can clearly see humpty dumpty.


102 posted on 08/18/2014 6:00:39 PM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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To: Chewbarkah

Thanks. I failed to mention those other charges!


103 posted on 08/18/2014 8:36:29 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: GOPJ
Brown knew he had just committed a robbery and he was on an aggression high..

Yep this is why he went after the police officer. Plus this yoofs brain was fried from constant marijuana use. He hallucinated that he could do a Trayvon on armed police officer Darren Wilson

104 posted on 08/19/2014 6:20:07 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw
I understand why Obama and Holder are playing blacks for hotheads and fools... it's typical before elections. Hit the bee hive with a stick - get the action going.

What I don't understand is the total underlying war against law enforcement that's going on... Is Obama unable to convert local police to “Politically Correct Enforcers of the Democrat Party”?

105 posted on 08/19/2014 7:08:46 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Looted store owners in Ferguson should to sue the city. They paid for police protection - got none)
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