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CatWoman

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 05:21 PM Aug 2014

Mother of policeman who shot dead Michael Brown was 'a serial con artist [View all]

Mother of policeman who shot dead Michael Brown was 'a serial con artist who defrauded thousands of dollars from neighbors in stolen credit card scheme'
It appears the apple didn't fall far from the tree.


Neighbors claim the policeman accused of shooting dead an unarmed teenager in St Louis had a serial con woman for a mother, MailOnline can reveal.

Darren Wilson’s mother Tonya Durso won the trust of her neighbors then cheated them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by stealing their identities and taking out vast loans and credit card debt.

At the time she committed the offenses she was on parole for similar crimes elsewhere the state and afterwards died at the age of 35 under mysterious circumstances.

Neighbors today revealed how they were stunned that Wilson became a police officer after his mother behaved so deviously towards them.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726614/Mother-policeman-shot-dead-Michael-Brown-serial-artist-defrauded-thousands-dollars-neighbors-stolen-credit-card-scheme.html#ixzz3AamnZ2mq
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Well, there ya go rudolph the red Aug 2014 #1
Let me help you... FarPoint Aug 2014 #3
Or maybe not. rudolph the red Aug 2014 #7
You left out executioner. Bobbie Jo Aug 2014 #20
Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #24
What does that even mean? Bobbie Jo Aug 2014 #27
it means he fancies him/herself a victim. CatWoman Aug 2014 #29
It means that a officer can be attacked by an unarmed person rudolph the red Aug 2014 #35
A citizen is competely in their rights to determine guilt or innocence of any person in any case. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #38
I will not argue that at all. rudolph the red Aug 2014 #40
Cool. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #43
I agree that it looks pretty damning for him, rudolph the red Aug 2014 #48
DUers can hand down sentences? Wow kcr Aug 2014 #51
You know what I meant rudolph the red Aug 2014 #53
Yep, I do n/t kcr Aug 2014 #58
I'm confused cwydro Aug 2014 #46
Yeah. And I've heard he was shot either 3 or 7 or 9 times. WillowTree Aug 2014 #67
OOPS! Just now saw someone else say it was 8. WillowTree Aug 2014 #70
Why do you say it's a fact that he was shot on his knees with his hands up in the air? Captain Stern Aug 2014 #87
None at all. FarPoint Aug 2014 #167
We don't have any facts? Iggo Aug 2014 #92
I've heard two of the witnesses, one his friend and one who didn't know him, tell what they saw 1monster Aug 2014 #94
Hey rudolph.. it was Darren Wilson who served as Judge, Jury, and Executioner. nm Cha Aug 2014 #103
Painfully obvious. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2014 #162
Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #79
The murdering cops scam artist mother is as irrelevant TheDebbieDee Aug 2014 #124
^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ L0oniX Aug 2014 #178
He's definitely a killer. Someone lost a son that day. And that teenager's mother sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #129
Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree. FarPoint Aug 2014 #2
Horrible Article billhicks76 Aug 2014 #18
Well...we do know what he did.... FarPoint Aug 2014 #19
Difference Between You And Me billhicks76 Aug 2014 #42
Preeee-cisely. AzDar Aug 2014 #64
You don't believe in genetics? 4b5f940728b232b034e4 Aug 2014 #68
Ignorance billhicks76 Aug 2014 #74
That is the same argument some folks in Germany made in 40s. Arrowood Aug 2014 #93
I wonder what's hanging in your family tree? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #165
That is the racist philosophy-right there. earthside Aug 2014 #177
Agree. You beat me 840high Aug 2014 #76
My reaction, as well. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #98
Logical fallacy. n/t defacto7 Aug 2014 #157
Good. Be sure to note that the benefit of that reasoning extends to set B commonly called black GoneFishin Aug 2014 #176
spot on. n/t defacto7 Aug 2014 #191
He is not responsible for his mother's crimes DavidDvorkin Aug 2014 #4
I know...sheesh cwydro Aug 2014 #6
Reading the article, his mother performed these acts in his formative years. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #10
Black people are stereotyped all the time HipChick Aug 2014 #13
And? DavidDvorkin Aug 2014 #16
why not? CatWoman Aug 2014 #31
Therefore we should add to it? DavidDvorkin Aug 2014 #34
I guess I'm stuck on that goose/gander thing CatWoman Aug 2014 #89
Maybe getting unstuck would be good. nt sibelian Aug 2014 #152
*bam* CatWoman Aug 2014 #23
This is the kind of things Republicans would say to discredit someone. Chemisse Aug 2014 #17
Thank you for a breath of reason on this site. cwydro Aug 2014 #47
no, when the dead victim is being smeared it's not beneath anyone to respond to the person JI7 Aug 2014 #65
