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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: dalebert

If that first shot happened during a struggle for the gun, that’s probably the unusual wound on the INSIDE BASE PORTION OF BROWN’S GIANT RIGHT THUMB.


21 posted on 08/18/2014 12:27:29 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: dalebert

I heard on Rush’s show that some of the looters are from Oakland. Is there an Oakland Missouri or were they imported from California? Either way, how did the outsiders get to Ferguson? Did they get help from community organizers? Is baraq calling in favors?


22 posted on 08/18/2014 12:28:21 PM PDT by Texas resident (The democrat party is the CPUSA)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Didn’t the officer go to the HOSPITAL?


23 posted on 08/18/2014 12:28:29 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Hearsay. Just part of the information campaign.

Disregard.

24 posted on 08/18/2014 12:28:56 PM PDT by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Let’s not let the truth get in the way of a good story!


25 posted on 08/18/2014 12:29:28 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Truth doesn’t matter, here in the Kingdom Of Lies.


26 posted on 08/18/2014 12:30:10 PM PDT by Clarence
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The final shot was to Brown's forehead, and the teenager fell two or three feet in front of Wilson, the caller said.

The autopsy diagrams that have been released don't show a wound in the forehead.

People have been, and are going to continue, coming out of the woodwork with claims that support one side or the other. I don't think they'll ever know the real story.

27 posted on 08/18/2014 12:30:19 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: econjack

You are correct. Looters et al will simply say she was pressured into saying this.


28 posted on 08/18/2014 12:30:44 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

We should be thankful that the Saga of the Martyred St Mike is unraveling so quickly.


29 posted on 08/18/2014 12:31:01 PM PDT by Nepeta
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To: dalebert
a way to energize their base

It just might backfire. There are plenty of decent blacks who might finally say "enough" with the race baiters and those with an agenda ruining their lives. Part of the reason just might be that the invasion of the hordes over the southern border might be just one insult too many to the black community.

Yeah, I really believe that. If some conservative 'pubs get out there and deplore this rioting as an assault meant to keep blacks on the plantation, at least a percentage might be ready for law and order.

30 posted on 08/18/2014 12:33:27 PM PDT by grania
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To: missnry

I’d say the media and the Dems are responsible for this , that is if one can distinguish the difference between them,


31 posted on 08/18/2014 12:35:24 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Ann Archy

You really think that if the cops had said he was attacked this would have stopped the rioting and damage these thugs have done?

It was known days ago the cop was attacked, but most in the media did not run with it


32 posted on 08/18/2014 12:36:52 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Parley Baer

Some questions:

1. Is this person a real witness or a pretender?
2. Will they be willing to testify in court?
3. What color are they? Something tells me a white witness would [somehow] get disqualified.

Whatever happens in the end, Wilson (like Zimmerman) has been judged guilty in the court of public opinion.


33 posted on 08/18/2014 12:36:58 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: smokingfrog

I still can’t understand and I believe no “journalists” have asked Dorian how he could see everything while hiding, (”ducking”) behind a car.


34 posted on 08/18/2014 12:38:22 PM PDT by machogirl
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Did You Know?

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Now That You Do, Donate And Keep FR Running


35 posted on 08/18/2014 12:39:08 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Bum rushed” the officer is the phrase Rush was using today and is more accurate

Merriam-Webster Online
merriam-webster dictionary
bum-rush
to attack or move toward (someone or something) in a forceful and violent way. Full Definition of BUM-RUSH. transitive verb. : to attack or seize with an ...


36 posted on 08/18/2014 12:40:15 PM 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: Conscience of a Conservative

And those going out publicly (which the media is spreading) to say things that may not be true (shots to the back, hands up, kneeling on the ground) have stoked the fires already? What about them? Don’t they need to be called out?


37 posted on 08/18/2014 12:40:50 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s all falling apart, right before their eyes, just like Trayvon. What magic will the third autopsy have to produce to stem the flow? “I heard wet grass.”

No amount of solid proof will calm these protesters. They don’t care about facts. They are too full of hate and too empty of any morals to care. Just want a reason to rampage. (and I doubt most give a hoot about the dead young man in reality)


38 posted on 08/18/2014 12:41:51 PM PDT by sevinufnine (A moderately bad man knows he is not very good. A thoroughly bad man thinks he's alright. C.S. Lewis)
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To: econjack
econjack:" The truth won’t matter to the savages rampaging through the town."

And it is the " out of towners " creating and perpetuating the burnings, and riots .
The Dept. of "JUST-US" and its aggitation squad.
THe Black Panthers from Oakland Calif.
The COmmunists
The MEDIA , and its 'spin company' designed to give selective information to the public.
Still awaiting the Dept. of "JUST-US" subsidized protesters ,similar to "DREAM DEFENDERS" of Travon days.

39 posted on 08/18/2014 12:42:06 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (FUBO; Obungler = The didler CIC)
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To: Ann Archy

There are reports that the officer went to the hospital (and there are reports concerning the extent of the officer’s injuries, ranging from minor contusions to a broken jaw and eye socket). Nothing has been confirmed, as far as I know.


40 posted on 08/18/2014 12:43:34 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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