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JJChambers

(1,115 posts) Fri Aug 15, 2014, 11:00 AM Aug 2014

Even if Brown did commit robbery... [View all]

And even if he did assault the clerk, what's to say he was beating the policeman who shot him? Just the policeman's word?

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Even if Brown did commit robbery... [View all] JJChambers Aug 2014 OP

Just because someone is a suspect in a robbery Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #1

Meanwhile, he was wearing different clothes. JaneyVee Aug 2014 #46

They look like the same clothes and shoes to me... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #52

What about the facial hair? notadmblnd Aug 2014 #60

Please don't misunderstand... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #72

I could not tell from the shoes notadmblnd Aug 2014 #75

The shirt looks the same but to me the pants look different (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #81

That is not even a real assault on the clerk. SaltyBro Aug 2014 #2

I didn't commit robbery, punch clerks or punch policemen. JJChambers Aug 2014 #4

good for you, citizen frylock Aug 2014 #42

Those pictures absolutely show a real assault mythology Aug 2014 #5

Pics show him wearing shorts, crime scene JaneyVee Aug 2014 #47

His shorts... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #56

1. It is an assault; looks like battery, too. 2. Crimes aren't mere "stupid stuff." 3. The murdered WinkyDink Aug 2014 #6

I agree. We are not doing ourselves any favors by trying to minimize or cover up Brown's violence. JJChambers Aug 2014 #8

Did he deserve to be shot and killed? Atman Aug 2014 #9

No! Let me stop you right there. hamsterjill Aug 2014 #16

Hey if someone did that to me cwydro Aug 2014 #34

Not a real assault? phil89 Aug 2014 #40

Unfortunately, this plays into 'reasonable doubt' in most people's minds. randome Aug 2014 #3

And that's it exactly el_bryanto Aug 2014 #7

Or even "It's too complicated. I don't want to think about it." randome Aug 2014 #11

Well actually that very succinctly expresses my opinion el_bryanto Aug 2014 #12

I agree. hamsterjill Aug 2014 #19

'reasonable doubt' about killing someone while the person is down on the ground after being shot? L0oniX Aug 2014 #26

Unless there is video, people will follow their preconceptions. randome Aug 2014 #51

I was looking at this picture and compared it to the picture of him laying down. Xyzse Aug 2014 #10

It's Brown. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #14

The guy in the "assault" picture? It sure doesn't look like it. Xyzse Aug 2014 #15

Looks identical to me. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #18

We'll agree to disagree, since I just don't see it. Xyzse Aug 2014 #21

Baseball caps are easily ditched. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #22

Too much of a stretch, and no, sandals are not unique. They don't even really look alike to me. Xyzse Aug 2014 #25

You do realize how lighting impacts how things look in photographs, right? n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #29

I do realize that as well. It just doesn't look the same to me. Xyzse Aug 2014 #30

Look at the bottom left crime photo Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #37

I do see a similarity. I just don't see it as the same. Xyzse Aug 2014 #38

Johnson admitted it through his attorney. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #91

It's brighter outside than in the store jberryhill Aug 2014 #62

I took that also in to account. I am not saying that it isn't possible that it is him, just that I Xyzse Aug 2014 #65

Ultimately, it does not matter one way or the other jberryhill Aug 2014 #73

Yeah, I think everyone agrees with that. Xyzse Aug 2014 #80

this article called it..... gblady Aug 2014 #33

That is very true too. Xyzse Aug 2014 #36

One of my questions - which I haven't seen answered anywhere - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #41

Looks very much the same to me. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #28

"Even if absolutely true" jberryhill Aug 2014 #71

I haven't seen anything one way or another - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #77

This is what will let a cop get away with executing a man over cigars in the streets. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #13

This is exactly JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #27

On Noes! He took a pack of Swisher Sweets!! OMG, Shoot him!! n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #17

No, he shouldn't have been shot for taking a pack of Sweeter Sweets. hamsterjill Aug 2014 #20

Are they saying he was shot for stealing? JJChambers Aug 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #24

Minor point...it's SWISHER Sweets. Atman Aug 2014 #31

thank you PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #32

Let's be Honest Robbins Aug 2014 #35

These pictures are not very good. What was Brown wearing when he was killed? Do they match jwirr Aug 2014 #39

But the guy who shot Brown had not seen those images intaglio Aug 2014 #43

Well I don't know about that JJChambers Aug 2014 #45

OK, go into a Missouri town intaglio Aug 2014 #48

It was the same guy. Its hard to argue that the officer didn't have a reason to stop him. JJChambers Aug 2014 #49

GET F'n EVIDENCE intaglio Aug 2014 #54

It's confirmed, man. JJChambers Aug 2014 #57

No, I said evidence not an argument from authority intaglio Aug 2014 #67

WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO philosslayer Aug 2014 #44

Yeah I don't think the clerk phil89 Aug 2014 #53

Mr. Brown was guilty of "shopping while Black" philosslayer Aug 2014 #59

Not when he actually stole something Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #68

Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #74

How do you know he stole something? philosslayer Aug 2014 #76

Or for not having ID to purchase tobacco products jberryhill Aug 2014 #83

where is the video? n/t Enrique Aug 2014 #55

here Go Vols Aug 2014 #92

Is there a link to it somewhere? arcane1 Aug 2014 #64

Even if, still not worthy of a death sentence. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #50

that man does not even look like that child Mike Brown notadmblnd Aug 2014 #58

Its already confirmed through Brown's friend that it was him. JJChambers Aug 2014 #61

anyone got a link to friends claim? uponit7771 Aug 2014 #66

And he kept a razor in his pocket to shave with immediately after? notadmblnd Aug 2014 #69

It's just really disappointing. Mojo Electro Aug 2014 #63

Maybe next time.... JJChambers Aug 2014 #70

If it's a white guy next time Mojo Electro Aug 2014 #84

We will see soon enough. JJChambers Aug 2014 #85

As much as this sucks Mojo Electro Aug 2014 #88

Well, nobody shot Winona Ryder for shoplifting jberryhill Aug 2014 #90

"what's to say he was beating the policeman who shot him?" jberryhill Aug 2014 #78

The police officer could fake injuries after-the-fact. JJChambers Aug 2014 #79

The officer would fake injuries on Brown's body? jberryhill Aug 2014 #82

Is it possible to hit someone and not sustain an injury? JJChambers Aug 2014 #86

This is your OP: jberryhill Aug 2014 #89

This thread makes me sick, too many people who are looking for an excuse to write this one off TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #87