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Police Officer in Ferguson Is Said to Recount a Struggle
New York Times ^ | OCT. 17, 2014 | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MATT APUZZO and JULIE BOSMAN

Posted on 10/17/2014 7:39:06 PM PDT by Jonah Vark

WASHINGTON — The police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., two months ago has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as he struggled over his gun with Mr. Brown, according to government officials briefed on the federal civil rights investigation into the matter.

The officer, Darren Wilson, has told the authorities that during the scuffle, Mr. Brown reached for the gun. It was fired twice in the car, according to forensics tests performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first bullet struck Mr. Brown in the arm; the second bullet missed........

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blackkk; darrenwilson; ericholder; ferguson; kenyanbornmuzzie; michaelbrown; police
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Makes one think they enjoy shooting themselves in the foot.


41 posted on 10/17/2014 8:27:13 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: 1035rep

again...facts are messy things..bullet holes in the cruiser can not be “fixed” nor changed....


42 posted on 10/17/2014 8:27:41 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Jonah Vark
danger Prepare for war.....
43 posted on 10/17/2014 8:28:11 PM PDT by baddog 219
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To: Jonah Vark

Facts/evidence is only a slight inconvenience to the left.

To them, it is not important whether accusations against officer are true, they ought to be.

Truthers


44 posted on 10/17/2014 8:29:17 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: Gay State Conservative

George Zimmerman had injuries with photos. It did not matter to the race industry.


45 posted on 10/17/2014 8:29:54 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: Gay State Conservative

George Zimmerman had injuries with photos. It did not matter to the race industry.


46 posted on 10/17/2014 8:31:40 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: iowacornman

Seems like it is now appropriate to discuss this again with Dr. Michael Baden, the forensic pathologist, to see how he aligns his original findings of the gun shot wounds with this new statement of the close shot into the arm of Brown. In Baden’s early statements he seemed to be challenged to explains the various arm wounds. Revisiting this may further support Wilson’s statements.


47 posted on 10/17/2014 8:34:30 PM PDT by moe
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

“There was at least one photograph published of the injuries to the officer’s face”

There was a pic of an Australian “extreme sports” athlete who faceplanted, and was presented as being a photo of the policeman. Not photoshopped but misrepresented.


48 posted on 10/17/2014 8:39:32 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Moonman62

I wonder if there is criminal liability for Johnson’s statements/incitement.


49 posted on 10/17/2014 8:40:48 PM PDT by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: ifinnegan

plus Brown’s blood on the gun and on an interior door panel


50 posted on 10/17/2014 8:46:31 PM PDT by stylin19a (Obama ----> Fredo smart)
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To: Jonah Vark

This latest witness, who is black, told the Post-Dispatch that Johnson took off running toward West Florissant Avenue after the first shot went off inside Wilson’s police SUV.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/witness-adds-new-perspective-to-ferguson-shooting/article_ab6e1e03-c49a-5c7f-8786-b0e88ec79349.html


51 posted on 10/17/2014 8:49:32 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Jonah Vark

“To press charges, the Justice Department would need to clear a high bar, proving that Officer Wilson willfully violated Mr. Brown’s civil rights when he shot him.”

That high bar the Just-us Dept needs to clear is: 1) Brown be black and Officer Darren Wilson be white. 2) Brown be dead. Wilson be alive.
Ipso Facto Harem Scarem, Wilson be guilty.


52 posted on 10/17/2014 8:53:34 PM PDT by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: Jonah Vark

Nothing to see here, just a little string the pot leak prior to election time


53 posted on 10/17/2014 8:53:47 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: ifinnegan
what happened in the car is EASILY backed up by forensic evidence.

I always knew this was going to be the cops strongest argument.

The real question is what happened after he got out of the car, and what does the evidence say about his version after that point.

54 posted on 10/17/2014 9:03:45 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Jonah Vark
It was fired twice in the car, according to forensics tests performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first bullet struck Mr. Brown in the arm; the second bullet missed........

Well well well, the trayvons aren't going to like this.

55 posted on 10/17/2014 9:06:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I would bet the IQ of the great majority of black thugs who get themselves shot and killed by the police is probably in the eighties or lower. They are typical representatives of the Black Underclass.

Until the pathologies and utter drain on society of the BU is recognized and dealt with, these things will go on. The race vultures will keep screaming white racism, but hopefully most people will eventually catch on.

56 posted on 10/17/2014 9:06:42 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Incidents such as this, and Trayvon, and the recent protests about the black “teen” who was shot in St. Louis the other day, make me lose what little respect I may have had for issues of racism and all that.

If racism is so prevalent in America, as the activists all tell us, why do they pick cases like those, that are completely without substance, to rally around?

57 posted on 10/17/2014 9:12:22 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: dragnet2

The medical examiner said Brown had marijuana in his system when he was shot. He didn’t mention any other drug. Isn’t pot supposed to calm people down? It would be interesting to know how many other thugs who got themselves shot and killed by the police had stuff in their system. I would bet a very high number of them.


58 posted on 10/17/2014 9:12:25 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: cherry

As weird as it sounds, many of the residents of lefty talk forums still claim Wilson was trying to pull the huge Brown into his car. Has any cop ever tried to pull a suspect (in this case an incredibly large suspect) into his car through the window? The gullibility of lefties never ceases to amaze me.


59 posted on 10/17/2014 9:15:54 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2

Sounds like a good way to tear your rotator cuff badly.


60 posted on 10/17/2014 9:34:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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