Exactly.
Quoting the pieces of his statements that support one theory while ignoring those that don’t isn’t helpful.
If you are going to rely on the chief as a source lay it all out there. But don’t cite him as the definitive authority selectively.
He has said the robbery call could have been a factor in the encounter, to claim he has completely discounted the robbery as a factor is simply not true.
The investigation continues.
I’m sure more details will emerge.
But that’s not true either —
The Chief implied in the morning that the reason Brown was stopped is because he was a suspect in the robbery — implied but never stated.
He then came back in the afternoon and corrected that impression by clearly stating that there was no connection between the robbery and the shooting — that he was stopped because he was in the middle of the street not because he was suspected of robbery or because he had cigars in his hand.
Later he slipped this cigar statement of his in but then he was forced to admit that that did not come from the officer but was his own speculation.