Wonder if this poster will 840high Aug 2014 #97
Agreed. /nt Marr Aug 2014 #182
Agree! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #45
Truly. (nt) enough Aug 2014 #75
Yup. Agschmid Aug 2014 #136
No, he's not. We know him by his actions. Doesn't help to sweep his mother's history under the rug Cha Aug 2014 #154
How is this at all relevant? Chemisse Aug 2014 #5
Because it is fun for all the finger pointers cwydro Aug 2014 #8
Point. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #9
Other than as an interest story because of the infamy of the cop? MohRokTah Aug 2014 #11
it's done to people of color all the time JI7 Aug 2014 #22
So we should mimic that idiocy of racist idiots? DavidDvorkin Aug 2014 #32
in a case where the dead victim is being treated that way, yes it's ok to do the same to the killer JI7 Aug 2014 #50
No. It's vile in all cases. DavidDvorkin Aug 2014 #61
no, it's not equal . when it's the cop and his buddies who are smearing the person he killed JI7 Aug 2014 #63
Yes it is vile. His fucking mother has NOTHING to do with anything! nt Logical Aug 2014 #84
doesn't matter, when one side is smearing the other side with BS JI7 Aug 2014 #86
Let's check in to michaels mom too then! nt Logical Aug 2014 #104
he is already being smeared in other ways by the cops JI7 Aug 2014 #108
We look so fucking stupid bringing up the cops mother. Brilliant! nt Logical Aug 2014 #109
there is no "we" here. i'm more concerned about innocent black teen being shot to death JI7 Aug 2014 #110
What are you talking about? Everyone here thinks the cop is a murderer.... Logical Aug 2014 #112
what does the video of the store have to do with it? JI7 Aug 2014 #114
NOTHING, just like the cops mom did not shoot him! nt Logical Aug 2014 #115
so the cop should come out against the trashing of hte person he killed JI7 Aug 2014 #121
WTF are you talking about? Done with your coveluted mess of posts! nt Logical Aug 2014 #125
you don't know that this cop killed an unarmed black man ? JI7 Aug 2014 #126
I agree. +1. nt ecstatic Aug 2014 #116
Okay. That's the end, isn't it? sibelian Aug 2014 #153
yeah, yeah, i'm not surprised by some others either as they love to feel superior JI7 Aug 2014 #155
And that is the point malaise Aug 2014 #57
If it is wrong for one group (racists), it's wrong for others. Chemisse Aug 2014 #60
not in this case where it involves the officer who did the killing and the dead victim being smeared JI7 Aug 2014 #62
And do you think that's ok? Marr Aug 2014 #183
not if the op was a cop JI7 Aug 2014 #187
+1 HuckleB Aug 2014 #41
Exactly! The guilt or not does not have anything to do with his mother IMO. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #49
His mother is irrelevant. Totally. Same smear tactic, same wrong. djean111 Aug 2014 #12
Yeah...So??? greytdemocrat Aug 2014 #14
it garnered a post from you CatWoman Aug 2014 #28
Next they'll be examining the bumps on his head to determine... Arrowood Aug 2014 #96
The Daily Mail. pintobean Aug 2014 #15
did you say that on the Daily Mail thread that shows a picture of the policeman? CatWoman Aug 2014 #25
Didn't see it pintobean Aug 2014 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #150
they are also insightful Enrique Aug 2014 #26
This has the same relevance to the shooting as the events in the convenience store. (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #21
Cahracter assassinations can go both ways, AND SHOULD. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #44
exactly, but it's something to take note of JI7 Aug 2014 #55
No, should NOT. It's just as disgusting no matter who does it or why. cui bono Aug 2014 #133
Like you, I have considered the ban on taint of blood complete bullshit. AngryAmish Aug 2014 #30
You win POST OF THE WEEK! HuckleB Aug 2014 #39
Wow, that's some powerful investigative journalism, right there. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #33
Ah, beat me too it. HuckleB Aug 2014 #37
The Daily Fail? HuckleB Aug 2014 #36
Go back and read the feeding frenzy on DU cwydro Aug 2014 #52
I don't doubt it. -eom- HuckleB Aug 2014 #56
Sorry, no corruption of blood has legal force -- check the Constitution. eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #59
Truly. cwydro Aug 2014 #71
Funny that we love smear tactics when they are used against people we don't like. Lancero Aug 2014 #66
you should just self delete this Duckhunter935 Aug 2014 #69
no CatWoman Aug 2014 #85
This story is notable only for the reaction to it. Jim Lane Aug 2014 #72
Um, the quote doesn't say that. It only says that they were stunned, ecstatic Aug 2014 #117
I interpreted it differently Jim Lane Aug 2014 #159
So this is why he shot Michael Brown? bigwillq Aug 2014 #73
Unrec. - sleazy post. 840high Aug 2014 #77
Should this thread even exist exboyfil Aug 2014 #78
No. Should be deleted. 840high Aug 2014 #80
Alert if you feel so strongly HangOnKids Aug 2014 #82
Both my parents were saints. That's why I am one DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2014 #100
