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Caller says she has the officer's side of the Ferguson shooting
CNN ^ | updated 1:54 AM EDT, Tue August 19, 2014 | By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Dana Ford and Holly Yan

Posted on 08/19/2014 6:17:15 AM PDT by Red Badger

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Dueling narratives

The officer who killed Brown says the teenager rushed at him full speed in the moments before the shooting, according to an account phoned in to a St. Louis radio station and confirmed by a source with detailed knowledge of the investigation.

According to the version on KFTK, phoned in by a woman who identified herself as "Josie," the altercation on August 9 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, the caller said.

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

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

A source with detailed knowledge of the investigation later told CNN the caller's account is "accurate," in that it matches what Wilson has told investigators.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: brown; bumrush; ferguson; wilson
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To: Red Badger

Of whom???


61 posted on 08/19/2014 8:38:06 AM PDT by danamco (-)
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To: danamco

Her live-in boyfriend.
She stabbed him, but he was able to tell police who did it before he died........................


62 posted on 08/19/2014 8:42:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

Wow, what a resume. Wonder if she gets out before the 14 years. And where were the riots on that???


63 posted on 08/19/2014 8:50:45 AM PDT by danamco (-)
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To: jsanders2001

The rioters went for the Nikes at the local shoe store for sure.


64 posted on 08/19/2014 8:52:26 AM PDT by pfflier
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