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Charles C. Johnson, the Editor-in-Chief of Got News and the investigator who debunked the Everytown shootings map, is suing the St. Louis County Court to release Ferguson shooting victim Michael Brown’s juvenile arrest records. As relayed by the website YoungCons.com, Johnson claims that he has “confirmed” Michael Brown was arrested in a case involving second-degree murder: record Johnson earlier reported on Twitter that he had two contacts in the St. Louis Police Department tell him that Michael Brown had a juvenile criminal record, thus prompting the lawsuit: record2 The reporter has been challenged on his rationale for seeking the juvenile records of Brown, and this is his response today: lawyers As reported by Ryan Gorman of AOL News, the citizen journalist wants the alleged arrest records released to the public: “To find out if those police officers are correct requires seeing Brown’s juvenile arrest record, which ought to be freely available given that he is dead and therefore has no right to privacy remaining,” insists Johnson.
“Knowing the truth about Brown’s past will help us gauge the credibility of his parents and family who have called him a ‘gentle giant.’”
Attorney Johnathon Burns, who is arguing the case, told KMOX that since the teen is deceased, his records are no longer sealed. The lawsuit follows below, via SCRIBD: Lawsuit to Release Michael Brown Juvenile Record
The lack of transparency involving the Michael Brown shooting was a major factor in the conflagration in Ferguson. After the initial reports of the Ferguson shooting arose, numerous major news media outlets jumped on the story to frame it as a racially prejudiced police officer shooting an unarmed “gentle giant” when he either had his hands up or was running away. When video surveillance photos of Michael Brown surfaced, the media questioned the police’s release of the information, which the Holder Justice Department wanted withheld from the public. The story of the strong-arm robbery accomplice Dorian Johnson that Brown was running away appears to be falsified with an initial autopsy failing to show gunshots in the back of Michael Brown. The police deparment’s version of the story, as well as that of Wilson’s friend, and an unidentified witness commenting on the case, appear to corroborate the story that Brown continued to come at the officer after being initially fired at. The background evidence of the strong-arm robbery and any prior criminal incidents speak to the potential state of mind of Michael Brown during the fatal confrontation. In any event, since the Ferguson rioting, the matter of Michael Brown’s death and how it occurred is a matter of public interest. The facts of the case must be divulged to the public, and that is the only way the second-guessing and the speculation will end. CBS News reported a hearing for the lawsuit is scheduled for September 3rd.
Seeing as his parents and everyone around him wants to make this a national issue lets bring everything out in the open. I saw where the Washington Post assigned 9 people to uncover dirt on Officer Wilson.
Any thug who struggles with a cop for his gun DESERVES TO BE SHOT DEAD. End of story.
He bit the usherette’s leg in the dark...
And that’s surprising?
It’s the epitome of his community IMO.....
You nailed it.
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//Gentile - yes (I don’t think he was Jewish) //
Maybe the guy was Mormon? They consider every non-Mormon (even Jews) to be “gentiles”. (not kidding)
Not necessarily. While accomplice testimony (even with early denials/false reports) is difficult for prosecution it is def not unheard of and more common on plea deals than most think.
At this point in time....the only thing that matters to his parents...is the amount. If he record gets released....no one will tear the check in two.
How can anyone besmirch an inspiring rapper?
SOP
I hope they get paid in wooden nickels.
Well the South side of Ferguson
Is the baddest part of town
And if you went down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Michael Brown
Now Michael was more than trouble
You see he stood ‘bout six foot four
All the downtown ladies called him “Treetop Lover”
All the men just called him “Sir”
[Chorus]
And it was bad, bad Michael Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Now Michael was a thug and robber
And he’d have liked some fancy clothes
And he’d have liked to wave some diamond rings
In front of everybody’s nose
He wanted a custom classic auto
He wanted another one that’s new
He had a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun
He had a razor in his shoe
[Chorus]
Now Saturday ‘bout three weeks ago
Michael robbin’ stores
And as he walked away
With his bud Dorian
A cop drove down his way
Well he cast his eyes on Michael
Who was walking on the street
And the trouble soon began
And Michael Brown learned a lesson
‘Bout messin’ with the Man
[Chorus]
Well the two men took to fighting
And Michael hurt that policeman bad
But the cop had a gun to save his life
And he shot big Michael dead
And he was bad, bad Michael Brown
Baddest thug in the whole MO town..
Badder than old King Kong
Meaner than a junkyard dog,
HRC “broke her silence” on the Brown case this week. I saw only the headline. What did Her Highness actually say?
He was framed by YT
Similarly, c. 1978, a newspaper in Arkadelphia said that St. “Bill” could not be beaten in AR even if he were caught raping a nun in the process of stealing the women’s and children’s charity fund. People in AR could never see St. “Bill” in reality for very long.
A funny rendition, but no humorous to the people of MO, who take their saints seriously.
Just an excitable boy.
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