WTF is wrong with you? Logical Aug 2014 #81
and wtf is wrong with YOU???????????????? CatWoman Aug 2014 #88
yup JI7 Aug 2014 #90
to hell with them AND their "outrage" CatWoman Aug 2014 #95
No there is not. n/t cui bono Aug 2014 #132
It just says a lot about you... Arrowood Aug 2014 #99
yes, catwoman posting this is so much worse than shooting and killing an unarmed person JI7 Aug 2014 #106
Lol, who the fuck is defending the cop? WHO? nt Logical Aug 2014 #111
the cops and many others JI7 Aug 2014 #122
You have seriously lost the plot several times in this thread. cui bono Aug 2014 #135
Let see... Arrowood Aug 2014 #161
Hello bigwillq Aug 2014 #113
Or call you out.....I think I will stick with that! nt Logical Aug 2014 #105
Interesting but GitRDun Aug 2014 #83
It does look like a troubled family, though starroute Aug 2014 #91
i personally dont agree with this Quayblue Aug 2014 #101
I agree with your post laundry_queen Aug 2014 #120
exactly, if the fucking cops were not trashing the dead victim and not lying it might be different JI7 Aug 2014 #123
Way to go - mimic the vile things the other side is doing. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #102
+1000 nt Logical Aug 2014 #107
I don't know. I think it is relevant. ecstatic Aug 2014 #118
His mom merdered someone also? nt Logical Aug 2014 #127
In a court of law, you would be wrong. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #171
At least the cop is still alive to defend himself Glitterati Aug 2014 #119
The cop's mother had her day in court - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #170
And this is always why we lose Glitterati Aug 2014 #175
Someone's been at cwydro Aug 2014 #179
The only thing that happens when you crawl in the gutter Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #190
There has been a lot of misinformation from different sources & it isn't even relevant to the issue davidpdx Aug 2014 #128
Do you consider Woody Harrelson a criminal? notgoinback Aug 2014 #130
if Woody harrelson shot and killed someone and was trashing the dead person JI7 Aug 2014 #131
Why are you instigating character assassination? That's just plain wrong. cui bono Aug 2014 #134
catwoman posting on an internet board is not the same as a police dept trashing a person one of JI7 Aug 2014 #137
It's character assassination and it should be beneath those who post on DU. cui bono Aug 2014 #138
maybe the cop should call for it to end starting with his own police dept JI7 Aug 2014 #140
Maybe. And maybe Catwoman should self-delete this OP. n/t cui bono Aug 2014 #141
perhaps she will when the police dept stops trashing the dead person JI7 Aug 2014 #142
Why should it rely on that? cui bono Aug 2014 #143
the police dept should be held to a far higher standard than some private individual JI7 Aug 2014 #144
Yes, so do that. Still doesn't excuse someone acting the same way the FPD is acting. cui bono Aug 2014 #145
it's not like she killed anyone or is covering up for someone who did so , so it's not the same JI7 Aug 2014 #146
We're not talking about the killing. We're talking about the character assassination and cui bono Aug 2014 #148
i don't believe in the "both sides do it" bs while ignoring the main thing which is a Dead Person JI7 Aug 2014 #149
We're not ignoring it, it is an active part of this discussion. cui bono Aug 2014 #151
what an official police dept does/says and what someone posts on the internet is not the same JI7 Aug 2014 #156
Stereotype much? Because that's how we got here.. HipChick Aug 2014 #168
Stereotype? What are you talking about? Where did I do that? cui bono Aug 2014 #186
This is no more relevant than the convenience store incident BainsBane Aug 2014 #139
Why do we have to get our news from the UK? Why are US corporate media worthless? Faryn Balyncd Aug 2014 #147
People mock the UK Daily Mail, but I find it way more informative than my paper. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #164
If there is anything logical in this defacto7 Aug 2014 #158
Maybe OP comes from the one pure bloodline in all of humanity.... Arrowood Aug 2014 #169
Wilson, the weasel. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #160
And maybe his father was a gamblin' man. Irrelevant. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #163
What's your family like? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #166
and his papa was a rolling stone. KG Aug 2014 #172
I don't understand how tabloid-gossip is relevant. Sunlei Aug 2014 #173
It's not. This thread is stupid. Bonx Aug 2014 #189
Sins of the mother? Really? MineralMan Aug 2014 #174
It could be that some policemen Turbineguy Aug 2014 #180
Is this actually relevant? booley Aug 2014 #181
eh. personally i am indifferent that Daily Mail is the UK version of the NY Post. m-lekktor Aug 2014 #184
Now you can't really complain the next time this gross tactic is used against someone Marr Aug 2014 #185
Yep. cwydro Aug 2014 #188
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