Posted on 08/17/2014 8:19:23 PM PDT by icwhatudo
FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a police officer, sparking protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed on Sunday found.
One of the bullets entered the top of Mr. Brown’s skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when it struck him and caused a fatal injury, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York, who flew to Missouri on Sunday at the family’s request to conduct the separate autopsy. It was likely the last of bullets to hit him, he said.
Mr. Brown, 18, was also shot four times in the right arm, he said, adding that all the bullets were fired into his front.
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Mr. Johnson said that he hid behind a parked car and that Mr. Brown was struck by a bullet in his back as he ran away, an account that Dr. Baden’s autopsy appears to contradict.
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“Not inculpatory by itself but curious.”
If you are running away, and know you are being shot at, wouldn’t you hit the deck and cover your head with your hands?
with one eye open
Mike
But you don't have to convince me. And the race-baiters, DOJ "investigators," rioters, and family apologists aren't likely to buy anything but ironclad evidence.
This is not ironclad; it's only speculation. There is reasonable doubt here, and the mob will worry that like a pit bull worries a bone.
““This one here looks like his head was bent downward,” he said, indicating the wound at the very top of Mr. Brown’s head. “It can be because he’s giving up, or because he’s charging forward at the officer.””
a lawyer could put a question.......could the officer have been attempting to stop the on rushing giant rather than kill him?
no one knows but the answer by the pathologist could likely be yes.
only for gophers and rattlers. I’m just a gal with a question and if it’s dumb, I accept that as my birthright :)
Leos are trained to shoot center mass/heart to drop an attacker, right? I see only far-right shots on the torso and none to lower-right vital organs. Nothing on the left at all. Was Officer Wilson precision-shooting to halt, not kill, or was he just an incredibly bad shot at less than 30 ft? Maybe that’s dumb to ask but I think it’s a question others would ask, too, and yes, I did read your post 179.
I heard that they were now on their 3rd autopsy trying to make the results come out the way they want...whoever “they” is.
That’s your opinion. My opinion is that he is a liar.
Shot a man high on crank with my 9 mm. 14 bullets found there target(center mass and two in the head). Yet, I still had to pistol whip the sob before he finally went down. Started carrying my 45 after that.
two explanations.
one, he outright lied.
two, his memory is incorrect and that’s what he believes occurred.
either way the autopsy evidence is clear on the gunshot entries.
Police sources tell me more than a dozen witnesses have corroborated cop’s version of events in shooting #Ferguson
https://twitter.com/ChristineDByers/statuses/501556693382094848
Yes, the ugly secret is that politicians and Chamber of Commerce types are scared to death of black mobs. They try to ignore the violence and do everything they can to appease them. It appears not to be working any more.
Hah. No worries.
Shooting under pressure with adrenaline pumping and breathing erratically (just had a physical struggle), shooting accurately is darned hard no matter how much training you’ve had. It is not ‘bad’ shooting or he is a ‘bad’ shot, he is human.
Shooting at a small target like a moving arm or leg, for instance, is an invitation to miss. . .and from there, where does the round go? It doesn’t go back into the gun, it goes downrange and maybe hits a bystander. So, you shoot center mass to kill and to ensure best odds your bullets don’t go anywhere other than the bad guy.
In combat and in other shootings, there are countless instances of people fighting and shooting even after being shot. Please note the thug did not stop until he took a head-shot.
“Shoot to wound” is no guarantee the guy will stop, and as any CCW instructor will tell you, and cops are trained in this too, shooting IS lethal force, pulling a gun and shooting IS an act meant to kill.
You willing to bet your life that you are a great shot while pumped full of adrenaline and out of breath, that you can shoot a handgun at a rapidly moving thug to disable him and he will stop IF by chance you are able to hit him?
Faced with a split-second decision, fearing for your life, you shoot and keep shooting until the threat stops.
Check out this video (especially at the 7:15 mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G1ApUEXcbo
“. . .pathologist could likely be yes..”
Pathologist answer like that would be beyond his capability to answer, involving him to express an opinion on intent rather than what he can prove, and the facts simply don’t make room for such an answer, nor do the facts regarding shooting someone (see Post 195).
It appears the lying survivor in the video is stuffing his pockets too..anyone notice that?
Before you answer your own question maybe you can visualize how steady your aim might be at a rattler if you had just been punched in your good eye and your eye socket broken? All those “center mass “discussions go out the window and back to the classroom when you’re hurt and your eyes water up. I said before the cop did a great job stopping the dumbass. To a casual observer those six shots probably sounded like one noise. most likely less that two seconds total.
And by the way. remember that by all accounts Sow Belly was running and during those two seconds his Lard Buttness might have been turned slightly sideways to the cop. There’s nothing about the autopsy results so far revealed to indicate the shots were exactly from the front of the Target.
In a former life it was my job to smack the krap out of lard butts like this one. I’ve had a bird’s eye view of hundreds of lead butz like this waddling toward me at what they thot was full steam. And when they waddle they roll side-to-side, maybe 10 degrees or so, just to keep their own feet under themselves. It ain’t a pretty sight and it makes them hard to miss with a well placed forearm. I always thot I had a good day if I sent someone to a dentist for sticking his nose in my business.
So I would enjoy seeing the stick test where they put arrows into the bullet paths to see what the bullet approach angles were? That tells a lot more than just the points of impact. Although I’m gonna say that shot in the eyeball would have been just as fatal as the hit to the baby’s soft spot. And both are damm good shooting.
Reminding me of the coyote I trapped this morning. Shot him twice then came back a half hour later to get my traps. But he still was growling at me so I shovel-slapped him. Some animals have such a small pea brain that you just can’t always get a fatal hit with one or two shots. Congrats on getting back to the 45 anyway.
Keep in mind that before the gun was used that Brown was believed to already crack the officer’s skull. I’m sure that played a part in not shooting the heart earlier.
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