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8. Sorry - Johnson - the other person in the video tape. n/t

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re the store video: could the "altercation" have been over ID? [View all] Kali Aug 2014 OP

No Action_Patrol Aug 2014 #1

do you know if there is a transcript or better, a video or recording? Kali Aug 2014 #15

No aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #23

do you have some kind of link to that info? Kali Aug 2014 #28

It's in the body of the DU link posted at response #12 below aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #34

this is kind of what I am thinking too Kali Aug 2014 #38

Enough, already. Johnson admitted the theft. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #2

Who is Ferguson and why would them admitting theft mean anything? eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #3

Sorry - Johnson - the other person in the video tape. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #8

Sigh. VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #6

There are plenty of things to be outraged about, and to question. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #10

You are aware, I trust, that the question of whether Mr. Brown stole anything or (to VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #12

I am aware that people are spending quite a bit of time Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #18

"There's actually an assertion that he.......assaulted no one." He DID assault the store clerk. WillowTree Aug 2014 #19

Well, excuse me, but if the store clerk was illegally detaining Mr. Brown, his actions VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #21

A store clerk does, as a matter of fact, have the right....... WillowTree Aug 2014 #24

But he had paid for the merchandise. So the 'stop' was not for failure to pay, now was it? VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #27

You don't know that. That's what you think you see on a fuzzy video. WillowTree Aug 2014 #31

"Whitewashing what happened in the store"??? You are aware that it's an open question whether VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #45

No one in this conversation is saying otherwise. I'M not saying otherwise. WillowTree Aug 2014 #46

DU appears as a paragon of reason compared to venues like Yahoo.com. I happened to VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #48

That was classy. No hard feelings whatsoever. WillowTree Aug 2014 #49

Assault is a legal term of art aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #26

You would be incorrect. "Assault" need not include touching. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #33

I agree with that and that's not what I wrote aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #36

Assault statute under the Missouri Penal Code aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #40

I very much agree with this Kali Aug 2014 #17

The theft itself was not aggressive - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #20

again, do you know of a source Kali Aug 2014 #29

Linked below, in response to your other request. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #32

Instead of watching the clerk, watch Brown. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #35

huh, the video I watched a little earlier had more at the tail end of it and Kali Aug 2014 #47

who is ferguson ? JI7 Aug 2014 #7

Sorry - Johnson - the other person in the videotape. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #9

did he admit theft or just taking the cigars? Kali Aug 2014 #16

Speaking through his attorney - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #30

What dont you get about the need for a transcript Solomon Aug 2014 #39

I have given you 3 links - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #41

He shoved the clerk then stepped towards the clerk again to.... Logical Aug 2014 #4

If my little speculation is correct I would feel he was a little more justified in that behavior Kali Aug 2014 #22

It could have been ID. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #5

In a completely separate incident, Darren Wilson murdered Mike Brown. Iggo Aug 2014 #11

I know, and I felt sort of stupid posting this Kali Aug 2014 #13

I hear you. Iggo Aug 2014 #14

If Brown did not step out the door with goods for which he had not exchanged cash or VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #25

Clerk couldn't sell him cigarettes without an ID. LisaL Aug 2014 #44

That's what I noticed right away. Brown was at the checkout counter, but the dialogue R B Garr Aug 2014 #37

That was my first thought. RebelOne Aug 2014 #42

Clerks are supposed to ask for an ID from anyone who looks like they could be under 18. LisaL Aug 2014 #43