Police chief JUST said OFFICER WHO SHOT BROWN KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A ROBBERY

[bigtree]

Gabe Gutierrez @gabegutierrez · 1m
Police chief said officer who shot Brown didn't know about any robbery #ferguson

AdamSerwer @AdamSerwer · 1m
Jackson said officer didn't know Brown was a robbery suspect and he wasn't stopped because of the robbery. SO, WHY RELEASE THE VIDEO?


Goldie Taylor @goldietaylor · 6m
Ferguson chief just said, "This robbery does not relate to the initial contact w/ Michael Brown."

AdamSerwer @AdamSerwer · 2m
Jackson just said Brown was stopped because he was "walking down the street blocking traffic, that's it.

Goldie Taylor @goldietaylor · 2m
Police chief just said: Wilson stopped Brown b/c he was walking down the middle of the street, not b/c of robbery.




Mark Berman ?@themarkberman 21m
"The initial contact between the officer and Mr. Brown was not related to the robbery," #Ferguson police chief says

[pinto]

1. Amazing. (nt)

[bigtree]

2. tainting potential jury

. . . planned, of course

Goldie Taylor @goldietaylor · 48s
Chief now blaming media for the release of store video. Says it is irrelevant to the jaywalking stop. Sigh.

[MohRokTah]

5. Tainting a jury outside Ferguson.

They will request a change of venue claiming the cop cannot get a fair trial from his peers in his own town.

[underpants]

7. They released the video!!!

It says so right there on Foxnews.com

[bigtree]

11. damage done

Goldie Taylor @goldietaylor · 11s

. . . this won't stop press from running that video on near constant loop. Mission accomplished.

[pinto]

10. I wondered during the presser, "How long were you going to hold the video?"

I wish someone posed that question - there may be a good investigation / legal reason. Clarification would have been good instead of "you all wanted it".

Not a legal beagle here, but I think the chief just threw his officer under the bus in a way.

[MohRokTah]

3. That motherfucker is going to end up in prison.

Mark my words.

Dorian Johnson is now a federal witness as announced by his attorney.

[VanGoghRocks]

26. To which motherfucker are you referring?? :) Sorry, just couldn't resist.

[MohRokTah]

27. Jackson, Wilson, McCulloch, take your pick.

Preferably all three.

[crazylikafox]

4. Yup, I just watched the presser. That's exactly what he said.

He said it multiple times. The shooter had no knowledge of the robbery at the time of the shooting. Was in the neighborhood for an unrelated call.

[malaise]

21. But is that what he said this morning? n/t

[crazylikafox]

22. I don't think so. I couldn't say positively without rewatching the morning presser....

But...... He sure left the impression that the two incidents were connected this AM.

[malaise]

23. Yep that is also my impression

but like you I'd like to watch it again

[malaise]

25. Here's the transcript

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025392469

[conservaphobe]

6. Go fuck yourself, chief.

That tidbit couldn't have been shared sooner?

[uponit7771]

15. +1

[reflection]

8. They're killing him again.

First his body, and then his character.

If he stole the cigars/cigarillos/whatever, shame on him. But it is wholly irrelevant and makes the release of the video nothing short of outrageous. Just throwing shit in the air and hoping enough comes down on his corpse to cover it up.

[randome]

13. If they're saying there's no relation, then it seems like they just released what they had.

With everyone shouting for more information, it's understandable they would throw out what they could. The chief is pretty much indicting the officer as of now, though.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[uponit7771]

16. +1

[bigtree]

17. press's fault, like he says, right?

. . . for hounding him for a video NO ONE KNEW HE HAD!

[MohRokTah]

14. JWB is a capital crime in Ferguson, MO.

Jaywalking While Black.

[bigtree]

18. everything

AdamSerwer ?@AdamSerwer 16m
Everything about @trymainelee's face right now

[ChisolmTrailDem]

20. You know what I noticed, too. In the more-comprehensive video where it shows Mike

Brown at the counter, he is having the confrontation already with whoever was behind the coutter. Maybe Mike Brown was the victim? Maybe Mike Brown felt the clerk was trying to cheat him somehow so he took something, in this case cigarillos?

Also, I want to know if Dorian Johnson actually did admit, on his lawyer's advice, that Mike Brown did take the cigarillos. Why would his lawyer allow him to do such a thing?

[Arrowood]

24. They will still use it against Brown...

Even if the Officer didn't know, the claim will be that Brown fought because he had just committed a crime.

[Kali]

28. welcome to DU

this was my thought as well - they are going to say he "overreacted" to the cop because he thought he was busted for the big "strong-arm robbery" and the poor innocent cop who was just asking politely (for the young men's own safety, no doubt) to move to the sidewalk was forced to shoot him dead in self-defense.

[Arrowood]

29. It will also be used to cast doubt on the version of events told by Brown's friend...

*goes to google*

Dorian Johnson, the other person in the robbery video and the first person to get out the police brutality version of the story...

[Codeine]

9. These inhuman motherfuckers!

It's like the utterly evil twin version of the Keystone Kops.

[TheKentuckian]

12. Doesn't matter to the motherfuckers looking for ANY possible excuse, bigtree

Any boxes in the garage will do even phony ones altogether and no doubt any thread of an actual offense.

[jwirr]

19. Look! They have real police uniforms when they are not playing want a be soldiers.