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Robbery ‘not related’ to why Michael Brown was initially stopped by Ferguson police
Fox News ^ | August 15, 2014 | (With AP)

Posted on 08/16/2014 1:27:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The unarmed black teen whose fatal shooting by police in a St. Louis suburb sparked violent protests was a suspect in a robbery moments before, but the deadly encounter was not sparked by the robbery, the city's police chief said Friday.

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson earlier Friday released documents alleging 18-year-old Michael Brown had been suspected of stealing a $48.99 box of cigars from a convenience store in a “strong-arm” robbery shortly before he was killed.

Jackson said at an afternoon press conference that Brown and his friend were stopped Saturday “because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic.” …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blockingtraffic; ferguson; michaelbrown; mikebrown; robbery
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To: Uncle Chip

You are afucking moron.


41 posted on 08/16/2014 6:15:50 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Olog-hai

I suspect Brown went on the offensive because he thought the police officer was looking for him and was going to arrest him.......


42 posted on 08/16/2014 6:16:37 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Is there such a thing as a vegan zombie?)
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To: Uncle Chip
Somehow I get the feeling that the storekeeper saw it as no big deal and didn't want to press the matter.

Since the terrified look on the clerk's face as Big Mike is strong-arming him contradicts the conjecture, your 'feeling' is immaterial.

43 posted on 08/16/2014 6:37:37 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: CGASMIA68
I believe that Darren Wilson is a negro

There has been a great deal of confusion as to the race of the officer because there are two Darren Wilsons, and both work for the department.

The black Darren holds some type of administrative position, the white Darren was the officer at the scene.

44 posted on 08/16/2014 6:40:59 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: Uncle Chip

Wasnt petty theft. Force was used to accomllish the theft...making jt robbery.


45 posted on 08/16/2014 6:41:50 AM PDT by bike800
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To: AzNASCARfan

Story I read says Brown charged the officer


46 posted on 08/16/2014 6:47:11 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods)
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To: Uncle Chip

Suspect description was broadcast 9 mins prior to the encounter.
Amplifying details broadcast 4 mins prior to encounter.


47 posted on 08/16/2014 7:01:45 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: MamaTexan

The store called the police. Incident opened approx 11 mins prior to encounter.

Responding officer to store arrived approx 6 mins prior to encounter.

Radio calls prior and subsequent to arrival provided description details.


48 posted on 08/16/2014 7:07:21 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: Uncle Chip

The 911 call taker would have gotten a description from whoever called, if they could give one - may have asked to speak to the store owner, too.

The ‘foreign’ (such as Pak, Indian) store owners for the most part don’t like trouble - for less than $50 of cigars, probably would have been trying to avoid any ‘hassle’ (like police reports, pissing off the neighborhood thugs). That store was targeted for looting last night, too.


49 posted on 08/16/2014 7:08:49 AM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. (W.E. Johns)
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To: MamaTexan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3193375/posts

Related thread from yesterday.

Uncle Chip and I had a good discussion over there for a while.


50 posted on 08/16/2014 7:10:07 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: CGASMIA68
"I believe that Darren Wilson is a negro.

Now that would make it very interesting. . . . . .

51 posted on 08/16/2014 7:13:35 AM PDT by DeaconRed (We have a useless, clueless, gutless leader we can't get rid of for 2 more years.)
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To: BlueNgold
Thanks wasn't sure as to the timing, but I knew it was close.

Who called the police is immaterial, IMO, but having worked retail, I was fairly certain it was the clerk.

Not because I'd read it anywhere, but because of the simple fact I've worked retail myself. ANYONE, for that matter, knows who's butts is the sling when things turn up 'missing'.

It something they teach you on the first day - no official report = you did it. LOL!

52 posted on 08/16/2014 7:14:56 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: Uncle Chip

Jackson said the officer was aware cigars had been taken in the robbery of a store nearby, but did not know when he encountered Brown and Dorian Johnson that they might be suspects. He stopped them because they were walking in the street, Jackson said.

But Jackson told the Post-Dispatch that the officer, Darren Wilson, saw cigars in Brown’s hand and realized he might be the robber.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ferguson-officer-stopped-michael-brown-for-walking-in-street-but/article_52c40b84-ad90-5f9a-973c-70d628d0be04.html?mobile_touch=true


53 posted on 08/16/2014 7:16:12 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: Trailerpark Badass

He did a good job on the Zimmerman threads,

but is clueless on dog threads and on this matter.


54 posted on 08/16/2014 7:21:12 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: BlueNgold; Qiviut
Incident opened approx 11 mins prior to encounter.

BTW - Thanks for the link downthread to yesterday's discussion, BlueNgold!

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Courtesy PING, Qiviut.

Verification from another FReeper of the short time frame between the robbery and the altercation.

55 posted on 08/16/2014 7:23:34 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: MamaTexan

Thanks,feel sorry for the administrative one as these animals are running on emotion


56 posted on 08/16/2014 7:23:39 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: MamaTexan

Thanks - 11 minutes ... I think that’s going to turn out to be a factor in this whole scenario.


57 posted on 08/16/2014 7:26:27 AM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. (W.E. Johns)
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To: Olog-hai

Has anyone stopped to wonder why a kid thinks he can steal (more than candy) from the store...and then walk down the MIDDLE of the street in daylight with it in his hands?


58 posted on 08/16/2014 7:33:59 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods)
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To: Uncle Chip
Somehow I get the feeling that the storekeeper saw it as no big deal and didn't want to press the matter.

Is there no level, either intellectually or ethically, that you won't stoop to in order to maintain your fantasies? Here is the much, much more likely reason: snitches get stitches. He has to work in that area, and he knows if he calls in a robbery on these thugs, he will immediately become a target from people like the Gentle Giant and your "very credible witness". Your "feeling" on this matter is about intelligent as every other thing you post on this matter.
59 posted on 08/16/2014 7:36:27 AM PDT by jjsheridan5 (Remember Mississippi -- leave the GOP plantation)
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To: jjsheridan5; Uncle Chip

I second this post.


60 posted on 08/16/2014 7:51:01 AM PDT by beandog (All Aboard the Choo Choo Train to Crazy Town)
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