Breaking: PHOTOS RELEASED of Suspect Michael Brown ROBBING STORE Before Shooting
By Matt Agorist on August 15, 2014
Surveillance camera footage from a nearby convenience store allegedly shows Michael Brown, the unarmed teen that was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Missouri, robbing that store.
It appears that Brown was unarmed during the robbery but still allegedly assaulted the clerk on the way out of the store.
According to the police report, as seen below. The convenience store video reveals Michael Brown entering the store followed by Johnson. Brown hands a box of Swisher Sweets to Johnson. Brown took several boxes of cigars and turned to leave the store. “Brown grabbed the clerk and “forcefully pushed him back into a display rack.”
The police report filed that same day alleges the Michael Brown robbery triggered the interaction.
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A shot of the police report alleging Michael Brown robbery triggered incident. #Ferguson
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The video below of the eyewitness’s account seems to corroborate the police report.
Antonio French @AntonioFrench Follow The info given today seems to line up with this witness account, even the alleged theft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfy5FiqzWHI&sns=em … #Ferguson #MikeBrown
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The evidence that Brown robbed the store is particularly compelling, especially when comparing the above photo from the surveillance footage to the one taken of the teen lying dead in the road below.
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However, this does not change a thing about the misconduct of police. Brown was still unarmed when officer Wilson shot him. The community had every right to be outraged as they witnessed an officer of the law, play the role of judge, jury, and executioner.
The aftermath of the incident, in which police presence was raised to the point of marshal law, is completely independent of the alleged robbery as well. The overzealous reaction of the heavily militarized police force, injuring protesters, tear gassing and shooting rubber bullets at journalists, and setting houses on fire, was a complete and unnecessary overreaction to the peaceful protests.
The looting that took place deserved a police presence, however it was the protesters and the journalists that were the target of the militarized police, not the looters.
The violence was escalated to the point of Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain, 27 year veteran of the force, Ronald S. Johnson, joining the side of the protesters and marching alongside of them.
When I see a young lady cry because of fear of this uniform, that’s a problem. We’ve got to solve that.” Johnson said.
The bottom line is that this tragic escalation of violence by one officer, then by an entire department, has served to open the eyes of Americans to the unnerving reality that is Police State USA.
Hopefully police have learned a lesson here; that the people will not stand idly by as they run roughshod over due process and the Bill of Rights and that militarized displays of force against peaceful Americans only serves to further degrade their already tarnished reputations.
The world has now witnessed the daunting implications of a heavily militarized domestic police force, and nothing can change that.
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“The officer who was involved in the shooting of Michael Brown was Darren Wilson…”
Those were the words shared at a news conference Friday morning by Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson. For days, Ferguson police had been criticized for refusing to share the name of the officer involved in the shooting of Michael Brown.
That shooting has sparked outrage and riots. Chief Jackson said earlier that at the time of the shooting on Saturday, the officer was on a routine patrol when he encountered Brown and a friend walking in the street. Authorities have said that a scuffle ensued after the officer asked the teens to move to the side. Witnesses have said Brown’s hands were raised when he was shot multiple times.
According to Washington Post reporter, Wesley Lowery, none of those issues were discussed at Friday’s news conference. “Things we weren’t told: anything about interaction between Officer Wilson – a six year vet – and Michael Brown.”
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Officer’s Name Released in Ferguson Shooting, Two Journalists Arrested At McDonalds
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Officer’s Name Released in Ferguson Shooting, Two Journalists Arrested At McDonalds
By: Ben Swann Aug 15, 2014
Officer involved in deadly shooting was a 6 year veteran of the force
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Ferguson- “The officer who was involved in the shooting of Michael Brown was Darren Wilson…” Those were the words shared at a news conference Friday morning by Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson. For days, Ferguson police had been criticized for refusing to share the name of the officer involved in the shooting of Michael Brown.
That shooting has sparked outrage and riots. Chief Jackson said earlier that at the time of the shooting on Saturday, the officer was on a routine patrol when he encountered Brown and a friend walking in the street. Authorities have said that a scuffle ensued after the officer asked the teens to move to the side. Witnesses have said Brown’s hands were raised when he was shot multiple times.
According to Washington Post reporter, Wesley Lowery, none of those issues were discussed at Friday’s news conference. “Things we weren’t told: anything about interaction between Officer Wilson – a six year vet – and Michael Brown.”
For his part, Lowery became a part of the story in Ferguson on Thursday when he was arrested along with a reporter from the Huffington Post.
Lowery of the Washington Post, and Ryan J. Reilly of the Huffington Post tweeted that they had been arrested “while they were doing work” inside of the McDonald’s and were released about 45 minutes later without being charged.
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SWAT just invade McDonald's where I'm working/recharging. Asked for ID when I took photo.
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Reilly explained on Twitter that he and Lowery had been arrested “for ‘not packing their bags quick enough’” when police were shutting down the McDonald’s. Reporters have been using the McDonald’s a few blocks from the scene of Michael Brown’s shooting as a staging area.
Demonstrations have blown up each night nearby. But inside there’s WiFi and outlets, so it’s common for reporters to gather there.
Reilly wrote in a Facebook post about the incident that a police officer dressed “in full riot gear” had “purposefully banged my head against the window on the way out and sarcastically apologized.” Lowery — who managed to record part of his interaction with the police — published his account on the Washington Post where he notes that officers slammed him “into a soda machine, at one point setting off the Coke dispenser.”
Gawker writes that the Ferguson police chief told journalist Matt Pearce that the arresting officer was “probably somebody who didn’t know better.”
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“probably somebody who didn’t know better.”
Now that is an excuse that should make us all feel better about this abuse, isn't it????